I do like the Elizabethan look but there's only so many heart shaped designs and hair styles you can think of.
I wanted to create something someone could wear today, something that was very wear able yet still set in that era. My inspiration was to create something big and bold yet cute and pretty.
This look is very 60's but I have made sure all the hair was off the face, there are modern twist on every aspect of this look but still very Elizabethan.
I found this image which I found inspiration from for today's practice.
On the day my model had a really good make up look so I used that to my advantage too, so being able to create a look where the make up complements it was good.
I knew what I wanted to do in my head but putting it into practice and thinking about every aspect priced a task.
I was very lucky that my model had lovely long hair so I could create a perfect look as what what I had in my head.
Creating the Look
1. I sectioned off the hair at the front to do Swedish braids, but st the front they both started as if one was behind the first one, both going down the sides of the hair line down behind the ears.
2. I sectioned that back into two sections. The top and the bottom.
3. I left the top smooth and straight and back combed it all and smoothed out the top of the hair.
4. Getting all the back combed hair I rolled it up and pinned it on the base of the section of hair instead of under the section.
5. As it just looked like a sausage I pulled the roll down so it shaped around the head. I pulled the braids back around the roll and pinned them in with the roll at the bottom/back of the roll
6. Once I had pinned and shaped that to how I wanted it I moved on to the back of the hair. I pulled it all back and put it into a pony tail quite high up so the top of the bun will come the bottom of the role.
7. With the hair in the pony tail I created a modern bun. Getting one section, slightly back combing and then doing a barrel curl. I pinned each barrel curl into place creating a bun shape.
8. With pins I moulded the bun to create a circular shape and pinned into place.
9. This was my look completed but I went over every aspect of the look, smoothed out, pinned and moved around to make sure it looked neat and perfect like the Elizabethans hair was.
Reflection
I really loved creating this look. It's something I've never created before and I could do what ever I liked. As long as it was Elizabethan inspired, which it was.
I wanted to braid around the front but do something totally different so braiding one behind the other I haven't really seen before. I thought the braids looked really good and I was so pleased with my neatness as l don't usually do Swedish braids that often.
The back I was so pleased with too I wasn't sure how I was going to do the big quiff at the back and make it work but some how it just fell straight into place just how I wanted it.
The bun too was pretty easy for me, my model had really long hair to I had loads to work with. The bun came out much better than I was expecting too. It looked really full and big which is what I wanted.
The only thing I didn't like about creating this look was the front braids, I have only done those braids a few times so getting them beat and looking good took me a few minutes longer than it should have because I kept messing up. I eventually got there and got it exactly how I wanted it but practice makes perfect.
Overall, I'm very happy with the look I created, I loved it. My model said she would even wear it out if she was in the right outfit and setting. I was very pleased with how neat I got it to look, if you practice what you're doing it gets much easier so creating this look for me had challenging parts and some not to challenging but I loved the look and k was very happy with the outcome too.
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