Hair: Classic shapes and Silhouettes

Equipment:

• Pintail comb
• Paddle brush
• Sea salt spray
• Water spray
• Hair spray
• Sectioning clips
• Hair curlers
• Hair bungees
• Kirby grips

Steps: Sleek Ponytail

1. Brush the hair to get rid of any knots and apply sea salt spray and brush through. 
2. If the model has normal to fine hair, using one hand start to pull the hair back into a ponytail. 
3. Use water spray to keep stray hairs back and have your model tilt their head back slightly. This will enable you to get the hair tight underneath without it becoming baggy looking. 
4. Once happy with how it looks, take your hair bungee and wrap it round the hair and secure in place. If necessary, add a few more kirby grips for extra security. 
5. Take a piece of hair from the ponytail and wrap around the hair so the bungee is hidden and secure with a kirby grip.
6. If your model has thicker hair and are struggling to get it all in the bungee you can do it in 2 stages. You can section the hair into two sections, top and bottom. 
7. Clip up the top section and take the bottom section into a ponytail using the same technique as above. Secure bottom section with a hair bungee.
8. Take the top section of hair and comb down, blending it into the bottom ponytail. Take another hair bungee and wrap top layer around the bottom hair ponytail.
9. Take a piece of hair and wrap round so the hair bungee is hidden and secure with a kirby grip. 

Steps: French Twist

1. Section the hair at the front so you have two side sections and a back section. 
2. To create more volume, you can curl the hair away from the face which will help with the direction of the twist. 
3. Start backcombing the top section of the hair to create the height at the front. 
4. Secure the backcombed hair at the back and bring one of the side sections over and secure in place with kirby grips.
5. Bring the second section of hair over and create a roll by twisting and tucking the hair in. Secure in place when happy with how the twist looks. 
6. Hair spray to get rid of stray hairs and pin up any loose pieces. Make sure all grips are hidden. 

 I found this lesson enjoyable and helpful as I always end up with a baggy section underneath. It was useful to know tilting the head back creates tension which makes it easier. I also enjoyed creating the french twist as again it requires backcombing which is something I'm not great at.