Elizabethan hairstyles- Texture and Padding

Sarah Mower. 2010. Chanel Spring 2010 Couture. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.style.com/fashion-shows/spring-2010-couture/chanel. [Accessed 04 December 14]

Elle. 2014. Summer Hair Problems Solved. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.elle.com/beauty/makeup-skin-care/summer-skin-hair-problemssolved-566538-5#slide-5. [Accessed 04 December 14]

We were asked to research Elizabethan hairstyles. We looked at the different hairstyles used at this time. The two main ones that stood out were padding and frizzing. although iconic elizabethan techniques, these are still used today mainly on catwalks. 

I love how in the Chanel picture above the hair is accessorised with colour and flowers. this really makes the 15th century technique of padding contemporary.

We recreated these techniques in class.

Crimping

Needed

· Crimping iron

·Gown

·Clips

·Pintail comb

·Denman Brush

Method

1.   Depending on your clients hair condition heat the crimper to the desired heat.

2.   Section the hair starting from the underneath

3.   Make sure your sections are not wider than the crimper.

4.   Clamp the crimper together with the hair in between firmly for 5-10 seconds.

5.   Ensure your client is comfortable

6.   Move down the hair to form a constant crimp.

7.   Repeat this process all the way down the hair.

8.   Crimping helps create texture and can also make the hair thicker and easier to work with.

Although the crimping creates a good base and texture for a look it doesn't create enough frizz to match the hair styles of the Elizabethan age. We then moved on to using Geisha Pins to create a more frizzier texture.  

Frizzing

Needed:

·Gown

·Pins

·Geisha pins

·Straighteners

·Pintail comb

Frizzing

1.   Take a section of hair, the small the section the tighter and more defined the frizz will be.

2.   Place the geisha pin into the hair and slide it down to the scalp.

3.   With the hair in between the pin create a figure 8 shape, winding the hair around the pin.

4.   Continue doing this until you come to the end of the hair and then slide a hair clip onto the figure 8 up to the root to hold it in place.

5.   Heat the straightener and hold it on the Geisha pin for 5-10 seconds.

6.   Let the hair cool in the pins

7.   Once the pins removed style as you desire.

  

Once the shape is stretched out it already begins to frizz and grow. 

After brushing the ste out it is easy to achieve the frizzy look that the Elizabethans strived for.

Another Elizabethan hairstyle is padding.  

The padding gave the Elizabethan wigs height and structure. To achieve this in class we frizzed the hair to add texture first. 

Padding

Needed:

·Gown

·Pintail Comb

·Pins

·Clips

·Sectioning clips

·Padding

Inserting the padding

1.   Gown your client and do a hair consultation.

2.   Section the hair in front of the ear and clip it forward out of the way.

3.   Figure out where you want the padding to go and create a tight, secure French plait. This will form the base of the padding and give it something to hold onto.

4.   Pierce the padding with pins and secure it into the plait making sure its firm and wont move.

Covering the Padding

1.   Unclip the hair in front of the ear that we previously section and place it over the padding.

2.   Tuck the remaining hair under the padding and pin.

3.   Use a pintail comb to move the hair around ensuring all of the padding is covered.