Technical - Victorian Hairstyling

Health and Safety: If using a model place apron around the neck to protect clothing. 

Always ensure to run a client consultation to check for any infections, allergies or contraindications.

Products Used:

- Small Curling Tong

- Kirby Grips

- Sectioning Tail Comb

- Paddle Brush

- Small Hair Tie

- Sectioning Grips

Process of Creating Historical Victorian Hairstyles (Ringlets)

1. Place an apron around around the model to protect clothing.

2. Brush the hair through gently using a paddle brush to remove all knots and tangles before styling. 

3. Using a tail comb section the hair into a middle parting and then from the mid section of the head down to the back of the ears and pin out of the way using sectioning grips.

4. Using a paddle brush comb the back section of the hair into a ponytail and then twist into a bun, securing with a small hair tie. 

5. Divide the front section of hair into four sections on each side.

6. Taking the curling wand, roll the hair from the end in towards then face ensuring it wraps over itself rather than twisting.

7. This will prevent the ends from hanging outside of the ringlet.

8. Using the end of the tail comb support the curl as you release it from the curling wand.

9. Tuck any loose ends into the inside of the ringlet.

10. Repeat until you have four ringlets on each side of the head facing into the face.

11. To modernise the hairstyle slightly allowing for a more mid-Victorian style simply split the ringlets to soften the front of the style. 

Evaluation

Overall I feel creating this hairstyles went well as I was able to produce ringlets that were tightly wound and symmetrical on both sides of the face, which was an essential to the whole design of the look. That being said there were a few elements that I was not happy with in the finished look such as the bun and symmetry of the middle parting itself. I feel that if I had more hair on the doll I would have been able to create a more interesting bun that had more shape and body, realistically in Victorian hair styling the hair would be very long and therefore would be possible to plait and twist up into  bun. Furthermore I feel that by using real hair it would be easier to create a neat parting as the insert points on the dolls head are slightly unaligned and therefore make creating a perfect middle part difficult. This is something I can improve on in the future.