miss Havisham hair ideas

Miss Havisham hair ideas

Before creating my final Miss Havisham I had to firstly take into consideration the hair style I would be creating had to include elements of a Victorian hairstyle from the early Victorian era, for example the 1830s this was due to Miss Havisham being a older women living in the Victorian era. Her hairstyle didn't changed due to Miss Havisham staying in the same dress and living conditions for the rest of her days after being conned on her wedding day,  her hair also  may have become more and more untidy as the years past.
After some thorough research
on early Victorian hairstyles, it is apparent that the main elements incorporated into a Victorian hairstyle is a strong centre parting, ringlets which fell either side of the head and a style of bun either plaited or rolled.
For my first attempt at a Victorian hairstyle, I decided to create a simple idea, by firstly creating a strong centre parting, the sectioning a small section of hair either side of the hair to just behind the ears, which will be styled into sculpted ringlets. When creating ringlets in a Victorian hairstyle it is important to have the same amount of ringlets on either side. With the remaining section of hair I created a simple plaited bun. Finally to complete the look I create two plaits with a small section of hair which was the models fringe which had grown out and created a plait either side which I secured to the bun using a few hair pins.

Overall I wasn't happy with this design I felt the bun looked untidy and off centre and the plaits did not work well with the Victorian 1830s hairstyle due to the way they were situated.

For my second attempt at creating a Victorian hairstyle I experimented with creating a different style of bun, still keeping the ringlets either side of the hair and a strong centre parting. In order to create this Victoria style bun I firstly sectioned the larger section of hair into a ponytail and began t take smaller sections of the ponytail which I rolled up and secured in place with several hair pins.
I was much happy with my second attempt at a Victorian hairstyle and wanted to use this style of bun in my continuity  assessment, however I found it slightly difficult rolling the hair and securing it in place therefore in order to make it easier to create the hairstyle, in the assessment I will firstly use the curling tongs to curl the ends and apply hairspray to the section . In the assessment I will also aim to make the bun slightly higher due to my second attempt at a Victorian style bun being slightly too low.

In order to become more confident with the Victorian style bun which I wanted to use for my constituency assessment I practiced at home in my own time, however due to the dolls head having much shorter hair than my partners for the assessment I found it easier to create the hairstyle and therefore was also slightly worried about being able to create the hairstyle in the assessment.
 Instead of creating ringlets either side of the head I used the same rolling technique which I used to create the bun either side of the hair, this idea I liked and considered incorporating into my final Miss Havisham design.

After creating the Victorian style bun which I was happy with, I also experimented with the remaining sections of hair at the front of the head, using my curling tongs I and fine tooth comb I sectioned the hair and created he same amount of sculpted ringlets either side of the head.
Even though I liked the idea of sculpted ringlets I preferred the rolled technique due to it looking neater, I also felt the technique would work better with my models hair  due to my models hair being log I felt the ringlets would drop and look messy

after creating three secure rolls either side of the head, by sectioning the hair with my pin tail comb applying hairspray to the section and rolling and securing in place using a hair pin, I decided to take the smaller and shorter top section down , creating a smaller ringlet. This idea I felt would be a good design for my Miss Havisham assessment and decided to use include this in my final design.

I took a photograph of the front of my dolls head to convey the strong centre parting and the sculpted ringlets .

Once I was happy with the Victorian styled bun and the rolls situated either side of the head, I decided to incorporated two plaits either side which I secured to the bun, even though I liked the idea of incorporating plaits into my design, due to my models hair being long meaning the bun would be bigger than the one on my dolls head I thought the plaits wouldn't be as noticeable, and therefore decided not to include this in my final design.

Once I was happy with my final design I decided to incorporate flowers into the design, in order for it to appear more bridal and to convey the character story of being a wealthy women who idolised her husband and got conned on her wedding day, living in her wedding dress for the rest of her days. Due to recreating the miss Havisham look of when she was an older women I stained the artificial flowers using tea to appear more aged. In my design I am so going to apply dry shampoo to the hair to make the hair seem more aged.

Before deciding to incorporate the flowers into my hair design I also attempted to incorporate a veil however I felt this covered the design too much and would also take the focus away from the makeup design.

Once I was happy with my final design I created a sketch of the design which I would use as a guideline during my assessment as well as a step by step tutorial in order to create my final Miss Havisham design, I felt this would also help with continuity .