The tudors tv series - Hair

When Browsing the internet i came across a TV series called the Tudors. I only got as far as looking at the advertisement but what i saw slightly disturbed me. The hair in this TV series was very inaccurate.


http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/30500000/The-Tudors-women-of-the-tudors-30596966-1280-1024.jpg

using this one image as an example, When i look at this picture (hair wise) I feel like it screams modern. The Woman in this picture are sporting wanded hair, correct me if i'm wrong but i'm 100% sure curling wands did not exist in the 15th century. I understand that Elizabethan women wore their hair down and loose to show virginity and innocence but i imagine them to be the most natural curls which is not displayed in this picture.

Assessment day two !

Designer- me

Stylist- Cornelia 

So hair assessment day  arrived (again) and it was my turn to be the designer. So i sat there buttoned lips watching Cornelia create my design. I personally think she did a good job considering she
has no experience in hair what so ever. She didn't even use padding. I can pick a lot of faults out but that's just me being a perfectionist. I feel she quickly adapted to doing my hair although its a different texture to what shes used to.

Assessment day!

Hair designer- Cornelia Lapinskaitė

Hair stylist- Kyomi best

Working in pairs wasn't a new experience for me. Working in pairs and swapping our designs to do on each other was a challenge. I found it more difficult in make up rather than hair.
Previously doing a two year hairdressing course helped me drastically with this side to the unit. When Cornelia gave me her design i didn't really have any worries as it was quite simple.
I only actually practiced twice with this design, Once with padding and once without. I found the partnership with Cornelia could be difficult at times but we pulled through in the end.

elizabethan hair, head coverings and adornments

The French hood


The coif



The Atifet




The Caul



the pillar box


curls


heart shaped style



http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/02/16/article-2102140-0063BF8E00000258-12_306x359.jpg
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2655627/Lady-Gaga-thinks-shes-Queen-Pop-teams-regal-ruff-crazy-curly-wig.html

http://www.gogmsite.net/the_middle_1500s_-_1550_to_/minialbum_elisabeth_of_aust/1570_elisabeth_of_austria_b.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/anne-boleyn-15071536-219537

http://www.sixwives.info/tudor-hats.htm

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/40250990391289096/

http://s1.hubimg.com/u/4557424_f260.jpg

Second time using padding

This is my second attempt at using padding and i am very very pleased with this look. 

I really like the bun at the back and the fact the middle of the hair is staight and the outer sides of the hair are crimped giving a lovely texture change. This look is definitely something to think about when doing my final design.

View point The back- the left padding , middle bun and bottom was done by me and the right padding was done by Sylwia Mazur 

Practice 1

Today my partner practised my idea and these are the results. 

There is still a few things that need practising- I.e- padding placement but I need to communicate more and write instructions for every detail ! 

Overall I think she fine quite well with it. And all though the front is different to how I imagined I quite like it ! I realise I am going to have to concider how to get around my shaved patch!

Cornelia's design

This is the first practice i did of Cornelia's design. 

As you can see her design includes crimping and padding in the front and a bun that i made without a bun ring. I didn't find Cornelia's design too challenging as i have some  hair experience. 

We did discuss the use of using a bun ring as it may save time. 

Padding

This was my first attempt at using padding. Clearly it didn't go so well because you can see the padding through the hair. I think that I needed to use darker padding and use more hair to cover the padding.

How to use padding.
Crimping hair is optional when using padding.But best results are gained.

1. part the section of hair you will be using to cover your padding.
2. estimating how much hair will cover the padding from the front, section this off too.
3. do a small cornrow down the hair. This will hold your padding in place.
4. using LOTS of grips place the padding on the hair and secure to the cornrow.
5. once secured, I usually use the back section to cover first then use the front section over the top to give maximum camouflage.

Adornments

I've recently been looking at adornments and how to modernise them.

I've chosen to go for this design with my final design. When I look at this design it reminds me of the hair designs from rock n rose , a hair accessories and jewellery company. Www.rocknrose.co.uk 

I started to look at their instagram to get a few ideas. And came across these pictures. 

http://rocknroseuk.blogspot.co.uk/

I noticed a lot of there hair designs could be considered new Elizabethan and noticed flowers were used for adornments.

So i decided to use roses for my adornments. Next I began to think about current fashions. 

Recently I noticed metallics are very in. You can refer metallics to new Elizabethan as it could represent riches.

Image sources-shown in top left of pictures 

I feel that metallic silver is more of a statement. From these ideas I have decided to create small roses to sit inside the front of the hair. 

Next i looked on pinterest to see if there was a tutorial on how to make fabric roses.

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/118782508893860646/

My next thing to do would be to go to fabric store to find the correct material.

Design number 1 new Elizabethans

I have recently been looking at Heart shaped designs new and old. I have came across these images. 

Queen Elizabeth I

by Unknown English artist
oil on panel, circa 1588
38 1/2 in. x 28 1/2 in. (978 mm x 724 mm)
Transferred from British Museum, 1879
Primary Collection
NPG 541

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02077/Queen-Elizabeth-I?LinkID=mp01452&search=sas&sText=queen+elizabeth&wPage=0&role=sit&rNo=8

Chanel Couture Spring Collection 2010 

http://media.onsugar.com/files/2010/01/04/2/192/1922153/656cd56d9a847401_Chanel-Haute-Couture-Spring-Summer-2010.jpg

Seeing these images inspired me to go on with my current design. 

 Today I practised one of my looks that I designed for the new Elizabethan project. When designing this look I was thinking about bringing a modem goth look to it! This look has 2 pads underneath so I will need 4 for assessment. I like the way I placed the curls as I think they look like flowers. I feel like this look needs some small burgundy roses sitting in between the curls to add to the gothic effect.

Figure of 8

   This is my experiment with crimping hair using a hair pin and straighteners. To do this you would need to grab a small section of hair, place the pin (bottom down)  at the root and begin wrapping the hair between the two 'legs' creating a figure of 8. when at the end of the hair you would use a second pin to secure, then use straighteners to set it.
when it is cooled down you would release the hair and should end up with a result similar to this.

I first tried it on a dolls head but found it came out much smoother on one of my class mates.












DOLLS HEAD.

 

Curls and crimping

Queen Elizabeth I

associated with Nicholas Hilliard
oil on panel, circa 1575
31 in. x 24 in. (787 mm x 610 mm)
Purchased, 1865
Primary Collection
NPG 190

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw02074/Queen-Elizabeth-I?LinkID=mp01452&search=sas&sText=queen+elizabeth&OConly=true&role=sit&rNo=4

Curls were very popular in the Elizabethan times.

This is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth the first displaying curls in her hair. 

Contemporary curls-

These pin curls remind me of the Elizabethan look but also are modern due to the placement of the curls. 

http://www.myhautedame.com/tag/modern-pin-curls/

 

 This is my practice of crimping and curling. I quite enjoyed crimping as it created a texture similar to my own and also made the hair mold-able.