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Getting a 'Haircut'

5/13/2021

 
As much as I liked Jude's long, wild hair, I've been toying with the idea of seeing him in other outfits, ones that would require a shorter, more fashionable hair style. I didn't want to trim his existing wig, since once it's cut there's no going back. So I made him a second wig. I used the same mohair, in the same basic style, just half as long...
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I don't like making wigs. I know what I'd like it to look like in the end, but it's extremely challenging. Thankfully there was still enough of the original mohair left to make a second wig. Last time I just sewed the 4" - 6" mohair locks up the middle, making the wefts half of that.  This time I cut the mohair in half, and sewed up the middle of that, then applied glue down the middle. After the glue dried I cut it into two strips (see my wig making tutorials)  The strips look a bit messy with the mohair curling in every direction....
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The mohair has a natural wave/curl to it, so it had to be glued onto the wig cap very carefully. For the front hairline I had to choose bits of mohair that curve the right direction and glue those on one tiny bit at a time, otherwise I'd be fighting the natural wave, and would never get the style I was looking for. It's very slow, painstaking work. I'm always pleasantly surprised when the wig turns out pretty much how I wanted it.  

​It could probably still use some fine tuning, but I'm leaving it as is for now...
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Teena
5/13/2021 02:27:33 pm

Wow! He is so divinely handsome both ways!

Martha
5/13/2021 03:29:35 pm

That he is! I like him in both as well, but just thought having two wigs the same colour would mean more opportunities for a different look.

Kenaiqueen
5/13/2021 03:47:36 pm

I love your wigs! Wish I could find some similar but it seems to be all either stick straight or frizz. He looks great in that hair color.

Martha
5/14/2021 07:24:55 am

Thanks. I know, there really aren't any nice wigs for guys out there, so I make mine myself. The mohair I use always has some degree of curl to it, depending on the age of the goat it was sheared from, so that gives the wig some 'body'.

Dorothy
5/13/2021 07:57:59 pm

He is handsome all around, with short hair or with long hair.

Martha
5/14/2021 07:25:16 am

I agree.

Brigitte
5/14/2021 06:55:28 am

I like him wirh the short hair too, but now he really needs different clothes.

Martha
5/14/2021 07:29:35 am

Well, that was the idea. But even with the shorter hair his outfit still works, but instead of looking like a 'wild' Briton, he looks like a Roman centurion. After all Britain was under Roman occupation for centuries, and Braveheart's leather armour is basically 'Roman'.

But yes, I made the shorter wig so he'd fit into other time periods.


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