Problem Solving My Final Design

On my previous post, I was explaining how I was unsure with what to do about adding a plait around the bun in my design. I was able to get a partner to create my design on myself so that I could figure out which type of plait to use and how to incorporate it (e.g. due to my hair length). 

First of all, we sectioned off half of my hair and just clipped this out of the way. We then used the frizzing technique and left these in to cool and set. 

Then we created the bun (as shown on previous post) and left out a section of the hair that would have been used in the back of the bun. We actually put the bun higher up on the head than I originally planned because we thought from the front it looked almost like a small modern crown. We then tried plaiting the strand that was left out.

However, we found out that my hair was not actually long enough to reach around the bun (because we had moved it up higher on top of the head). So we split the section into 2 and gripped the plaits going opposite ways around the bun. 

This made even more of a heart shape than it did when I experimented on the doll's head, due to the bun being higher up and the plaits having to stretch up more. 

Finally we experimented with the intricate plait, but this did not even reach half way around the bun, therefore I have ruled out the intricate plait and will be using a normal plait. 

We then released the curls/frizz. 

My partner used quite large sections when doing this, which worked quite well because the hair did not shrivel up and lose lots of length, although they are not necessarily as defined as I pictured, but I think they still look quite effective. Therefore, I am, in fact, going to experiment with making much longer grips to weave the hair in and out to see how this will look. I am hoping the hair would be quite defined and show the wave/shape, but yet it would not be too tight causing it to shrink up and lose all of its length.