Final Image and evaluation

My Evaluation of Creating Emily’s Design

                I feel Emily communicated very well with her designs.  I felt comfortable in creating her design and I had practised a number of times so I felt ready for the assessment.  I felt the make-up and hair design were both strong and fairly simple for me to create and I was excited to give it a go.  I was only worried about the amount of time I had to create the hairstyle.

                When creating this design I was introduced to crimping and using padding.  I had never done either of these techniques before and was excited to try them out.  I also had to use foundation to block out the eyelashes and eyebrows which I hadn’t done before either.  I found this hard as my model had quite dark hair, but I just layered on the product a bit thicker.

                If I was to do this design again, I would define the lip liner as I feel mine wasn’t perfect.  I would do this by practising more until I had mastered the technique.  I would also change the lipstick as the one I had to use was quite dry.  So I would choose a satin lipstick which would glide on the lips better and leave a glossy finish.

                Overall, I think I did well at creating the design I was given and managed to complete everything in the time frame.  I think this skill comes with practising many times to perfect the chosen skills.

In class feedback from Seema

When presenting my ideas to Seema, I got mixed feedback.

She liked my ideas of my designs, she just said she'd like me to develop them further.  I took this advice on board and when I decided on my final design I changed it slightly.  Instead of using the frizzing technique, I changed it to crimping.  I feel this gave a better effect as it gave the hair more volume.

I also have a fishtail plait in my final design.  However, when I created the design on myself, we both agreed that it looked too small and wouldn't be seen in the photograph.  So, I just decided to take more hair out of the bun to make the plait fatter and bigger.

Frizzing

Frizzing

Equipment

·         Geisha clips

·         Bobby pins

·         Straighteners

·         Hair brush 

Method

1.      Take a small section of hair and a Geisha clip.  Begin to wind it round in a figure of 8 until you have no hair left.

2.      Use a bobby pin to keep the hair in place down the middle of the Geisha clip.

3.      Next, use the hot straighteners to heat the Geisha clip up.  This will give you the frizz at the end.  You need to wait for the hair to cool down before you unwind it from the clip.

4.      Once it had cooled down and you have unwound it, brush the wave out.  You will now be left with a section of frizzy hair.

 

Testing ideas

 The picture above is an experiment of my first design for a contemporary hairstyle.  However, Seema and I both agreed that this hairstyle was too simple and with my experience I could create something more exciting.  Even with some ribbon added, I feel this design wouldn't take very long to create and would still look bland and boring.

 This design I had to do on a dolly head as I cannot French plait my own hair.  Even after lots of practise the plait still looks awful on me so I decided to present this design on a dolly.  I feel this hairstyle is a bit more advanced than my first idea, however I still felt I could push myself further.  I waited a week or so until we had learnt some more techniques, this meant I could put them into practise and come up with an even better idea.

After we had been taught the frizzing technique, I came up with this design.  When I presented this idea to Seema she said I could go even further with this design.  So, I decided to crimp the whole of the top section and use some padding to give it height.  I got to practise this when we had to copy the hairstyle of Beyoncé - this was a big inspiration to my design.

Final instructions

Final Instructions for my Hair Design

Equipment

·         Previously made padding

·         Tail comb

·         Hair brush

·         Crimpers

·         Bobby Pins

·         Bun Pins

·         Hair band

·         Hairspray

·         Clear hair bands

Method

1.      Brush the hair so it is knot free and section off a top part of the hair and two side pieces.

2.      Using the crimpers, crimp the top section of the hair that you sectioned off.

3.      Once that whole section is crimped, roll the padding into it and pin it in place using bobby pins.

4.      Now, fishtail plait the two side sections and tie them off with two clear hair bands.

5.      Tie the rest of the hair back into a ponytail at the bottom of the head using a hair band.

6.      Use this ponytail to create a bun using the rolling method and pin it into place using bobby pins and bun pins.

7.      Next, take the plaits, bring them back and wrap them around the bun.  Secure them in place using bobby pins.

8.      Finish with some hairspray.

Crimping - Beyonce

Beyonce Hair Design

Equipment

·         Crimpers

·         Hair brush

·         Tail comb

·         Section clips

·         Pre made padding

·         Bobby pins

Method

1.      Firstly, brush the hair so all the knots are out and section the hair with a tail comb and section clips ready for crimping.

2.      Plug the crimpers in making sure the wire is neat and out of the way and wait a few minutes for them to warm up.

3.      Then, take a small section of hair and hold the crimpers on it for 5 seconds.  Repeat this down the whole section of hair.  Repeat this until the whole head is crimped.  When you get to the top section crimp the hair vertically so you can get right to the root.

4.      Using the tail comb, section off a top, front part of the hair and roll the padding into it.  Use the bobby pins to secure it into place.

5.      As I couldn’t see the back of the image, I improvised with the rest of the hair.  I gathered it all at the back and rolled it up into itself.  I then used more bobby pins to pin it in place.  As I improvised I thought the design looked really cool.

I really enjoyed copying a design and adapting it into the way I would style it.  Therefore I feel I did quite good at this task and was really happy with my end result.  However, if I was to do this again, I would make sure I had completely covered the padding.

Drawing designs

 

I am not great at drawing my designs, however I feel I tried my best on getting my ideas down on paper during this task.  I feel with some instructions, they are clear enough to follow and I proved myself right when it came to my timed assessment.

 

Over the next few weeks, I will be practising how to make my designs better when drawing them and maybe follow some youtube tutorials to improve my skills.  I could also try drawing them on the computer, this technique could be more effective than just drawing them with coloured pencils.