Creating Cherie - "Bus Stop"

For "Bus Stop" it was very important that the main lady, Cherie, was blonde. Once the show had been cast I was faced with a challenge to take an actress with very long dark brown hair and make her a short, sassy blonde. I would say my wig experience is still in beginner mode, but I thoroughly enjoy working on wigs. I was able to find a lovely short, sandy blonde wig. It needed a little work before it would be show ready.

First I used a wig shampoo. You let the wig soak in a shampoo and water mixture for about 10 minutes, rinse it, and let it dry on a wig stand (not the mannequin head pictured to the right). After the wig was dry I lightly sprayed it with a leave in conditioner. Next I added a few more defined curls with some small rollers. After that I used a styling spray to make sure the curls would make it through an active show.

In the end the wig looked great on the actress with the full costume and makeup.

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