Pre-orders have been going great with the 18th C Hair & Wig Styling book — I’m just over 50% funded, with 19 days left! BUT I still have a long way to go, and orders have really slowed to a trickle. So to encourage more pre-orders, I’ve added some new perks to the Indiegogo campaign! You can pre-order the book with one of these new perks, OR just buy one of the perks without the book (if, for example, if you’ve already pre-ordered the book):
DONATE WITHOUT BUYING THE BOOK: A few people have requested this. You can contribute any amount to the project by using the “Contribute Now” button, but to make it easier, I’ve set it up to easily donate either $10 or $20 to the book project without buying the book. This gets you my eternal gratitude and your name listed in the book as a supporter. Also, for those who can’t currently afford the book but would like to see it happen and maybe buy it down the line, if you the $10 or $20 now (or any amount), I will credit you that amount if you buy the book at any time in the future… AND I will sell you the book for $45 minus your credit (rather than $50, the post-pre-order price) at any time.
DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF WIG MAKING & HAIR STYLING FROM THE 18TH CENTURY: Would you be interested in reading the actual text of 18th century sources? Then you should consider ordering my English translations of the VERY long, multi-page French descriptions of both from Diderot’s Encyclopedie (1776) and its later edition, the Encyclopedie Methodique (1789). The 1776 source has been translated into English, but it’s long out of print and if you search for it at online used book stores, it will cost you a minimum of $20. The 1789 source has not been translated into English to my knowledge (and I’m a librarian, so if it existed, I should be able to find it). You can support the book project by donating $27 and receive both translations in a PDF document without buying the book (for example, if you’ve already pre-ordered the book), or you can pre-order the book AND get the translations for $75 total.
MARIE ANTOINETTE PENDANT: Want to wear a bit of 18th century fabulousness every day? I’ve designed a small silver pendant (.75″ diameter) with a reproduction of an 18th century fashion plate featuring Marie Antoinette.
You can donate $32 to support the book project and receive just the pendant without the book for $32 (for example, if you’ve already pre-ordered the book), or pre-order the book AND get the pendant for $80 total.
IMPORTANT NEWS ABOUT THE INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN: Like I said, I’m well on my way, but I still have a long way to go! If the Indiegogo campaign doesn’t get fully funded, I’m going to be limited in the amount of money I have to print the book. This may mean that I will need to limit the number of copies I am able to print, which means I may not have extra copies to sell later on. In other words, if you want a copy of this book, you should pre-order it before January 31, because you may not be able to buy a copy later!
Hi Kendra,
I’m really interested in getting this, I especially want a hedgehog wig! I’m just wondering how well the tutorials work for someone with short hair. The great tragedy of my life (I’m totally saying this tongue-in-cheek, btw) is that I was born to love historical dress – researching it, making it, wearing it – but was not born with good hair for historical styles. To look half decent it needs to be short most of the time. And I have bangs. So I don’t have much hair to blend into the wig at the front. Is this a necessary part of your tutorials?
I do so hope you reach your pre-order goal!!
Hey Carolyn! So about half of the hairstyles are shown with a model’s natural hair (with additions of false hair), but about half are done on wigs. You can definitely do ANY of the styles on a wig. I will be talking about blending your own hair into a wig, and what to do if you have long OR short hair… so I think it will work for you!