I already ruined part of it. Because, you see, I am an idiot and got super glue in it.
First off, you should know that I finally "found" a Halloween costume. I was going through PartyCity.com, completely uninspired by most of the costumes and only really liking the ones where I would need to get a wig (ex: Marylin Monroe and Wonder Woman). I tried the wig thing last year and it sucked, so those were a no go.
Then I stumbled on a picture of an adult Pebbles Flintstone costume.. she had a pink shirt and pink hair with a bone through the ponytail. First I thought, "cute!" and then "doesn't she have red hair and wear a green shirt??" and then "I have red hair!". After some research, I realized that I could just use clothes I already have, slap some black fabric on the shirt, buy a bone for my hair, and call it a day. If you have no idea what I'm rambling about, this is Pebbles:
General idea of hair + bone, a la bathroom mirror
My solution was to super glue a hair elastic on to one side of the bone, wrap it around the pony tail, bobby pin the heck out of it, and wrap a piece of hair around the bone.
Well, it sort of worked. I don't think the bone was really all that stable, but enough so that I thought it was a success. I decided to leave my trial run in my hair until Scot got home from work, to show him my mad skills. When I finally took the bone out about 40 minutes later, it was super glued to my hair. Apparently 20 minutes is not enough time for super glue to dry. It was all stuck and gross right next to my scalp. I had to have Scot cut this chunk out of my hair, leaving little pokey pieces in the middle of my head.
Sorry this is gross. But I had to mourn a few of my lost hairs. This is just the tip of the iceburg.
I was too amazed at my lack of smarts to even care at that point. I mean really, where was the common sense on this one? I later got a suggestion that I should have used nail polish remover to try and get the glue out, which I did briefly think about, but was more concerned that it would bleach my hair and then I'd have to cut it out anyway. I have no idea if that's even remotely true, but didn't care much at that point.
All I know is that this damn costume better be a success and you all better love it.
3 comments:
Um, I would have cried (irrationally, of course) had that happened to me. Oh my lord. I'm sure the end result will be just fabulous and we'll all hoot and holler when we see it :)
We are hot glue gun people in my family. Once my sister flung some into a friend's eye. And I once used B's head as a model to glue a headband to a wig and glued it to his head (searing hot glue pain tantrum ensued.) So I feel ya. I hope it ends up working out!!!!! It looks cute!
Oh no! Have you figured out how to keep the bone in? I randomly was Pebbles once as a child (although my hair isn't red) and we did the same thing but my mom spray painted the dog bone white and it was a disaster! The spray paint flaked in my hair the whole night and it was really gross. So don't do that. I don't remember how we got it to stay in my hair, though. I'm sure the costume will turn out great anyway! Can't wait to see pics!
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