Creating my silhouette

My chosen silhouette was largely influenced by creating different textures and bringing them together to show a lot of shape. I worked on a doll’s head that’d been previously crimped, already advancing in texture.

Products & Equipment:

-     Brush set

-     Hair grips & sectioning grips

-     Small barrel curling tongs

-     Hair straighteners

-     Heat defence spray

-     Hairspray

Method:

·        Separate the top and side parts of the hair, working first of all, on the back

·        Take a small section of hair

·        Wind it tightly in a figure of 8 around a wavy hairpin

·        Secure this by sliding a hairgrip vertically down the centre of the wavy pin

·        Heat under hair straighteners and then leave to cool

·        Release from the hair grip and then tease the styled hair to create frizz

·        Repeat this on different parts of the hair

·        Include curls too, created by small barrel curlers

·        Tease and backcomb the back section of the hair and secure the texture created with hairspray

·        Brush the sides of the hair back and grip behind the ears

·        Working on the front portion, backcomb the hair and then style it into a barrel curl on top of the head

·        Secure this with hairspray before using a decorative flower, sitting it in the barrel curl

Evaluation:
I am pleased with this silhouette and I really love the detailing in the shape created from the texture. I still feel it lacks the tradition of a Victorian hairstyle. To make it adhere to the era more, I would bring the front portion of the hair forward to resemble the generic style from my Victorian hair research.