Evaluation:
This attempt went significantly more successfully than that of my first attempt. I think that this was predominantly down to not working on a human head but rather that of a dolls which meant that I was not concerned or subconsciously paranoid about pulling on the hair but was able to focus on my technique. Due to the dolls hair being artificially placed into the scalp it made sectioning it off also much easier and having neat sections made working on the hair much simpler, once this had been done I followed the exact same instructions as in my previous technical post focusing on polishing my technical skills. An additional change that was made here was the introduction of the sectioning grips to hold the curl as it cooled, by doing so it kept the hair out of the way and also meant the hair set with more volume. Once the whole head had been completed I removed the grips working from the bottom up, as you can see from the row of images this created so much more volume in the hair and a more defined curl. Unfortunately as this was on a doll the quality of the hair is not excellent and therefore the tousled effect of the curls looks a bit more ratty here than it would on a model. Regardless of this I was pleased with the outcome of the blow-dry as the hair has a lot more volume and curl than my first attempt. Here I also experimented with brushing the shape out a little to create a more volumised but sleeker look, this was something that I thought looked much nicer and gave the cuticle of the hair a healthier sheen. I did not have any shine spray to hand for this look therefore the quality of the cuticle that you can see in the image is how the hair naturally turned out. Although there are some fly away hairs in comparison to my first attempt this is much better and I feel with more practice the look will improve. With the addition of shine spray/hairspray I would have been able to reduce the visibility of the fly away hairs, however overall I am pleased with the outcome.
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