#costalk

JOSEPHINE WILDE: 33, PUBLICIST @ KATALYST PR, B-LISTER

Babysitter Publicist the stars. Been in the game for well over a decade. Ambitious and motivated af. She’s a workaholic 5sure and constantly puts her profession over her personal life. There’s very little she won’t do for her clients. As a self-proclaimed media maven, she knows how to spin any story to her clients advantage and, in some cases, to someone’s disadvantage. There’s very few lines she won’t cross to guarantee her client’s image isn’t damaged and may or may not have (definitely has) bribed someone to keep a story hush hush or leaked a story for both good and bad reasons. Despite her cutthroat demeanor when it comes to work, she’s actually a sweetheart. If you’re in her circle, she’s loyal and will stand by you no matter what. She knows when and when not to push a button, knowing that being a bitch in this industry can only get you so far and considering the amount of favors she has to pull to keep her client’s squeaky clean, she’s not risking blowing up a relationship with a journalist by being an asshole. 

Some non-work related details: fashion is her passion, her Instagram is filled with bikini pics of her laid out on a beach somewhere on vacation or wearing Versace while out on a dinner date with some gal pals, if you get her pissed enough her Boston accent comes out (which ! she ! hates !!). 

VINCENT KINGSLEY: 38, PRODUCER/CCO OF RIOT ENTERTAINMENT, A-LISTER

The brains, the beauty and the brawn of Riot Entertainment and 1/2 of the whole that makes the production company. Former (college) football player turned Hollywood Scumbag Producer. Despite his reputation about both him, his bff and the company they manage, he (surprisingly) has his shit together. At least when it comes to work he’s disciplined, passionate and hardworking. While he sort of fell into this job, he loves what he does and has a genuine passion for the work that he’s doing. Mostly because no one thought him or Oliver would make it, so he gets off on proving people wrong each time one of their films break a box office record. 

10/10 he’s probably fucked your wife or girlfriend, not because he’s interested but simply because he can. Homeboy came from next to nothing, conned Oliver into falling in love with him -- I mean, befriend him and run a company together, so he definitely walks around shamelessly enjoying the fruits of his labor. Not gonna lie, he has a car to match his suits and has bribed his way out god knows how many speeding tickets. If you’re close to him, you get to see the generous, lighthearted and funny side of him but he can easily come across as an asshole (especially when it comes to work) because he’s that bitch and refuses to let anyone boss him around.

STEPHANIE MUNROE: 35, ACTRESS, A-LISTER

The literal definition of a Bombshell. She’s made a living off of being the “hot girl” in various capacities in several different big budget blockbusters since her career kicked off. While most actresses shy away from being typecast, Steph relishes in it and hasn’t shied away from the roles that have earned the spotlight. Besides her on-screen roles, off-screen she’s posed in every men’s magazine possible and has rightfully earned her status as bombshell in the industry. Knowing beauty is her brand she’s remained relevant by modeling in major fashion/beauty campaigns and is in the process of launching a lingerie line.

Admin K,31, EST

Danika King

Thirty

Assistant Director

D-lister

Introducing Danika! She came from Detroit without much more than a dream that was more like a goal. She’s kind-hearted and driven, focused,too serious for her own good, and organized to the point of it being a little obsessive but all those things are what make her great at her job.

Socially she’s not so much awkward as she is incompetent. She’d generally too blunt about getting to the point as she’s not great at small talk and idle chit-chat but she’s great at networking and putting on a big smile when execs come around. Her time working in the news circuit is what she credits her shortness and love of getting to the facts and skill (if you can call it that) at smiling and staying silent while other people talk.

Admin K, 31, EST

Oliver Barrymore

Thirty-seven

Producer/COO of Riot Entertainment.

A-Lister.

Admin K here previewing my trash son Oli. Son and heir to Hollywood itself ( at least that’s how he’d describe himself) Oliver is a whole lot of mess wrapped into one handsome package. He’s childish and friendly and fun-loving and can be very irresponsible at times but he’s got good qualities too. He’s loyal and caring and generous to his friends and to anyone he likes and gives without hesitation. He’s also obnoxiously optimistic.

He’s got a good bit of rich-boy quality hobbies that include but aren’t limited to sportsmanship on a low-impact scale most of the time (i.e. horseback riding and sailing) and the occasional game of racquetball, but his real passion (other than film) lies in fashion. He’s got more clothes than he knows what to do with, several of the same pairs of shoes, about 200 sunglasses in varying colors and a watch and wallet to match any outfit he puts together. His love of style and aesthetic goes beyond what’s on him but also where he lives, redecorating his place often and even making sure the paintings match the interior because he’s just that obnoxious.

Hatter here! I was Serenity and... Thank you! Thank you very much!My wig was made by me! It was my very first time doing such a project and good Lord it was a doozy.

I was originally going to use a Chibi from ardawigs and extensions, but I have a 24.5″ head (fat head, plus I have a natural afro that is VERY FREAKING THICK, we’re talking so thick I wear three wig caps even AFTER braiding my stuff down) so knowing the Chibi runs small I was too scared to blow the money on a wig that might not fit I decided to do some wig-fu.

What I DID do was by stuff from epiccosplaywigs and here’s the ingredient list:

1 - 28″ Nyx wig (straight)1 - 50″ Ponytail clip-in (straight)6 - 30″ Hair weft extension1 pk 3″ foam balls*2- 4 Hair bands (the nice “no damage” kind and they MUST be new)4 - 6 GUM RUBBER bands (the kind you get off newspapers, money stacks, bags of fruit... the thicker the better)1 pk gray bias tapeHot glue gun and sticksHair spray (I had both Aquanet and Got2B Freeze)These rollers without the stupid thingy in the middle and taped with masking tape 3 until they were three rollers high. Only pink, green and blue got taped. (Note I have TWO sets of these, and not all are taped)Thread (matching the hair/bias tape)Optional (?) black and white paint (to make gray)Wig head stand (the small plastic kind that you can clamp onto tables and even doors!)3″ pearl headed floral pins (the kind used on corsages. These are longer and stronger than T-pins or other sorts of pins so they’ll sick into your wig heads and nothing is gonna move. Also you can SEE the pins more easily due to the large shiny head)Hair dryer, Foam Board, towels, a TV dinner tray and the biggest pot(s) you have.Optional: Cool gray copic markers C-1, C-3 C-5.

*DO NOT DO LIKE ME AND BUY SMOOTHFOAM BALLS YOU WILL SUFFER

See how much I had to spend because I got a big old head? Hahaha!

Anyway...

And to MAKE the wig I used THE FOLLOWING TUTORIALS:

I used this tutorial from Arda for making a part in the middle of my NON pigtail wig: https://youtu.be/cjG4bMDTTZI?t=4m26s (you can watch the whole thing, or just from where I linked in the video)

This one from AntiquityDreams to make the odango and just style the wig into the White Moon style over all.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y4FD4Pso_I (part I)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUvuqziwfUQ (part II)

What I did myself was, pull all the bang hair (and just a LITTLE extra on the sides for the hair twirls) and then some forward and band in together (in a nice band) so it won’t be caught in the extra work I was about to put in. And flip the wig inside own, stretch it over a modified styro wig head and pin down. It is SUPER important if you try this that you stretch the wig out to fit you perfect because you will sew onto the elastic and the stretch will be affected.

From there I sewed roughly 3 of the wefts around the sides and back of the wig, from the earflaps down, and when I finished I flipped the wig inside out, re-pinned to the head, and then pulled all the hair up into a band (the nice kind), turned the head upside down and blasted the fibers with a dryer to get them use to bending this way. This made my wig resemble an Arda’s Chibi or similar styles of ponytail wigs and cover up edges and such.

I then pulled a small amount of fibers out of the ponytail at the bottom, these were going to be made into my nape hairs at the end, so they got banded up and left alone.

I made an ugly part down the middle of the wig then, and used the last two NICE hair bands to hold the hair in place. From here I followed the Arda tutorial on putting a part in a not parted wig, using the last three packages of wefts + bias tape. I somehow managed to get fourish rows a piece on this. Dunno how I just did haha. It was glued onto the wig, WHILE I WAS WEARING IT (hardcore) by my mom. I was wearing two wig caps and I still felt warmth, but no burns thankfully (also you will lose at least ONE cap to this step, jus saying).

From there I used both the NICE bands and the crappy gum rubber bands to fix the pigtails in my wig to be high and even. I put my wig clamp on the door and held my wig side ways and stuff to get it to match. At this point in the process, I was wishing I had gotten a shorter wig (like the 24″ Dionysus), but it wasn’t in stock so I had to deal (wah). 

Once I got everything even and TIGHT (that’s what the gum rubber bands are for, to keep everything tight since they grip the fibers tightly (and rip some out if you have to take it off)., I began to follow the tutorial from AntiquityDreams, meaning I cut and stubbed the wig, used the cut hair to cover the hollowed out foam balls to make the odango, tore apart the pony tail to make two tails, sewed and glued things on... bah-bam. Wig 80% done.

From here, I cut the nape hairs (about 2.5-3″ long) and curled them with yellow rollers a few squirts of Got2B and a few hits of a hair dryer.

The side twirls and the bands got the style treatment, trimming and curling with blue rollers, etc. I used two taped blue rollers to do the side twirls and single rollers on the bangs. Note: Originally I didn’t trim the bangs I just curled the hell out of them hoping for 90s anime bang volume and I got it, but I also got pin curls that didn’t wanna budge so I cut the bangs in in soft curve and re-curled, got immediately better results. Protective layer of Got2B was applied.

The TAILS were curled using the hot water method because any other method would take TOO long because of how THICK Epic Cosplay wigs are. Only the TAPED pink and green ones were used. I also snuck a bit of tissue paper into this to serve as end wrappers because I curled a little over half the hair and the wrappers helped keep the ends under control. 

I curled the left tails towards the right and vice versa, pinned them all down to towel covered foam board which was propped up in the tub against the TV tray (and a bucket now that I remember it). Its pinned to the foam board and NOT the wig head because I didn’t want the boiling water ruining anything I had already accomplished.

Dumped the water onto the towel covered foam board (the towels helped hold in water/heat/some steam), and I did it twice and left it alone for two days. Came back took out the curlers and BAM it looked awesome and bouncy. I sprayed them with some Aquanet and Got2B.