Diy Wedding Hair Comb - Greenery

Hey it's Alison with bloom culture and in today's tutorial, we're gon na make a hair comb with just greenery. First you're gon na want to strip down some of the larger stems of greenery. I just broke down the leather leaf, and now I'm gon na take some of the leaves off of the stem of Sol ow. When you do this, it helps things run smoother, and that way you can build your flower comb faster. Instead of having to break each component down as you go next we're going to move on to the paddle wire and your actual flower comb, I've chosen a pretty rose gold here, but there are so many different options out there that you can choose either like a Black, a white, a brown silver gold - we just usually get ours off of Amazon, so pick whichever one works for you. Next I take the wire and I thread it through the tines of the comb after I do that I'll. Take the backing that I want to use a lot of times, I'll use my business cards or you can use a thick weighted card stock, but I mean honestly, you can really pretty much use anything I like to recycle, even sometimes some of the packaging that floral Stuff comes in I'll use that I will put some hot glue on the backing, and then I crisscross the excess paddle wire and a X along the backing. And then I close the backing up and make sure that I press it really firmly so that the paddle wire doesn't slip out next, I like to trim my backing. I do this, so I don't have to use as much product, and I also think about where you're going to be placing the floral comb to if you're going to be tucking it in in an updo or if you're, going to be having your hair puff up Or half down, I do this essentially so that you can create more of a linear design instead of a boxy square design. Okay, your next step is to put the floral glue on your backing here. I'Ve used the wet floral Oasis glue. You'Ll want to put a good amount on your backing and let that set up and then you'll move on to your greenery you'll, put some on the greenery as well. The cold glue acts like rubber cement to where it bonds to itself so you'll put some on the back of your leaf right here in the placement of this. I like to make sure that I have just slightly covered the wire on the floral comb, but you don't want to go so far down on the floral comb that it interferes with the placement of the floral comb when you try to put it into your hair. Next you'll want to move on and put some more cold glue on top of the greenery that you just placed again, the greenery kind of covers up the backing and then you'll want to continue to add in layers the greenery. On top of that, once you've got your foundation place and all of your backing covered up things will start to pick up speed, you'll start to layer in more pieces of greenery, I like to alternate between textures and colors of greenery. First, I place the salal tips and then now I'm moving on to the leather leaf. The leather leaf has more of a fern like structure to it, and thus allow is more of a broad leaf. Next, I'm going to be moving on to the eucalyptus. I love using eucalyptus because it has a really pretty light green color to it. I also really like the leaf structure on it. There'S a lot of small little linear leaves along the stem I like to layer in the eucalyptus. It really just adds a different texture and a different color to the palette. Here I like to add a little bit of the glue to this stem, and then I will layer it in with the salaah and the lemon leaf. Once you have a few of your components on the comb start to look for holes like I have shown you on the top and the bottom and you'll want to take small pieces or small leaves, and those are perfect for covering up those holes or exposed backing On the floral comb, I like to dab a little bit of glue where you see the hole and then just layer in some of the smaller leaves from the eucalyptus and from the leather leaf. Once you have the top of your backing covered, I like to address the bottom part of the backing - that's just sitting right above the rim of the floral comb. So here I've placed a little bit of the leather leaf in it and I keep poking on it. Just to make sure that it's adhering to the glue that I've placed on the backing next, I like to make sure that I've covered up all of that wire that runs along the rim of the floral comb. Here'S a really great linear piece of eucalyptus, and I just cut that down to the size that I need it to be. Add some glue on the back of that and then place it in the location that I think is going to cover up the backing and the paddle wire. That'S at the top of the floral comb, again continuing to layer in smaller leaves and smaller pieces to cover up that backing. It also helps create dimension and detail and just gives it more of a professional look finish covering up your backing with all of your small pieces or small leaves until it's completely covered. Next, I like to move on to some more detail pieces and some more textural components. This is an ornamental grass like a bunny tail grass, but it's a little bit longer and a little bit thicker. I like to cut this down and apply some of the glue and put it into where you think that it might add a little bit more texture, a little bit more depth and maybe just some fun. Sometimes you'll have to break down the stems a little bit which, when these are so small and so delicate, just be gentle whenever you're doing that continue to layer in the grass until you feel like you've got a good variety of color and texture in there once I'Ve got the bunny tail placed or the grass placed I'm gon na go in and layer in some more of the small leaves. I do that and I kind of place them at an angle so that they don't sit flat on the comb. That adds a little bit more dimension and texture, and so, if some of the leaves or some of the components are laying flat on the comb coming in and adding these in an angle gives it more dimension and texture, and I think it just adds some really Nice visual interest that completes our greenery hair comb tutorial. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email us at hello at bloom, culture, flowers, calm,