Natural beauty hair

Equipment:
• Hair dryer and difuser
• Hair brush
• Sea salt spray
• Mousse
• Water spray
• Hair bands
• Hair grips

Technique:
• Brush the hair through.

• Spray the hair with water - but not too much - from mid-length to the ends.

• *It is not necessary to put product on hair that is already really wavy/curly.*

• If the model has fairly straight hair then apply mousse into the hair from mid-lenth to the end to help create volume.

• Spray the hair with sea salt spray.

• Scrunch the hair as it dries - either letting it air dry or by using the hair dryer with difuser by taking each section of hair and scrunching it into the difuser using a medium heat.

• You can use a large barrel curling tong to create extra curls and colume in the hair - but ensure that the curls don't look too perfect to create the more natural messy look.

• Use your fingers to push up the ends and break up the curls.

I found it quite hard creating this look on a dolls head - it would look a lot better on a model. 

I then created a hairstyle using the messy textured hair - by creating five strand plaits, and bringing them into a messy chignon.

Plaiting for fashion

Equipment: 
• Paddle brush
• Hair bands
• Pin tail comb
• Hair grips

Wiggle Plait 
• Section off the section of hair you wish to plait using the pin tail comb.

• Do a normal three strand plait, ensuring that it isn't plaited too tight.

• Once you have reached the end of the plait - ensure that you have two strands in one hand and one in the other.

• Push up the plait until yo have the desired 'wiggle' effect.

Waterfall Plait
• Start the plait as if you are starting to create a french plait near the hairline.

• Do two plaits, then drop the middle strand so that it blends in with the rest of the hair.

• Take a new strand from the top of the head, and cross it over the middle strand to continue the braid.

• Continue the process to continue the rest of the braid.

• With the remaining hair, carry on by making a normal three strand plait, and secure with a hair grip.

Slip tie knot
• Take the first section from the hairline, and split into two even sections.

• Tie the two sections into a knot.

• Hand each section to your model for them to hold in each hand.

• Take another seection directly behind the last section. Tie another knot, then hand the strands to your model to hold.

• Take another section and repeat.

• This will leave you with three strands on each side of the head.

• Now take another section, but this time before making the knot take the two strands from the first section and add to this section to create the knot.

• Repeat this process until there are no more sections. There should always be two sections in the models hands.

5 Strand Plait 
• Section off the hair you wish to plait, and create 5 even strands.

• *Crimping the hair first makes this plait easier*

• With the five strands, always plait the outside piece over and under the middle strand, ultimating between each side.

• Continue plaiting in this way until you reach the end of the hair, then secure with a hairband.

Volume and lift inspired by 50's, 60's and 70's

I decided to base my look on a 1960s hairstyle, inspired by this picture:

Equipment:

• Sectioning clips 

• Hair bands 

• Hair grips 

• Paddle brush

• Pintail comb
• Hair spray

Technique:

• Brush through the hair to smooth it out.

• Starting from the top sections of the hair, section the hair into smaller sections and begin to backcomb using the pintail comb. Do this by creating a mess in the section and pushing it down.

• Carry on doing this until all of the outer sections have been backcombed. Ensure that you backcomb towards the middle of the head - e.g for the sections at the bottom you would backcomb above the hair.

• Gently brush through the sections using the paddle brush and bring them over to the side to create a side ponytail. 

• Secure with a hairband - double band if the model has very thick hair.

• Use the wide barrelled curling tongs to create curls in the ponytail, then brush them out to make them softer.

• Take a small section from the ponytail and wrap around the hairband to hide it, then secure with hair grip.

• Use hairspray to secure the style in place.

Hair up - Modern and adding accessories

MEquipment:

• Sectioning clips 

• Hair bands 

• Hair grips 

• Hair accessories 

• Dry shampoo

• Paddle brush

• Pintail comb

•Hair pins

Technique:

• Create a middle parting using your pintail comb and then section the hair from behind the ear on either side.

• Gather the hair left at the back and secure with a hairband.

• Roll the hair at the back over your hands and secure with kirby grips. Shape the hair using your pintail  comb, and then secure with hair pins. 

• Bring the sections left at the front over the chignon in the style that you have chosen to use - e.g plaiting, twisting or just left sleek. 

• After this, use hairspray to finish the look and add accessories.

Blowdrying

Equipment:

• Hairdryer 

• Round bristle brush 

• Pintail comb 

• Sectioning clips

• Mousse

• Curling tongs

Technique:

• Apply mousse into the roots of the hair.

• Section off the front part of the hair, and clip up the top layers - work from the bottom up.

• Using the round bristle brush underneath the hair, blow dry above and underneath the section, moving the brush down the hair as you do this. 

• You can turn the brush at the end slightly depending on the style you want to achieve. 

• Use the curling tongs to curl the ends to add volume.

• Gently back comb underneath the sections, then smooth the top section to finish.