LESSON 1
Current Trends Hair
Health and Safety
1. Make sure all my equipment and brushes are cleaned properly so as not the spread anything from one client to another.
2. Make sure that my pin tail comb is safely down or tucked into my palm whilst not being used so as not to accidently stab myself or others.
3. Make sure my hands are washed and clean before starting the look.
4. Make sure my hair is away from my face.
5. Make sure I dont have any excessive jewellery on that could catch, cut or scratch my model.
6. Make sure all my products are layed out properly and neatly so as not to cause a hazard.
7. Ensure there is nothing on the floor that can be tripped or fallen over and all bags and coats are away.
8. Make sure I am wearing shoes with a closed toe so as if anything is dropped it doesn't cause damage to the toes.
4. Make sure my hair is away from my face.
5. Make sure I dont have any excessive jewellery on that could catch, cut or scratch my model.
6. Make sure all my products are layed out properly and neatly so as not to cause a hazard.
7. Ensure there is nothing on the floor that can be tripped or fallen over and all bags and coats are away.
8. Make sure I am wearing shoes with a closed toe so as if anything is dropped it doesn't cause damage to the toes.
Wet Set Rollers - Brick Set
In lesson 1 of our current trends hair lesson. Emma, our teacher, showed us how to do a wet set and dress out the rollers after. We learnt all about sectioning, putting rollers in, how wet the set should be in order for it to dry in time and all the different techniques that come with these.
Before I started the HND course I had never done anything to do with hair before. I have always had an interest in it but always been extremely bad at it whenever I have tried to teach myself anything so this was definitely going to be a tough lesson for me before I'd even started. Once in the lesson I set up my kit, put my 'wilma' head onto its clamp and laid all my brushes, combs and clips out ready to be used.
Emma gathered us round and began her demonstration. She started by showing us how to part the hair into a middle parting and then showed us the right amount of water to spray on the head before starting. It only needed a little spritz as if it was too wet it would not dry in time.
Once this was done Emma showed us the right amount of hair that each roller section should have. The section should be no more than the length and width of the roller. Then Emma demonstrated how to put a roller in. First she added another spritz of water onto the section of hair she had just taken, she then combed it out and held it with tension at a 90' angle away from the head. She then put the roller onto the end of the hair and wrapped the ends around. She used her comb to tuck the end around the roller to make sure that they were all in so that it didn't create the 'fishhook' affect once the rollers were taken out. Rolling it up the length of the hair, continuously using the comb to tuck in the ends as she went, Emma took the roller right to the top of the hair and then clipped it in place where it
stayed. She then continued to show us how to do that around the whole head of hair in a brick set. This means that the rollers arent one ontop of the other, they are staggered so that when it is dressed out there arent defined lines from where the rollers were and all the hair mixes together nicely.
Once Emma was done and had set her hair in the rollers, she covered it with a portable hood dryer that was attached to a hair dryer. We then all went off and did it ourselves on our block heads.
I started off by giving my block head a spritz with water all over, i made it damp but not wet so that it would have enough time to dry. I then split the parting into a middle parting at the front. Once this was done I put 2 rollers in the front on either side of the parting. I then began at the middle of the back of the head and set rollers in a line around the top. Then using this line as my starting point, beginning at the back again i put another line of rollers in in the middle of two of the top rollers in a brick set. I continued this until all the hair was set in rollers. All the time i was taking my sections i was giving them a little spritz with water just to dampen them. I then got a hair dryer and hood cover and attached it to the block head to dry the hair. Once everyone had finished putting the rollers in and had their hair drying Emma gathered us around again to show us how to dress out the curlers once dry.
She took out rollers from the bottom of the back first and brushed them out and then using her fingers and comb she rested them in a way that she thought they fell and looked nice. She continued this for the whole head and then styled it slightly. It was a waved and natural looking hair style.
Once my head had dryed I dressed out the rollers and had quite a lot of tight curls which i ran my fingers through to seperate and make into lots of smaller curls. I then dressed this up to the best of my ability in a half-up-half-down style.
Difficulties
Going into the lesson was a bit daunting as i knew i'd never been very good at anything to do with hair. I had learnt some roller techniques in period hair lessons however, which gave me a bit of confidence with that aspect. I found it quite a bit more difficult setting the rollers with the wire and netted rollers as i found that they were much more fiddly and the hair kept going straight through rathe than around. However, as i put more and more in i began to get more confident and found it abit easier as i went on. I still find brick setting sometimes abit hard and i think this is because im still not quite taking the right sized sections which is slightly throwing off the set. I feel that this will improve with practice and time.
My definite struggle and difficulty is dressing out hair. I find it very difficult to style hair how i want it and always seem to get bumps or bits that dont stay or stray bits of hairs. I also alwas seem to set hair very loose in updos rather than when i want them tight and to stay in place. I think again this is due in inexperience and will get better with time but the styling and dressing out is definitely my weakest point. However, because i know this i now practice different styles and getting used to manipulating hair in my spare time at home and on friends. I definitely feel like i need to be more firm with it and think about it more technically and take more time in order to achieve the look that i want.
Equipment
To do this look i used:
- Rollers - I used these to create the waves and curls that i wanted for my look.
- Pins and grips - I used these to style the look once I dressed it out, to pin hair into place.
- Sprayer with water - I used this to wet the sections of hair before putting the rollers in.
- Hair dryer & Hood - I used this to dry the hair and set the rollers before dressing it out.
- Pin Comb - I used this to section the hair into the amount that i needed for each roller.
- Denman hair brush - I used this to brush the hair
- Paddle brush - I used this to brush the hair.
- Block head and clamp - I used these as my 'model' and to keep the block head in place.
(Pictures to follow)
Before I started the HND course I had never done anything to do with hair before. I have always had an interest in it but always been extremely bad at it whenever I have tried to teach myself anything so this was definitely going to be a tough lesson for me before I'd even started. Once in the lesson I set up my kit, put my 'wilma' head onto its clamp and laid all my brushes, combs and clips out ready to be used.
Emma gathered us round and began her demonstration. She started by showing us how to part the hair into a middle parting and then showed us the right amount of water to spray on the head before starting. It only needed a little spritz as if it was too wet it would not dry in time.
Once this was done Emma showed us the right amount of hair that each roller section should have. The section should be no more than the length and width of the roller. Then Emma demonstrated how to put a roller in. First she added another spritz of water onto the section of hair she had just taken, she then combed it out and held it with tension at a 90' angle away from the head. She then put the roller onto the end of the hair and wrapped the ends around. She used her comb to tuck the end around the roller to make sure that they were all in so that it didn't create the 'fishhook' affect once the rollers were taken out. Rolling it up the length of the hair, continuously using the comb to tuck in the ends as she went, Emma took the roller right to the top of the hair and then clipped it in place where it
stayed. She then continued to show us how to do that around the whole head of hair in a brick set. This means that the rollers arent one ontop of the other, they are staggered so that when it is dressed out there arent defined lines from where the rollers were and all the hair mixes together nicely.
Once Emma was done and had set her hair in the rollers, she covered it with a portable hood dryer that was attached to a hair dryer. We then all went off and did it ourselves on our block heads.
I started off by giving my block head a spritz with water all over, i made it damp but not wet so that it would have enough time to dry. I then split the parting into a middle parting at the front. Once this was done I put 2 rollers in the front on either side of the parting. I then began at the middle of the back of the head and set rollers in a line around the top. Then using this line as my starting point, beginning at the back again i put another line of rollers in in the middle of two of the top rollers in a brick set. I continued this until all the hair was set in rollers. All the time i was taking my sections i was giving them a little spritz with water just to dampen them. I then got a hair dryer and hood cover and attached it to the block head to dry the hair. Once everyone had finished putting the rollers in and had their hair drying Emma gathered us around again to show us how to dress out the curlers once dry.
She took out rollers from the bottom of the back first and brushed them out and then using her fingers and comb she rested them in a way that she thought they fell and looked nice. She continued this for the whole head and then styled it slightly. It was a waved and natural looking hair style.
Once my head had dryed I dressed out the rollers and had quite a lot of tight curls which i ran my fingers through to seperate and make into lots of smaller curls. I then dressed this up to the best of my ability in a half-up-half-down style.
Difficulties
Going into the lesson was a bit daunting as i knew i'd never been very good at anything to do with hair. I had learnt some roller techniques in period hair lessons however, which gave me a bit of confidence with that aspect. I found it quite a bit more difficult setting the rollers with the wire and netted rollers as i found that they were much more fiddly and the hair kept going straight through rathe than around. However, as i put more and more in i began to get more confident and found it abit easier as i went on. I still find brick setting sometimes abit hard and i think this is because im still not quite taking the right sized sections which is slightly throwing off the set. I feel that this will improve with practice and time.
My definite struggle and difficulty is dressing out hair. I find it very difficult to style hair how i want it and always seem to get bumps or bits that dont stay or stray bits of hairs. I also alwas seem to set hair very loose in updos rather than when i want them tight and to stay in place. I think again this is due in inexperience and will get better with time but the styling and dressing out is definitely my weakest point. However, because i know this i now practice different styles and getting used to manipulating hair in my spare time at home and on friends. I definitely feel like i need to be more firm with it and think about it more technically and take more time in order to achieve the look that i want.
Equipment
To do this look i used:
- Rollers - I used these to create the waves and curls that i wanted for my look.
- Pins and grips - I used these to style the look once I dressed it out, to pin hair into place.
- Sprayer with water - I used this to wet the sections of hair before putting the rollers in.
- Hair dryer & Hood - I used this to dry the hair and set the rollers before dressing it out.
- Pin Comb - I used this to section the hair into the amount that i needed for each roller.
- Denman hair brush - I used this to brush the hair
- Paddle brush - I used this to brush the hair.
- Block head and clamp - I used these as my 'model' and to keep the block head in place.
(Pictures to follow)
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