The finished product...

In terms of the assessment I feel that my partner understood my contemporary Elizabethan look very well. It took me a while to work out exactly what my final design would look like because I had trouble with placement of my lace, however she was able to resolve the problem on how to make it stay on my face. Most of my final look was made up of what we had already learnt in class. However, I had to show her on a piece of paper how to draw the eye liner lace pattern on my face, as well as how to create the collar with my hair. Originally I was going to tuck my hair under itself but she suggested I could use a sponge which really improved the shape of my collar.

I feel that my partner was well prepared and she got all of her brushes and equipment out before she started. I feel that this helped speed up the process of the assessment. She was very systematic and hygienic with her work, she made sure her hair was tied back and her hands were washed. I don’t feel like there was nothing she didn’t understand about my look and instruction. I did feel like she constantly wanted to know about her progress and was living up to the idea I had in my head but that is to be expected. She certainly created my look exactly how I wanted it.

I think having my partner as my classmate I saw her design develop over the weeks so I feel this made it easier for it to be executed. I was initially really worried about creating the hair because I know she had created it from scratch but in the assessment it was just a matter of assembling it. Also when we had practised it in a practical session it took a lot longer than the allotted 45 minutes. I also had qualms about the eyebrows because although I was drawing new eyebrows onto the face I was worried her actual eyebrows wouldn’t be concealed properly and it would show up on camera.

I think despite my anxiety about creating a wig from just a hair piece it was a good technique to learn because I have never tried anything like that before. Also for the eyebrows I had to glue them down which made them easier to control but they went crusty and I think if I were to do it again I would whiten the eyebrows properly and then glue them down. If I were to change the products I probably would have made the hair piece longer because I struggled to make sure you couldn’t see the wig cap, which was time consuming.

I think overall I achieved my partner’s look as she wanted it. I think she also felt her eyebrows weren’t how she wanted them. I didn’t make them even enough so they looked wonky. I was really pleased with the outcome of the hair because I was most anxious about creating that correctly.