Peer review

Marianne was a rally good partner to work with- unlike me, she got the hang of the design really quickly and as a result she didn't feel the need to practice much. She did my design really well the first time she attempted it, and then didn’t have a problem with trying out all he alterations I made along the way. For example, adding plaits, adding extra buns etc.

In my design, I had 3 even buns that sat on top of the head. In the assessment, the first bun was slightly bigger than the middle, and then the middle bun was slightly bigger than the third bun. This wasn’t actually part of my design, but I felt that it didnt effect the overall look too much. It still looked like an Elizabethan mohawk! I actually quite liked the effect it gave as it made the first bun stand out more and looked more like a crown than it had before. In my design i had said that i wanted the buns to look like crowns, so it actually worked out quite well. 

I was so happy with my final design. This project really stretched my creative skill set- I had never worked with hair or designed a hairstyle. I loved taking inspiration from Elizabethan portraits, but also then putting it together with my inspirations from the catwalk and creating something really quirky and unique. If I was to do this again, I would probably play around with different and more advanced plaits. I just stuck with the basic plait as i was worried about it not being done in the time limit. However, my design didn't actually take too long to complete so there was probably some room for some more complicated plaits. Another thing i would have definitely done is add jewels or some kind of decorations. As the buns looked like crowns, it would have been nice to decorate them. I did order some pearls, but when they arrived they weren’t right at all and I didn’t have time to go and buy an alternative. Next time I will not be ordering decorations from China!