Practising Sophia's Design
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During our hair practical lesson Sophia and I swapped designs. Sophia's design is this:
What I'll need:
- Paddlebrush
- Sectioning Clips
- Kirby Grips
- Fine Pins
- Crimpers
- Pin Tail Comb
- Padding
- Heat Resistance Spray
- Hair Spray
- Fine Pins
- 2 Rats/Props
- Curling Tongs
After looking at the design and looking at my Technical File, I sourced all the information I could (It's handy having the Blogger app) and began doing Sopia's hair and reflecting on this first attempt I have made a step by step for myself.
Before I started to carry out her design I did a hair consultation on her hair. After talking to her at some length about her hair and what her daily routine is, it's clear to see that her hair is fairly damaged. She has naturally straight hair, but she straightens it every day. This is important to make a note of this because it means I'll have to use a lower heat when using the crimper and curling tongs.
Method
What I'll need:
- Paddlebrush
- Sectioning Clips
- Kirby Grips
- Fine Pins
- Crimpers
- Pin Tail Comb
- Padding
- Heat Resistance Spray
- Hair Spray
- Fine Pins
- 2 Rats/Props
- Curling Tongs
After looking at the design and looking at my Technical File, I sourced all the information I could (It's handy having the Blogger app) and began doing Sopia's hair and reflecting on this first attempt I have made a step by step for myself.
Before I started to carry out her design I did a hair consultation on her hair. After talking to her at some length about her hair and what her daily routine is, it's clear to see that her hair is fairly damaged. She has naturally straight hair, but she straightens it every day. This is important to make a note of this because it means I'll have to use a lower heat when using the crimper and curling tongs.
Method
- Spray all of the hair with the heat resistance spray and brush it through to make sure all of the hair is evenly coated.
- I section the hair off. I take the main section and put a center parting in and clip this up.
- Looking at my brief I can see that in between the bottom curls and the heart shaped hair is a plait. That goes horizontally. From ear to ear. So I section of the amount of hair that I think I'm going to need as the plait is going to be about 2cm thick. I then clip this up.
- I then crimp the first top section of hair. Starting with the left. When I have done this I take out a section of hair at the back to French plait. I feel as though with Sophia having thick hair it would be better to use a anchor method to put a rat into her hair.
- Backcomb the section and use the anchor method to keep the rat secure. Pin into place. When both of these are in the right place it should look like a heart shape
- Do the same to the right side.
- Go in with the side of the pintail comb while using hair spray on the front to catch any fly aways.
- Unclipping the skinny middle section. I kanerow this plait to her scalp. Kanerow is a reversed French Plait.
- Tuck the end of the plait into one of the rats.
- I take out the bottom section and alternate the direction of the curls using a medium heat on the curling irons. It's important to change the direction of the curls, if you don't then it means that the curls will turn into a single ringlet and that wasn't what was on my partner's design.
- Using a fine pin if necessary, spread the hair to make sure the heartshape is still strong.
- Set with hairspray.
I wasn't happy with my first result and I have since been practising at home on my Katie head to try and improve the overall shaping of the hair. I know that I can do all of the individual technical components I'm just a bit nervous about combining quite a few considering one is fairly tricky. I think the easiest bits of this assessment will be the plaits, the curls and the crimping. What I am playing closer attention to is my parting work and the using padding to create shapes because it isn't as easy as it looks.
I think it's going to be hard to get the shape the front because of Sophia's hair. I've noticed it's very damaged from her day to day routine of straightening it. This means there's quite a lot of broken hair at the front, making it shorter. The only thing I can hope that is by crimping the hair that it's new texture will mean it's got a better chance of staying in it's new shape once it's been backcombed. This is the theory. I'm just praying that it'll work.
I think it's going to be hard to get the shape the front because of Sophia's hair. I've noticed it's very damaged from her day to day routine of straightening it. This means there's quite a lot of broken hair at the front, making it shorter. The only thing I can hope that is by crimping the hair that it's new texture will mean it's got a better chance of staying in it's new shape once it's been backcombed. This is the theory. I'm just praying that it'll work.
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