The Elizabethan Era

To start with women had their hair covered however when it was on show, it was likely to be long and left hanging loose with a center parting or braided out the way.

 This progressed onto women the hair being curled or waved. It was a well known fashion to have frizzed or fluffy hair round the forehead which were also known as 'rolles'.
From this, it let to the hair being rolled away from the face and props used to obtain a larger size. Wire would also be used to form the shape of the hairstyle. For the higher class decoration was often added such as ribbons and pearls.
It is known that wigs became fashionable later on. Queen Elizabeth I is believed to have worn wigs due to hair becoming thin and weak. English ladies of the court tended to dye or powder their hair to obtain a lighter colour, preferably a ginger tone like the queens. As dark hair was not fashionable, it was common for higher classed people to bleach or dye the hair to a near blonde which was favoured especially by the Italians.

Source: CORSON, R (2005) Fashions In Hair The First Five Thousand Years, London, Peter Owens Publishers