Afro-Caribbean Hair and curly hair Styling in Victorian times.

For my final look I'm Using My sisters Boyfriend Ben as my model. I was worried at first about how I would work his hair to fit my character and also if I would get marked down for my hair design, if it was to simple, because I was keeping it simple. I have looked at afro hair styles and how people with curly and afro hair wore there hair in victorian times and they either had it cut short and shaped or worn combed out and parted to create a bit more sophistication. There weren't a lot of products for Afro caribbean hair, at that time so wearing your hair in its natural state was, for a lot of people, the only option. I am going to experiment with Ben's hair and try parting it. I want to play up on the crazy, looseness of his hair. I can really play up Ben's hair and the clothes I'm going to get as I feel this will create the look I want for the dream sequence.

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Below are a few images I found of afro Caribbean hairstyles and curly hair worn in the Victorian era. 3 are pretty much the same style just with different placements of the parting. I found the first one interesting as this gentleman was able to relax his hair and gel or wax it into a sharp fashionable mens do for this time. It a stark contrast to my other images.

The gentleman on the right has also not over styled his hair. He has left it in its natural state and just parted it in the middle to maybe sharpen his look a little more. 

I am also going to use ben facial hair as an extra to my design. Facial hair was another asset used by men to express there sense of individual style a little more. It was a very popular thing in the late Victorian era to create different styles with your facial hair. Side burns were extremely popular so I have asked ben to create some sharp side burns and a goaty beard as an extra indicator of the times. I think as well that if the beard is cleanly shaved and neat this will add to my character Dorian. He was really sharp with appearance so I want to show this with Ben's facial hair too. This will also gives ben's face more definition and make the makeup application a lot neater and smoother.

Image references:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/52/2a/5a/522a5af2775bb463712691e717fc8ff5.jpg
http://www.fotoseimagenes.net/imagenes/full/0/9/3/frederick-douglass-2.jpg
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http://www.scilynn.org/files/pictures/4696/douglass.png?1359488938
https://janeaustensworld.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/bernier-ingres-1800.jpg