Elizabethan Hairstyle on Ruby Part 2

Create an Elizabethan hairstyle- Part 2

--> has to be a full had 

-->do a bun at the back of head

-->it must be heart shaped

You will need:

• sectioning clips
• kirby gribs
• hair pins
• pin tail comb
• paddle brush
• crimping iron
• hair straightener 
• padding 
• elastics

Again start with brushing the hair and divide it in 3 sections. I did frizzing at the front , then you have your crimping bit and the hair at the back would go into a bun this time. Crimp the hair first and do the padding as usual. To avoid the messy hair behind the padding this time ,I rolled the leftover hair in and then tucked it in with hair pins. Make sure both sides are symmetrical. My problem was that the padding I used was uneven so I had quite a gab between them. I moved one side a bit more up but there was still a bit of a gab left. I would then do the frizzing at the front with hair pins. Make several equal sections and wind the hair in an eight motion around the hair pin and secure it by heating it up with the hair straightener. While you leave it to cool down start doing the back. Comb the hair again and make into a neatly ponytail . Secure it with an elastic and divide the ponytail in four same sized sections. Backcomb from underneath each section. Take the hair and wind it around your fingers (hold them like a scissor so you get the hair out easily) and then when you have the size you want secure it with a kirby grib. Do this with all 4 sections and then take a hair pin and connect all of the 4 section with it at the bottom to get a nice bun. Make sure all of the section have the same height.

Go back to the front and take out the hair pins. At first I just took the frizzing as it was and put it over the padding but it didn't look that good and also we were supposed to create an 'actual' Elizabethan look. 

So I took the frizzing, pulled it apart and spread it all over the padding. It instantly looked more Elizabethan.

 This naughty gab between the two paddings^^

 The bun is slightly uneven. 

Elizabethan Hairstyle on Ruby Part 1

Create an Elizabethan hairstyle - Part 1

You need:

• pin tail comb
• brush
• kirby gribs
• hair pins
• padding
• sectioning clips
• barrel tong
• crimping iron

Start by brushing the hair and get rid of any knots. Then section the hair in 3 parts. Front part is for curling, second for crimping and then you have the back part leftover. My curling section was a bit bigger this time because I wanted to have two rows of curling. Also made the crimping section bigger as well so you can use crimped hair to do the plait ( I changed from using a french plait to a normal plait->it's just quicker)to secure your padding on. The crimping gives it more texture and that's better to secure it. Start with crimping the hair. Do the plait and secure the padding on it. I went for a heart shape so try to get both sides symmetrical. After you crimped and did the padding, do two rows of curling at the front. While I left the curls to cool down I started with the back. I wasn't really sure what exactly to do with the back hair so I just curled it and plaited it in a french plait. I actually just wanted to curl the hair and have all the curls to one side but it looked boring. But I wasn't really satisfied with the french plait either. Then I went back to the front and decorated the padding with one layer of curly hair and the front layer with pin curls. I am always quite satisfied with the front so I should really think more about what to do with back. It would be good to actually think about it before I do the hairstyle :) Otherwise my time management was good again which makes me feel quite confident for the timed assessment^^

 NOTE: I noticed that the hair behind the padding is still messy and I have problems tucking it all in so I have to work on it!

Frizzing

Frizzing

You can also do frizzy hair with just a hair pin.

You need a hair pin, straightener, pin tail comb ,(optional kirby grib-I didn't use it).

Take a small section of hair and put a hair pin around it. Then wind the hair in an eight motion around the hair pin. Do this until all of the hair is wound around the hair pin. Then you can secure the end with a kirby grib and heat it up with the hair straightener . You can see how the hair gets flatter. Leave the hair pin in until the hair is cooled down. So I didn't secure the end bit with a kirby grib. I just started with straightening at the end bit and then it won't get loose either. After the hair cooled down take the hair pin out and you will have a nice defined curl. If you use this technique for creating an Elizabethan hairstyle you could do tendrils with it or do it on the forehead hairline and put single curls over the padding as well.

After I heated the hair around the hair pin up

And now after i took the hair pin out.

Nice curls:)

Here some modern versions

(source: http://www.polyvore.com/2008_crimped_updo_hair_style/thing?id=28851316)

(source: http://www.ukhairdressers.com/style/index2.asp?r1=11898)

Historical Elizabethan look


http://www.closetcapers.com/elizabethan.html



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I_of_England