Practical - Padding the Hair

Padding Hair
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 Barrel Hair Curlers (with clamp)
• Small Hair Crimpers
• Kirby Grips
• Small Hair Pins
• Hair Slides
• Sectioning Comb
• Denman Brush/Paddle Brush
• Padding

Process of Creating a Padded Hairstyle 

1. Using a Sectioning comb begin by dividing the front of the hair from the ears forward and the back for heat styling.
2. Style the front section into an even section of standing pin curls using the small barrel curlers.
3. Frizz or crimp the back section from the nape of the neck upwards towards the curled section. 
4. Taking a small section of crimped hair from between the curls and the rest of the hair and complete a french plait that follows along the scalp from right to left, finish the rest of the plait and pin back underneath the rest of the braid. This will work as an anchor point for the  padding.
5. Using small hair pins push the pins through the lining of the padding.
6. Pinch the pins and push them into the french plait to secure the padding to the hair.
7. Using the hair below the padding take it up over the padding, smoothing to fully cover the fabric. 
8. Secure again with small hair pins.
9. The rest of the hair can now be brought back over the padding and the curls removed and style as desired. 
10. Using the end of the sectioning comb the hair can be slightly separated and adjusted to cover any small gaps that may have appeared during styling that expose the padding.

Evaluation
Overall I found the process of putting padding into the hair relatively easy, however creating a secure anchor point for the pins to sit is essential. This can prove tricky and uncomfortable for the model therefore it is important to get the hair in securely and quickly, the tighter the braid the more secure the pins will hold. Once the padding was in the tricky bit came from covering the material fully with the hair, if there wasn't enough hair then this would prove tricky however by selecting a padding that matches the colour of the models hair any gaps would be less noticeable. A second issue came from finding a good enough position for the hair padding to sit in as although it may appear high enough at first the padding may actually sit to low on the head which is not suitable for Elizabethan hairstyle. This can be adjusted by pulling the padding forwards or placing the securing pair higher than first thought needed.