Hair Charts - My First Designs

Using my research, the inspiration that I gathered from images as well as the techniques I tried out, I started planning my designs. The first design that I put on paper was the bouffant heart design that I created in a practical lesson. The whole head of hair is crimped and brushed through with a small amount of back comb against the scalp on the underneath layers. No props are used, when the hair is sectioned properly a few pins will create a dip resulting  in the heart shape in the hair. I think this design is simple but effective. It incorporates the texture of an Elizabethan hair style but without the same amount of control, giving it a contemporary edge. The hearts are placed at the front of the head along the hair line, sat upon a middle parting, where this shape would have been worn during the 1500's. This shape would have been created using a rounded out bouffant on either side of the part, instead I have placed a heart either side of the part to make the shape more prominent and the style more modernised.      

The style on the left was inspired by the Tudor rose bun that I styled on my flat mates hair, this same bun is on the nape of the neck and to the left side in my design. I also incorporated these buns along the hair line. This brings attention to the front sections of the hair like most styles worn in Elizabethan times, however the texture of the hair is sleek and soft making it more up to date, something that would likely be worn to a wedding or prom. Out of the two, this design has more of a  21st century approach as the flowers are similar those that would be worn to a festival and it has more contemporary elements in texture and volume of the hair.