Three final designs

I've known for a while that I wanted to do a mohawk inspired look for my contemporary Elizabethan design. So instead of coming up with three completely different designs, I did three variations of my initial design. I did this as I wanted to go with my gut feeling rather than spend time trying to come up with something different. I loved my initial idea, so I wanted to play around with it so see what else I could add to it and how it could be improved.


The first design is the simplest. It consists of three messy flower buns going down the centre of the head. Although I said 'messy', I do want the sections of the 'flower' to be even. I also want each individual to be even- this is why the initial sectioning is so important. 

Method:

• neatly split the hair into three sections and tie into ponytails. I want this part of the hair to be neat and sleek as i want contrasting textures. 
• Once you have three neat sections, crimp all of the hair in the ponytails.
• The next step is to backcomb all of the crimped hair using an afro comb. This creates volume without completely getting rid of the crimped texture. 
• Split each ponytail into four sections and create a flower bun and secure with grips. Repeat with remaning ponytails. 

The crimped,frizzy texture gives an elizbethan feel while the contrasting sleek hair on the scalp gives a contemporary twist. Placing the bun right on top of the head creates height,which is another Elizabethan feature. Backcombing the hair creates volume and structure, but also can enable you to create quite a messy look which is often found in contemporary fashion hairstyles. 

Design 2:

This design is very similar to the previous one, but this time I have incorporated plaits to give more of an Elizabethan feel. 

So I discovered that I can't draw plaits, but you get the idea!! 

Method: 

• Split the hair into three sections. Before tying up, do a plait along each section of the hair. (six in total). Then like the first design, tie sections into ponytails. 
• Once the ponytails are in, crimp and then backcomb each ponytail.
•  secure each ponytail into the flower bun, this time only split the ponytail into three sections. Normally with the flower bun, you would spread the sections out to create a classic bun, but for my design i like the sections to be separate as i feel that it creates a crown shape.

 Design 3: 

For this design, I kept the plaits from my second design and just wanted to see if four buns would look better than three. The method is exactly the same as before, but just split the hair into 4 sections rather than three, and create four smaller buns.