Many years ago, about 6 now as a matter of fact, when I first decided to start growing my hair out I bought a bakelite receiver from a local antique shop (it was all I could find and afford at the time) and start using it. What I did was take the hair from the brush BEFORE washing and I should have cleaned it but hadn't thought of it at the time. I ended up with a bag full of various sized rats and even tried the hair net approach but they just never worked. Chances are I wasn't doing it right, making the pieces too small, etc. The final problem in doing this was using them. I found it very difficult to put them in without them being loose and slipping or coming through the hair styled over them. After these two posts though I might start over and wait until there is a lot of hair and stuff them really full to make big pieces. The hairspray is a good idea. Perhaps now that my hair is one colour again (I had recently coloured it burgundy by accident) the rats won't show throu! gh as much as they had under blonde hair?
Justine J. DVLGS Organizer www.DVLGS.org -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Walpole <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 11:54 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] Victorian Hair: hair receptacle On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Penny Ladnier <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Now, for making the rat...would it work best to place the hair in panty > hose before using it in my hair? > > I've heard 'invisible' hair nets plus some hairspray recommended by those who've done it before. Pantyhose might work but one of the great benefits of making a ratt from your own hair is that it is already colour matched. Finding pantyhose to match your hair colour (especially if you're not a brunette) is trickier. Elizabeth _______________________________________________ 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
