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