I am a mother. Parenthood has been the greatest adventure of my life, and one that I (almost) never tire of. Through my sons I have discovered many interests I probably would never have noticed otherwise. I used to love horses—now I love dragons. I have learned about Pokemon and Yugi-oh, and now Cosplay.
In Cosplay adults (and sometimes the kids, too) get to dress up like their favorite, comic book, TV, movie, science fiction, or other character. Conventions that include Cosplay as part of their event are springing up all over the country, even in boring, conservative, Missouri.
My younger son Matthew and I had watched a series on the Syfy channel that tracked several costume artists who participated in Cosplay competitions. We both enjoyed the show, and in May we had the opportunity to attend our first “con” in Kansas City. I am hooked.
So, yesterday I spent a good part of the afternoon painstakingly coloring strands of an artificial wig with a permanent marker. Sounds insane, I know, and it probably is. I want a wig that looks like the female protagonist is my book. Unfortunately for me, I have written her to have predominately light blue hair with streaks of blonde, orange and deep red. Very difficult to duplicate.
I had already tried the spray-on temporary hair coloring that people use to give their hair bizarre shades of green, red, purple, what-have-you, to show support for their favorite sports team. It flaked and rubbed off on my shirt. Not a great option. The clerk at the store where I bought the wig says hair dye will not work on the synthetic fibers in the wig, and who knows a store that carries blue hair dye anyway.
So I am throwing this problem out there for any of my Cosplaying readers. If you know of a good way to dye or color a synthetic wig, please let me know.
Until next time, live long, play hard, and fly free.
