Rabuly treated wig

 

Its terrifying that I just chucked the wig into the bag and never took it out after EOY last year until, today. Look at the horrible state. My skills are still green (well now a  bit browner LOL but still not pro) then, all those tangles and curls are really frightening. That don't wanna do Lacus even because... shiver the horrible state of wig. 

 

But now, look! Look at this beautiful baby! Washed and treated and it took about 30minutes only to get this final beauty. Recured it with a generous amount of detangler, and its airing outside my house now. Such silky smoothness even my own hair is put to shame. Hahaha actually no big deal. I am just feeling accomplished and happy that the wig is healthy again now. Will have to recurl it after trying it up. Now thats a problem. I suck at trying up wigs. Should I get wig extension for Lacus? The colour though... difficult. 

Also washed all the other wigs at once. Everything is fresh and great now. Air drying~

More WIP

WIP WIP WIP time!!!

Ongoing progress for AFA 2014. And end of year movie event i hope. Hnghhhh so much rabu rabu for swag dad. Another daddy character. Bring out your non-existent paternal kokoro.

Props first before wig. Then wig before costume. Hahah so basically costume is leftover budget.

Oh right crown first!

During wiring to get the basic structure. It reminds me of the Nuclear pore basket. Science student much.

Basic and the back 'branches' go go go autumn crown~

And more details. Hahah oh gawd didn't realised my toes are there.

The side view.

And then clay and prime and prime a few more layers. Going to add even more details maybe in October, and then finish it up.

 Anyways, couldn't get a nice real lace front wig, so went for cheaper and much more roundabout method of getting normal wig and transforming it painfully and yet enjoyably into q lace front with hair line and all. Lmao~ Sew sew sew your wig

 

Left is reverse wafts. Didn't go all the way up but just enough to give a convincing back comb effect. And then on to the side burns. screw that my natural sideburns is a lot,, so will have to cover it. Boohoohoo.

 

How long is Ada's wig? hahah not too bad with the crown. The crown fits just nice, but the wig is really slippery. Will hafta add a comb to the crown.

 

Dunndun dun dunn sorry not sorry no makeup. Hahah at least the net covers the shine on may forehead. And those colours are complementary to normal make up when will wear uhhhh when Ada is going to swag partehhh   OTL hahah aomg my face looks long in this wig. I want V-shape and sharper chin can?

Ps: I cant look down on floor in this set up. So will be all high and mighty. Kufufuufufu. Looking down= sideburn wafts Loreal hair shampoo. Ddamn annoying. Hnghhh falling faliing falliinnnggg

Oh yeah... I totally forgot abt the staff. Uh teh clay dropped and it hardens into that 'splat'spherical shape. Rofl.

How a detangle a wig

Before, pretty messy after out from storage. All those waves and devil knots.

After, glad to say that its smooth and tangle free~ 

I find it best to comb out your wig when its quite damp from the wash. I no longer uses a metal brush to comb out wigs. Use a wide toothed plastic comb, which is also what you would to comb out real wet hair. 

Hahaha then part the wig into sections. Start untangling from the bottom and work upwards. When a section is untangled successfully, use a hair iron to iron out the entire section. Now its smooth and ensure that the frizzes (if any) is also straightened. Mind the iron temperature! I set mine to 150 deg Celsius. If your wig can withstand up to 200 or more by all means set to what ever temperature that is convenient. No idea what temperature this particular wig is able to withstand actually. When all is smooth, I sprayed silicone lubricant onto the wig. This will act pretty much like a detangler. Comb the area to even out the lubricant and the finally iron out the section after lubricating. 

Taa-daa all done! Well for this particular section of the wig. Proceed with the rest of the wig. 

Obviously a LOT of patience is required here. I took 6 hours for the entire process including the wash. Of cos, the time varies with length and severity of the wig. 

Ps:  Air out the wig after you are done. The silicone lubricant have an unpleasant odour. Don't inhale the fumes too. Do it outdoors or something, unless you don't mind dying at a young age like me  ;D

How to wash your wigs

Got 150cm long black wig. Not natural black as I would had prefer but still its nice. The fibers are really thin. Like my real hair is many times thicker. Hahah first time dealing with such a length.
So gotta do the usual routine. Wash wig!
Important to me even for new wigs because I am just paranoid if the wig got dusty and stuff like that from storage. Or worse... Hair lice. Even if its new, its still dangerous.

So now with a better phone for picture taking, decided to do steps how I do my washing XD
(Its just something to update this blog with actually.)

I don't have a basin or pail, so thats why I am doing it in the wash basin. And my wash basin do not have the plug either. Lol. 

So the first step, WASH YOUR SINK EVEN IF ITS ALREADY BEEN WASHED YESTERDAY. Wash a small pail too cos you going to need that later. My trusty CIF friend helped me. You may Dettol everything if extra paranoid. Unfortunately I ran out of Dettol, so I just washed my sink 3 times. (OCD much...)

Next, you gotta pour some hot water into the small pail you washed along just now. Warm water is fine too because it will be horrifying if your wig isn't heat resistant. 

Then mix in hair shampoo into the pail of hot water. Until its all bubbly. 

Now you may lay down your wig into the wash basin. Lay it down neatly, extra tangles aren't going to be helpful at all. Run the tap to at least partly submerge your wig, and don't forget to turn the tap off. Save water please. Since my sink have no plug, it never got to the submerge point, but at least I don't have to keep unplugging the cord to drain ;D

I added more shampoo directly on the partly submerged wig. More bubbles!

Next you got to pour in the hot water + shampoo. A little at a time while you gently 'shake' the wig in the water. The bottom most got to be receiving the shampoo and hot water too. Don't use all of the hot water yet.

After that, run the tap again. 'Shake' the wig submerged in cool water now, until very little bubbles is visible. 

Then pour in the rest of the hot water and repeat the previous 2 steps. You can also add conditioner at this stage. I don't even condition my real hair, so I don't own a conditioner. 

When no more bubbles are floating about, rinsed the wig with cool water. Toss is to drain as much water as possible, so it won't be dripping all over the floor later on.

The very last step, towel dry! Like real hair, just gently pat the wig. Pat and pat dry to minimise broken strand, damages, and tangle terror. 

Air dry it completely or use hair dryer if you are impatient. Thats it man. Now you got a clean and nice smelling wig. 

Wigs styling post~

Haven't styled some wigs for quite some time. Yuu chan got Rui wig, and asked to style it. But its a shivering experience because I am just not able to come to terms with the wig quality. Quite poor quality. There is such a difference with FS quality (well, most of the old fibers, but their new fibres are not that bad either).

Here is the wig unstlyed. Oh and it doesn't come with tags to indicate that its very brand new. Hahahaha quite amusing, but okay. Tags not important anyways. Straight and its seems like natural black.

Then on with the first curling. Just to get the wig warmed up I thought. I dare not go for high temperature because, this isn't mine to yolo with. Haha And the wig so stubborn. Even with many attempts at normal curling method. Hmmm after multiple retrying, got some curls at the edge. Yesh now can start the real styling after done with basic curls everywhere. Just did slight curling on the fringe too. 

Unsatisfying really. Multiple tries again to get the final result. 

Auntie curly hobbit. The fringe no cutting because, its perfect for my face proportions from my 'wig stand'. Hope it will be okay on Yuu chan face too. Lawl. MSN wig won't need cutting also leh.

So here I am writing this post, because I am stuck in my room holding in naature's call, because my grandma is performing prayers outside my room door. And she always take a really long time, haven't even end and do reading and chanting yet.

:'D    dies in room

So lemme dig some nice quality wig to compare with

That softness and HNGHHH feel... right but bad quality picture. This was when I was going to dye it for Motochika.  Human scalp top also. Much raburabu.

Black or white?

 

No stress for school. Clean and clear face. hahaha sorry eyeburn. No makeup at all. Them eyebrows and eyebags. Black or white for Yakuza? Leaning towards white, but black matches more. Gdi.

Not so sure how the overall outfit will turn out to be.

Yuki wig!

HAHAHA Totally cxgnugm2 w/o make up. The capsicum is my buddy there hehe.
The Yuki wig that was...
omg I was pissed for a moment. The fringe was trimmed and the seller didn't tell me :'O
So... sad. Because, its not exactly how I would cut my wigs. There is no gradual layer. Its just direct snipping. And M attempt. I don't like those. -flips table-
Straight stuff no layers are very annoying. -cries-
Then again... maybe its not the person's trimming. Maybe its.. idk.. just suppose to be like that. Urgh, you can see its not V. Its U. (The center of the fringe directly on my nose bridge)
-SOBS-

Its not the end of the world anyways -smiles-
Now I am going to think of what bag to bring. The army bag will be too big. My casual bags average size and small only. Hmmm... I hope no need to bring lab coat (even though its lab).