My first hair lesson, blow drying.

So in our first hairdressing lesson we washed the hair and learnt the correct way to blow dry. Hair is probably my weak point, but im learning! I haven't had much experience with hair, so im trying to pick things up as I go along. We learnt the correct ways in which to part the hair, this separates it into sections so we can blow dry it easier. I also learnt how to put your hair up in a towel, the correct way! (I didn't actually know) I actually really enjoyed this lesson, its something new for me and I love learning new things. I've always been able to mess around with my own hair, trying out new styles etc, but I don't really have any experience with other peoples hair. Even though I did love this lesson, I found drying the hair to be quite difficult, every time I went to dry the next section, the hair would go all over the place making me get a little frustrated, don't worry though, I picked it up in the end! Ill be honest I totally forgot to take my camera to this lesson, so when I got home I tried it out on my mums hair. Ill talk you through how I did it in my lesson, but ill be using my pictures I took at home as examples.

I started by getting my partner comfortable, protecting their clothes with a cape and checking the towel I placed around them was preventing water from going down their necks, I also made sure the wash sink was in the right place and right for them. Look at their hair, is it coloured, fine, coarse? what do they think to the condition of their hair and how do they treat it? I was working with Aly and she let me know that she has quite a sensitive scalp, this helped me in choosing what shampoo and conditioner I would use. I started by washing and rinsing warm water through the hair, make sure to cover the whole head, not missing underneath. I checked throughout the treatment that the water was at the right temperature for her and if she was comfortable. The next step was to apply the shampoo, I made sure to rub it into the hair well (not missing any areas) after doing this I rinsed the shampoo out and moved onto the next stage, the conditioner! to be honest its pretty much the same routine but instead of rubbing it in, gently stroke through the hair with it and rinse out! When I had finished with the washing process I moved onto drying the hair, I made sure to squeeze any excess water out, as hair can soak it up quite well. Without getting Aly to move up from the chair I wrapped the towel around her head and moved her over to my station so I could start blow drying her hair. Remember these pictures are from when I carried this treatment out on my mum!

Okay guys, apologies for nothing matching the pictures, but I hope you can kind of get where im going with this!
1. So here it is, the towel wrapped around my mums head, its quite hard to explain how to do the towel like this, but ill try! Get 2 corners of the towel and fold it over about a quarter of the way, place underneath the head and bring up to the top, place one side over the other and tuck into the part you folded over. Im sorry if that sounds complicated!
2. Now the first parting you need to do, is their natural parting, the one they have everyday. My mum always has a side parting, it will usually just naturally fall into place.

3. The second section I did on my mums hair was a parting down the middle, this will help with blow drying the hair.

4. Okay so another section that will help is a parting just behind the ear, as you can see by the one I did on my mum!

5. The final section you need to do is just half way across the bottom of the head, I really struggled with this sectioning as my mums hair is so short! Hence so many clips...

6. And finally the moment we have all been waiting for, the finished result!