After the half term we returned to college about to get a head start on wigs that we will be starting next term. Starting with a regency/romantic era style wigs from the early 1800's. Thankfully due to my constant practice with working on wigs at home this was a breeze to me and I thankfully got a full look completed. I started out by firstly looking at the step by step images from the book at college, firstly blocking a square at the top of the head keeping it flat before then blocking It in with galloon. Following this I then set the rest of the head in rollers; in a inline formation to the crown of the head followed by others in more of a brick formation as it didn't really matter due to the style having a bun.
After letting this all set in the wig oven, I then took out all the rollers and started to dress the hair out. I used a wooden dowel to coil the quintessential regency curls at the front of the face, curling towards the face. With a combination of hairspray and repeating this I then finished the front curls around the face.
Now moving to the back of the head I wanted to see how the ponytail bun was done, hence I headed back to the step by step book and looked at how it was done. All of the curls at the back were combed out before then being pulled into a ponytail and tied up mid height on the back of the head. Due to this wig being well worn, there were patches in the wig where the foundation of the wig had given out, to combat this I made sure to try and leave certain areas more slack before then laying It over the thinner areas of the wig foundation and spraying it with strong hold hairspray. After this I then took sections of the ponytail and then curled it around my finger before then pinning it down and spreading out the coiled up hair to make a section of the bun - repeating this until a full bun was completed.
After this as I had time I decided to mainly focus on doing a simple makeup application of a regency style (taking inspiration from the original book used throughout this whole styling and dressing process. Mainly focusing on simple eye makeup with minimal product, a little blush and a red lip. I then completed the look with a period accurate lemon dress and a pearl necklace.
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