EMILY THE STRANGE DIY COSTUME

This year I put together my own costume with some stuff I already had around the house. In total the costume only cost me about $18 dollars rounded out. 

What you'll need if you want to cosplay EMILY THE STRANGE-
*A BLACK wig WITH bangs. (I bought from Wally's World for 6 bucks)
*A BLACK thigh high sleeveless dress. (Bought mine from ROSS for about 12 bucks)
*Mary Jane shoes either in black or white.
*BLACK leggings.
*A BLACK stuffed plush cat.
The makeups super easy. Black eyeliner- liquid and pencil. The lightest foundation you own or white face paint.
If you need a guide for makeup to look at her image here's the Emily the Strange FACEBOOK page-
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emily-the-Strange/115366458320
The wig was a pain but what did I expect from a cheap wig. It was suppose to be straight but came out wavy  from the packaging and the bangs were wonky. I had to trim them to the right length. Everything else I already owned except for the dress. I had to buy one since non of my old ones fit me anymore.
Here's Emilys new music video-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mno_kU1JlE

Dying My Own Hair

So I'll be the first to admit that dying your own hair, especially at home is not the most glamorous thing to do. If you ever catch your wife doing so(good luck and duck lol) it will not be very attractive. Now never fear because it's things like this a wife does to stay attractive and purrtay for her hubby :)

I prefer doing it at home rather than forking out the $150-200+ for a cut, dye, and blowout. No thanks! That money can go elsewhere. For a few bucks I can buy the dye, bleach, and developer for about 10-15 bucks. That's my kinda budget! I normally buy my hair stuff from a local hair salon/hair store. Their items are decently priced but you don't get a discount, at least not that I know of. (Bleaching the tar outt'a my hair first. Notice how faded the red looks and the foil lol)

I don't recommend bleaching your own hair because I know through trial and error that you can burn your scalp if you don't know what your doing. I've been cutting, bleaching, dying, butchering my own hair for over 13 years! I know, I know, should've gone to school to learn this instead of wasting time trying to get my bachelors and not using what I learned in those classes on anything I do now. (Putting in the hair dye, no it's not blood, relax peeps)

Anyways, back on topic, I'll post some pictures of before and after. This is the most recent color I have been dying it and do like the outcome. I sometimes stray from red because it's so hard to keep up. It's also the quickest color to fade. (The outcome, after dyes washed out)