Curling

    For the curling part of our course, we did it in a specific way to represent how the Elizabethans would do this. The type of curl we created is called a barrel curl. With Elizabethan curling, it’s important not to curl the hair in the same direction as it doesn’t look right.

Curling equipment

Curlers
Paddle brush
Pintail comb
Grips

STEPS
Brush through the hair to get rid of any knots.

Section the hair so you have a small layer right at the bottom of the head. Tie the rest of the hair back.

Get a small section of the loose hair, make it into a square base by using the pin tail comb.

With the curlers, place the end of the hair in the clamp and roll with the hair rather than opposing it, otherwise it will produce a kink in the hair.

Leave in for 7-10 seconds, depending on the strength of the hair.
Take out the curler slowly to avoid ruining the curl.
Once out, go with the curl and roll it up and place a grip in to keep the curl in tack whilst you do the rest of the hair.

Repeat this technique all over the head.

Here are some pictures of how it went;

As you can see in my first photo, I was doing the curls the wrong way so they were creating too much of a barrel at the base of the hair. You can also see I changed my curling technique from my second picture. You can see that its a lot more of a historical curler. I think this went well because I have shown where I have changed & developed from my mistakes. I enjoyed doing this because I like to curl hair any case, so I found this enjoyable to do.