Look Hunter: Learning Elizabethan Styling Techneque's

FRENCH PLAIT

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Method:

Using the paddle brush make sure the hair is smooth with no knots to ensure the hair is easy to work with.
Choose a desired are to plait and from the front take a strip from the front.
Take this strip and using the seconding comb split it into three equal sections.
Create a criss cross where each section of hair has crossed over at least once. take the right strip and make it the middle strip then take the left and do it the same.
do this twice as to secure a basic plait.
Once the plait is secure add in sections closest to the plait and the head from each side of the plait. for example as you take the exciting section from the right hand side to cross over to the left, add more to the right section from the right hand side of the plait before taking it over. do this on both sides and pull the hair firmly to keep the plait close to the head.
continue this down the head until the plait is no longer against the scalp of the head.
Once the plait is no longer against the head continue the plait without adding extra down the rest of the length of hair and secure with a hair tie.
If you feel it necessary apply a small amount of hair spray to reduce fly away hairs and keep the look secure. Do this with a distance between you and a client and cover their eyes.

FISHTAIL PLAIT

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Method:

Using the paddle brush make sure the hair is smooth with no knots to ensure the hair is easy to work with.
part the hair in half down the centre of the back of the hair
take a small section from the underneath of either side and bring it round over the outside of that section and join it with the other side
repeat this on the other side
continue doing this over and over underneath each section you have just joined to the other side. whilst continuing pull the hair tight in order to keep the plaits structure.
at the end of the hair either secure with a small band or hair tie or use a back combing (sectioning) comb and back brush the end very tightly and it will hold without a hairband.
again it is optional weather you wish to hair spray, but if you go for a looser fish tale plait you may want to as otherwise it may fall out.

BUNS:

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Method:

Use the paddle brush to smooth the hair and make sure there are no knots
Form a pontail on the top of the head making sure that its is smooth and neat with the paddle brush making sure there are no bumps.
section the hair into four separate symmetrical quarters. use the sectioning clips to hold things in place.
make sure that the sections are aligned symmetrically to the face. and then individually back comb each section keeping them separate
smooth over the top layer of each back combed section
roll the back combed sections into four panels separately pinning, securing and smoothing them as you go
use a styling pin to gently work the hair into one section.
use a comb to gently smooth the bun over
fix with hair spray if desired to minimalise fly away hair and secure the look.

RIBBON WORK:

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Method:

Use the paddle brush to smooth the hair and make sure there are no knots
section the hair in half horizontally
on the top half follow the bun step by step but when you get to the stage of making the four sections into one, leave it as the four separate sections.
on the bottom half section it into three equal layers horizontally
take the bottom layer and hold it to the left head side of the head. hold it tight in this position and use the fishtail technique to form a tight plait on the left hand side of the head.
secure this plait and then repeat this technique on the middle layer but on the right hand of the side head
repeat this process once more with the top layer and in the centre of the head.
take al;l three secured fishtail plates and nejd them upwards so the shape perturdes from the back of the head
pin each plait securely in this shape hiding the pins in the extra hair from the layer above.
take the ribbon and pin it to the inside of the bun structure so it can be concealed.
once the ribbon is secured to the hair weave it in and out of the four sections in the bun until it starts crossing over itself and forming a plait.
to finish the look wind the string around the plaits and connect them together via the string then secure it at the bottom with another pin.

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