Doing Hair for Irish One-Woman Shows

Video Transcript

"Oh, hi. Here we are at Expert Village. My name is Cat Latrenta and I'm a professional entertainer. And in this segment, we're putting together Katie the Irish Bar Maid. She's going to sing you a wonderful song in a little bit, and we've done the make-up here and we're just about to don a wig. Now if you're light colored, maybe your own hair would be good enough. Oh, take a green comb and stick it in one end and give yourself a little bit of a do. And there you are. However, I always like to exaggerate. So what did I do? I put on my cap, which is nothing more than panty hose cut off at the panty part, and stuff all my hair in there, and use a light colored stocking because I'm going to be putting on a light colored wig. And I've waited to put on my mascara because dragging the stocking over my wet eyes would not be a good situation. Now we're ready for the wig. I've picked out a beautiful red wig. And I usually get it on this way. And I fool so many people when they see my blue eyes and they see all this beautiful, beautiful red hair, I become Katie. Now my little dress has come with a little purse. But I've decided that I don't need a purse and what I need is a bonnet. Isn't that the cutest thing you've ever seen? So I wear my purse as a bonnet. And make sure that you pin it down because if you're going to be outside, it might blow away. These little sticky hair pins, they're the best because they've got sharp points and they can go through the material and go through into your hair. That's much better. Now I look like Katie."