Good evening,
and welcome back on the channel!
I hope you're all having a lovely year so far.
I wanted to start 2023 with a new hairstyle video.
And this time I will show you
a Renaissance inspired hairstyle
that we could see during
the 16th century in Europe
and that involves hair lacing / hair taping.
It is quite simple.
So I picked one of my 2 doll heads
the one that has the longest hair.
It is a quite tricky hairstyle
to do on short or curly hair
so if you have shorter hair than this
you may want to add extensions.
Here it's barely long enough
but it should be OK.
So let's have a look at what we will need.
So of course a comb and a brush
to get smooth hair before we begin.
A few hair clips,
very basic.
Just to hold the braids
before we start stitching.
Of course you're going to need a ribbon.
You can choose any ribbon youd like.
Just make sure it's long and strong enough.
So cotton or satin would be just fine.
Try to avoid silky and thin ribbons like this
it's not strong enough
and it would slip on the hair.
Since we have blond hair here,
I don't want a color that would be too light.
So black, blue or red would be pretty.
And you will also need a needle.
Of course you don't want it to be sharp
here is a very blunt one.
So now it is time to detangle the hair
before I start the hairstyling.
And if you're doing this
one someone else's head
which will be much easier actually,
you can also do a scalp massage.
It's not really tangled.
Alright,
I think I can use the comb directly.
There is a tiny knot here.
Good.
Alright.
It looks fine.
Alright, perfect.
Now I'm going to simply part the hair
right at the center,
on the top of the head.
And I'm going to do the same
at the back.
Alright.
And now I'm going to make
very classic braids,
one on each side.
And I'm going to start them
right behind the ear.
If the hair is quite short,
just like here,
start the braid as high as possible.
Here we go.
So here I chose to make
a classic 3-strands braid
but you can do any braid you like:
rope braid, fishtail braid...
Maybe a rope braid would give you
a bit more length.
Alright, now I'm going to
clip it on the top of the head.
Here we go.
Now I can make it a bit fluffy.
And I'm going to do the same
on the other side.
So one...
Two...
And three strands.
Starting the braid as high as I can.
And same I'm going to clip it
on the top of the head.
And now I can adjust it
a little bit.
Alright.
Now if you have long
or very long hair
what you can do
is cross the braids together at the back
and then clip them on the top
so you would have
a full hair crown at the back.
But here I will keep it simple.
Alright.
And now we can have a bit of fun
I'm going to take my needle
and the ribbon.
Again make sure this is long enough,
you need at least...
I would say 2 meters,
7 feet.
And I'm going to start at the front,
at the base of the braid.
If the braids are crossed
you can start directly into the braids here
at the back of the neck.
Now I'm going to pull my ribbon,
leaving a bit of length.
So I can wrap it around the head.
Looks good.
And now I'm going to stitch the ribbon
around the braid.
Making sure I'm going along the scalp
with my needle.
Or else it won't hold very long.
Alright.
Let's keep going
and try to get my stitches as even possible.
Alright.
Now I can remove the first clip.
And take a bit of the other plat
into the next stitch.
As you can see it is quite easy to do
on someone's head.
But much more difficult on your own head,
and it requires a bit of practice.
Now I'm going to do the middle stitch.
And here, to secure the 2 plats
I'm going to make a back stitch
so we will have a little cross
on the top of the head.
Here we go.
And I will keep stitching
down to the other side
always starting on the front
and pulling at the back.
I can remove my second clip.
Alright, one last.
At the base of the plat.
Maybe I should have ironed
my ribbon first.
We don't want it to be twisted.
Alright, so now we have 2 remaining ribbons
and what I'm going to do is
to wrap them around the head.
And then you can tie them
on the top of the head
or depending on the length,
at the back.
Just as you like it.
It will secure the whole hairstyle
especially with short hair.
Let's tuck the ends
under the ribbon.
And that's it.
Depending on the era, the country,
the social class,
some ladies would then put
a coif on their head.
But I think this is a lovely hairstyle
that doesn't really need to be hidden.
I hope you enjoyed this video
and as always
I wish you a very good night.