Curls and Crimp

Curling and Crimping are a big part of the Elizabethan Era, whether it is to help cover padding with a prettier decoration or if it was to add an extra element to an up do. Someone who particularly did this in the Elizabethan times was Queen Elizabeth herself. One of my favourite examples is in The Rainbow Portrait as it incorporates both the crimp and the curl and elegantly falls on her shoulders. 

Unknown. (2014). The House/ The Rainbow Portrait . Available: http://www.hatfield-house.co.uk/content.asp?id=1&p=3&The-Rainbow-Portrait. Last accessed 3/12/14.

Curling-

Start at the back of the head at the nape of the neck

Take a section of the hair about an inch wide

Using a barrelled tong, curl the hair in on a side angle up to the scalp.

Keep for 12 seconds, unless damaged then start at 7 and work up.

Gently bring out the curl.

Roll the curl back up, keep in place with a grip

Roll the next curl in the opposite direction

Once the line has done keep doing the same amount of sections until you reach the top.

Hold the hair up, curl down

During my first attempt I pulled the curl out too quickly, meaning the curls became loose.

My second attempt was a lot more tight curls. However if you use the grip it can keep the curl in for longer.

Crimping-

Adding texture to the hair

Size of the hair the same width as crimper.

start at the root, each part doesn’t take long to crimp, then work down the hair.

When I was first using the crimper, it turned off during so my original crimping wasn’t very defined and became frizzy.

The next time I made sure I had the crimpers on a high heat, and made sure there was a lot of pressure, creating a clear texture.

Crimped and curled hair has forever been present in fashion since the Elizabethan Era. Curling is a lot more common for an everyday and going out look while crimping has come and gone with the trends of the time. An Example of this is at the Berlin Fashion Week in 2011, models from Marcel Ostertag wore their hair in a large crimped afro. I love the volume and the texture of the look and I think it compliments the barely there make up. 

Hunsley R. (2011). Big Hair at Berlin Fashion Week. Available: http://www.hji.co.uk/hair/big-hair-at-berlin-fashion-week/. Last accessed 3/12/14.