My assessment.

When I first saw my partners design on her collage and hair charts I was initially slightly worried. As I find hair really difficult! I can create what I am taught but the outcome always seems to be messy which I find frustrating. The design looked simple enough for me anyway. I was confident I could create a bun. I was also confident I could create a slight heart shape at the front of the hair due to Lotties tutorials.

Whilst creating the design I found it surprisingly easy to apply a hair doughnut in someone else’s hair than I can with my own hair. I learnt how to attach ribbon to the hair and how to hide the pins. I also learnt that fine hair is incredibly hard to make stay up without some type of padding in it. There just was not enough hair to support her design. I had to backcomb the hair, hairspray the hair then back comb it again to make it a sturdier so it could hold the shape.

If I could put my input into the design I would have suggested using padding to hold a volumized heart shape. I also would have supplied a water spray bottle to keep the loose bits of hair down; although I used hair spray it just makes the hair look a bit greasy and hard whereas water tends to dry the hair flat if brushed down. I would've chosen a lighter hairspray than silver skin as I find once it’s dried the hair goes so hard it’s no longer flexible I possibly would have used Elnett, or John Frieda.

Overall the outcome did not look as good as when I practiced it. I was extremely nervous and time conscious. I managed to do the design but maybe not as well as I planned. I did prepare for the assessment so was annoyed at myself that I did not exceed to my expectations.

 Here is my consultation form for my partner. It showed that her hair type, condition, and whether she had any scalp conditions of which she did not. Which made no contradictions to my hair assesment.

My partners design.

I practiced Hayley's hair design again with her initial idea. As she had brought the other ribbon. I really like this look and it reminds me of the union jack flag, which she could relate to the Elizabethan era Elizabeth ruling England. I found this design rather easy to do but I had some complications with the ribbon. As when I pinned the ribbon down with a curvy grip the ribbon would slip as the pin would not grip the ribbon hard enough. The grips were also hard to hide! So she decided that geisha pins would be more suitable as they help the ribbon and hair better and are a lot easier to hide. I could just slip them under the bun.