Final Assessment for my design. Erin doing my design.

On Monday it was assessment day for hair. I had completed my design and Erin had to construct it. We had practiced a lot and I had prepared everything she needed  (hair brushes and sectioning combs, clear head bands, hair grips, hairspray, hair wax for the braids and accessories for the finishing touches). I also felt that Erin was really well prepared.

List of products and equipment used.

1. Pin tail comb for combing and sectioning
2.Hairbrush
3. hair crimpers.
4. hair wax
5. hairspray
6. clear bands
7. hair grips
8. sectioning clips
9. accessories for decoration. 6 diamond ended bobby pins and diamond swirs to curl into the hair.
10. hair plan.
11. hair plan step by step
12. photos of practice sessions
 

Erin completed the assessment in good time. She was really professional, fast and the finish was really clean. The placement of the accessories was accurate and I was happy with the final result. The only thing I think I would have changed was the top bun as it looked a little over to one side, it wasn't quite as symmetrical as I would have liked but Erin did notice this herself and tried fixing it in the end.
Erin also took direction really well and I felt that our communication was our strong point. Erin understood the look I was going for which really made it easy when talking through my design with her. 

I really enjoyed designing this hairstyle. I took a lot of inspiration from a lot of avant garde hair styling sites and also from a lot of the Elizabethan portraits. I feel that I really managed to combine the Elizabethan crown with the modern avant garde hair crowns I found photo's of. I enjoyed the progression of my changing ideas. Each time I practiced I would alter something or move something. This was very important as I wanted to make it easily constructed by my Partner Erin, in the time frame given to us by Lottie.  I also wanted it to be well balanced and I found that my first design didn't quite fit with my head shape and hair thickness.  I feel that my final design worked really well for my hair. I have bleached it a couple of times so the condition is quite course. I found that because of this my hair took to the different styles really well and held really well too.
I used my first makeup design idea for my hair design photo. I thought it worked well and because it was a simple makeup design it fit well in the time frame. I do think though, that it made it look a little 90's Gothic when I used the black back ground (for the photo) which I wasn't entirely keen on as this wasn't what I was going for. Next time I will choose a simpler makeup look if my hair design is elaborate Or I will use my white background photo's as this sits better and balances everything out.