the open hair braids used to do african braids and costing in the ranges of 1-3 bucks a piece are very useful for bending you own colors ANd manufacturing you own hair pieces. and yu donot have to be a lisenced bueation. good color sens is helpful but not essential the way to blend you color is, there are all different colors of this stuff available so get more of the predominent color and then some of the shade slightly lighter and darker and of course...the highligh wich would be white.
iff you are lucky enough to find you color to begin with skip this step then using a large wire brush that you have c-clamped to a stable table, taks small sections of the hair having separated it out side of the poackage and blend it by sort of drawing it over and over again through the wire brush adding more as you go along. When you get the color you want... bind the end tightly with thread about an 3 inches from the end then bend it over to make a loop and bind again..unless you are attatching to some sort of hair clip or something. you might also dip it in a bit of silicon glue like calking or hot glue to stabelize it. once it it firmly attatched you can trim it and form the shape of the piece you want. If you want curls....set on plastic rollers that slef clamp like sponge rollers. dip in water that was boiling and just removed from the heat, till fully heated through then take out of water and allow to cool. If you want a braid you can braid smoothly first and then also dip in the hot water to "SET" the braid to keep it neater. hopefully this will help if you dont find what you want. Bambi (To be named ater) TBNL I am made for great things by GOD and walk with Pride!!!! Walladah bint al Mustakfi c 1100ad see me dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMtOoXtMs0 ________________________________ From: Sharon Collier <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, March 20, 2010 4:27:49 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Wigs for the gray :) We get hairpieces for Dickens, and they come in various %s of grey. I will try and find out who does this. (If they don't reply 'cause they're already on this list) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 10:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [h-cost] Wigs for the gray :) In a message dated 3/19/2010 8:31:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: So, I need a referral to an online source that has affordable, gray hair extras like perhaps a blob of curls, an 1880s curlybang, or long hair which can be styled into an Apollo knot for Regency. Did a quick Google--didn't find curls, but did find a couple of falls/switches at Vogue Wigs. You search by brand, then color, which turns up several shades of gray, then style. Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
