Evaluation

Overall I have enjoyed creating a contemporary Elizabethan hairstyle, researching hair from the time and developing this into a final design. I feel I have learned a lot about hair and become much more confident, as before starting the course I had very little experience.  At the beginning I really struggled as I felt very inexperienced, but due to practicing at home my confidence has grown. I enjoyed practicing basic hair techniques such as curling and creating buns, and techniques much more specific to the project such crimping and padding. The Elizabethans used gems and ribbons to decorate their hair and I have enjoyed being creative and working these elements into my designs. I think that early on in the project I could of been better organised, as unfortunately I now have a lack of pictures for my technical file. This is definitely something that I would improve upon for the next project, as it would be very beneficial to be able to track my progress more efficiently. I find research quite difficult, especially presenting it in a way that shows my thought processes. I feel like over the course of this project I have improved on this through the use of my blog, and now have a better understanding on how to present my ideas. I was very pleased with the communication between my partner and I, we discussed our ideas and made minor changes to our designs in order to make them achievable for our parter to create. Overall, I have enjoyed this project and feel that I have learned a lot, in the way of both practical skills and research techniques.