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Roxy Wig Tutorial

For this tutorial, I’ll be using The Five Wits’ Bad Wolf Tiem Stahp. If you’re afraid of cutting wigs, you can check out this simplified tutorial to avoid any trimming.

You can also find a tutorial for making Roxy’s scarf (which has adorable Mutinis on it I couldn’t get in the photograph) right here.

Below are photos of the finished product, and beneath the cut you’ll find the full tutorial.

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schoolgirl-snot-vomit sent: Hello. I plan on cosplaying Super Sonico, but I need some help. Super Sonico has light pink hair and I have tan skin. I learned the hard way my skin clashes terribly with light colored wigs. I have a general idea of a wig, but not sure. I don't want to end up with the same problem. What makeup should I use for her?

I have never actually heard of this problem before. Most likely it’s not light colored wigs clashing, but the undertones of the wig not matching the undertones of your skin.

Cool tones won’t go very well with warm tones, and vice versa. A basic test is that if your veins seem blue, you have cool skin. If your veins are green, you have warmer tones.

However, if this isn’t the case, you could go with a gradient in the wig, a darker wig, or stick with light pink. 

I would still pay attention to if it seems like a cool pink, or a warm pink and try to match that with your skin tones when buying a wig however.

Anonymous sent: (I'd suggest a FAQ or maybe I couldn't find one???) Any place you'd suggest getting wigs from? I need a simple blonde one and buying off of ebay or amazon scare me. Just looking for suggestions since getting into cosplay is daunting.

Well for wigs, most ebay sellers just buy cheap TaoBao wigs from China and resell them for a higher price. They quality may not always be the best, but unless it says “party” in the name, it should be fine. (unless of course, you’re doing heavily styled wigs. Those are a complete different story)

I suppose a store that many recommend is Arda wigs. I have purchased from there before, and some of the wigs have been very good, and others, difficult to work with. Basically unless you are very skilled, don’t always go towards their wigs if you are looking to heavily style things from there. Otherwise the quality is a guaranty, and they are a bit expensive.

Another good ebay store is Cosplay-wigs who has high rating and is recommended. They have some wigs by popular character, and some by fashion. This store or Arda wigs should do the trick for that particular kind of wig.

A basic thing to look for is the rating of the seller, the information they list, and the type of fibers in it (Kanekalon is a pretty good fiber that withstands heat well)

And as for an FAQ, this blog hasn’t gotten off the ground quite enough to really need one. We get a few questions that are similar, but really the FAQ would have only two questions answered in it so far. If we get many more similar questions a lot, we will make an FAQ.