Final Look 2 Hair Practice

This is definitely the hair style that stretches my ability the most because I want all the plaits and strips of hair to be as neat and slick as possible. I am most nervous to do this hairstyle than any other hairstyle on my model because it is very time consuming and even after practising it many times, I still struggle to make it perfect.

This was my final practice so I completed the look with hair extensions, like I am going to have to do on my model, as her hair is not long enough to complete it otherwise. I used a big needle and threaded the hair extensions through the plaits, trying to keep them all the same width. The most challenging part was securing the ends of the hair extensions in the plaits because they had a tendency to ping out. I found that applying lots of gel to the ends and making multiple small loops with the hair worked best at keeping the hair in place; creating small loops will also make the extensions less visible in my model's blonde hair.

The sectioning looks neat, straight and even and the plaits look slick; however I need to remember to make the french plaits as tight as possible to make them look flat. I need to remember to add enough hair oil all over the hair to make the hair style look slick and neat and I need to add gel on each strip of hair individually before adding them into the next plait to avoid fly aways.