My Colleague from a classmates quote about hair from Elizabethen Times.

So, in class everyone had to find a Quote about hair from Elizabethan times and then choose key words from that quote and make a colleague from it . Pretty fun but also very hard.

My partner was Neila and The key words from her quote where, Wreathes, Gold and silver, curly and frizzy .

Using materials provided we made a colleague of what we envisioned the hair style to look like.

  

This is my interpretation of the hair style using only the key words and the description of what Neila wanted from communicating her idea to me. You can see the that the ribbion is red I would have liked it to be gold or silver however there wasn't anything available to me that was gold or silver so I had to use the red one instead .  

An Elizabethen Quote

               

                   '''Tush I can dye my haire, be it never so black, I can make it shine like a globe
                   in a little space. Also to tire up my head I have such a knack, that some maides
                   will delight to follow my trace. I can lay out my haire to set out my face.
                    Oh, To be faire and feate nice and neat, is a gay thing. To colly and kiss my
                    pleasure it is, for all your new learning.''
This quote is Robin Conscience's sister defining her brothers moral child.
   Richard Corson fashion in make-up from ancient to modern times, Revised edition 2008


So basically, I think the quote is saying that she is able to dye her hair so its never going to be black , that she is really good at styling her hair so much in fact that the maides want to be able to do what she can do with her hair. to have neat and tidy heair is a gay thing but in those times I'm taking gay for its orginal meaning of being happy, so I'm assuming she is saying that by having neat and tidy hair makes her happy and so therefor its a good thing. Or if the quote is meaning gay as in being stupid or something like that it would make since as in Elizabethen times, if your hair was big and striking looking ment that you were powerful. So they had outrageous hair styles but they were very much contained and structured looks. The fair hair is referencing to Queen Elizabeth's hair which was very fair as a young girl and then became a more fair ginger colour whch turned into a deeper colour as she grew older, but every woman wanted to have fair hair as to be like Elizabeth . To have Black hair was to show almost being against her, as the Queen of Scots kept her hair black this was to show she was against Elizabeth.




I think this is a good modern interpretation of the Elizabethan hair style from the quote. As the quote talks about being neat and tidy this hair is styled in a neat and tidy way, she talks about it shinning like a globe referencing a round shape and this surly has a round shape to it . It talks about having fair hair and for it to suit your face . The hair also has the same kind of texture that the women of the Elizabethan times would of had , that kind of fizzy crisp feel and look to it. Which this has lots of. Its also a big powerful statement hair style which references power and authority.   




This Image shows a neat and tidy hair style that is ''shinny in a small space''  it has a bun in a circle shape which referencing the globe , it is an upstyle which relates to the ''To tire up my head I have such a knack'' so it is referencing to a shinny neat and tidy upstyle which is what this hair style is.  It even has the feathers and pieces in it which is very similar to what the women would of worn in the time.

Elizabethen Hair styles made contemporary

So I'm looking at Elizabethan hair styles and then I'm going to transform them into contemporary designs. So with this particular hair style we can see that it sits quite high on the forehead and has fringe that is very fizzy and curly going from ear to ear around the head. And make special note of the hair accessories.
   To make the hair style more contemporary but still keeping the features of Elizabethan times I would have the hair style sitting lower on the forehead I would then put a French plait going the entire way around the head and bring the hair back in a neat bun.
   Another idea I had of making this style more contemporary is bring all of the hair up on top of the head and make it kinda twisty curly and messy -This would only work if the hair was fairly short, I think this would work as royals etc often wore their hair very big and fizzy like but yet very contained. So by bringing the hair up to the top of head head and making it curly, messy and twisty you would still be keeping the general idea but just making it wearable today.



 The idea I got from this hair style was if the person had long hair, you could back comb the fringe and side pieces of hair and then put it in the same shape she has going from ear to ear but making the hair really smooth looking and then leaving the rest of the hair down. Or by putting the hair into tight square curls like the photo has and then just adding a simple hair piece like a flower or even a bandana would make it more contemporary.
   Another way of making this hair style more contemporary would be to create a centre parting and then put in the really tight GHD curls like the image has in. The centre parting was very important in Elizabethan times.

My first attempt at blow drying hair

So on Thursday in my practical hair class we learned how to blow dry hair, and lets just say well.. Me and the hair dryer didn't get along very well. I was holding the hair dryer wrong and after being shown how to hold it properly it made my life so much easier.
   It was tricky enough to get but I think after some practice it will be alright. I needed to focus more on the ends of the hair and finishing them off to a better standard. I kind of just forgot about the ends as to speak but I'm hoping with a bit more time and practice I will get better at it.
  First we shampooed the hair twice and rinsed it out, then added some conditioner after this was brushed through the hair we rised it out and then towel dried the hair. We then Blast dried off the hair so it was 80 per cent dry and then we added product such as serum , heat protector etc. The reason we blast dried the hair first was so that the product wouldn't be diluted from the wet hair and so the product will work better, also so that it speeds up the blow drying time so that you aren't blow drying the hair for a long time. It was quite difficult to learn but I'm hoping I'll get the hang of it after some practice .

(Photos taken in class of model)

Sheek Hair Styles-What comes to Mind?

                                                         ''Sheek Hair Styles''

Sheek Hair styles? I bet your saying to yourself, What in the name of god is that? Well its up to you to decide what YOU think it is (Within reason) of course .
  Iv chosen Alan Keville again, Just because he is so amazing. Alan has the ability to do a mixture os techniques and styles which I think is very important as a stylist, you need to be able to step out of your comfort zone from time to time and swap up and switch up on techniques and styles. I think Alan does this very well.

        When I think of Sheek as a style I think of Softness,something classical looking, something that is feminine. I feel this image portrays
my thoughts of sheek the best possible way as its a soft looking style with classical references to the braid but yet somehow so inventive and different . This image was taken from Alans Avent Garde collection.
  The main aim of this collection was to create unique styles while still maintaining beautiful hair.http://www.kevillehair.com/index.php/collect/avant-garde-collection/
   (Link to Alans collections) 

Modern Hair styles- What comes to mind?

                    ''Modern Hair styles''

Modern Hair styles? What comes to your mind when you think of the word ''Modern''? Is it strong bold colors? Geometric shapes? Lots of detail? No detail? How would you describe Modern and what truly classifies a hair style as ''Modern''.. I believe each individual person has their own interpretation of the word and so therefor will think differently of what is a modern hair style.

    When I think of modern I think of bold , bright colors, I think of strong shapes and clean lines, I think of something that is detailed with a minimalist appearance, something that is bold , daring and inventive. So the following are what I think are modern hair styles done and created by a leading hair stylist Alan Keville who is based in Ireland. The following images are taken from his collection called The New Paradigm Collection .http://www.kevillehair.com/index.php/collect/art-team/

As you can see in all of the images the same thing is repeated throughout the collection, Strong colors and shapes. The collection was inspired by different textures, patterns shapes and colors which I find quite inspiring .
  Alan as an artist is extremely daring and inventive with his styles, He continues to push the boundaries of hair further and further. He is a Technical Style Director for Alfaparf, A leading Italian high fashion color brand. He is also one of the few hair dressers to pick up the L'Oreal Color Trophy award and the Hairdresser of the year award.