If you or your daughter are fond of braiding and creating fashionable hairstyles, then the training mannequin head will be the best simulator for you: you can practice any hairdressing techniques on it! In addition, such a "client" will not have to be asked to sit quietly, and he will not complain about the "torn out" hair. To buy a mannequin in accordance with your goals and professional level, you need to know what mannequins are and what they are for.
Instructions
Step 1
Decide what type of mannequin head you want to purchase: male, female or child, with or without hair, with a beard and mustache; To practice braiding skills, you need a mannequin with long or semi-long hair.
Step 2
Decide what hair color you want your mannequin to have. On sale there are blondes, brunettes, and brown-haired women of various shades. It all depends, firstly, on your personal preferences, and secondly, on what you want to learn. If a dark hair color is more suitable for teaching haircuts, then braids are better to weave on light hair - all the details and nuances of weaving are much better visible on them.
Step 3
Choose the appropriate hair length for your mannequin. For female mannequins, three lengths are considered standard: 30-40 cm (M), 45-50 cm (L), 50-60 cm (XL). If you are a novice hairdresser, then opt for a head with medium length hair (L) - this is optimal for starting training, but for improving your braiding skills, a mannequin with long hair (XL) is suitable. Please note that hair length, as well as thickness, affects the cost of a mannequin.
Step 4
The most important thing when buying a mannequin is to choose a high-quality hair composition:
- natural 100%, - artificial (synthetic, they are also protein), - mixed (in a ratio of 50x50%, 85x15%, etc.)
The main advantage of mannequins with protein hair is their price - they cost almost half as much as with natural hair. Synthetic hair is more suitable for practicing all kinds of haircuts, but styling and braiding on them will not work for a long time: they quickly fall off, turning into a "washcloth" that cannot be combed. In addition, they cannot be laid with hot tongs or ironing, and at temperatures above 180 degrees they can generally melt and stick together.
All these problems do not threaten you if you decide to purchase a mannequin head with natural hair. You can do everything with them: cut, dye, curl and style, braid braids and do complex styling with bouffants.
To determine whether a mannequin's hair is natural or artificial, it must be carefully examined, preferably with a magnifying glass. The synthetic hair of the new mannequin is smooth and shiny, hair-to-hair, has the same thickness and color. But natural hair has a heterogeneous structure and color, which become noticeable upon close examination. You can also ask the salesperson to twist a strand of dummy hair with hot tongs: if he refuses, then you are most likely in front of a dummy with artificial hair.
