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!