Having finalised my design i thought it would be a good idea to practice it myself on a mannequin to make sure it looked the way i wanted and there weren't any issues.
1. Brush through the hair thoroughly and part directly down the centre of the head. Spray the hair with hairspray and smooth down using a comb and your hands.
Begin to place grips horizontally around the head starting an inch above each ear and meeting at the back of the head.
2. Cross hatch these grips to really secure the hair in place and to stop the grips moving around.
3. From the part of hair below the grips, section off the top 1/3 which is roughly half an inch thick and clip on the top of the head.
So it will look like this once it is all gathered and clipped on top of the head.
4. Crimp this bottom section of hair, making sure not to leave any sections straight.
5. Brush this out using a barrel brush which will automatically create frizz.
6. Begin to pin frizz the top section of hair, taking roughly centimetre sections at a time. Pin frizzing involved taking section of hair and wrapping hair around a hair pin in a figure of eight, securing it with a grip and applying heat.
As you go around the head it will begin to look like this.
7. Brush out the pin frizz with the barrel brush.
8. Take a section from above the ear approximately 1 inch thick, plait this and secure to the back of the head using a grip.
9. Back comb all the hair, starting at the underneath and create volume at the sides as well as height.
10. When you've finished backcombing, dip the decorative pearls in a small amount of gel and place one by one through the backcombed hair as seen in the design illustration.
The finished result should look somewhat like this. Looking at this, Im not 100% happy with the allocation of the pearls and think a few more would solidify the look. Also, there some hair underneath that hasn't been fully combed and looks a bit limp which could be rectified by further backcombing.
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