Step-by-step

Fishtail

  Split the hair into two section

 Separate a small amount of the hair from the out edge and cross it onto the opposite side

Repeat with a small section from the other side

Continue all the way down to the ends

 Be sure to pull small sections from underneath to cross over and try to grab the same size

Once arrived at the ends try to tug gently on the braid with the fingers to loosen it for an effortless look

There are also a lot of different interesting ways of styling the hair if you know how to make a Fishtail:

BUN

 Grab the hair and tie it with a hair-band

 Brush through the hair to be sure there are no knots

Take section of hair, make sure you can split it up into four different sections

 Back comb one section, not aggressive ,comb forward

Take the piece of hair and curl to a barrel, make sure there are no twists. Take curly grips and place one on one side and one on the other side

 Do next one to the side. Back comb makes the hair mouldable

 Make sure they are even. They have to be completely level (second curl). Back the same height as the front one.

Use the hair pin to manipulate the hair to close the gaps

 Once happy with closing it ,take the pin and put it where they join, sliding it along the sculp. If it goes too high it will flatten it. Always use a close pin, not a wide one

The Bun should have a lovely round shape

  If you are not happy with one section, just take it apart and do it again. Do not take the whole style apart

Washing the hair

Before washing the hair, we have to ask the model:

·       The name

·       What sort of hair he/she has

·       The length: real hair or extension

·       Natural colour or coloured ( if it’s coloured it can be dry, damaged…etc. So it is an important question to ask for knowing how to regulate the heat of the water).

·       Allergy or Contra actions (May be in the past he/she use some medications that had/has impact on the hair)

Important

·       More the hair is greasy- less conditioner you need to use

·       Do not wash the hair with hot water. Any heat (natural or artificial) can damage the hair

Proceeding

·      Look through the hair for dryness (it can cause pain while washing)

·      Put a shoulder cape and a towel on the model’s shoulders and take another towel for hands, because I’ll have to put my dry hand on her forehead to direct the water

·      Make sure all the hair is in the basin

·      Control a medium temperature

·      Start wetting the hair making sure that the water goes through onto the scalp

·      Take a bit of shampoo

·      Gently put it over and make sure we go round the hair line and bring it down into the hair

·      Start building up the foam. If you start working it and the foam doesn’t come up –first of all try adding a small amount of water

·      The dirtiest part of the head will be the scalp. So using the finger tips, start rubbing the sculp.(this is the stage when you talk to the model and ask if you need to go harder or softer)

·      When you’re washing the hair, move the hair around to get the shampoo out

·      When shampooing for the second time I have to work more through the end, because the shampoo dries the hair

·      Then gently squeeze the excess water

·      Take the conditioner. Do not put much onto the scalp, but a bit more onto the length

·      Start with the mid-length, gently pressing into the hair

·      Whatever we got left onto our hands, just tap through gently on the top to saturate the area

·      Comb through the hair while there is the conditioner. (small sections)

·      Remove the conditioner. Now we can feel how the hair becomes silky and soft. If in the hair remained a bit of conditioner it will be difficult to dry it and also the hair will seem greasy

·      Remove the excess water then ask the model to sit up and rap the towel. If the model’s hair is sticking up, just twist it over and again over and press gently to remove water excess. The hand towel- put it on the model’s shoulders in order to can take the head towel off.

When the hair is wet it becomes more elastic, so do not comb with a normal hair brush!