Victorian Hair Silhouettes

Today's in class task was to produce an interesting silhouette including a french pleat at the back, with padding at the front to create height and structure.

From these pictures, you can se the french pleat at the back of the head. You can also see how I have brought the hair forward towards the face. Because of how this the doll's hair is, I just backcombed it rather than using padding. I gave the doll a side parting and effectively created two more french pleats.

Because the area between the front section and the back section looked rather empty, I added a rose and some ribbon. This helped to create a range of textures to the look and made the look more feminine, as the shapes are very cold and harsh.

This profile shot helps us to see what the hair could look like as a silhouette.

Equipment:

·      Dry shampoo

·      Pintail comb

·      Tongs

·      Padding

·      Grips

·      Pins

·      Clips

·      Hairspray

Instructions:

·      Apply dry shampoo to roots in sections.

·      Section hair at the crown down to the front of the ears and pin the front section forward.

·      The back section of the hair is to be tonged to creates direction, lift and curled ends.

·      Section the hair into workable sections. Slightly backcomb then curl.

·      The first curl is the top back section and this is to be curled under facing downwards. This is then clipped in place to set.

·      The second and third curls are next to eachother below the first curl in ‘brick’ formation.

·      The sides are then curled vertically and inwards towards the back.

·      Curls in the back section are curled in direction of the roll.

·      Once the whole of the back section has been curled, release them and gently comb them together. Be sure to leave the first three curls.

·      Pull the hair over to one side and secure by cross gripping with curby grips.

·      Then roll the hair around your hand to create the effect of a roll.

·      Once happy with the shape, secure into place using pins. Slot the pins into the cross gripping to secure the roll.

·      Release the top three curls, secure some padding, backcomb the section of hair, then swirl around the roll and pin into place.

·      Release the front section of hair, backcomb and bring over the top.

·      Once happy with the positioning of the hair, set with hairspray.