Practical - Creating a Tall Symmetrical Structure

Creating A Tall Symmetrical Hair Style with Polystyrene 
Health & Safety: Always run a consultation with the client asking about their hair type, condition, coloured or natural, allergies, medication and any contraindications that may prevent you form touching the clients hair. This should be done to lessen risk of transferal of diseases or infection.
Place a plastic wrap around the client to protect clothing. 
Products Used: 

• Small Hair Crimpers 
• Kirby Grips
• Small Hair Pins
• Hair Slides
• Sectioning Comb 
• Denman Brush/Paddle Brush
• Polystyrene Ball
• Mesh Sock
• Padding
• Hairspray  

Process of Creating a Tall/Symmetrical Hairstyle 

1. Crimp the hair all over the head using the small hair crimpers to create  texture and body
2. Taking the hair from the centre of the crown of the head create a french plait that forms a circular spiral, this will be the securing  point for the polystyrene ball.
3. Place the polystyrene ball into a mesh sock and double wrap it to form a secure holding point.
4. Pin the polystyrene ball onto the centre of the twisted plait using small hair pins and ensure it is secure. 
5. Slightly tease the front section of the crimped hair at the roots to create body and fold the hair back over the polystyrene ball, pinning in place to secure shape.
6. Gently comb the front of the hair to smooth back and ensure an even surface. 
7. Taking a small back section fold over the end and pin into place to  fully conceal the ball. This should create a tall and rounded cone shape. 
8. Using the same method as before section the back part of the hair  into two, leaving a small triangle of hair at the bottom, and insert another sausage shape padding.
9. The hair should now resemble a heart shape from the side and a rounded triangle from behind.
10. Using the figure of 8 frizzing method wave the bottom triangular section left free however do not fully brush through as the waves should be left partially solid in structure. 
11. Finish the hair with hair spray to secure any loose fly aways.  

Evaluation

By using a polystyrene ball I wanted to make the style and process of inserting padding more intricate and challenging however the process of attaching the polystyrene ball was much more simple than expected. The objective for this hairstyle was to create a heart shape, although my style does not immediately appear to be heart shaped from the front like most Elizabethan styles. The heart shape is more visible from the side as a silhouette, also the focus on symmetry was important for this design and by creating a tall rounded structure this process became far more simple to produce. Overall I was relatively satisfied with the final outcome however I do feel that the waves at the bottom could have been neater as there was slightly to much fluffiness on the hair than originally desired.