Bibliography

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http://cdn.cityandguilds.com/ProductDocuments/Beauty_and_Complementary_Therapies/Beauty/3003/3003_Level_3/Additional_documents/Downloadable_logbook_units/3003-335_L3_Logbook_downloadable_unit_v1.pdf

Amy, 2011. Finger & Marcel Waves - Stylish Hair of a Bygone Era [online] [viewed 03/11/15] Available from: http://chicvintagebrides.com/index.php/beauty-hair/finger-marcel-waves-stylish-hair-of-a-bygone-era/

Anon. [no date] The History of Marcel Waving [online] [viewed 03/11/15] Available from: http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/hairstyles/marcel-wave.html

VintageDancer, 2013. 1920s Hairstyles History - Long to Bobbed Hair [online] [viewed 03/11/15] Available from: http://vintagedancer.com/1920s/1920s-long-hair-to-bobbed-hair/

H&MUA Team, 2012. Women's 1940s Hairstyles: An Overview [online] [viewed 03/11/15] Available from: http://hair-and-makeup-artist.com/womens-1940s-hairstyles/

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Anon, 2012. The History of the 1940s Victory Rolls Hairstyle [online] [viewed 03/11/15] Available from: http://www.hollywoodnoirmakeup.com/1940s-victory-rolls-hairstyle/

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Images:
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Anon [no date] Marcel Waves [digital image] [viewed 03/11/15] Available from: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/424675439834424597/

Anon [no date] [no title] [digital image] [viewed 03/11/15] Available from: http://www.vintage.co.uk/images/photos/women/1940s_factory_girl.jpg

Anon [no date] [no title] [digital image] [viewed 03/11/15] Available from: https://delanceydamevintage.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/snood-glorious-snood/

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CORSON, R., 2005. Fashions in Hair: The first five thousand years. Publisher: Peter Owens Ltd. pp. 623-650.

CORSON, R., 2010 Fashions in Makeup: From ancient to modern times. Publisher: Peter Owens Ltd. pp. 519-525.

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Evaluation of Whole Project

I am really glad that I chose this unit, I have learnt so much and have had a lot of fun in terms of trying on wigs, seeing how it changes peoples appearance and even going out and buying and then designing my own wig! I chose to use a lace front wig as I wanted a more natural hairline in my photographs and I really like the effect of them and I enjoy knotting so I will have to get used to the lace!

For my first assessment, I looked into the 1940s and chose to create a factory girl. Rather than just designing a wig and putting it on someone, I wanted to create a character with a story as if the character was in theatre. With the support of my costume and makeup design, I feel I have achieved this. I am very pleased with my images from this informal assessment as I feel it captures the era well and is recognisable to people. The props and the way my model is positioned in some of the photographs resembles a poster from the 1940s advertising women to work which is the kind of look I was going for. I feel the research I have done and the design work I have put in has shown in my final outcome of this era. Although my design was quite simple with the snood, my contemporary wig required more skill and I wanted to recreate the usual snood that was originally worn out of hair. If I were to improve, I would have bought just a normal acrylic wig or paid a bit extra to have the lace a more natural colour to my models skin tone rather than a darker one as I had to cut the lace very short so that it couldn't be seen as clearly.

For my second assessment, I recreated the 1940's victory roll in a more contemporary style. I always knew that I wanted to recreate the snood out of hair as I liked the idea of creating a more modern factory worker. Today, many factories use machinery but there a few that still have people working in them. I wanted this to reflect in my modern hairstyle but so that it still looked fashionable enough to be worn on a catwalk or in a magazine. I really liked the one big victory roll at the front rather than having one either side and I liked the effect of recreating the snood out of actual hair. I feel this is what made it more contemporary. The makeup and costume supported this too. I used a denim jacket rather than a blue shirt as they are similar but the reflect both my chosen eras. I also added a poppy to my models outfit as I wanted to show that the soldiers who fought for our country are still thought about and remembered today. This year it has been 70 years since the second world war ended and I wanted to show the contrast between my two photographs by having the 1940's factory worker taking over her husbands job to one of her family members showing respect and remembrance towards the people who fought in the war.

Overall, I feel both assessments went really well and I feel I have created two characters by changing my models appearance and transforming her from one era to another with the help of my wig, costume and makeup. I have learnt a lot in this unit and it has definitely helped me decide what route I want to focus on now. I have really enjoyed everything from learning the basics to putting on a wig to designing ideas and creating them. I have taken a liking to knotting and have surprised myself at how quickly I picked it up, I am looking forward to knotting more over Christmas and making many more things.

Final Images - Historical

Final Images - Contemporary

Comparison

Historical vs Contemporary

The two wigs that I have designed are quite similar in the fact that I have used victory rolls and a snood but have different aspects that differentiate them from the past to the present day. To me, they both tell a different story and portray different characters as the costume, props and makeup have helped achieve this. I am pleased with both designs and how the assessments went and how they reflect each era. 

Contemporary Informal Assessment and Evaluation

I had a slight problem this time round, the wig never fitted my model exactly but for some reason this week it wouldn't go on her head and it was extremely noticeable. My model is blonde and to have such a dark wig on her with blonde hair showing at the sides didn't look too good in my photographs. Below you can see at the side her blonde hair and the lace. Because it showed up bad on camera, I decided to tuck the lace and wig cap under as best as possible. I then used brown supra colour and applied it to my models hair to blend the sides to match the wig and it looked so much better. In a way, I'm glad this happened as I now realise that you will have to think quickly if something like this happened in the industry as not all wigs fit everyone. 

This is where I applied the supra colour and as you can see, blends much more better with the wig. I am very happy with how this looks. 

In these photographs especially you can see the lace and where I had to cut it. If I were to re do the assessment I would buy a normal acrylic wig without lace as it was too dark and didn't blend with my models skin tone. Overall I am pleased with the final look.

Setting my Contemporary Wig

I had to block my wig again and it was much harder than last time. Where I had cut the lace really short to the hairline for my historical assessment, meant I had to carefully block it this time, getting really close to the hairline. I had to put more pins in than usual as some of the lace kept poking out of the galloon. This was probably harder than actually setting my wig!

Once I had finally blocked it, I could start to place my rollers in the hair. I did exactly the same set as last time, starting off my sectioning the front section to the ears and creating a parting to the side. I placed the rollers in the front, then began to brickwork down the back of the head.

Again, I had to dampen some of the hair and hold it in place with a sectioning clip as some of the sections were too thick and wide for the rollers. However once they were held into position they seemed to stay which was good. 

As we didn't have time to set our wigs in our lesson, we had to do it in our own time. I was at home for the weekend, so I took my wig home with me and set it there which I am quite glad I did. I did everything else the same but apart from using a steamer, I used my kettle! My mum and I took it in turns to hold the wig over the kettle whilst the other held their finger on the button to keep it boiling constantly. I made sure the wig was damp with the steam like last time and once I was happy with it, I let it dry for a couple of days before styling.

A few days later, I checked that the hair had dried and then took the rollers out. The hair was much more curled than last time and I don't know whether it was down to me using a kettle or not. I was pleased with how well the hair curled even though I was going to brush it out. 

After I had brushed the hair out, sectioned off the front hair again and pulled the remaining hair into a ponytail at the back of the head. I then rolled the ponytail at the end of the hair to create a bun shape and then pinned it back on itself so it was a bun that was rolled up. With my extension pieces, I took my loops and treated the side hair through before pinning it into the bun. I then took the plaits and pinned them into the bun to create a criss-cross pattern. I added the main plait across the ponytail which hid all the ends of the plaits and cerated the top piece of the snood. (A lot of hairspray was used to keep everything in place).

Extensions - plaits and loops

Then it was on to creating the victory roll! It took me many attempts to get this right and I can honestly say the whole hairstyle took me around 6 hours to create, which I am glad I did this at home because my assessment is only 4 hours long!! I added a extension in the fringe to tie the colours in at the back and to add definition. 

Once I was happy with the victory roll, I sprayed a lot more hairspray on it as I had the fun task of transporting it to uni following day. I had to put a plastic bag over the top to keep it out of the wind and rain and had to hold it upright so that it didn't flatten. 

Once I arrived to uni, I didn't want to take the bag off as I was too scared incase it was damaged. I was so grateful that it was still in position. In the timed assessment, my model did her makeup whilst I set up and prepared to apply the wig. Again she did a good job at following my design. I wanted a dark eye with a darker red lip which wasn't so bright. The lighting was bad in my room so I took some more photographs of my wig in the studio so they are clearer to see. 

 Again, I put the hair in pincurls and then placed a wig cap and secured it. For some reason I stopped taking photographs after this stage but I did everything as normal and like last time. You will see my favourite photographs from the shoot on the next post!