Creating Late Victorian Hairstyles

Equipment:

• Pintail comb
• Paddle Brush
• Hair Band/ Elastics
• Hair Grips / Pins
• Hair Curlers
• Dry Shampoo
• Hair Decorations

Method:

1. Brush through the hair and pulling it back, then creating a centre parting using the pintail comb making sure it is in line with nose.
2.  Section the hair again, from side of the head starting at the ear and finishing off at the other side by the other ear, secure them with hair slides.
3. At the back of the head, section from the line just created with a U shape, with the middle section of hair tie up in a hair band creating a high ponytail.
4. With small sections of hair from the ponytail, use the curlers to create small curls.
5. With those curls, pin the into the hair creating a full bun look without making it look like a ballet bun.
6. With the loose hair that hangs at the bottom, curl the hair into small sections, making sure you keep the tong facing upwards as this will help the curls stay in the position. Once the curls have cooled down with each individual curl pin the hair up near the bun already in place, trying to make sure that it falls down nicely, like a waterfall.
7. With the front section of the hair, which has already been spilt into two, curl into sections and repeat on the other side.
8. Gently comb through the sections so it create one big curl, then gently pulling it around the back near the bun and pin into place, giving it a swoop effect.
9. The final step is to add in decoration, whether that be flowers or ribbon.

   

When creating this hairstyle I did enjoy it as I found it fairly easy to do, the one main thing I did find hard was getting the high pony smooth to the head without there being any shark fins on the sides as this would show. I didn't really like the flowers in the hair as I feel like it has taken away some of the detail in the hair, so when recreating a hairstyle like this for Estella I don't think I will be adding in any adornments.  

To make the hair look aged, the use of either dry shampoo or talcum powder will give the effect of grey hairs.