Plaits

Fishtail, Three picese plait and French Braid

In this blog I am writing about some basic style that I was taught in my Hair lecture to start us off in the new project "New Elizabethan' which towards the end of the project we would have to create our own contemporary hair and make-up design. Therefore by being taught the some basic hair skills such as plaits this will help me develop my ideas for the final project as I could incorporate them into my final design. I found this practical session really useful as I had never done a french braid or a fishtail plait before as for my curly hair type I found it quite difficult to achieve.

FRENCH BRAID: 

I had never really attempted this kind of braid before and found that it was easier then I thought. Its starts off as a normal three braid plait but as you carry that plait on down the hair you  just pull in more hair from each side as you carry on. I gave this braid at least three of four attempts and this was my best but I believe its a hairstyle that can be hard to achieve at first but with more practice it could be achieved and incorporated into a 'New Elizabethan' look very well. 

FISH -TALE PLAIT:

For this braid again I had never done this look before but as I was given simple instruction I found that I could achieve this look far better than I first thought. Its starts with sectioning the hair into two sections instead of three and as you work down the hair just pulling small sections of hairs from one side to the other and just continuing that down. I found this look quite fiddly at the beginning a I had, had little practice on it but again with more practice it would become a lot easier. 

THREE PIECE PLAIT:

For this braid I had done this look many times before and I found it very easy as you only take three pieces of a section of hair and overlay them to create a three piece plait. However like both the other plaits, even though its simple it could be created or used in a later contemporary look that could looked very detailed. 

 

 

 

 REFLECTIVE:

Overall, I found this practical lesson very useful as mentioned before all these looks can later be interpreted into contemporary designs that can look very detailed and complete when prep and designing is put into it. As well I did find other plaits harder than others  e.g. french braid and fish tail plait but with more practice I think I could make this hairstyle look more structured and neat. 

By Amelia Richmond-knight