Partner Laila's Practice of Final Design

I first talked through will laila the look and showed her my final hair charts (the final altered one for the back from after this session is seen below), while going through how to create each section we did make some alterations to adapt the back section onto my hair and using crimping to create a thicker base to work with at the front of the head.

When practicing the back of the hair design we realized that i didn't have as much hair as the girl i had practiced my idea on so we had to come up with a design that would work better on my hair, i decided to create a double plait around the head to give the same effect and pinning the smaller plait in the middle this didn't looks as strange as the design we previously tried to replicate. In the final assessment laila will make sure the pins are hidden and i will provided her with the correct colored pins.

Laila seamd confident when creating the french plait and the time for her to complete this was in under 15 minutes although this was her first time at creating the look. When she Practiced the design again after it only took her 10 mins to complete the whole back section.

With the front of the hair i created to triangular props made from sponge and covered in black tights for laila to experiment with, they will be the same props for the final assessment. With our first try at the front of the hair we came across another issue as i have a head band the props have to sit very far forward meaning that she can only section a certain amount of hair from just in front of the ear. This then meant that the hair was not thick enough to cover the whole prop this is when i decided to crimp the hair as from my final design idea anyway i had initially wanted the front to by crimped but it was not until the crimping workshop i realized how well this would work on the front section. After laila had crimped my hair covering the prop was much easier and more time efficient though i need to make sure for my final assessment i get bun pins as this will help hold the prop in place better. Laila and i have decided she will crimp my hair before hand to save time in the assessment.  

I feel after this session laila is confident with my design and feels as though she is able to carry out all elements of the design well and in the time she has. We will be meeting up early morning of assessment day to practices and communicate the design as a recap.