This is how I made the base for several of my hairup and show projects in the past. With this base you could easily make a headdress for a carnival, festival or whatever you like, so not really exclusively for hairstylists this video...

*UPDATE*
A few people have contacted me about the headdress in this video made from tons of sticks. I made a blog post detailing the construction of that with a bunch of photos and detail etc. which you can see here:

http://www.lemonsodahair.com/featured...

And there is also now a new video that shows it too:    • How to build an avant garde headdress  

In the video, I mentioned WeCreatures, you can find them here:

  / wecreatures  

You can read more about hair on my blog: http://www.lemonsodahair.com

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If you have any requests or questions, feel free get in touch with me at either of the above or just below in the comments. Cheers as always x