Studio: Scratch Wigs

This week we were looking at hair and how it can change a person's face shape and their overall appearance.  We used wigs to experiment with this idea.

Equipment used:

- Pintail comb

- Hair grips

- Stocking cap

- Wigs

How to:

- Create a centre parting all the way down the head, splitting the hair in half

- Create a French plait on either side of the head, beginning at the front of the hairline

- Bring the plait down by the ear and direct it down

- Use a hair grip to hold the first plait whilst you plait the other side of the hair

- Wrap each plait up round the other side of the head and secure with kirby grips

- Get your model to hold the front of the stocking cap by the front of their head and pull it down over the plaits

- Pin the cap at the sides to keep it in place

- Use the same technique with your model's help and place the wig over the stocking cap

- Tidy the wig by pulling it into the right place on their head and tucking away any hairs that may have come loose

This wig is very choppy and looks quite false and looks as if it is floating slightly above her head.  It makes her head look quite wide at the top and thinner at the bottom and is not very flattering for her at all.

This wig also is not very flattering for my model andI think it makes her look slightly older.  The side fringe does not suit her and makes her head look wonky.

This wig makes my model look like she has a really long forehead.  The flicks in the hair also does not really suit her, because where the hair goes out before it comes back in to flick it makes her face look quite wide. 

This wig is very big and looks very false on my model.  The hairline is very straight and does not look realistic at all.  I think that this hairstyle makes my model appear to have a very small head.

 I think that this wig looks most realistic out of them all for my model.  I think that she suits the dark shade of hair, even though she is naturally blonde, and I think that the style suits her too.  I think that this is because her natural hairstyle is quite similar.

I think that the colour of this wig quite suits my model's skin tone, however the style of the wig does not.  The cut is very blunt and thick and the fringe makes it look as though she has no forehead.