20th March
Following on from my previous hair design practise, I have continued to research different techniques and styles for my avant-garde hair designs for my photo-shoots. I have collected all these images on a Pinterest board, which I have attached in another post to show clearly, and precisely the different styles I have looked into. I decided to practise more of a simple style and then see how it went to develop it more at the end. By crimping the hair and sectioning it, I then rolled the hair into ball-like shapes and secured using bobby pins, the positioning of the hair in a brick like manner created an interesting result. With the front of the hair tightly scraped back,it almost reminded me of a chic/bridal hairstyle. I think after doing this style, this overall look will be quite elegant as with all the hair off the face and shoulders, this will bring more attention to the face. Or in contrast I could counteract the elegant hair with dramatised makeup to bring the look together.
After I completed the style and look photos to document my hair design process, I pushed this forward to try something new by really focusing on the edges and defying the shapes of the hair that I had created.Although I was happy with the original style of the hair, I thought by doing something a little extra it will really stand out more, especially being complimented by make-up. By using my pintail comb and straighteners, I pulled up the hair using the pin and straightened to create a web effect, this technique was also used to create solid edges. With the final result being still ball-like sections of hair but with the edges more precise.
These final images show the hair before and after
edited onPhotoshop. These pictures were taken by my iPhone but I wanted to try different editing options to see what effects these create. This was also good practice for the time comes for when I need to edit my final images, as I will know exactly what tools to use to bring out the best of the hair in each image. I feel that in the images on the right, it clearly shows the progression from the original images from Photoshop, using the blending and blur tool to darken the root of each edge and web, and highlighting certain sections and the tips to make them seem higher. This also gives the hair a professional looking finish as I stated in my proposal that I want all my images to be highly post-produced to give them a non realistic feel – an overly perfect sense of beauty in a way. As well as research and designing purposes, practising my hair designs always builds my confidence and helps me feel 100% certain that ill be ready to do the hair when it comes down to my final shoots as I will know exactly what products I will need and how long each look takes me time wise.
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