1960's modern wig on wooden head
Above is the final photo of my wig on the wooden block right before I put it on my model. I styled it a little more in the time frame of my final assessment where we put our wigs on each other. I decided since I had more time I wanted to re-do the plait at the back. I was much happier with it this time when creating the plait because it was much more secure and didn't have drag at the sides. I also gripped more bits of hair up and hair sprayed it again to stay in place. The accessory I used in the hair was ab chunky necklace which through the holes of the chain I gripped it to the head however I did this once I had the wig on my model.
Make-up:
- Laura Mercier primer
- Revlon concealer light
- Double wear light foundation intensity 1.5
- Ben Nye banana powder
- Estee Lauder bronze goddess light
- mac pink nude highlighting powder
- collection black liquid eyeliner
- rimmel black mascara 3D lash
- rimmel brown brow pencil
- vaseline
- sleek matte lipstick vamp red
- rimmel lip liner black tulip
I applied the make-up before putting the wig on so I knew it was all set when I would apply the wig. I started with creating a warm flawless base, I started with applying the primer, concealer, foundation and powder, bronzing the whole face to give it a slightly golden look and then concentrating on the cheekbones giving them definition. I then applied a pink to the cheeks for warmth, large black winged eye liner however smaller than the historical look and then applied mascara and filled in the brows slightly for definition. For the lips I wanted to go with something a little brighter and bolder for the modern look so I applied red. I started with applied Vaseline to the lips and then lining them with black tulip and filling them in with sleek red vamp colour.
Equipment:
Equipment:
- Wig
- hair brush
- pin tail comb
- grips
- clips
- stocking cap
- hair spray
- hair accessory (necklace)
- Scissors
- Once the make-up was done I started on the hair which I brushed through first to get any knots out, I then center parted the hair and then starting pin curling the hair. I did one pin curl either side of the parting, one either side of the ear, two at the back at the bottom of the neck and one large one at the back at the top of the crown.
- Next was to apply the stocking cap, which I asked my model to put her fingers up at the front of her forehead and she held onto the front of the stocking cap while I pulled it securing over the back of the head. I then used the large grips with the bobble on the end so it could pierce through the cap, I attached it through the cap and gripped it down to the hair. I placed two at the front of the head, one either side of the ears, two at the bottom of the head by the head and one at the top.
- Once the stocking cap was on I took the metal pins out of the wig which was holding it onto the wooden head. I then carefully took the wig of the head and held my hand inside the wig to support the rat inside as it was large and heavy.
- I then asked my model to hold her fingers at the front of her head and she held onto the front of the wig while I pulled the back over and did the elastic clip up. I then sorted the ears out and made sure the wig was on the head straight.
- I grabbed a few grips without the bobble at the end so it can pierce through the wig and pinned it through the wig to hold onto the pin curls in the stocking cap. I put two pins at the front of the head, one either side of the ears and two at the bottom of the wig by the neck making sure it was on nice and secure.
- Finally was putting the accessory at the front of the beehive. As it was a necklace it had a long chain which I tucked into the hair I then placed grips through the metal loops in the neck and pinned it into the beehive, I used 5 pins in 5 holes to hold it on securely. I used my pin tail comb to tuck the chain further into the hair.
- As the fringe was a little longer from the previous design I wanted it shorted like how it was on my hair chart. I got the scissors and with some help from Lottie I cut the fringe into a shorter side fringe.
Above is the final up close images of my final modern 1960's hair design. I double checked the hair to make sure it was all perfect and gave it a final spray with the hairspray once the accessory was in the hair.
Evaluation
I think that putting the wig on my model this time was harder than the historical hair design I think this is because there was so much more going on at the back, the height of the beehive was much larger and the rat was larger and heavier. When taking the wig off the head I was again worried it might not stay, the height and the fact the hair was looser and more casual where it wasn't so firm because of the style it did loosen a little when putting it on my model. When actually putting the wig on the plait kept folding inwards which made it harder for me to get onto the head however when my model was holding it at the front I un-tucked the back and gripped the end of the wig down. Once it was on it was okay, I just had to restyle it a little as a few things loosened when putting on which was annoying. I did get a little stressed with this design I must admit as it was such a hard beehive to achieve with such little and short hair for the amount of volume I was going for. Once I finally finished styling it I put a few gripped in the plaits to cover the lace under the plait and then completely sprayed the hair to stay put. Surprisingly the hair accessory which was a necklace was quite easy to put in, I thought because its quite heavy and the hair is so sold it wouldn't stay but it did first time which was a success. I was pleased when it was on because it did look very natural on and didn't show any of her hair or anything unnecessary. 































