Greying Hair
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Topic: Greying Hair
Posted By: k8tt
Subject: Greying Hair
Date Posted: 6/27/05 at 12:26pm
| I really don't want to cornstarch my hair to make it grey for my role as an 'older' woman. I tried it and it didn't look real. I heard that white grease paint works, but is hard to remove. Any other ideas? |
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Posted By: Topper
Date Posted: 6/28/05 at 1:57am
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Believe it or not, white shoe polish, readily available
at any drugstore, works wonders. It comes in a bottle with a handy applicator and easily shampoos away. ------------- "None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone |
Posted By: eagle
Date Posted: 7/21/05 at 2:59am
| You might try talc powder and add on extra each time you go on stage. |
Posted By: th8rguykc
Date Posted: 7/22/05 at 1:31pm
| I just finished directing a play where one character had to appear "older" we tried it all, starch, talc, grease paint, spray hair color, etc. and the best results were with a little watered down shoe polish. Up close I thought "no way", but it looked fabulous from the theatre! |
Posted By: POB14
Date Posted: 7/22/05 at 4:15pm
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th8rguykc makes a great point: doesn't matter what it looks like in the chair, look at it under the lights. I've seen shoe polish work well also. ------------- POB Old Bugger, Curmudgeon, and Antisocial B**tard |
Posted By: SCurran07
Date Posted: 10/13/05 at 1:31pm
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Hey! I am a 16 year old with blonde hair, and I am playing Vera for The Odd Couple. I reallllly need to know how well baby powder works, (for gray hair)  maybe from someone else's experience? How long it lasts, ect. THANKS! |
Posted By: looking2bcast
Date Posted: 10/13/05 at 4:50pm
| Shoe polish is my vote too we use one of those small wire brushes that people use to clean batteries with and it looks very real as it tends to coat the individual hairs. |