Hair design practice

Design 1: hair too short; plaits not long enough to drape where I wanted them

Design 2: ponytail not as long and freely hanging as I'd like. Texture meant plaits were stiff and stayed in place. 

Design 3: bun was very small.

Mounds at front need more backcombing or maybe padding to thicken them, and to avoid see-through bits. The crimped texture made it nicely voluminous. As I was concerned about in my design, this look has ended up too Elizabethan, and less contemporary.

I struggled with the short length of the hair doll, as the styles I have planned would work better with longer hair. Also, the hair had previously been crimped so was almost too textured to work easily with. However, I found it good to practice and physicalise my drawn designs. 

To avoid my designs being too simple and add further Elizabethan elements, I've decided to add gold ribbon woven into the plaits on to my designs for my partner to follow. I will also experiment with padding or a hair donut underneath the ponytail, to elongate the head and add volume in a typical Elizabethan fashion. 

Following this practice, I feel confident my partner will be okay to follow my chosen design.