Friday 16 January 2015

Dressing the Half Wig

 First using the small pieces of weft I attached to the malleable block before setting overnight in a heater roller. This gave the size and shape requires. I then using grips, shine spray and freeze spray contorted the shape, smoothing as much as possible before securing with a grip.


 The largest barrell roll which was spare, was left to pad the top of the hair where the quiff would be dressed into. This worked well, however trying to prevent splits in the wig became difficult.
The pony tail was then dressed into a loose curl, secured by ribbon alone, to give a realistic appearance.



 The barrel rolls were then attached to the head with grips to secure. Getting them even was an important part of the process which I believe in the outcome has been very successful.
To deepen the hair colour I used a light application of black hair colour, before using tigi shine mist to give a natural shiny finish, not to completely get rid of the matt texture, due to the nature of the 18th century and powdering techniques used.






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