Experimenting with Historic Elizabethan hairstyles.

Here is the outcome of my experimentation of using curls to decorate the padding used to create a historic Elizabethan look such as these ones

Image sourced from google images, originally from here

Image sourced from google images originally from here

When experimenting with these historic looks I used padding then crimped the hair in order to cover the padding. Following this I decided to curl some of the hair in order to cover the crimping. Here is the outcome of this.

 I feel that the outcome of this was good. I think the curls cover the crimping well and add a pretty element to the overall look whilst still looking like the texture and shape of the historic Elizabethan portraits. This is definitely something I will take into consideration when designing my final Elizabethan hairstyle.


Another way that I have experimented with to cover up the padding needed to create a historic Elizabethan shape was to wrap the hair around a clip in a figure of eight, pin in place and heat using straighteners. This created a wave to the hair that when placed over the padding created the texture that was featured in most historic Elizabethan looks. Here is the outcome of this.

 Again I think this looks quite successful and is again something I will take into consideration when designing my final new Elizabethan hairstyle.