Traditional Hair Styles

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I haven't seen String on the forum for a while. I hope she's OK. I was hoping she would jump in here too and tell us some bear grease lore.. Hope you're doing OK String.

*** Oops! Right after I posted this, String popped up on the index thingy. Freaky...
Come speak your grease, String, if you're not too busy knitting.

** And I saw your post about the dial-up in the knitting thread a while ago. Glad you're Ok, and hope to see you back on line soon.
Grease out

I am out of the dial-up land, I moved back on campus on Friday, but I've been umm... distracted. Yeti finally got home and he spent the weekend with me. Most native reenactors that I know are poor and don't have access to actual bear grease (although some do and use it) many use mineral oil as the base for their paint. The cleverest substitute was sunscreen because it washed out of the clothes perfectly.

Some pics of my "work"

Jayd, he's actually got a clean shaven head so I ended up gluing on his hairpiece every morning.

Scott, I didn't do the design, just the back of the neck and other spots he couldn't see.

Jeremy, affectionately known as "Mom," he won't let me do the designs either sadly, But he and I have an unspoken agreement, If he makes sure I survive every event, eat, breathe and all that (camping + asthma = much fun). I will make sure he also survives, and carry his firewood and such as he has a degenrative bone disease in his spine and just can't do all he used to, although he tries.

I personally am not a native reenactor, I actually portray a white spinster (the profession not the marital status) and weaver. The guys refer to me as border trash.

How 'bout Vader in a black utilikilt playing the "Imperial March" on the bagpipes!!

that was the exit march at my sister's wedding. it was a kilted wedding too