Messy/ Curly Bunches

For our last technical hair session we were shown how to create messy/ curly bunches inspired by this picture off pintrest. 

You Will Need...

• Curlers
• Hair ties
• Hair pins
• Tail comb

Procedure...

• Part hair down the middle
• This can be straight or like a zig zag, zig zag parts are created by doing a zig zag motion a long the scalp when parting the hair.
• Place the bunches as high or low on the head as you like.
• Curl the sections of hair when in the hair ties.
• Backcomb thoroughly. 
• Pin the hair to the head to create the messy bun effect.

I am quite pleased with the outcome of this technical, it is a simple and effective hairstyle and I have learnt how to create a zig zag parting which is something that I will think about using when creating my character Claudia. The one thing I think I could improve on is getting the definition in the curls for the bunches, as this looks more like a messy bun than defined curls, however this would be more easily achieved on a person as the Katie head doesn't have much hair to play with.

Late Victorian Hairstyling (Technical)

Products

• Hot rollers
• Comb
• Pins
• Hairspray
• Small curling iron.

Procedure

• Start by putting rollers in the front of the hair, as seen as in the pictures below.
• Take the back of the hair and create rolls or buns (I created two rolls and a twist.)
• Curl the remaining hair.
• Take out the rollers and pin them back creating a pretty wave.
• Let the curls hang out of the style and make it elaborate.
• Take the curls at the bottom and pin them up into the style.
• Spray hairspray to finish.

Inspiration

 
This is my first attempt at a late Victoria hairstyle, I was really lucky when creating this as my model had lovely long hair tow work with, however I think that I made my style too symmetrical which ruined the effect of the overall hairstyle, I would like to add some extra hair to the back and curl it and let it hang down the back as this would make the style look a lot more elaborate. One of the main criticisms I have for my hairstyle is that I believe it looks too contemporary, so I would like too re-create this hairstyle again to make it look more accurate to the period.

Early Victorian Hair (Technical)

Products

• Hair Tie
• Hair Pins
• Tail Comb
• Tongs

Procedure

• Section the hair into a clean middle parting to about the ears.
• Section off the back section and smooth into a low ponytail.
• Pull the ponytail into a bun (use plait, or twisted bun technique.)
• Pin the bun securely into place.
• Take the front sections and loosely plait from about the ears, round the earlobe and pin it onto the bun.
• OR simply curve hair into a triangle shape and pin round bun.
• OR keep hair loose and curl into the face from about ear height.

Inspiration

These are some images that I have collected of early Victorian hairstyles, I have used these to base my Victorian hair technical on, I have stuck to portraits, illustrations and busts from the time to make sure that the hair is an accurate representation rather than just an interpretation. I really like the photo on the right, this is a bust of Queen Victoria that I saw in the National Portrait Gallery in London, so this is what I will recreate in my hair technical.


The first 3 images show my first attempt at this early Victorian hairstyle, as you can see in the right hand side photographs my sectioning could be a lot neater, however I do think the rest of the style looks really neat. I first plaited the hair too tight and too far up the hair during the first try, so I went back again and plaited the hair looser and further down, as you can see from the photographs this looks a lot more effective and gives the classic Victorian shape.