Technical hair lesson 3 notes

Crimping - creates instant volume and texture, makes hair mouldable 

• Take small sections of the hair and press between crimper, then release and move down length of the hair repeating
• Repeat all over head
• Brush out to stop hair sitting in separate sections and release volume

Backcombing - adds volume and makes hair mouldable

• Take small section of hair and place pintail comb near root on side that will not be visible once hair is moulded
• Gently pull hair towards root, repeating further up the length of hair if more volume is required
• Repeat with further sections of hair
• Hair can then be pushed over and gripped into shapes

Hair rats - adds a more solid structure and volume, requires less hair to be used up to make a shape

• Stuff a section of tights (match tights to hair colour) with couch roll/wadding/backcombed hair
• Method 1: place the rat at the end of a section of hair an roll it towards the scalp, then pin into place and arrange hair to cover and visible parts of rat showing through
• Method to: make a small plait beneath the section of hair that will be covering the rat as an anchor. Pin the rat to the anchor, then cover with the section of hair. Loose ends can be tucked under the rat with a pintail comb. Pin into place. 

(rat rolled into hair)

                (rat pinned to plait) 

(rat secured with anchor) 

Evaluation:
I thoroughly enjoyed this technical session as I have not tried crimping before, nor have I used hair rats. I liked how much volume was created, and felt like I learnt a lot of techniques that could be used in Elizabethan hairstyles.