Charlotte-Sofia Artistry: Hair lesson 9, 02.12.14 The Chignon!

Hair lesson 9, tutor, Emma Croombs, 02.12.14

Chignon

Step-by-step:

- Set up, following all health and safety regulations

- Section the hair into 3, 2 at the front section ending in line with the ears. One at the back.

- Pull back section into a low pony at the nape of the neck, making sure it’s tight to the head, smooth and free from bumps.

- Dress other 2 sections out how you want them, making sure to secure them at the nape with grips, or tutor Emma twisted them, the hair was pulled tight and over the ears.

- Dress out the hair at the nape into your desired style, our tutor Emma did a cluster of curls.

Overview and evaluation of the lesson:

So in this lesson we used our dolly heads, I went to use mine, but it was all clogging together because of all the products, and so frizzy due to the volume lesson last week. So I decided to wash my dolly head, also it would give me some more blow drying practice for our assessment next week.

When washing my dolly head I was careful to make sure the hair all stayed in the same directions, not vigorously washing like you would with normal hair, as it will just become one big knot which would be impossible to tackle in the lesson.

I then took my dolly head over to my station, towel dried the excess water. I sectioned the hair into 3, using sectioning clips; 2 at the front, 1 at the back I then blow dried straight using a round brush, making sure all the strands were facing in the same straight direction, aiming the hair-dryer downwards, close to the hair, bringing down small sections at a time. I repeated this until the full head was dry. I smoothed some Vitapoint over the hair and through the ends to give the hair a nice, smooth, shiny finish.

I then followed the step from earlier. As I was just about to dress the hair out, it was 5 minutes until the end of the lesson, therefore I did not have time to finish my chignon, my teacher came over and showed me how to dress a chignon really quickly, once the side sections had been clipped back to the nape of the neck, split into two, twist hair, tie with a hair band, then twist into bun shape and secure.

Next time I do a volume lesson I will definitely be taking my dolly head home to straighten the hair as it caused me to run out of time. I have done chignons before though so it’s not the end of the world, although I was disappointed I didn’t have a style at the end.