Early Victorian hairstyle practicals

Here are pictures of my practise in the lesson of two different basic early Victorian hair styles followed by a photo of a go I had at home on my flat mates hair. I was happy with the turn out of the style on my flat mate as it was much easier to work with than on our dolly heads hair. I found during practising these styles that the bit I most struggled with was creating a straight center parting and the smoothing of putting the hair into a ponytail and bun without it being messy.

Equipment:
- Hair brush
- Tail comb
- Grips and pins
- Section clips
- A small hair band
- Small curling wand
- Dolly head/model

1) Create a center parting with the tail comb and on each side of the parting create a section of hair to just behind the ear, I then sectioned these off securing with a section clip.
2) With the rest of the hair at the back of the head I brushed into a mid-high ponytail and secured with a small hair band
3) I then plaited the ponytail and twisted it into a bun and secured it in place with grips and pins.
4) To create the curly style I took the smallest curling wand I could find and created sausage-like ringlets that covered the ears and hung at the sides of the face.
5) When I recreated the look at home but plaiting this time I repeated the same first 3 steps but instead of curling the side pieces of hair I combed them down smooth to just above the ear where I began neatly plaiting the rest of the lengths of hair, once the whole piece was plaited I looped it round the bottom of the ear and up and incorporated it into the bun and pinned into the place. Repeat this on both sides of the head.