"In the endurance of her own trial, she forgot mine"

Gothic/Victorian Hairstyling 1

While creating my ideas of the face-chart, hair and styling for the Estella image we were given the task of creating this classic Gothic hairstyle, that also could be used in this Victorian inspired character.

I began with taking sections of the hair and crimping them to add volume, this results in the hair becoming more voluminous, as well as adding texture to the look. Following this I sectioned the hair into a T-section and then split the front into 3 equal sections, and repeated sectioning the back at the mid-ear height level.

To create the look I started with the top of the back section and back-combing the underside of the hair to add more volume, then barrel roll the hair section back against the scalp, then while holding in place two grips parallel to each other to secure the roll. repeat this in the opposite direction with the bottom half of the back section and roll the hair up to meet at the centre of the head.

Then I parted the front section into 2 equal parts at the sides of the head and then a smaller, due to the model's fringe, at the top of the head. Similar to the back section, in turn the two side sections were barrel-rolled to the head and then finally the top section. 

Due to the length of the top section it was necessary for the roll to be placed to one side, which made the look have a 1940's style in appearance rather than a Victorian one, so if I was to recreate this look I would try and gather some of the hair from the two parallel sections to create a larger section to barrel-roll straight back towards the crown of the head.