Padding

Padding/Rats

You will need:

Paddle brush

Pintail comb

Sectioning clips

Padding/rats

Hair grips

Hair pins

Curlers

Crimpers

Method:

Section off the hair at the front of the head that will be going over the padding.

Curl two or three rows of curls or crimp the hair depending on what finish you want to have over the padding.

Do a plait in the hair horizontally over the area where the padding/rat will sit so that the padding has a base to be secured to.

Place the padding over the plait and secure using grips and pins.

Wrap the crimped or curled hair over the padding and secure with grips. You can first wrap hair from behind the padding to cover it if there is not enough in front of it to cover.

Then place the curls over the rest of the hair to decorate the padding and secure with grips .

If you are doing a heart shaped padding then do two plaits for two lots of padding to be secured to.

At first I found padding very difficult especially as my model had lots of short layers in her hair. However I found that if I used strong backcombing and plenty of grips it stayed in place a lot better.

Round shaped padding was very popular in Elizabethan times and also high hair with lots of volume was very popular.

http://nttreasurehunt.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/ntiii_nost_960230_large.jpg

Heart shaped padding at the front of the head was very popular.
http://www.blackworkarchives.com/art/ElizabethBrydges_lg.jpg

The height, shape and texture of this hair in Elizabethan in style.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/83/5e/75/835e75d8e1e81ee4e79aa470084e9553.jpg

This design has Elizabethan influences in the heart shape of the padding and the tight plaits going from the hair line to the padding.
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/59/58/32/595832ed384118b32e9e6cbff473a6e7.jpg