50's/60's/70's Hair do

The next technique we learnt was creating a style using heat. This particular style was a half up, half down beehive.

• Begin by combing the hair with a pin tail comb, being careful not to poke it into your clients eyes.
• You then want to section the back of the hair. You want to make sure you do it neatly from the front of the head to near the crown.
• You want to make sure the hair is firm enough to hold the updo so applying dry shampoo is advised, but make sure you rub it in so that no white areas are left in the hair.
• You then place the hot tongs (making sure you are careful against the models head) at the end of the highest strand of hair and roll the tongs underneath and towards the scalp, trying the land on the sectioning line.
• Hold there for 1 minute or so.
• Pull the tongs out and replace with a sectioning clip.
• Repeat this process till you are half way down the back of the head where you can feel a little noddle.
• Leave the hair to cool to give it maximum volume, touch it to see if it is cool.
• Take all of the hair out of the sectioning clips and hold it together and lightly push it forward into a bulge.
• When backcombing don't do it in all different directions because it will make it messy. Use a pintail comb to brush the hair against itself and towards the roots, you need to create a strong shape.
• Don't touch the shape with your hands because the moisture from your hands will make it drop. 
• When you have the perfect shape, clip it into shape. Then gently run the comb over the outside of the shape to smooth it, then apply hairspray.
• The shape should be easy to brush out.

I found this style to be difficult as my model had short hair which meant I didn't have a lot of hair to work with. But also creating the lift is difficult. I would definitely try again but with a model that has longer hair so that I can get the proper lift. But I think this hairstyle works better if the hair is a little bit greasy because it holds better.