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hat_plays_dolls) wrote2018-08-21 09:11 pm
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Hairstyle Tutorial for a Lovely Buyer
For the, like, two people who actually follow this blog (hi! Hello!) this post probably won't be of any real interest. This is for a specific recent eBay buyer who absolutely made my month and preferred to have these pics posted rather than sent over eBay's messenger.
How To Take Sarah's Hair From Loose To Dream-Ball-Ready
Sarah's As The World Falls Down hairstyle involves five pieces that aren't just her hair: the fall (which is a brown felt ball rooted with curled hair and silvery thread), a good-quality steel straight pin bent into a shepherd's hook shape, the thread-and-rhinestone hair ornament, and the two silver-leaf hair ornaments. These are all included in your purchase. If jabbing pins directly into Sarah's head is hard on your fingers, try using a pair of needle-nose or jewelry pliers to help, grabbing the pin so it's perpendicular to the pliers.
I recommend getting Sarah into her ball outfit (I usually did it tights first, then skirt, then flip her over for panniers, then bodice) before styling her hair, then adding her jewelry once her hair is done.
Start with a half-ponytail; the rubber band isn't strictly necessary, you could also use a small hair clip-- or you might not need anything at all, because you're not trying to take pictures as you go. (A lot of the stray hairs in these shots can be blamed on 'taking photos as I went.')
There's a circle in her scalp paint where the mold lines are that makes a very good target area for pinning the fall in place; you want the fall to be high enough that it's level with the top of her head, not so high it forms a bump.
I found myself wishing I had more ponytail holders or hair clips for this step.
With the center section back over the fall, you can start to see the shape of the finished hairstyle!
It doesn't matter for screen accuracy which way you cross the hair, as the movie never quite shows exactly how her hair is styled.
The important part here is making sure the sections cross over right in front of the fall, so the volume lands on either side of it.
It's physically easier to insert the pin into the fall, but pushing it into Sarah's head is more secure.
I pushed it into the head.
This is one of the trickier bits. The thread hair ornament is delicate, and I strongly recommend pliers for removing or inserting it.
Basic arrangement. As long as the short sequin pin on Sarah's left is right over her part, there's not really any right or wrong spot to put the pins.
I like the right-hand pin a little further back from the hairline. The goal is just semi-random silver swirls over her dark hair, like Art Nouveau spider-webs.
The head pins should just be inserted into Sarah's head on either side of the fall roughly evenly. After that it's all about fiddling with her hair, fluffing it around so the curls and straighter bits look pretty-- Sarah's hair (or wig, or fall) in the movie is a mix of straighter hair and big soft curls.
Sarah's silver leaf and wire hairpieces have a left and a right; there's a little bi-cone Swarovski crystal on each one that points down. The wires are bent to curve over her head (which is why they're not on her head for shipping, I didn't want them catching on her hairnet), but are not terribly specific and can be gently reshaped to suit your tastes.
For Sarah's opening scene in her Medieval dress, we do get a good look at the back of her head and her hair is just up in a messy twist, so I never tried to be as consistent about that style as I was about this one.
Thank you once again for your purchase, I really hope you like Sarah once you get her home.
How To Take Sarah's Hair From Loose To Dream-Ball-Ready
Sarah's As The World Falls Down hairstyle involves five pieces that aren't just her hair: the fall (which is a brown felt ball rooted with curled hair and silvery thread), a good-quality steel straight pin bent into a shepherd's hook shape, the thread-and-rhinestone hair ornament, and the two silver-leaf hair ornaments. These are all included in your purchase. If jabbing pins directly into Sarah's head is hard on your fingers, try using a pair of needle-nose or jewelry pliers to help, grabbing the pin so it's perpendicular to the pliers.
I recommend getting Sarah into her ball outfit (I usually did it tights first, then skirt, then flip her over for panniers, then bodice) before styling her hair, then adding her jewelry once her hair is done.
Start with a half-ponytail; the rubber band isn't strictly necessary, you could also use a small hair clip-- or you might not need anything at all, because you're not trying to take pictures as you go. (A lot of the stray hairs in these shots can be blamed on 'taking photos as I went.')
There's a circle in her scalp paint where the mold lines are that makes a very good target area for pinning the fall in place; you want the fall to be high enough that it's level with the top of her head, not so high it forms a bump.
I found myself wishing I had more ponytail holders or hair clips for this step.
With the center section back over the fall, you can start to see the shape of the finished hairstyle!
It doesn't matter for screen accuracy which way you cross the hair, as the movie never quite shows exactly how her hair is styled.
The important part here is making sure the sections cross over right in front of the fall, so the volume lands on either side of it.
It's physically easier to insert the pin into the fall, but pushing it into Sarah's head is more secure.
I pushed it into the head.
This is one of the trickier bits. The thread hair ornament is delicate, and I strongly recommend pliers for removing or inserting it.
Basic arrangement. As long as the short sequin pin on Sarah's left is right over her part, there's not really any right or wrong spot to put the pins.
I like the right-hand pin a little further back from the hairline. The goal is just semi-random silver swirls over her dark hair, like Art Nouveau spider-webs.
The head pins should just be inserted into Sarah's head on either side of the fall roughly evenly. After that it's all about fiddling with her hair, fluffing it around so the curls and straighter bits look pretty-- Sarah's hair (or wig, or fall) in the movie is a mix of straighter hair and big soft curls.
Sarah's silver leaf and wire hairpieces have a left and a right; there's a little bi-cone Swarovski crystal on each one that points down. The wires are bent to curve over her head (which is why they're not on her head for shipping, I didn't want them catching on her hairnet), but are not terribly specific and can be gently reshaped to suit your tastes.
For Sarah's opening scene in her Medieval dress, we do get a good look at the back of her head and her hair is just up in a messy twist, so I never tried to be as consistent about that style as I was about this one.
Thank you once again for your purchase, I really hope you like Sarah once you get her home.