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I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:19 pm
by Katymac
DD has quite a lot of hair; OK an awful lot of hair
She has to wear a wig - we can't even get it on, never mind in the 2:18 minutes we have between acts
Any suggestions?
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:21 pm
by bruno2
Hair net might do the trick and lots of clips.
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:23 pm
by mouskouri41
How but a bucket load of serum and a swimming cap!
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:58 pm
by Katymac
Hairnet I haven't tried
It's got to be 'out' both before & after the wig so serum is a non-starter
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 3:42 pm
by Welsh Mum
My DD had a similar problem when younger (think Helena Bonham Carter :-) ) . In the dress run she actually got it on despite the tight fit ( and the aforementioned clips and grips) only for it to "pop off " after few minutes where it lay accusingly on the floor like a guinea pig with highlights :-) :-) and the stifled giggles of performers and techies :-) . The director then had a re-think :-)
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 4:00 pm
by Katymac
That's what worried me
Only not Helena Bonham Carter - more 70's afro
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:49 pm
by ghostofpp
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Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:09 pm
by Katymac
They have re-jigged the order she now has 6 min 32
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:29 am
by forgetmeknot
Rather than a hair net have you tried a wig cap.. They are much stronger than a hair net.. My daughter used one for a show once, it worked well as once on they really contain the hair so to speak,,
you can buy them through specialist shops or even E-bay
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:47 am
by Jeanie
My hair rant!
Both of my dds are mixed race with big, bouncey, beautiful afros and I get fed up with having to force their hair into classical styles designed for European hair. I think stylists should work with the hair and not against it. No wonder so may olders girls straighten their hair and use weaves!
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:12 am
by Katymac
I agree Jeanie, DD has beautiful curly (in the extreme) hair & I 'understand' if she gets a role in a show she will get a wig made for her; but for the ballet school show we have to work with what she has
She is Cruella de Ville - so half black half white & in Cats so orange; I suggested clip on extensions but apparently she will stand out too much so she has to wear the wig
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:00 pm
by linda griffiths
don't buy a wig cap cut the legs of a pair of tights and put twist in hair and then pull tights over couple of kirby grips to keep it in place then wig on and clip through wig into twistes hair with bun clips. My dusghters hair is near her bum it works for her.
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:14 am
by islandofsodor
We do the pair of tights thing too
Hope the show went well Katy.
Re: I need to talk about wigs for shows
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:59 pm
by Katymac
An amazing hair lady just 'did' it; although she did say she had never done anything so difficult before
The show was absolutely amazing - beyond anything I could have imagined