Crimping -

So, although in my final design I really wanted to use Geisha Pins all over my head; with a time limit of two hours and a full head of hair down to my waist, this just wasn't realistic. So, during a practical hair lesson we learned the art of crimping, back combing and padding hair; and although the outcome of crimping is slightly more subtle than using Geisha Pins, it was still effective in creating that Elizabethan textured hair that I really wanted to re-create in my own design. Once I had sectioned the hair into four I began the crimping process and this was the outcome:

 

I found that by holding the crimpers down on the parts of your hair for 10 seconds really does give a distinct effect. With this practical we decided to brush out the crimping (after the whole head was done) and then backcomb the roots of the hair as well as the actual hair. This then gave a very fluffy, crimped like texture to the hair and we decided to add some padding to lift the hair into at the front of the head creating a large amount of volume and noticeable texture.