i vote for the second wig, and then the first wig. although the yarn wig looks good in the picture, i was thinking, you don't see porcelain dolls to often with yarn hair. but one of the dead dolls pictured above looks like it has yarn hair. my grandson votes for the yarn wig, and then the second wig. between gd, my grandson and i, we all have different opinions, so we probably have just narrowed the choices a little. maybe the guy who is made up above will jump in and give a voice.
you make one scarey draculars bride. that is really good! oouuyy
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don't laugh, this fear is contagious
I'm thinking I like the second, blonde colored wig also. At first I wanted to go for black, but your right the blonde looks more like a real doll. I want to look really authentic, I think that will scare people more! Thanks for your imput, it helps. Now I've got to start working my husbands costume. He wants to be Adam Ant. It's gonna be hell making a jacket for him!!!
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I don't know how much they cost, but those contacts that will make your whole iris dark brown or black (kind of dead eyes) would be cool. My mom owned a porcelain doll studio for years before her stroke, and it's neat/strange the affects dolls have on people. She still has tons of molds, doll parts (eyes, wigs, etc.) that she just cant bear to part with. Growing up, every time you'd get in the car, you'd have to move an arm, leg, head, etc.
Are you going to do some full makeup practice runs? I'm sure we'd all love to see pictures!
Yes, I think I will do some full make up practice runs. When I order the wig I will try out some different make ups. I will be sure to post pics. As for the contacts, I always wanted to wear some of those special effects contacts but I have an eye problem, I have no tear layer on my eyes and I can't wear contacts because I get an infection from them. I used to wear them, then I had to go to glasses and a couple of years ago I finally got Lasik surgery and those little plugs put in my tear ducts, but alas I still have terrible dry eye! Believe me I would wear those things if I could, I'm willing to try anything for a good costume!
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one of the best ways to get that porcelain "look" is to layer your make-up. But before you even start, shave (even if you're a girl) it's the fine hairs on your face that will throw it off and give a texture. IT also works really good to wax down your eyebrows. Any good costume shop will sell the wax sticks and they're pretty cheap. Once the wax is smoothed out, you can go right over it with make-up and it hides the hair better. Then do a light layer of your white, then "setting" powder (Ben Nye is good) then another layer of white - set again - and then add your cracks. I use all MAC and Ben Nye, the MAC color pots have great stuff for making cracks that you just paint on with a brush and blend a bit. As it gets closer to Halloween, they'll put up tutorials on their website for different looks, too. =)
Malenkia,
Very interesting info, I never thought about the hairs. I always wondered how people got their make up to look so smooth and perfect and it was really frustrating every year to try and do mine. Do I just ask them for wax sticks, or do they have a certain name? I will def. get on the web and look up MAC.
Thank You
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