Creating Estella: Hair designs

NOTE: My model has very long hair. How can I do the look still during the given time and do make up as well? 

Design 1:

  

The first design was inspired by the late Victorian hairstyle we did during our lesson. I just added some more ringlets at the back and flowers in the hair . To see the steps for that hairstyle just go to late Victorian hair post and then just add the ringlets at the back in the end. I only did the hairstyle on my dolls head so when I tried it on my model it didn't work out because she has very! long hair and by the time I curled all the hair almost 2 hours past and that was too long(I don't have that much time for the assessment!) So I had to make changes to the hairstyle as I wanted to use that design as my final design for Estella.

Design 1_ Development:

When I developed my design I did a huge bun at the back of the head to get rid of a lot of hair. Then I placed the curls I wanted to do on the bun to hide it. Otherwise I kept the ringlets at the back and added some more at the front. I will also add fresh flower heads on the assessment day.

Design 2:

For my second design I do a middle parting and separate a section on each side. Those will be plated later and then join the bun at the back. This design is more early Victorian. At the back of the head I did a huge bun which will be a normal plait which is twisted around itself and then pinned down. I also added 3 ringlets at the neck .

Design 3:

My last design had also a big bun out of a plait at the back. At the front she will have about 3-4 ringlets on each side. This is a very typical early Victorian hairstyle. But I decided not to do that design because it is too similar to my Miss Havisham hair design I did for the assessment even if it would have been the easiest and best design to do for a model with such a long hair.