Hairdressing, first vertical roll.

So we are back on hair again and finally styling. We did a vertical roll this week and if im being honest, I had no idea what it was! But I did really enjoy it, it was stressful at times, but I got there. As I didn't actually know what one was, you can imagine I had no idea how to even do one. From previous hairdressing lessons I have found that I really need to practice hair the most, I will probably use it a lot in my career and it would be extremely helpful and great if I knew what I was doing (it would help haha) At first when my tutor was showing us how to carry it out, all I could think was..

How am I going to do this?

It looks easy-ish? or does it? 

But I was okay, I had failed in my head before I even started! The procedure for a vertical roll is quite simple to learn, you just need to practice (well this is what I have found) Here I will talk you through what I did and how I learnt to carry out a vertical roll. 

Right guys, I worked on my block this week and yes I have named her, her name is Cynthia.. I started brushing through her hair with my paddle brush, her hair is pretty coarse, so I made sure it was smooth before I did anything with the hair. As the rollers were heating I started to separate her hair into sections, now they are pretty similar to when I was blow drying the hair, but just slightly different. I have put up my pictures as a step by step guide. When my rollers were warm enough to use I started by selecting one of my sections and then separating it into at least 3. This will help when putting up in the rollers, as you don't want the hair too thick as it wont be as effective. 

I didn't realise rollers were a great way to create volume, I just always thought we used them to get them natural looking curls. I really had a stress over putting the rollers in, if they weren't falling out they were burning me and if they weren't burning me, the grips were not staying in place, nightmare! Thankfully the fire alarm went off though and by the time we came back in I was ready to start again and win! I think I did too, as I am happy with the result.












Look how good those curls came out! I was quite happy to leave her hair how it was, but the task was a vertical role. I was gutted when I had to brush through them and then back comb her hair, but this was all towards the prep. 

And I actually managed to pull it off! For my first try I am so happy with how it came out trying to create that roll though, I wont lie, it took me about 5 or 6 attempts. When I re-do this look I will be making sure I have the hair as tight as possible, just so it neatens it up a little more. Until next time!