Timed assessment as the Hair Stylist

When i was first paired up with Rachel I wasn't to sure or happy and I was nervous because I had never worked on Afro Caribbean hair before so I did not know what to expect plus I didn't see much of Rachel at that time so I assumed she was someone that didn't like to come to classes that often. Now actually working with her I have to say o was so wrong I loved working with Rachel she has been so great to work with she's been at every class and has been understanding as well. She was so easy to get hold of when it came to practicing each other's look she was there to spend how ever many hours. I am so glad to be have paired with her and it's given me a new skill now I feel like I can actually work on anyone's hair. When it did come to her design I did have to help her design her style and push her to be a bit more daring that what everyone else was doing but I loved the fact she was very open minded to any sujjestions and was happy to take and advice to help her further better.

When it came to assessment day Rachel was in on time prepared with her notes and picture we managed to pre-prep the hair in time and even got a little practice before the assessment. 

For Rachel's hair I made two paddings out of yak hair and hair nets i moulded it in to shape that she wanted her hair to be then before the assessment I did side ways right locks in her hair for my prepping I had to use hair spray to keep them in place and pin them. When the assessment started Rachel had draw her hair design and had notes which was very helpful I was actually excited to do the design and finally work my skills to the best I could. 

For the hair I already had my prep curls I the sectioned the hair in two in the top section I split that hair in the middle then took out a small section to create plaits for a base to pin in my padding. Once I created the base I then pinned in each padding and started in working with each side I had already crimped Rachel's hair and brushed it out so it gave me more thickness and texture I back comb the hair and started covering each hair padding using hair spray to make sure the was no fly aways and the hair was put back nice and smooth and pinned it in to place. I then created a non passed bun at the back of her hair where I tied her hair in to a pony tail took out 4 sections and back combed them and made each section in to a barrel curl the I joined them up with a loose grip.

Once the bun was complete u took the pins out the front curls and made sure I sprayed them with hairspray so the don't budge or fall out I tried to make it look even but that was a bit too much of a challenge for me but I will get there one day, I then slicked the back front and side of her baby hairs down making sure there was no fly aways. I then dressed the hair with pearls in the middle of the hair.

Now looking at the pictures and analysing them I think my front parting is a bit off is not as straight if I could do that again I would make it look straighter and I would work on the front curls more and try make them look more dimensional.

I am very proud of her end results and my timing in doing the hair I got it done fast but I wanted to make sure I used up all my time making sure the hair was perfect.

Timed Assessment as the Designer

When it came to do my times assessment as a designer Rachel my partner was on time and prepared with all the tools and equipment needed. She was very quick and professional in laying out her equipment and I put up the notes for her step by step on how to create the hairstyle. She has been a really good partner to work with she met up during our own time to practice our looks and she help me gain confidence in my final look. I am some body that needs a second opinion. When it came to the assessment she made me feel very comfortable even though I could see nerves was getting the best of her at that time before we started but once the clock started her perfessionalist shined through.

During the assessment I felt like she got a little confused and then when she looked at the notes she was back on track again. I feel like when I first starting working with her she didn't have much confidence in her work and was afraid to be a little ruff with the hair she was too gentle at first but when we started practicing I had to tell her that is ok to grip the hair a little bit tighter as it won't hurt me. She asked me if I was ok and let me know what she was doing step by step. I was a little nervousness because since we practiced a few times I felt like she was putting in the pads too down to the hair and I was itching to tell her but ofcourse I could not I just nd to sit there with nerves. I did get nervous for her throughout the assessment because I was hoping she wouldn't forget a part of the hairstyle or a step but she kept reading the notes and I feel like that kept her going.

I believe Rachel did do an amazing job but I also think that nerves did get the most of her that day because when we practiced our looks in a calm and comfortable environment she did the hairstyle perfectly in my hair. This one wasn't as perfect there was some pins showing and some of the padding was showing. But I am still very proud of her because when I first started working with her she would give up to easily and lacked a bit of confidence when doing my hair. The results where great but I know she could have done better because I have seen her do much better but to how she was with hair to start of with and how she is now is like a big confident step and I believe her skills had improved so much working with her.

I really enjoyed my experience with Rachel and she has now become a good friend to me before she was this shy girl who didn't speak to much and needed a little push do get that confidence and now she has broken out her barrier and is more involved and is actually a very fun person to be with I really loved my experience with her and I would love to work with her again . I feel like we really bounced off each other and just got on with it and motivated each other to do better and work harder at university. 

Frizzing the Hair

Frizzing the hair is a great way to help sculpt and shape the hair in the Elizabethan era women use to have frizzy  hair texture in there hairstyle.

In class I had learnt two ways to make free hair frizzy which would add volume and texture to the hair.

The frist technique I used was hair crimpers I first sectioned the hair taking a neat section starting from the bottom working my way to the top. Wait till the crimp style has cooled down and  once it has then brush out the crimped hair. When the hair has been brushed out you will then get this beautiful  volume hair that is easy to sculpt great to cover up hair paddings. Crimping is a great technique for creating an Elizabethan hairstyle as it gives you a similar texture they used in thier hair at that time.

The second technique I used was wrapping the hair on a loose pin I then got a straightners and then pressed it on the curls I created on the pin and left it to cool down once I took them out I got this beautiful zig zag curl and once I brushed it out I got this amazing volume and frizz to the hair. This is a really great  technique to use to create really frizzy hair  the more you brush it the bigger and frizzy it gets this is also another great way to sculpt and create an amazing hairstyle to cover up paddings and shape and gives a great texture even if you don't brush it out.

Practicing my hair design

For my final look my partner Rachel had come over to my house to practice my hair design I have to say we did practice first time but it did not come out as great as this and I was really proud of the outcome as it was her second attempt of doing my hair. For this look we made two hair pads using yak hair and hairnets so that it matches the colour of my hair and is easy to pin in as I found using hair pads stuffed with tissue in tights were hard to pin in. So first my hair was section of in two then she created a base to help secure in their hair party she first took a small section and created them in to plaits and crossed them over then she tonged in the front of my hair and let them cool down. She pinned in the padding then started to back comb the hair and covered up the padding and pinned it in made sure it was nice and smoother so there was no loose grips and then at the back on my hair she sectioned them in to two twist plait my hair and made them in to a round curl. For the front of the hair she then decorated them towards the padding and held them with a loose grip. I had fun practicing this look and I was very happy with my overall look.

Practicing my partners design

When I was first paired up with Rachel I was really worried because I had never worked on Afro Caribbean hair before and I didn't know what to expect or how I would manage to do the hair but now I am glad I did get paired with Rachel as it gave me new skills on working with Afro Caribbean hair and showed me how easy it actually is to sculpt Afro carribean hair. 

When it came down to practicing my partners hairstyle this was my first attempt I used hair padding made out of tights and socks she wanted a heart shape hairstyle and was not too sure what to do with the back so I came up with this idea to help her. I used a pintail comb to section out the hair I then created a base for the hair padding and pinned two in back combed the hair a little bit and covered the hair then I added two more padding to the back and pinned them in. For the front of the hair I just twist the hair back. I did not use any hairspray for this for this practice hairstyle as it was just a practice and I did not want to stiffen the hair.

My second and last attempt 

This was a second and last attempt in practicing and we both thought the hair design came out looking amazing we created tight curls at the front of the hair and fa heart shape and a none padding bun at the back. I had to slick down the front of Rachel's hair and for this I did use product for the hair.

I was overall happy and glad at the same time as the results came out really good in my practice run and my partner Rachel was happy with the outcome of the practice run I just hope my final pen comes out just as good.

My hair design

For my hair design I could not make any sketches of my idea because I am terrible at drawing but for my final idea I did change it a few times in order to get exactly what I felt was the best.

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At first I wanted to have the heart shape hairstyle in my hair but when I came don to actually doing it there was not contemporary touch to it I loved the idea of big hair. So at first my idea was to have curls and crimp in my hair and the top was made in to a heart shape and in the back I would have a bun and some pin style crimped hair but not loosened. I got that idea from the film Elizabeth really loved that idea. But I felt like everyone in the class was doing the same hairstyle or a very similar so I ended up changing it.

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For my final hair design I loved the look of Beyoncé's hair style how it was still big but slanted to the side. So I took that in to my hair idea and I wanted to go opposite instead or crimped hair and texture on the hair padding I then decided to have it sleek and smoothie for the front of my hair I wanted it to be curly but having some kind of fringe so it framed my face, as I have a chubby face I don't like my hair pushed away I prefer hair strand to fall on the side to compliment my face shape and not make it look chubby so I took my face shape in to consideration when designing my final idea. At th back I wanted something not too difficult but detail. I kept the structure of my hairstyle as an Elizabethan but changed the different elements over and I tested out the look with my partner Rachel and great results came from that.

My first Elizabethan hairstyle

I first tried to create my Elizabethan hairstyle on my dolly head I crimped the back of the hair to create volume and texture and then created curls in the front. This was a bit of challenge for me as it was my first time I feel like I spent too long on curling the hair. I am happy with the results of this hair style I just pinned everything to the bun and pinned back the front of the hair.

This was my second attempt on the hair for creating an Elizabethan hairstyle was on Martina I tried to make the heart shape on the head unfortunately she did not want her hair crimped at the time so I had to just try and cover the padding with her hair  I back combed most of it but it was a challenge I was not too happy with the results because I was limited to so less but this teaches me a skill to work with clients that don't like heat in thier hair so better to do an alternative way. I also made a non padded bun in the back I used a tail comb and a styling out brush to achieve this look I have to work on some of my skills.