Period Hairdressing
There are techniques and equipment to help you create period hairstyles. Researching the period is necessary and fun. There are books, libraries and museums to help.
The style may be created using the artist’s own hair or with wigs. Using the artist’s hair eliminates the problems of disguising hair lace, but natural hair is fine and silky and sometimes difficult to secure. Another difficulty is achieving the height often required. However, there are hairpieces and crêpe hair that can be used to do that.
Design the style and plan what needs to be done to achieve it. If it is complicated, section off the hair and secure with large hair clips, and dress each section separately. If the style requires the back section to be ‘put ...
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