Wednesday 4 February 2015

Historical Victorian Hair: Late Victorian Hair


Products used:

  • pin tail comb
  • hair pins
  • hair bands
  • sectioning clips
  • hair spray
  • heat protection
  • curling tong

Key points:

  • curls have moved to the back, high up and looser ringlets
  • use of hair pieces- switch
  • centre parting, not sleek on the top anymore but the sides were more sleek
  • curly fringes->very tiny and tight curls
  • cascades of curls coming down
  • incorporated flowers



STEPS
Centre parting
Take section at front, not as big as the early Victorian Hairstyle, until you reach ear height
At the back: creating an U shape (horse shoe) section, put a  hair band in, needs a solid structure as the rest will be curled
Section ponytail and curl them
Cab backcomb a bit if you want to, then twist into little curls and pin them down, placement rather random, don’t create a proper bun shape
Curl the rest of the back as well and place curls randomly around the first curls
Women had a few loose ringlets hanging down at the back
Front: top half:  2-3 sections, curls horizontal, using tongs or hot rollers ,sectioning clip on front to hold the curl->may have to use more if the model has really thick and long hair, take the curls and twist them a little to create a kind of wave and then take them back and pin it in  ;bottom half: 1-2 sections, curl vertical, sleek back, keep nice and flat, smooth, take the curls and take them back and pin it in
Keep building up the bun
->ageing hair, can use Illustrator palette(but is more expensive), can also use super colour/ aqua colour, very pale flesh colours, white can turn bluey on camera->mix a tiny bit in yellow into the white, for ageing hair use sponges, mascara wands or tooth brushes, go over with colour and then comb through



section for the ponytail which will be made into a bun shape after curling the sections from the ponytail



after curling the ponytail sections I went back to the front to do 3 horizontal curls on top and 2 vertical curls at the side. Pin the curls down and let them cool down



curled the ponytail sections and made with the curls a bun shape, but don't be too accurate, you can place the curls randomly and twist them




underneath the bun you can see the section for the ringlets and for some extra curls to place them into the bun






after doing the ringlets and curling the rest of the hair. Placed the curls near the bun.

The Front
take out pins and take the curls( the 3 horizontal ones) and take them back and place them into the bun as well( they will have a wavy shape). Create  curls with the ends when you pin them in. Then take the 2 vertical curls and take them back but make sure they are very sleek.






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