FMS406SalmonM x Technical Hair Padding and Crimping.

In my most recent hair practicals I learnt how to correctly backcomb and crimp my dolls head to mimic Tudor Hair texture. I first began my sectioning my dolls head into two parts from the middle of the hair, after this starting from the front of one of my two sections I began to crimp the hair in small sections in a side direction, falling to the side of my dolls head. After I had crimped my dolls head I then experimented with a rat padding I think it was called, this is where I had to take a small front section of my crimped hair and then mould and shape it backwards over the padding the create a beehive affect and then seal it with small clips.

 

After using the padding with this technique, I tried another way to create tudor hair volume and texture by using no padding. I began by crimping the other side of my dolls head until it was all done, then I back combed the crimped hair in small sections until I was pleased with the effect. After the side of my dolls head was properly backcombed it gave me a tough afro affect, which I first thought wasn't right but after speaking to Lottie she explained that was the affect I wanted to achieve. Like my first attempt of styling the hair into a beehive shape, this time i made a small front french plait at the front section of the head just behind the piece of hair I would use to shape. And then moulded the shape of the beehive with the backcombed hair and bobby pins alone, tucking in any fly away hairs with a pin comb and pin the hair into the plait underneath.

I found this Practical lesson fairly easy but difficult too as I am not very confident with styling hair. I had also missed a previous practical lesson where we were taught how to french plait, because of this I decided to practice this during the lesson alongside crimping and backcombing. I practiced a few times and finally got the hang of it, but I am going to continue to practice outside of practical hours as I found it is a really nice method to use, when creating a beehive hair shape without padding, but still keeping it neat, and may use it for my final look.