Estella - Hair Experimentation

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:

- Apron

- Kirby Grips

- Sectioning Tail Comb

- Paddle Brush

- Small Hair Tie

- Sectioning Grips

Process of Creation

1. Brush hair through to remove all knots and tangles. 
2. Divide the hair into a centre parting and then from ear to ear.
3. Taking the back section the models own hair, twist it into a mid height bun.  

4. Take the front sections of hair at the front of the face and redefine the middle parting if required. 

5. Plait each individual front section into a basket plait beginning from just below the eye. 

6. Repeat on the other side. 

7. Bring these plaits loosely backwards to hand just below the ear and looping back upwards into the bun behind. 

8. Fix with bobby pins. 

Evaluation

This hairstyle much like the one featuring a conventional plait was very simple to create but is an effective interpretation of an early Victorian hairstyle worn by the Queen herself. I feel that this would be a good choice for the type of hair design for my Estella as it is simple to create, looks neat when finished and could easily be worn by a child which is perfect for my Estella as I am basing my version of the character around the age of 12 - 13 years. Although the use of a basket plait makes the hairstyle slightly more decorative I think that because of its highly simple concept it could be made more effective to look at by wrapping a piece of ribbon around the top of the hair, this would be relevant to the hairstyles of the period but would so add an extra element of decoration. Obviously as my model has bright red hair the process of creating this hairstyle will be made more challenging through camouflaging the red tones of her hair and also adding length through hair pieces, however this is something that I will practice and develop through experimenting with my model at a later date.