Morgan Sellers has been in the wig and makeup program
for two years. She came to UNCSA thanks to a history
in dance--she’d been doing makeup and working with
false lashes, and when she found the UNCSA program
she knew it was a perfect fit.
Here she is working on a Cyndi Lauper style wig for
the school’s production of A Bright Room Called Day.
Half of the wig is wefted, but the front and right side are
fully ventilated so that it can later be shaved to create
one of the pop star’s many iconic looks.
Destinee Steele is a first year graduate student with the
program. She loves doing hair and is actually a trained
cosmetologist. She was working on setting a lace front
wig with a roller set to perfect its 1930’s style.
Carla H. McClain is a 1st year graduate student and
cosmetology instructor who came to UNCSA to
continue her education and get a head start in working
in film and television. Her favorite piece that she’s
worked on as a student was a Van Dyke style mustache
and goatee. She noted that it was the first time she had
created a piece like that and the work was fun and
challenging. She started by ventilating both pieces and
then she dyed the two to match the actor’s wig.
Logan Elisabeth Hardy is another first year graduate
student who found UNCSA after coming from a
background of costuming. She had fallen in love with
wigs and makeup and decided she wanted the MFA so
that she could later teach. UNCSA won her over thanks
to its combo of a comprehensive prosthetics education,
film exposure, and the department’s encouragement that
any opportunity a student might want for (academically)
would be made available.
Here she is working on ventilating a wig that will be
used in The Drowsy Chaperone. The nape and edges of
the piece will all be ventilated with a wefted center. She
expects that overall the wig will take about 30 hours to
complete.
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