Meet The Cast: Betty Lou Who

Betty Lou Who

MUA: Hanna Fisher

Image: Kori Savoie

Wardrobe/Wig/Props: Lisa Graystone

The looks for each character for our shoot were carefully curated. I wanted each character to look like the characters from the film but not exact replica's. My Betty Lou Who character, played by my step-daughter was a great example.

I created her wig from THIS rock'n'roll 80's wig + 2 toilet paper rolls, hot glue and bobby pins. T I trimmed the wig into a Betty Lou Bob and used the excess curly hair to cover the toilet paper rolls to create her unique hair look.

Betty Lou and Martha May DIY wigs

I also DIY her plate/eggnog fascinator. See Details and list of supplies in my Cindy Lou Who Blog

Her costume in the film had a matching red cape and dress to Cindy Lou but I wanted a little more diverse color pallet in my family photo so I opted for a Vintage green cape instead of red and a Black and White Vintage checkered dress.

Dress: 55,000 Dresses (from my collection)

Belt: Evolution Vintage (Stretch Belt - $15)

Vintage Petticoat: 55,000 Dresses (for sale $35)

Vintage Green Cape (From my collection)

Faux Fur Collar with pom pom's (from my collection)

I added the plate to the front of the dress, similar to Betty Lou's 

I used real cookies that I painted and hot glued and a candy stick. I pinned the plate to the dress.

Because Betty Lou loved lights in the film I purchased Vintage light bulb necklaces in bulk. We used them for the shoot and them my family enjoyed them all season long! 

*The Flats also came from my personal collection*

MAKEUP:

Our Makeup artist Hanna Fisher used a latex FX appliance for Betty Lou's Who nose (Buy here), Who long lashes on the corner of her eyes a long with a full set and Holiday makeup complete with a red lip and a painted Rosy nose tip!

She also had a gorgeous set of front Whoville over sized teeth! (Shop)

Betty Lou and Martha May Light Fight

 Betty and Cindy Lou Who

Cindy and Betty Meet the Mayor of Whoville

HAPPY WHO-YEAR!!

Meet The Cast: Cindy Lou Who

The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who

Hair: Brooklyn Truderung

MUA: Hanna Fisher

Photos: Kori Savoie

The characters of this Christmas classic are all iconic in their own ways. The character of Cindy Lou Who, along with the Grinch are the two main characters of the iconic Dr. Seuss story as well as the live action Universal film.

COSTUME:

I chose to create a hybrid look of Cindy Lou's between her Whobilation outfit and the hair from the end scene.

I purchased a kids velvet Christmas Cape

and pom poms to add to it

 I used a white petticoat that I had in the Evolution Vintage studio and a dress that I had on-hand. My daughter and step daughter "twinned" in these Christmas dresses in 2010. We are re-styling as Cindy Lou's checkered holiday dress that was once her big sisters.

Other Accessories: Red Tights 

White Lace Trim Socks

*Plate on the front of her dress. I DIY'ed it using similar items listed below for her fascinator. I glues two plates together and pinned the bottom one to the dress with a safety pin.

I DIY'ed the plate/cup fascinators for both her and "Betty Lou Who's" Characters.

What I Used:

*Paper Plates

*Hot Glue

*White Paper (for Snowflake doily)

*Headband

*Plastic Cup

*Winter White Paint (Faux- eggnog in cup)

*Candy cane (Real or Plastic - I used plastic)

*Glitter Paint

*Cookies

*Paint Brushes

*Candies

*Holiday Ribbon

Makeup

The makeup was Grinch-holiday with a Rosy cheek, shiny nose, big plastic denture front teeth and Who-long-lashes. Her hair was similar to Cindy Lou's in the night and end scene.

We used a Styrofoam cup to add height to my daughter's own hair as well as two braids. A quick bang trim and voila!

See the makeup transformation for both Betty Lou and Cindy Lou

MERRY GRINCHMAS!

Merry Grinchmas!!!!

Merry Grinchmas and a Happy Who Year!

Merry Grinchmas from our Who's down in Whoville, the tall and the small, sending you warm holiday greetings one and all.

Every year my family shoots a themed holiday card to print and send to family and friends in Canda and across the United States. This is the first year that we have went with a Christmas theme. There is nothing more iconically Christmas than the tale of 'The Grinch That Stole Christmas'. The story was written in 1957 by Dr. Seuss and spawned a cartoon almost a decade later in 1966 with the main character voiced by Boris Karloff. The fantasy Seuss world was expanded into a live action film by Ron Howard, Starring Jim Carey as the Grinch which was released in 2000. I saw it for the first time in 2001 when my cousin brought the DVD over Christmas Day to share with our family. Seventeen years later I have brought this story to life in Christmas Card form starring my family of Whovinille delinquents.

I want to go through the characters one by one in a blog series to follow, sharing the details of their costumes, props, hair and makeup. I always enjoy dreaming about my characters, acquiring and making costumes/accessories, props and building the backdrops and sets depending on the shoot. I hope it will inspire you to bring your own holiday visions or any fantasy you can conceptualize to life! 

 Special gratitude to my team!

Kori Savoie - Photographer 

Hanna Fisher - Makeup Artist

Brooklyn Truderung - Hair + Makeup Assist.

Michela Cagliero - Graphic Designer

Taylor Ramirez - BCBA / Blake's Assistant

Merry Grinchmas

and a

Happy Who Year!