Evaluation Of The Project

For our first assessment we had to create a contemporary Elizabethan hairstyle. The brief was very clear and I had no trouble with understanding what I had to do for this project. 

I found developing my hair design much easier than the make up one. Mainly because I knew what kind of look I wanted to do for my design. I've done a lot of research about Queen Elizabeth and my New Elizabethan, Rihanna, who was also my inspiration for the assessment. A lot of the time we can see her with hairstyles that involve braids, curls and buns. I wanted to create a bit different look, but with Elizabethan elements. I decided to use a bun that Lottie taught us in our second week. The bun was supposed to represent a modern version of Queen Elizabeth's crown. The hair was crimped and I used two braids and pearls to decorate it. 

I think me and my partner, Greta, both did very well in our assessments. There was a lot of comunication between us and I think that you can see that from the final looks we both created. We practiced together in the lessons, and outside. However, she had more practice50 for my design than I did for her and there are a few things I would change as a stylist if I could. Both of us have to work on the symmetry, which was a very important part of our  designs. Nevertheless, I am happy Greta was my partner. We were a good team and I wouldn't mind working with her in the future.

Final Assessment - In The Role Of The Stylist + Peer Evaluation

To be honest, I haven't had much practice for this look. I think because we mainly focused on the make up part of the project. But since we used a lot of padding throughout the semester I felt confident about the final assessment. Greta showed me her design, we talked and practiced where whe padding should go, how many curls she wants and where etc. Also, she showed me how she wanted me to decorate the hair and gave me the pearls.

I am happy with the final outcome but there are a few details which I'm not happy about and wished I could change. Firstly, the hair that is covering the padding on the left side of the image below is not as neat as the right side. It should've been more symmetrical. Also you can see a pearl that came off from the top of the padding and it is between two curls. This actually makes me more annoyed than the shape not being symmetrical, I don't know how I didn't notice before I took my photos.

 Front

Front/Side

 Side

 Back

(Dec 1st 2014- day of the assessment)

Her Hair Chart

Her Notes

Final Assessment - In The Role Of The Designer + Peer Evaluation

Most of the Elizabethan hairstyles involve a padding and a round or a heart shape. That is why I wanted to make my look a bit different but Elizabethan. The bun that I came up with reminds me of a crown. I wanted my hairstyle to be big but without any paddings. The hair was crimped and there were two plaits going across the front. The pearled necklace that I used as decoration was actually my grans, and it is quite old. 
I think that my partner strougled a bit when I showed her my first design because originally I wanted only half of the hair crimped, and the rest sleek and straight. I made a few changes to make it a bit easier for her and I am happier with this design. 

I knew Greta would do a good job, and she is really good at braiding hair. The bun is not as symmetrical and round as it should've been though. We practiced and comunicated well and I think that is showing in the final look. 

Front 

Side

 The bun 

 Back

(Nov 24th 2014 - day of the assessment)

Hair Chart

The notes that I've given her

Partner's final design practice

This is the practice that I did in Hellen's class last week. Here we were trying to figure our what kind of final look she actually wanted me to do. I didn't have time to complete the look in the lesson since it took us a while to go through the options. But in the end, she figured out what kind of look she wanted me to do, and I felt confident the final assessment.

First I crimped her hair and placed the padding. Her first idea was to curl the rest of the hair and to have it backombed, big and messy. Half way through curling, and after realizing it would be a bit of a clash, she decided to go with hair. That made the look a lot more contemporary I think. At the front she wanted me to do 3 curls, which I haven't actually had the time to do but we imrovised just to get the idea. Also, istead of tucking the hair under the padding, the ends were curled (there are going to be 9 of them in the final look) and used as decoration.

Crimping

Padding

Improvised curls at the front

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streched curls

Curls after using a brush

straightened hair

Curls at the back

Nov 27th 2014 (all images above)