First practice session

My partner, Georgia wanted heart shaped hair. She wanted me to crimp the entire head and create two buns (one on each side of the hair) to achieve the heart shaped hairstyle. She also wanted a plaited bun on the bottom half of her hair. Luckily, we live in the same building therefore we were able to talk to each other a lot about our designs. During our first practice session with Lottie, she guided me on exactly how she wants her hair. This is what the final design looked like:

For my first practice, I believe I done well. I wanted Georgia to approve of the overall look, therefore I kept communicating with her to ask if I'm on the right track. She, herself was very pleased that I was able to deliver her design exactly how she wanted. Georgia had a bald patch in the centre of her head which she was very embarrassed about. I reacted very positively towards this issue, and pretended I didn't even know. I was very careful when working near that area as I didn't want to burn her with the crimping iron. 

I managed to finish the hairstyle on time and was very pleased with her final design. I made my own guide as to how Georgia wants her design so I'll remember for the actual assessment. Next time I do this hairstyle however, I'll make sure to crimp the exactly from the root to avoid straight hairs. Georgia has very straight hair, and area's that I hadn't crimped properly were very obvious. 

Step-by-Step guide:

Required equipment: hair pins, hair/elastic band, Denman brush, sectioning clips, a crimping iron, and a pin tail comb.

1.            Firstly, brush the hair to get rid of any knots.

2.            Crimp the entire head and brush it out to create frizz.

3.            Section the hair into three. A right side, a left side (centre parting) and the bottom half (just beneath the ears). You may want to clip the bottom half to get it out the way. 

4.            You’ll now be creating two heart shaped buns. 

5.            Take small sections of the crimped hair and backcomb it using a pin tail comb.

6.            Once all the hair is backcombed, create half a heart on both sides. Secure the ends into place using hair grips.

7.            Create a wrap bun with the remaining hair on the bottom.

8.            Using booby pins, tuck in the ends of the hair to hold it in place.