Week 2: 1960's Hair

Understanding the different elements that create hair era’s, small elements that create the signature style, executed perfectly.

1970’s- Centre parting (festival Hair)

1960’s- same principles different elements

1950’s- male and female hairstyles, Marilyn/Elvis- teddy boy styles- similar to the Victorian, well groomed.

1960’s Lift & Height!- previous to curling you would have bow dried the models hair to give the lift and bounce. 

Equipment:

Tongs

Pintail comb

Section clips

Pins

Products:

Dry shampoo

Hairspray

Step 1: 

Section the front from behind the models hair, section into a side parting. From the top of the crown central section a strip of hair not too thick. Leave a similar size section to come over and cover it to create a clean finished look.

Step 2: 

Using the dry shampoo to make the hair tacky, to gain the volume, use the tong curling away from the head and slide a grip in place, make sure your not using grips with teeth as this will pull out the curl when the clip is removed.

Step 3: 

Curling down from the top of the head directly underneath one another to the bump in the centre back of the head.

At the sides create a triangle section and curl back carrying on down.

Week 1: Blow drying/Volume Hair

Equipment:

Hairdryer

Ceramic rounded brush- vent brush holes all the way through brush doesn’t get to hot.

Demin brush- more advanced

Product:

Mouse

Water spray

Route boost

Serum/wax/putty

Spray shine- coloured dull hair to finish

When blow drying the last 10% of wetness gives the structure to the hair, if the models hair is completely wet give a rough dry to reduced the wetness to the last 10% then apply the product this further doesn’t dilute the product unlike if it were to be applied onto very wet hair.

Step 1:

Create a very clean straight section that’s not to thick this is important when dong a blow dry. If on dry hair apply water a mouse to the route. Make sure you have decided on the parting previously to starting the blow dry.

Step 2:

High heat and High power, put the brush directly under the section at the route to create tension the hair should not be slack! Face the hair dryer under the section and over keeping the hair and hair dryer high. Never letting go of the hairdryer use it to catch under the section to re place your brush. Once route is dry style the rest of the section to desired look pulling the hair with the brush.

Step 3:

To check section is dry gently pinch section at route if hot its fine if cold needs to dry some more. Don’t touch the section until cool at the end you can blend in the sections to one another and style.

I found that once i got the rhythm of the moment i became very confident with the technique although i did have a model with short hair i feel i need to practice this on a long haired model.