Hair Practice 2

In todays lesson I actually got the time to practice the full hair design and overall it took me about 1hr 30min

These are the images of my hair practice today, I found that I was a lot more comfortable doing the waterfall braids this time and they turned out much neater and more defined. I started by sectioning the hair, creating the waterfall braids and then tried to crimp the hair after, however this caused a whole load of problems and the hair at the top of the braid started bagging, which ruined the entire look, so I found it was best to take out the braid and start by crimping first, this is how I will do it for my timed assessment as it will save a lot of time, but I only need to crimp up to just below the ear.

I found that doing the waterfall braid after the hair had been crimped made it appear more full and defined which was really good as my model has thin hair, and this made the overall style look a lot more effective. I suggested to my model to plait the hair at the back where the two waterfall braids meet just so it is more secure.

I am really pleased with this practice session, I think that you can see that I have got progressively better when you compare the photographs to those I took last week, however there is still some things that I need to change, the feedback that me and my partner decided on was that my sectioning needed to be better, as you can see from the bottom left photograph my parting is messy and this needs to be crisp to make it look professional. and also I need to section the hair better whilst crimping as it looks messy rather than being in straight lines. We also agreed that the waterfall braids need to be further down. I will have a practice on my Katie head before our assessment to try and get this to a T, and also start using a bit of finishing spray to finish the look. Overall I am much happier with this design and I feel a lot more confident than last week.