Trial of my partners hairstyle.

Review of Trial.

My partners original design was to have five large circular twist sections on top of the head with crimped hair. This created a very traditional effect in a contemporary and modern interpretation and style in the shape of a mohawk. The rest of her hair design had the remaining hair plaited into small sections and pushed in-between the sections to add texture and the delicate style like that of the Elizabethan era. I like my partners design as i feel it is a bold and edgy look which creates a statement but still fits the criteria of the Elizabethan hair design.

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At first i really struggled with this look, as my partner has naturally quite short hair so to solve this problem we are using a wig to add length in order for me to perform her desired look. I left parts out at the side to create the plaits later on in the look. The rolls themselves were easy to create one i had perfected the the technique of back combing and underpinning the hair. I noticed that as i went down the hair with rolls the began to become not as central on the head and went slightly wonky however i can practice this again and perfect it afterwards. With the wig i found it quite difficult to create partings as the wig isn't of the best quality so the wefts are sewn in circular shapes onto the netting which means whenever you try to create a dead line parting it shows all the netting underneath which isn't very good. However for this look there isn't many partings its more about the perfectly sized five rolled sections so i don't think partings will be to much of a problem. Another issue we faced was how to make the wig look natural on my partners head as it has quite a straight line at the front of the wig. To solve this problem we pulled out a thin small layer of hairs at the front of the head and hair sprayed them over the top of the wig line which created a natural finish.

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The plaits on the side of the head were small dutch braids that neatly went across and in-between the sections of hair i created. They were then pinned underneath into the rolls and were no longer visible which creates and interesting and continuous look to the hairstyle. I think the plaits really pull the whole look together and add an extra dimension to the style. As you can see from the back the look is quite wonky but the next time i trial this look i will make sure it is more central. However i like the overall look and think once timed i will be able to gauge how to manage my time quickly to create the most effective version of the look. Another issue we faced was the size of the sectioned rolls. As my partner wanted the sections to all be the same size. However the wig created some issues with this plan as there wasn't as much hair sewn into the bottom of the netting as the top. So we decided to adapt the design so that the rolls get gradually smaller until the last one. I think this creates an interesting look because it shows depth and dimension within the hairstyle as well as variation of shape and size.