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Hi, I am an amateur dramatic actor with mousy brown just above shoulder length hair - all one length. I am playing two roles in the next few months - the first is a play set in Roman times and in the second part I play a Samurai warrior.
Could someone please advise me how to do the braid that was typical of ancient Romans - I have looked at pictures etc and it just seems to go around the hair line but I cannot make out where it starts or finishes.
Also does anybody have any ideas about what I could o for a Samurai, I was thinking of something like a top-knot - how do I do that. Also I need to dye my hair black for this part, can i get colourants that will wash out more or less straight away in this colour, or must it be semi-permanent.
I think I can help you with the samurai look. I've studied martial arts for five years and I've looked at some ancient japanese paintings. For the style...what you could do is this: Put your head all the way down...gather all of your hair...and tie it with an elastic band. For the dye....it's really a matter of preference. There are products in drugstores where the dye would wash out in just five to six shampoos. Hope I was able to help you.
Nestle's Streaks & Tips is a colored hair spray that comes in black as well a other colors. It washes right out. I learned about it from a high school production on The King & I, where most of the cast needed to look Asian.
-Carol