ESTELLA SHOOT 

I chose Natasha as my model as I felt she had the natural flawless features I was looking for to create my character. She is also 19, around the age I wanted my Estella to be. She also has very long hair that is very workable and perfect for creating a period hair style. Although on the day she turned up on the shoot she had recently had blonde added to her previously very natural hair. Due to time constraints I was not able to change my model for someone who had un-dyed hair. I will experiment with post production to achieve more of an authentic look. 

I began with curling all of the hair using tongs. This helped add texture and volume to the hair before I styled it. Backcombing the hair also allowed me to create volume and height on the crown before pulling the rest back into a soft bun. I felt in order to show Estella's 'true' character, the soft, innocent girl beneath the hard exterior she normal portrays it was import to create a very feminine romantic style. I feel this was achieved by adding softly structure curls that fell around the face and neck.