Term 2 Week 3 26th January Plaits: Mohawk braid

I enjoyed todays lesson we were given a challenge to recreate two hairsyles.

We started the lesson by smoothing down the hair to make this look sleek. I decided to do this by straightening the hair with hair straighteners this creates a smooth finish which makes the end result look better

Kanika showed us a catwalk style hairstyle. It was a two plaits entwined into each other. One on the top half of the head and the other in the bottom half

I started the style by creating a half up half down style making sure it was sleek. Using a strand of hair I wrapped it around the ponytail. This hides the band and looks more professional and complete

I tied the bottom half into a ponytail

Next I plaited the ponytail I had created securing with a clear band

Then I plaited the bottom ponytail

Parting a section of the bottom plait about half way down I slotted the top plait through

To make neater I plaited the bottom of the top plait into the underneath plait and secured the end with a clear band.

The next style was a mohawke braid

We watched this video on youtube on how to create the look

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er8A63ZmEms

From this we had to try the style on our block head

At first i struggled. I am not very good with hand eye co-ordination when it comes to copying something. It is something i struggle with

It is a plait that is time consuming but very effective once. I copied all the steps in the above video to recreate my style

For my first attempt of this style i was fairly pleased. It is starting to take shape but by no means perfect. I need a lot of improvement. Firstly it looks slightly unprofessional because you can see the bands which makes it look unfinished. Also it is very loose and lop sided. These are areas i need to make improvements on. I love the idea of this plait and the professional finished versionis very effective. I need much improvement

Reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er8A63ZmEms 27 January 2016