About Me

Brisbane, Australia
A professional working Make Up and Hair Artist for over 20 years in the Film Industry I have ALMOST seen and done it all. Working on such films as 'Lord of the Rings', 'Daybreakers', 'Matrix','George of the Jungle II' 'Scooby Doo', 'House of Wax', 'Aquamarine', 'H2O Just add Water' TV Series to name acouple that are interesting. For the things I am yet to see and do I am saying bring it on. I have the best job in the world and would love to share with interested people some tricks of the trade that I have and will help them in their day to day lives and if your a aspiring Make Up Artist give you advise and answer those questions that come to mind about getting into the industry, resumes, tech tips, and more. This will help being online as I am not always able to take the calls I recieve. Lets get started. Love to hear from you. Movie Data Base: www.imdb.com/name/nm0756608

Thursday, January 20, 2011

BALD CAP ALTERNATIVE

Life Casting and the use of bald caps to cover the hair is standard practice
but I have acouple of handy tricks that maybe used , especially if you cant get your hands on a bald cap.
I have used SWIM CAPS, yes thats right swim caps. They are great
they are tight and nearly always dont need glueing and cheap.
I can buy them here for under $5 compared to bald caps for over $30.
(thats if you dont make your own of course) . Then there is the trusty glad wrap (cling film ) wrapped around the head too.
TRY it and see how you go.......... have fun. Kym x

1 comment:

  1. Top tip! For a face (not a full head) I've found gladwrap glued down with some prosaide works a treat. Massive saving when some decent baldcaps with blendable edges can cost up to $60 (which may still be necessary depending on the kind of detail needed on the positive).
    P.S.
    Just discovered your blog Kym and became a follower.

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