Historical Referencing - Male Elizabethan Hair (Sir Walter Raleigh)

Book Ref: 'The History of Hair', Ann Charles and Roger DeAmfrasio, New York: Bonanza Books, 1970
'Encyclopedia of Hair: A Cultural History', Victoria Sherrow, Greenwood Publishing Group Inc, 2006

Sir Walter Raleigh,
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/
sir_walter_raleigh.htm

Within the 16th century the male Elizabethan took as much pride in his hair as the women of the period with barbers dedicated to shaping, colouring and maintaining the beard and hair. Often men would use a starching powder the stiffen their hair to allow for the hair to maintain its shape for a longer period of time. The hair was commonly styled into small curls called 'lovelocks' which were created by wrapping the hair around thin iron rods that were heated to create the curl, however this style did not come into fashion until the later half of Elizabeths reign when longer hair became more suitable for the gentlemen. Before this hair was cropped more closely with the main focus being on that of the beard, but the concept of the curl remained a feature throughout the period. 

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/
fashion/guido-1#slideshow_69777.1

One example of the 'lovelock' is that of Sir Walter Raleigh, an Elizabethan explorer and writer who was favoured by the Queen during the early years of her reign. Raleigh's portraits are iconic due to the shape of his beard, pearl earring and most importantly perfectly curled dark brown hair. Raleigh offers an excellent example of the type of hair desired by the male gender within the Elizabethan period as it perfectly embodies the fashion of the time period. 
This image taken from Guido Palau's 'Hair' is a perfect contemporary demonstration of how the use of small tight curls used for this hairstyle is resonant of the male Elizabethan hair fashions of the time period. At the beginning of Elizabeth's reign the fashion for male hair was to be short and tightly curled to the crown of the head, and it was not until the early 17th century and end of Elizabeths reign that longer curls became fashionable. This use of tight curling is an excellent example of something that could be done for my own final hair design as long Elizabethan waves would be highly unattainable on my own short hair.