Practising Estella

I will be creating my version of the character Estella from the Charles Dickens novel 'Great Expectations'. This week I practised my Estella look in one session so that I felt confident going in to the assessment, knew how long it would take and was able to make changes where I thought necessary. Luckily in the practise my look seemed to come together well and, because it was so simple, I  did not have to make any real changes to my design. I was quite confident with the hair look as I had practised it previously and it was also quite simple, written about in a blog post entitled 'Practising Early Victorian Hair'. I also was quite happy with the make up as it too was simple. I think that the practise went well as it confirmed my confidence in the make up look but highlighted to me that I needed to work more on the sectioning of my hair and making the overall look neater. I also slightly altered my technique by plaiting the ponytail of hair which was being turned in to the bun, rather than just simply twisting it. This created a far smoother and neater look.