Estella Face-Charts Ideas and hair practice

I wanted to have a look at different types of looks for estella, I decided to go through the key points that we see her in the film and book; child, teen, married and older.

I practiced a couple of looks and decided to see which would best suit the time periods.

My inspiration for his look came from watching Jane Eyre; It was soft, not complicated, and neat for a young girl being brought up in a wealthy environment. 

• To start his look I sectioned a middle parting.
• Then sectioned from ear to ear.
• I then got the back section and put into a high ponytail.
• I flattened 1.5inch from the centre parting, at the end I put a pin to hold in place.  
• I started the plait from where the pin was on each side. 
• Pinned in place to the back of the head where the ponytail was. 
• I then stretched out the back to create a small bun. (The hair on my doll isn't thick enough so didn't look the best but you can get the gist of what I wanted to achieve.)
• And that was the completed look!

This look was from the blog post below, I just think the fans in the Apollo knot just look great so thought I would try and do this and it works so well so happy with the outcome. See below how I created this look.

• Section the hair middle and from ear to ear. 
• put back half into ponytail and come back to this at the end. 
• get medium curling tongs and curl side on three barrel curls and pin and hairspray in place. Repeat this on the other side. 
• With the back section split into three pieces, two large sections the and one smaller. 
• Take first large section, brush, hairspray, and brush through, do this with the hair horizontal and keep flat. 
• Then get hair straighteners and go over this lightly. 
• Add more spray and straighten again, lightly.
• once hard, bend either towards your or the mirror and pin in place into the bottom on the ponytail where the hairband is. 
• Reapt this to the other large section. 
• Once two fans are in place get small section of hair and rap around the bottom to cover up any hair left over and hairband. 
• Now the back is done, unpin the front curls and slowly pull backwards in an upward motion and pin in place. Repeat this to all curls. And Spray.
• I added my hair accessories in this image which where three small dark roses, on where the curls bend upwards and around the base on the ponytail.
• And the look is complete!

In the novel Estella gets married to a nasty man who she wants to break. He is described as  'An oafish, unpleasant young man who attends tutoring sessions with Pip at the Pockets’ house, Drummle is a minor member of the nobility, and the sense of superiority this gives him makes him feel justified in acting cruelly and harshly toward everyone around him. Drummle eventually marries Estella, to Pip’s chagrin; she is miserable in their marriage and reunites with Pip after Drummle dies some eleven years later.' - http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/greatex/characters.html


I wanted this look to show she has grown up more, her hair is more romantic and looser as she is unhappy. I also aged the hair a bit to show she may be greying a bit from the stress of marriage to this ghastly man.

• Section the middle parting and from ear to ear not too far in about n inch and pin in place. 
• The with the back half to a horseshoe ponytail, leaving some hair hanging down at the back as you can see from the image above. Put hairband in place into a high ponytail. 
• Get medium curling tong and barrel curl all bottom section of hair and hairspray. 
• Get hair from ponytail and do the same.
• Get front section and curl in a line and pin in place. 
• Go back to the ponytail and pull curls lightly and pin in place. Don't do it so its really neat but don't do it so its messy. 
• pull the bottom curls out too so they are softer and spray. 
• With the pinned curls at the front, un pin them and uncurl them and softly pull them back towards the bun and pin in place. Add hairspray. 
• Then once all set get dry-shampoo and spray so its white or get disposable wand dip in white Supa Colour and brush through.
• And the look is complete!

Here are the ideas I had for her:

 

This is with a bruised eye and neck for the beaten wife look.

I wanted to keep the face simple, plain base with a hint of a rose cheek and maybe a rouge lip.