Early Victorian Hairstyle

Early Victorian hairstyles were very organised and curly. They had the front sections of the hair rolled up the sides of the face, or dragged down and around the ears going back in to the bun. Here I do an early victorian hairstyle where the hair is in the plaited bun and the front sections of the hair are braided and brought back to the bun and pinned in to place.

I got my inspiration from this image and this is what I wanted to produce on my model -

What I used - 
- Combs
- Grips
- Bobbles

What I did - 
1. I sectioned the hair into a middle parting, I then sectioned the two sides from the back and put the back of the hair in to a point tail on the back/middle of the head
2. When the hair was in place I braided down the hair and put another bobble in the bottom
3. I twisted the hair about the bobble to make a bun shape but i could hide the bobble at the ned of the hair as the braid wasn't long enough
4. I attempted to hide it by pinning the hair in place and hoping you couldn't fully see it
5. Once that was in place I went to the from sections of hair and combed one side towards the face to get the hair slick
5. I braided the hair down from the jaw line to the bottom of the hair
6. Pulling the braid backwards looping underneath the ear I pinned it back in to the bun and did the same with the other side

Here is this finished look -

Once I showed Helen she told me to take the bobble out of the bottom of the brain in the bun and pin the hair with out it. So I took it out and re-did the bun at the back by just braiding the hair and pinning in to place in a bun shape and it looked much better. Also the hair was all one length but not very long in length so the ends started to poke out too which made it look messy.

Here is what it looked like when I re-did the bun at the back -

Reflection 
I was really pleased with the outcome of the hair, I have never done a Victorian hairstyle and I thought that sales was relatively easy to produce. I liked how I changed the bun at the end because the braided bun actually came out better than it looked before.

I thought I did quite well in producing the style but I personally would never go out with that style in my hair, ha!

Overall, I am pleased with what I produced, if i did it again I would concentrate more on the direction of the braid so they both looked more the same. I think when you braid you have to lead the hair in the way you want it to go unless it doesn't look right if you then pull it back because it stick out from somewhere.
But I am pleased with overall look!