Vintage Hairstyling Course

Vintage Hair Styling for Theatre, Film & TV
This course offers intensive training in all skills relevant to create
vintage hairstyles for Media and Theatre hairdressing and is not to be
confused with salon hairdressing. You will learn how to style and
dress vintage hairstyles for the camera etc. It is considered to be half
of your skill base and is an essential skill of all make-up artists, hair
and make-up go hand in hand. No longer are separate make-up and
hair artist employed on jobs those trained only in make-up will get
little or no work, as their skills and abilities are limited.
This course will take you from basic hair techniques, to
be able to style and dress hair to create various Vintage hair designs.
You will leave this course with the requirements to confidently create
styles for a required era for stageTheatre Film or TV.
Course content:
Understanding vintage hair design – including use of wigs (all lace edge) & pieces
Researching Periods: Egyptian, Grecian, Roman,1830s,Victorian, Edwardian,1910,1920s
1940s,1950s 1960s 1970s,1980s.
Your training will consist on how to use heated appliances (hairdryers, heated rollers,
tongs, heated bendy rollers, crimpers, straightening irons and conical wands), how to set
using conventional methods such as bendy rollers velcro and various rollers.
You will understand how to work with different hair types: Fine, thick, curly, Asian, Afro
Caribbean, dry, damaged, greasy, treated & extensions)
Working on live heads to create Vintage designs
How to;
Work with wigs, hair pieces, toupees switches. Measuring for a wig. Tools, equipment &
products. Blocking wigs and cleaning. Wrapping long hair & banding short hair for wig
application, removal, care, setting & dressing lace edge wigs. Repairs & problems.
Dressing out styles
Duration !
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1 week (Monday -Friday) 9 30am 4 30pm (evening & weekends on
Total training hours! 35 hours
Class size ! !
Maximum - 2 Learners
Kit !
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Small kit of combs and brushes
Cost ! !
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£700.00 Lunch, tea & coffee included!
Certificate on completion