How to block a lace wig

Equipment:

• Lace wig
• pins
• head
• Gloon 
• Water spray
• cotton wool and stocking for clean
• alcohol cleaner
• tissue

We were firstly shown a demonstration by Helen of how to Block a lace wig and the process, once it was shown we gathered all the equipment and had a try ourselves.

1. Firstly we started with placing the lace wig on the head and placing tissue under the lace. We placed some cotton wool in a stocking and dipped it in the alcohol cleaner and cleaned the lace at the edge. This process is gentle and gets off any dirt or make-up. Rub it over the lace carefully until all make-up is off.
2. Next take the tissue away and flatten the lace down, then we grabbed a piece of gloom which basically looks like a bit of ribbon and spray it over with water.
3. Then flatten the lace at the front and place the gloom on top of the edge of the lace and start pinning it down. Instead of pinning one after the other its better to pin one up and one down in a zig zag pattern to make sure the gloom stays secure. 
4. Start working your way all the way round the edge of the lace pinning it in a zig zag pattern, once you get to the ear section go round it and then pin it to the top of the ear and we finished there.
5. Do this round both sides of the lace following the edge and then finally with the last piece of gloom pin it to the head out of the way

Final Look

1970's/80's Punk Hair with a Modern Twist

STYLE 1

Equipment:

• Hair brush 
• Pin tail comb
• heated rollers and clips
• small hair bands (rubber)
• grips
• hair spray
• clips
• Afro comb

1. Firstly I started with sectioning the hair, I created a section down the middle around 7cm wide and straight down equally. I then clipped the side sections aside so I could work with the middle part.
2. While I was sectioning I put the rollers on ready to heat up, I then used my comb to grab the front section of the hair which was around 1 cm wide, brushed it and put the roller at the end and rolled it to the roots and placed the clip around it too hold.
3. I then did this all the way down the back of the head until its completely done. I used the largest rollers so the red ones and the ones slightly small the blue ones. 
4. While the rollers were cooling down I Dutch plaited both the sides of the head and put in a small elastic band. Dutch plaits sit on top of the hair as french ones don't. 
5. Once the plaits were done and the rollers were cooled I took them out one by one. I then used the Afro comb at the roots to separate the hair and brush through it slightly. 
6. Next was backing combing the center, I used my comb to individually back comb each section while splitting them up so its not parted. I decided instead of creating a Mohawk going back wards I wanted a complete twist down the center. I started at the back and rolled the hair in on itself and gripped it in, I then moved up and rolled the rest while gripping it into place. At the front I left the curl to swirl round and I twisted it a bit more and gripped it into place and then applied hair spray to the design to make sure It stays. 

Hair Chart

STYLE 2

Equipment:

• Hair bands 
• hair brush
• pin tail comb
• grips

1. For this style you want 4 or 5 pony tails going down he center of the head. Firstly I started by using my pin tail comb to section the front part and looking in the mirror to make sure its straight and in the center. I then worked my way done and I made 5 pony tails going down the center.
2. Once they were all up, I started with the front one and used my fingers to twist around in a bun shape and grip it down. I did this for each pony tail and then used my pin tail comb to separate them and spread them out and grip it down.

Hair Chart

70s/80s Punk Styles

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Outcome

I really enjoyed creating a different look and experimenting with the top of the Mohawk. I think both looks are very effective and are really edgy. I still need more practice on using heater rollers to make sure they are in nice and tight and so there is no drag. I enjoyed creating the first style more as I enjoyed styling the middle section and creating the plaits. I think with punk 70's/80's you really could get creative with the hair and equipment with different style and techniques. I'm really pleased with both designs and really enjoyed creating both of them.

Health and Safety

• Don't run in the studio
• keep bags away and tidy
• keep work top and equipment tidy
• be careful of trailing cables
• once you've used hot equipment turn them off and wait for them to cool before you put away
• Be careful with hot equipment 

Acrylic Wig application

Firstly our wig and Hair Lecturer gave us a demonstration of how to apply an acrylic wig to the head and making sure its secure.

Equipment:

• Wig
• Curby Grips
• Thin Grips
• Hair brush
• pin tail comb
• stocking cap

1. Firstly we started with pin tail curling the hair and making anchor points for the wig to attach to. Start with the front section and pull the hair off the face and twist it up in your hand and grip it down. If you part the hair in the middle you can create two or three on each side of the head at the front.
2. Next create a large pin tail curl at the back of your head (crown) and then the two sections either side swoop it round the hair both sides. Finally the bottom two sections by the neck twirl it around and place it on the opposite side and grip it down and then the same with the other side. Try the get the hair as flat as possible. 
3. Once the hair is all gripped down place the stocking cap over the head. Use your pintail comb to push in any stray hairs. Then use a large grip to place into the cap and back on itself into the hair to make sure its secure.
4. Now the cap is on and nice and secure ask your model to put her fingers up at the front of the forehead and place the wig at the front while your model holds on pull the wig over the back of the head. 
5. Then grab some large grips and grip through the wig to the head and put it backwards on itself to make sure its secure. Place two either side of the head by the ears, two at the back by the neck and two at the top of the head (crown) this is to make sure he wig stays on. 

WIGS ON MODEL

Reddish brown wig

side view of reddish brown wig

long chocolate brown wig

The 1960's

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Fall 2014: Valentino, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Gucci
Dan & Corina Lecca

THE LOOK: SWINGING WITH THE '60'S

May 20, 2014 @ 6:00 AM  Laura Brown falls for Fall

I started to feel groovy about Fall 2014 the second I laid eyes on Gucci. There was Nadja Bender in a skinny blue suit, a green shirt, a matching shaggy fur, and my favorite new accessory: thick-framed sage-colored aviator sunglasses. (Sage is the new rose, don't you know.) I felt even groovier when I clocked her blue snakeskin boots, kicking away like Twiggy on Carnaby Street. Now, I know the '60s comes back into fashion like...60 times a year, but I just dig it.

I like tailored coats with oversize buttons, simple graphic cuts, and boots, boots, boots (see also Valentino's patchwork numbers—they'll make you want to click your heels). Add to that the beauty of that era: full-bodied hair I'll never have, winged eyeliner I could have, the general go-go glamour. When it comes to go-go, no show was more anticipated than Nicolas Ghesquière's debut at Louis Vuitton. And Ghesquière was swinging too! Although his fabrics were modern, the silhouettes were '60s, from the neatness of the shirt collars to the subtle flirtiness of the skirts. His collection promised the freedom that mod girlishness brings, all tied up with an LV bow.

http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/trends/a2329/laura-brown-60s-fashion-fall-2014-0614/

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Back to the Future With ’60s Space-Age Chic

AUGUST 1, 2014 12:00 PM by LILAH RAMZI

Shop the look at VOGUE...

Photographed by William Klein, Vogue, March 1, 1965

The space race in the 1960s produced a crop of young designers aiming to equip the fashion masses for what they assumed to be the next frontier. Chin-strap space bonnets, flat ankle boots, and sleek, plastic-like tech fabrics typified the space-age look as women readied themselves for a new sartorial stratosphere. Nowhere was this truer than with André Courrèges, whose designs epitomized the era’s affection for everything outer space.

Designing for the year 2000, Courrèges’s eponymous label championed the youthful mod aesthetic for his sophisticated 1960s couture clientele. Abbreviated hemlines, contrasting borders, and punchy stripes in silhouettes borrowed from children’s wear comprised the designer’s vocabulary. A photograph by William Klein (a fellow proponent of the mod aesthetic) from Vogue’s March 1, 1965 issue celebrated the then-fledgling designer: Dressed exclusively in Courrèges, a pair of bespectacled models appear as fashionable intergalactic representatives from the planet earth.

But the look came down to earth, too: One might recall Audrey Hepburn whizzing around in her convertible in the opening sequence of How to Steal a Million, outfitted in milky white Courrèges, from her chin-strap helmet to her white kid gloves. And the Courrèges look inevitably finds its way onto inspiration boards at many of our contemporary designers’ studios: Consider Raf Simons’s astronaut jumpsuits at Christian Dior’s fall couture 2014 show, or Frida Giannini’s coupling of mod shifts and patent-leather boots at Gucci’s fall 2014 show. And just as designers are continuously looking back to the future, why shouldn’t you own a piece of fashion history? Click through to shop the look.

Photo: (Clockwise from top left) Courtesy of 1stdibs.com (2); Courtesy of etsy.com; Courtesy of 1stdibs.com; Courtesy of Saks Fifth Avenue; Courtesy of 1stdibts.com

http://www.vogue.com/946311/60s-space-age-fashion/

                           

Hair, Hair and More Hair..

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 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(2015)
12A | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 14 August 2015 (UK)
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In the early 1960s, CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB operative Illya Kuryakin participate in a joint mission against a mysterious criminal organization, which is working to proliferate nuclear weapons.

Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Guy Ritchie (screenplay), Lionel Wigram(screenplay), 5 more credits »
Stars: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638355/
Alicia Vikander as Gaby

Gaby's character has a very elegant look when she's completely dressed up however seems slightly dippy, her hair styles have ranged throughout the film however I like this one the most. This is when she goes and meets up with her dad who is a scientist, she wearing a lovely bright orange patterned dress large white earrings and large sunglasses. I think her hairstyle is very simple yet elegant, she has a slight fringe to the side, a small beehive at the back and then its in a low ponytail that's slightly curled.

Elizabeth Debicki as Victoria

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Victoria is a very sophisticated wealthy lady and can own pretty much anyone and anything. Shes very tall and slender and is always looking her best. I really like this photo of her because it really projects her character, quite a stern look, always has quite heavy perfect make-up and neat hair. In this photo her hair is scraped back in a mid pony tail and certain sections have been rolled over and gripped in and the rest is down in curls. 

MY FAMILY PHOTOS DURING THE 60S

My Nan at her first wedding to my biological grampy in the 60's

my nan on a bike

My nan and dad

My nan and her mum my great nan

My nana, dad and uncle

My great uncle (nans brother)

My Great nan on the left in the 60s and I think my Great Aunt

1960's Beehive/backcombing

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Equipment:

• heated rollers
• clips (for heated rollers)
• hair brush
• pin tail comb
• grips
• hairspray
• clips

Firstly we were shown a demonstration by our lecturer of how to put in the heated rollers and the direction they need to go depending on the beehive and its direction. At the back of the head its brick work going down and then stopping half way down the head if you want the beehive to be a complete up do and if the hair is going to be half up in a beehive and half down you want the roller work to carry on down the back of the head. If the whole thing is going to be up you want the brick work to stop half way and the hair at the bottom.

1. Firstly I started with sectioning the hair, I sectioned the front part of the way because this part will be the fringe and I also sectioned it into a side parting. Once all the front part was clipped out the way I put the heated rollers on to start warming up ready for the brick work at the back. 
2. I then took the largest roller out of the group (which were the red ones) and started doing brickwork down the back and stopped half way down. I stopped part way down because i'm going to put the whole beehive up and the rollers at the bottom have to go in a different direction. The rollers are quite hot so you have to be careful when holding them, start from the end of the hair, tuck the strands in with a pin tail comb and roller down to the root and clip in. 
3. After finishing the brick work I then started rollering the bottom however instead of facing downwards they have to face sideways going into the center of the head and the beehive will all twist in, in the middle. 
4. After all the back and sides were in rollers I let the front part down and place the rollers facing the direction of the fringe and the sides ones going backwards to join the rest of the hair to the back.

1. Once all the heated rollers were in I waited for them too cool down so the hair was completely set. I then took all of the rollers out and used the afro comb to brush through it slightly to separate the curls.
2. Once the hair was completely brushed out I separated the fringe from the back and then started backcombing the roots of the hair right at the top to give the beehive a lift. Once the top section was completely back combed I pulled it together at the back and gripped it in the middle.
3. Now the top section has been done the tricky part is brushing the bottom half of the hair back and gripping it all up into the center of the head, this is when the direction of rollers helped direct the hair. 
4. I then pulled one side of the hair over and gripped it down and then pulled the other side over and rolled it inwards on itself and gripped it in the center. I then let the fringe down, back combed the roots slightly and brushed it down and let it join the rest of the hair flowing back and gripped it in the center. Finally I completely hair sprayed the whole style to hold it in place.

         

Hair Chart

Final Outcome: 

After using the heated rollers and taking them out I really like the effects the rollers have as it give so much volume and the curls come out beautiful. I not great at sectioning the hair however all the rollers did come out facing the direction I needed so it helped me along when creating the beehive. When deciding to either have the beehive half up and the rest down or the whole style up I went up all of it up. I really like the whole hair up as a sophisticated look as I then when the hair is half down it looks more casual. I had no trouble back combing the hair however I struggled with getting the sides slick back and gripping it in place without it going loose. I wanted the back to be as flat and sleek as possible and just the top having the volume, I think for my first attempt of a beehive it went pretty well however I need to get slightly better at placing the grips in firm and being able to hid them. When looking back at the photos the fringe section looks rather large, I did want it to be big and to come across and join with the back of the hair however I think if I created it again then I would do the side fringe slightly smaller. 

Modern Beehives

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I was going for this sort of style for my beehive, big at the top, sleek at the sides, neat at the back and a fringe coming all the way across to join the back.

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Part up beehive and hair slightly down at the side, slight middle parting and very voluminous at the back.

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Similar style to the one above, modern version of a beehive maybe used on a catwalk show?

Health and Safety:

• Keep an eye on heated equipment such as heater rollers
• Be careful when handling rollers and when left in the dock it becomes very hot
• keep work station tidy
• keep bags and coats away and hung up
• Take caution of wires from electrical equipment