This year Ryan knew I would love to get out and do something. Just a few days before Halloween he asked if I wanted to go to Halloween on the Harbor with some of his co workers- well DUH, of course I wanted to go! I assumed he would get stuck at work late that Friday (the night of the HOTH) and than say have to work on Saturday- BUT NOPE, it all worked out! We got to go out-whop, whop!
Luckily it was too too crazy the night out for the night before Halloween. We had a good time, didn't get too crazy which was great considering 3 glasses of wine normally knocks me on my ass and ruins the weekend. But we are learning, we can not handle drinking and mixing and all the stuff we some how survived in college. Blows my mind thinking about how we did that and could wake up earlier than ever and do it all over again. Not anymore that is for sure! I am not even that old!
This year we choose to use what we had for the most part to try and save money since our rental situation is taking us for a ride :) I will have lots to say on this once it is over with.
Back to our costumes.
Here is a look at what we were.
Can you guess who we were?
Here is a comparison.
hey, we did our best for what we had.
Ryan did get me the wig and I found the coat at Goodwill for $15 bucks!
The wig...oh my! That thing had a mind of its own. I looked up how to style a synthetic wig and Ryan had a good laugh thinking I was crazy.
So for those of you who want to try and style your synthetic wig- YOU CAN TOTALLY DO IT!
Not heat though- lie seriously, do NOT use heat. Common sense people.
Okay, so first wet it with your hand. Don't just stick your wig in the water but have the water running (if you don't live in Cali) and wet your hand repeatedly and just run your hand over the hair of the wig.
I separated the hair into sections and while wet I brushed the sections. Once I brushed the section, I clipped them off to the side until I did the entire wig.
Now, wet you hand again, grab a section and twist the hair like you would your own. Using a bobby pin, pin the twist to the mesh part of the wig so the curl sets. Do this for all sections, A good way to section your wig off is to follow the seams of the hair in the mesh.
Once you have pinned and twisted all the sections, add a bit of hairspray. Being synthetic, your wig is already super flammable, now adding hairspray, well you are creating a walking ball of fire if you get too close so be fricking careful with that shit!
Find somewhere to hand this ( I used my towel rack). Leave this pinned up until right before you put it on. Use the bobby pins to secure it to your head as needed. You can pin it back like I did or however you want it styled. Once you have it how you want it, add another layer of hairspray to hold your finishing touches.
Bam! There ya go! Hope ti works out for you. I had a lot of compliments on how "real" it looked for a synthetic wig.
November trends and fall fashion is in full motion. Be sure to take a look at the new fall trends with TOM & Orrow TRENDS. We are now offering our TREND ME BOX. The first box to be sent is DEC 15th and it will have a FAUX FUR VEST in it!!! Ah! So exciting, it is the trendiest accessory at the moment!
Alright, enough for now. Have a damn good Monday.
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