technical lesson- creating a victorian shape...

Products used:

• brush
• water
• sectioning clips
• sectioning comb
• hair grips
• bun grips

The aim of this lesson was to create a victorian hair style and then begin to decay it, whilst keeping in mind the idea of the type of silhouette we were creating. As you can see from the top image i began to back comb and pull some sections looser, however this is as far as i got, i would have liked to have added some dead flowers/petals and possibly some lace over the face, although this is what i will do for my silhouette shoot. I really like the shape i managed to create, i managed to achieve the volume by back combing and layering the hair, rather than adding a hair rat.

Firstly i created the french pleat at the back of the head after sectioning the hair from the back of the ears. When creating the french pleat i concentrated on ensuring the shape from the neck into the hair flowed neatly. 

From here i sectioned hair along the hair line from the temples round to the ears. I then split this section into 2 sections and rolled it using the same idea of a barrel curl and pinned these 2 sections on the hair line. Using a bun grip i then merged the 2 sections into one, and repeated this on the other side of the head.

Using the sections of hair between the 2 temples i separated these into a middle parting and added to curls on either side of the parting.

With the middle section of hair i split this into 3 sections, in the shape of a triangle. I then backcombed these sections one at a time and pinned them in a bouffant shape. After pinning down one section i then interviewed another section through or around each pinned section and pinned that.

Finally i got the 1st 2 curls on either side of the parting and brought this back onto the lifted shape onto the head and pinned them. 



I really like the shape i managed to create and Im going to take this idea forward to help me form my final hair design.