Hairstyling Course
The full-time hairstyling course runs over 4 months and entails:
Overview of the industry
- Week1: Introduction (talk about
industry , trends, hair types, products for different hair types as well as on set etiquette) - Week2: Product Knowledge & blow-dry techniques
- Week3: Blow-dry smooth & sleek and using the straightener
- Week 4: Blow-dry volumes & curls
- Week5: Blow-dry & setting with curlers
- Week6: Wet setting & pins curls
- Week7: Sectioning & pin curls (direction of curls and
different result it gives) - Week8: curling tongs (tight curls, spirals, waves, soft curl/wave)
- Week9: Texture (Afro setting & crimping)
- Week10: Period hair 1920’s
- Week11: Period hair 1930’s & 40’s
- Week12: Period hair 1950’s & 60’s
- Week 13: Period hair 1970’s & 80’s
- Week 14: Braiding, plaits (bridal hair)
- Week 15: Sleek ponytail &buns (up styles & messy)
- Week 16: Avante Garde
- Week17: Shaping Afros how to fluff an Afro & basic male grooming
Introduction – Talk about the industry
- Different up & coming styles / trends
- New hair care
- Doing hair on set – the “Do’s & Don’ts.
- Tips & Tricks of the trade
- Essentials for your hair kit.
Product Knowledge
We offer a full description of the product – its uses and for which hair types it’s best suited.
- Hairspray
- Mousse
- Gel
- Silicon
- Hair wax
Hair Equipment
We offer a full description of the product – its uses and for what hair types it’s best suited.
Blow dryer - Hair straightener
- Curling tongs
- Flat
hair brush - Round hair brush
- Combs
The hair preparation section of the course teaches students to understand the importance of the desired look, by taking into account hair type, length
- *Sectioning – Understanding the importance & what look you want to create
- *Blow-drying the hair smooth & sleek (Short/ mid-length & long hair)
- Blow-drying the hair with volume & with
60’s / 70’s hair flick - Blow-drying to create soft curls using a
hair brush .
*Hair straightening/ Ironing
- Short & long hair
- Straightening the hair smooth & sleek
- Creating volume with the straightener.
Creating curls & texture using the straightener
- Tiny afro curls
- Mermaid wave
- Small
plaits
*Curling with Curling-tong – Pin-curls, Drop curls, Velcro curlers & Hot curlers.
*Plaits – Three strand, French, Dutch & Fishbone (sleek & messy), Cornrow, milkmaid, Waterfall, Lace, “Ponytail Bun Plait”. Butterfly, Flower, Heart, Plait on side of
*Teasing – Create the perfect bubble, Incorporate teasing into plaits
*French Roll (smooth/ sleek & messy)
*Teasing – 60’s Beehive, 40’s Vintage Pin-up look
*Knots & Twits
*Ponytails – Create the Perfect high ponytail, Smooth & sleek “Donut” bun, Bow
*1920’s Finger wave – wet & dry method.
*1940’s Waves/ Jessica Rabbit Hair
*Modern Punk/ Mohawk – incorporating teasing, plaits, hair pieces
*Avant Garde Hairstyles
*Grecian
*Bridal
- Down-styles (Sleek & Messy)
- Up-styles (Sleek & Messy)
- Incorporating hair accessories, placement of veil/ flower
*Male Grooming – Eyebrows,
Hair Styles: Corporate,