Dil's second practice of my design

In this practice, I brought small hair donuts and gold ribbon with me. Dil towered one donut on top of the other and pinned them into place at the top of the back of my head, tying a ponytail around them so that my head appeared elongated. Unfortunately, my hair was quite wavy, which meant the ponytail was not as sleek as I will want. For the final assessment we may need to straighten my hair first, to get a smoother finish. Then Dil tied a gold ribbon around the base of the ponytail to hide the hair elastic, split the ponytail in to two, then backcombed both sections in order to give the plaits more of a messy, modern look, and plaited them, including the gold ribbon. Like before, she gradually added loose hair left out of the ponytail to create plaits long enough to reach over my forehead. On one side, she used more gold ribbon so that it would be more visible - we decided this is the method we would use for my final look. She also suggested that she adds extra hair to the plaits to thicken them as they were very thin across the forehead, so we will experiment with this. However, I was happier in this practice that in the first one. I thought the gold gave the whole look a much more royal, wealthy effect - as though the halo braids were a crown. I also preferred how it looked now that my hair is red!