If you have clicked on my many links posted on social media, you are now reading what is my first post in TWO MONTHS. Yeah, sorry about that, really, I should write more but I don't really have much going on in my life. That and I'm also a poor excuse for a blogger.
For any newbies here, HI I'M AMIE, I LIKE ANIME, AND TRYING MY HARDEST TO HAVE SOME SORT OF ONLINE PRESENCE.
ANYWAY, I saw a post, on instagram, from one of my favorite online wig stores, Lush Wigs, and noticed that they are calling on anyone who has modified one of their wigs to post about it/them. And you know whats great? I have such a long story to go with one of my first wig modifications that also happened to be from LW, that I thought "why not join in and not get featured?". So not only will I be writing this long story, I'll be posting some sort of short vague version on my instagram page. Because DAT ONLINE PRESENCE THO.
Just a quick note before I get down to the legendary story.
I would just like to mention that this wig did have another name, this was because Lush Wigs was originally called Geisha Wigs but was closed by the original owner but then re-opened as Lush Wigs by new ownership. I know, its confusing.
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The day my Lucky Dip Lace front wig arrived was an odd one. I had a doctors appointment due to some post-op surgery I had a month earlier, and I had a few minutes before leaving to try the wig on. Initially I had hoped I would get a really bright orange yellow and pink wig that was on the website but I opened the package to be greeted with a bundle of teal and green curlyness. I had a moment with that wig as soon ad i placed it on my head, first was annoyance as there wasn't a parting so it had to be slicked back, then I had to figure out how to make it look nice for a selfie which I failed at. Then once I gave into what it looked like I felt like I was literally mermaid hair goals. It was absolutely GORGEOUS and thick.
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| Sour Apple AKA Deep Lagoon |
Next I had to decide what I was going to do with this mane of gorgeousness. So as a little noob that I am, I took to the *sighs in embarrassment* MCM Expo group on facebook to ask the age old question of "Who should I cosplay".In my defense I didn't have any friends to help me choose. I started with no cosplay friends and now I have enough to trust with cosplay choices. Anyway, I had some suggestions to get the ball rolling. Female Joker, Neil from bleach (IDK man I only watched 70 episodes before giving up)..... Then someone said Sailor Neptune....
OH LORD HOW DID I FORGET MY FIRST ANIME OBSESSION IN THE CHOOSING OF THIS COSPLAY?!?! HOW COULD I FORGET THE ACTUAL MERMAID, THE MAIDEN OF THE SEA NEPTUNE?!?!? Feel free to revoke my Sailor Moon Fan privileges.
Now, some will say that the wig didn't need to be modified which I absolutely agree with... BUT I went into this cosplay hobby thinking to make it as accurate as my skills can. She needed to be shorter and I need to make the fringe. How would I acomplish this? Through sheer determination and lots of cosplay google searches. And maybe cringefully asking for advice in the at times toxic cesspit known as the MCM facebook community.
Since I now had a costly I was going to 100% do, it was time to style DEEP LAGOON. I was both excited and really scared, and at times overly pissed off, but I actually got there in the end. You'll see what I mean later on.
Step 1: Straighten wig prior to cutting.
Luckily my wig is heat syllable so I took my hair straighteners to it with regret. HOW DOES ANYONE COPE WITH SUCH LONG HAIR?! I honestly instantly regretted straightening this wig for a few reasons:
1) HAIR EVERYWHERE
2) Lovely looking straight hair with a few layers that were basically hair goals
3) The shame of having to cut it
This photo makes me cry inside. BUT IT WAS FOR THE SAKE OF COSPLAY OKAY.
This was the finished product after cutting though, which I'm not gonna lie, looked really nice and flattering on myself, if I do say so ^__^
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| I'm happy to confirm that my eyeliner skills have improved since this photo |
Step 2: Curl, curl, curl, curl, curl, curl.
I ended up looking through youtube to find a good video, most called for using boiling hot water, or steam. But I remembered that 4 years ago I came across a youtuber called Angi Viper, whom I later discovered does some pretty awesome cosplays, that did a really helpful video on curling a wig. I was very lucky that my local 99p store actually sells packs of foam rollers too! Initially I bought 20 rollers.
What I will talk about next is how infuriating I found trying to curl this wig. Now, I'm the type of person to forget certain things in instructions and basically try and wing it with what I have. Unfortunately this doesn't work sometimes. And I learned this. Okay so what the video suggests is to section the wig into SMALL sections and to use some hairspray. What I did? I didn't use hair spray and i tried to curl HUGE sections. the outcome? Me bitching and moaning on my pages which then lead to my friends being amused by my snapchats/general progress I was initially making with the wig.
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| Get off my damn lawn! |
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| 20 rollers and big sections didn't work |
As you can see by this point I was getting annoyed. And with October MCM 2015 approaching quickly I ended up winging it again and crimping the wig by plaiting sections and applying heat.
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| Evening before London MCM October 2015 |
I found that you actually have to heat the wig up a lot, I was way too scared the first time round but I trusted what Angi was saying in her video completely. Another thing I really want to make a point of, is that you literally cannot rush styling a wig. As mentioned in the video, you HAVE to let the hair completely cool and that you cannot do sections as it will make the rest of the parts that aren't in rollers loose their curls. Seriously. Just trust the youtuber who has experience.
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| 53 foam rollers in total for the whole wig! |
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| I had to stop and put it on instagram, I was that excited and happy |
This was the easiest thing. All i had to do was make a center parting with the fringe I cut in and then back comb each side. You will need freeze hold hairspray, I like many others use Got2b Freeze hold spray, it comes in a yellow can!
And just like that I was finished with my wig!
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| My completed Sailor Neptune wig and cosplay |
TL:DR
- SMALL SECTION HAIR INTO FOAM ROLLERS, SPRAY WITH HAIRSPRAY
- HEAT WITH HAIR DRIER ON EACH CURL FOR 30SECS
- WAIT FOR IT TO COOL OR CRY BECAUSE IMPATIENT
- ONCE COOL REMOVE CURLERS
Read, enjoy, like my pages and shit to keep up with my cosplays and stuff!
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