Creating a French Pleat

Creating a French Pleat: 

Equipment needed:

-Dry shampoo
-Pintail comb
-Tongs
-Grips
-Pins
-Clips
-Hairspray

Instructions:

-Apply dry shampoo to roots in sections.
-Section hair at the crown down to the front of the ears and pin the front section forward.
-The back section of the hair is to be tonged to create direction, lift and curled ends, which are easier to mould into the pleat.
-Section the hair into workable sections. Slightly backcomb then curl.
-The first curl is the top back section and this is to be curled under facing downwards. This is then clipped in place to set.
-The second and third curls are next to each other below the first curl in ‘brick’ formation.
-The sides are then curled vertically and inwards towards the back.
-Curls in the back section are curled in direction of the roll.
-Once the whole of the back section has been curled, release them and gently comb them together. Be sure to leave the first three curls.
-Pull the hair over to one side and secure by cross gripping with Kirby grips.
-Then roll the hair around your hand to create the effect of a roll.
-Once happy with the shape, secure into place using pins. Slot the pins into the cross gripping to secure the roll.
-Release the top three curls, secure some padding, backcomb the section of hair, then swirl around the roll and pin into place.
-Release the front section of hair, backcomb and bring over the top.
Once you are happy with the positioning of the hair, set with hairspray.