Wig application

·      Grips to be removed or to be hidden to avoid bumps.

·      Prep should represent the style, 1930’s bob, flat on top, pin curls on nape.

·      Create hair chart of your prep.

·      Adapt accordingly to wig style, hair type, quick changes, and security.

·      Avoid shiny grips, match them to the colour of the wig.

Pins, grips or geishas,

For preparation you need to use matte grips. Fine wig pins for edges of the wig.

Wiggly pins to anchor the wig and geishas to apply to thick plaited prep. Avoid bobble ended pins and putting thick pins around the edges.

Prep-

·      Check parting, section front from ears.

·      Section by section wrap hair going in alternative directions. Keep taught and flat.

·      Keep hairline exposed.

·      Hairspray and brush fine hairs back.

·      Use pin tails to tuck in areas when the stocking cap is on.

·      Pull out grips

·      Fine wig pins, horizontally turn flat and push at the bottom.

·      Hold bits that go by the ears

·      Put wig on

·      Wiggly pins at two anchor points underneath the hair. Two at the sides and two at the top.

Fine pins at sides and pull down flat and go up. Then the back.

Extreme images.

After shooting, i was really disappointed in how it came out. I wanted the sides to be more slick, and looking back at the photos now, i didn't pull out enough of my models hair to cover the wigs hairline at the front. I would also change how i created it and only use the middle section, but at the time of creating it i really struggled with doing that. I like the shape of the actual mohawk and the colours and the texture of the hair, i fell it was really let down with the sides, and if i could have had the sides really slick and pulled back it would have really improved the whole look.

Extreme.

For my extreme I'm going to be doing a mohawk. After speaking with seema we came up with two ways to do this using the wig. Either to use the whole wig and create the shape. Or to fold the wig and just create the mohawk with the middle section.

Firstly as i want to create texture in my wig, i set it by twisting the hair and wrapping it around pencils. I then stemmed it and left it for a day or two to dry. When i took it out the hair was set, but it hadn't worked as well as i had wanted.
So i tried a different technique that my friend had told me about it. I took small sections of the wig, twisted them around the pin tail comb, wrapped it in tin foil. Then pressed the straighteners over for a couple of seconds. Then waited for it too cool and unwrapped the hair. It had created a very tight curl, which then when i pulled out had created the texture i was looking for. I did this to several sections of my wig, using different shapes, e.g. some pin tail combs, some around a brush, to give a variety of texture.
I then coloured some hair extensions with hair chalks. I choose to use blue, pink, green and orange. I wanted these to blend in with the wig too, so i wrapped them in tin foil, but folded them up in a zig zag and then clamped the straighteners over. I wanted them to stand out a bit more thats i why i did them in a different shape to the wig.

In creating my mohawk style, i first attempted pulling the hair up into the middle and securing with hair bands, then creating the style with the hair left. As i was doing this though it wasn't giving me the shape and style that i had pictured. I was struggling to get it to be as big as i wanted it too.
I decided to change my method, and i took a section running all the way along the middle and braided  it. I then created padding and gripped that in. I began to wrap the wig hair around covering the padding. I then added in my hair extensions and used the remaining hair to cover them.

Knotting a square piece

·      Knotting hook

·      Knotting needel

·      Lace

·      Block

·      Hair

·      Take a small section of hair that you are going to knot and spary with water and twist.

·      Put your knotting hook through a single hole in the lace.

·      Take you knotting hook in the other hand a hook a single hair on to it.

·      Pull back through the hole.

·      Loop the hook round the hair and pull it back through itself.

·      Keep the hand with hair in still at all times and keep tension in both.

Let go of the left hand first once the hair is through

Fringe piece.

Today in class we were asked to create a fringe piece out of accessories and different things.

Roller work

·      Place wig on block. Centre line- the nose.

·      (Gloom, cut inot a strip to fit block your working on. Make sure equal amounts. Needs to go in straight. Lace needs to be flat. Make sure you turn up the ear area, Helps secure the wig to block, so you can use more movment.)

·      Wooden rollers can go in wig over, plastic ones cannot.

·      Start rollering at the bottom of the hair and work your way up.

·      Use your pin tail comb to keep tension.

·      Roller needs to sit on a section. No darg. Place pin in.

testing of ideas

These are just a couple practices i had done after coming up with my designs to see what i thought worked and what didn't, where there needed colour etc.

Hair charts

Extreme:

 Moderate:

 Simple:

 Wig preparation:

My story.

After researching into punk, I've been thinking about my character for my hair story. I want it to still represent the statements they were trying to make and the hair to still be as exaggerated as they were and wanted it to be. I like the idea of using objects and accessories and colour. So i want all those components in it too. I don't however want my 3 styles just too look the same, i want to create different textures to give it a modern more fashion feel. As punk is already quite 'contemporary' and they already used colour and accessories, I've been thinking about ways i can do this without it just looking the same. I think the texture of the hair could make a difference as the mohwak style for them was extremely slick and straight, so changing the texture of the hair would instantly make it look different.

My story:

Simple: is a girl, who starts off in her teens and she has very strict parents, so she starts to rebel and starts a punk rock band with her friends in her garage.   

Moderate: Their first concert. 

Extreme: This would be when the band has become famous and she is doing a shoot for a fashion magazine.

My extreme look i want to try and create a contemporary mohawk, i want the hair to be all different textures and different colours. I want to add different coloured safety pins in too as they used to use them. 

My moderate look i want to create a large quiff in the centre, with two tight braids going down the sides, so you still get the feel of it being like a mohawk. I want colour and safety pins in this look too. 

My simple look i want the hair to be down, with a  fringe, then too little bun on the top with maybe just one colour going through as she is just starting off .