Introduction

The title of this project is called 'Redheads and Royalty'. Throughout the project, I will be exploring the hairstyles of the Elizabethan era. I will be looking at various styles, and what they represented, techniques used to create the styles and seeing how they have influenced the hair of today, and how we have made Elizabethan hair more modern, and where we see it today. All of this will be documented here on my blog and will lead up to a final project that will involve creating a Contemporary Elizabethan Hair and Makeup look. I am so excited to start this project and start exploring different hair techniques, as I personally have not really worked with hair before. I also find it fascinating looking back into the Elizabethan era, as there was so much that went into the way they presented themselves that I had never even considered, and although it was centuries ago, it is interesting to see how much of it has been carried into the way we look at beauty today, and the way we present ourselves.