Crimping hair is not something I have done a whole lot of because it's fallen way out of fashion, although some celebrities have been seen with it from time to time but it never makes a comeback.
Crimping is a good method to get texture into the hair especially the course frizz that Elizabethan styles used.
Crimping wasn't that difficult to do, getting to the root was the hardest part as the tools are quite large and you risk burning the scalp. you can use a comb underneath your section at the root to help with this and create a barrier between your model and your styling tool.
I didn't get a photo of the crimping I did on the katie head before I brushed it out so here's a different image that I did on Billie my model in another session.
After crimping I brushed out all the hair and got a really large frizzy effect which I quite liked.
So after this prep it gave me a much easier texture of hair to work with for making the shape. The hair is a lot more mouldable with texture.
The next task was to create an Elizabethan hair shape without using padding so I sectioned off my block and backcombed it to create the volume I needed. It's important to backcomb correctly too, starting just above the roots and pushing your comb in and down on your section, repeating as you work up to the tips. Don't start at the ends of the hair because you won't get any stability and that is what backcombing is for, to create a foundation.
I like to really make the backcombing firm at the roots and this also helps gripping hair by providing a firm base for hold.
After backcombing the hair I was then able to mould the hair into the shape I wanted using my tailcomb to blend the sections together, create the shape I need and grip it into place.
I did this on both sides of the head and then with any hair at the back that was left we were free to do whatever with it, create a bun, plait it or just make it into a design, I chose to make a little vertical roll which I thought complemented the style.
I really liked practicing with the crimpers and creating texture, it's something I haven't done before and i will probably use again to create volume underneath styles. I have done simple hair-ups and more modern styles but this was very new and different. I enjoyed how the hair was easier to manipulate into the style and it was interesting to see how the texture affected this. If this was done on hair that wasn't crimped it would have been more difficult.
A little bit of me felt like I was heating because the texture hides a lot of things, when something is supposed to look a bit messy it's easier to be finished. If this was on straight hair it would have been really difficult to smooth and create a nice sleek finish.
I didn't encounter any difficulties creating this look and I was happy with my finished outcome.
The backcombing and frizzing technique is definitely something to use in my own designs.
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