Creating my final Miss Havisham hairstyle on the synthetic wig

After creating two hair designs on paper I decided to go with my second design for my Miss Havisham. I think that the second design is more challenging and it will be more achievable with the synthetic wig that I brought from eBay for the assessment.

As I will be using a wig for the assessment I will be able to prep/style the wig before the assessment. To create this hairstyle I brought some tights, padding in Fabric Land to create the outline of the hairstyle. I stuffed the tights with padding which is very similar to stuffing used for teddies. I tied the ends of the tights and then sewed the gap where it was tied to create a more solid shape for the ring of padding.

Here is the development and some images of how I created my final design on my synthetic wig.

My ring of padding

Products/tools needed to create this hairstyle:

• Long grey/silver synthetic wig
• Wig cap
• Dry shampoo
• Talcum powder
• Pin tail comb
• Postiche brush
• Ring of stuffed padding
• Hairspray
• Hair pins and grips

Here is a step by step of how to create this hairstyle:

1. Prep the model/dolls heads hair by pin curling all the hair and then use the wig cap over the head.
2. Attach the wig to the head and spray with the dry shampoo all through the hair, also apply some of the talcum powder in the air to whiten it and give it less shine.
3. Using a pin tail comb section the top part of the wig, this section of the hair will be used for the bun on top of the head. Ensure you have left some of the longer hair at the front of the wig where the shorter hair is at the fringe.
4. Place the ring of stuffed padding around the head and pin in place on either sides of the ears.
5. Begin back combing the roots of the hair from the side, closest to the padding and then smooth the hair over and pin the hair in. Continue this all the way around the padding. With the longer strands of hair
6. With the longer section of hair that is shown within the bun/middle section of hair. You should back comb this hair to make it look messy and ‘decaying’.
7. Use hairspray to hold any straying hairs from the padding and ensure the hair is powdered with talc and dry shampoo.

Here are some images of my steps of creating this hairstyle on my wig.

My final hair design on wig