Practising Elizabethan hairstyles - Heartshaped and Improvised Look

Having tried my Elizabethan hairstyles on my dolls head I next practiced my design on real hair creating first an improvised look with padding and curls on m model below.

I decided to leave two strands down at the sides mimicking a traditional Elizabethan style using the 'figure of eight' technique we learnt in class. The back was crimped and then manipulated around the paddig and pinned to secure the hair in place. I curled the front but this time played aound with the curls so that they hung down onto the face as I started to think about a contemporary design for my assessment.

Next I tried padding using a heartshaped design which was extremely popular in Elizabethan times.

I took a section from the back to create a small bun at the base of the head and pinned it into place. The hair at the top of the head was crimped and I then platted a small section for the padding to sit on before I pinned it into place using curvy grips. The hair was then wrapped around the padding to create the heartshaped design and I was very pleased with the outcome. The front of the hair was the hardest part of this design as my model had quite a short fringe so curling and pinning was a challenge so we both talked about how in a contemporary design we would adapt it should we need to and possibly leave the fringe down as this is contemporary and wouldnt be around in Elizabethan times.