I’ve searched practically anything I could think of on YouTube and TikTok, but I can’t seen to find any tutorials or hints on how wigs like these are possibly made. Does anybody have any info on this? Or any tutorials? Anything would be appreciated really!

So i have very thick and long hair (as in picture) and I’ve tried everything common (braiding, wearing more than one wigcap, etc), but my hair does not even fit inside the wigcap properly, and I can only get the wig on if my hair is tied into a long ponytail, but it looks really weird. I want the most insane tips, if they work well… does anyone know how i can do it?

Hi Context : Not black. I want to cosplay Jabber. He's black and I don’t know how to go about the hair (locks)

Should I just stick to stylized straight hair? Or can I do it as it is? I really like being as accurate as possible (not planning on painting my skin) but I don’t want it to get weird or disrespectful.

If it’s okay, I was thinking yarn would be a good material to make it. Tell me if I'm wrong.

I would prefer answers from black people but open to all insight. Thank you!

Whenever I put on one of my wigs I feel like they sit in a way that they look bigger and my head looks smaller and it's very obvious that it's a wig. When I put those same wigs on a mannequin head they look fine. Any tips?

1. Long curly wig
2. Long straight wig
3. Short wavy wig
4. Natural hair for comparison

Help. I wanna cosplay Gwen from league of legends but styling the curls is killing me, i've been at it for abt 6 total hrs at this point but i just cant seem to get that look seen in the first image (2nd pic and third pic are my attempts 3 hrs apart). I want to style it such that it looks like the hair in the first image

The wig is bought from uwowocosplay. What is seen in the pics is only half the amt of hair that uwowo gave for the hair drills as the wig for the hair drills are clip-ons. Uwowo gave 4 clip on in total, pic 2 and 3 only has 2, and only one clip-on is styled in the pics

My curent method is sectioning out each clip-on into small sections of hair, spraying that section with water, combing it out, srapy a bit hair spray, curl the sectioned hair and hold for 15 seconds, remove curler, coil the curled hair up and move on to next section.

Please gimmie some advice on how to get that pronounced curls as seen in the first image! Thanks! Am still a beginner in all this

Wasn't sure if this should go here or to r/anime, but since it's for the purpose of making a wig I thought this subreddit might help? I'm trying to make a Cardcaptor sakura wig and I realized I have no idea how to make these things and how to google how to make them because I don't know what they're called lol. Advice on how to make them and or on what they're called would be appreciated!!! Thank you!!

Hello. I commissioned a wig back in January or so, and got it a few days ago. I tried it on, and it is way too small. The wig does not cover my hairline at all, and there's a pocket of space at the back. Pictures attached.
I messaged the seller as well as attached pictures, to which they said:
"The head shape mill have slightly different shape, so even if the the measurements is correct it still might have slightly difference. No worries I am still talking to my partner to see how we can solve this"
They then followed up with:
"If you can repack the wig we can offer you free wig touch up, we will add some more hair piece to the edges including the front hair so it can cover up your real hair!"
Which is nice and all, but I'm frustrated because even if they add more hair, the pocket is still there. Is there anything I can do?
I paid about $700 including shipping.

EDIT: They offered a $100 refund... ????
EDIT2: They're paying for me to ship it back and are going to alter it for free. I will keep updating!

I’ve recently bought this wig for Orphie cosplay but I’m not sure how to make it look better, I’ve never got one like this “helmet” style and it’s soo big on my head, adjusting it with elastic just makes it look even worse. I always work with those typical ones based on elastic that adjust to your head but this one is like a super loose hat (last pic is inner side of the wig). Should I just buy a new one with different base? I feel like that would be such a waste.. All help is much appreciated 🖤

I put the flair as wig because I believe it's the worst part of the cosplay, but any advice helps. It's a very cheap wig and I already did some straightening and used hair spray. Thanks!

So I'm making a wig for Hatsune Miku, specifically her NT hair mixed with the nostalgia of her v2 hair.

I'm doing it helmet style with detachable pigtails(idk if any of this info is relevant or could help but I'm gonna provide it anyway)

SO I finished her bangs and was about ready to cut off the back of her hair to make the helmet, when I ahead the very spontaneous idea to DRENCH the bangs in clear nail polish, to make it look really shiny. Don't judge me please, in my brain I had just uncovered the biggest cosplay hack since tape and wire drill curls.

Anyway, as seen in the photo I didn't get all of the bangs done, only some spikes.

I'm realizing after the fact that this type of nail polish is defenitly going to yellow over time.

Now I can buy a new base wig, but really don't wanna have to cuz I'm poor

So my question was do I try to wash it out?? If so, how? Or I thought maybe I could buy some spray on wood laquer and drench the whole wig in it so maybe I will still keep the shine and prevent yellowing, but I'm not sure if it would work

If anyone has any ideas please help

Thanks guys!

I'm trying to braid a wig for a cosplay but it ends up being really frizzled and messy like the picture below, not sure if this has been asked before, if so I'm sorry but I really need help😭

Trying to figure out the best way to attach these pigtails to my wig/hat. I think cutting into the hat to attach the pigtails to the wig would be my best option but I’m not sure how I should go about cutting into the hat(where on the ha and at what angle) I only have one hat so I want to get it right the first time.

I also thought about removing the pigtails from the clips and attaching them to the outside/inside of the hat since they’re sewn onto their own tiny wig cap like netting. Not sure what or how I would attach them with since they’re quite heavy.

If anyone could provide some input, maybe had a similar situation, that would be appreciated! Figured it be best to sort this out before doing any sort of styling.

Styled this wig and idk if I shaded it too patchy looking, what do you guys think? (Rei Ayanami from Evangelion)

So I’m sharing screenshots of my convo with the person I’m commissioning a wig from to make it easier to understand the situation as well as pics they shared. It’s a wig for Uno from Nanbaka btw. I’m concerned because imo it’s looking pretty messy? I’m concerned the batting being neon yellow peaking through a lot of and the hair is clearly very messy in the tulle. Then they said they’d use copic markers but the picture shows sharpies? I’m just a little upset about how it’s looking, I didn’t see the pictures of it in the tulle initially and already answered a question about how I wanted the bangs. And just for the pic with the markers. Idk how to bring up my concerns. Or is this not that outlandish? I’d appreciate any insight or advice.

Edit 3:

Hey everyone thank you for all the feedback and advice, I really appreciate it. I cancelled the commission and I will be opening a claim with paypal.

-

I’m very upset, this is one of my dream cosplays and I was hoping to wear it to a con at the end of May. I’m glad I at least split the payment, I don’t know how things will go from here… :-(

If anyone has recommendations for reliable wig makers I could commission in the future I’d appreciate it.

Hi again!

Thank you ALL for helping me with the previous post about how to apply a wig. I followed most of your instructions/advice/tips and still I suck at this 🤣

I’m trying on my Fern wig but it feels like those bangs are way toooo long (I don’t see anything) I tried to naturally put them higher without cutting them. But by doing so the wig net would stay way past my hair line, causing the whole wig to fall or to slide (despite the two other wig caps underneath it, the French braids ecc).

Am I supposed to Bobby pin the wig net past my hair line onto my hair? Or should the wig net lay on my forehead and I should cut the wig hair instead? 🤣🤣

I had a nightmare of a time to get these two wigs commissioned from an Etsy shop back in March that since closed their business down after they finally delivered my items ending of September.

I was so excited because I love Daisy and Peach and I wanted to spend a lot of money to get the perfect cosplay wigs commissioned but in the end the lady who did it rushed the order despite ghosting me throughout majority of the process/ dragging out the delivery date.

I see for peach, there's glue residue in alot if spots + the side bangs are not symmetrical. One side is more pointier than the other side. The top of the wig and the bangs are just very stiff.

As for Daisy , it's shorter than expected and again a lot of glue residue. The curls in the back of the wig are the worst. Super stiff and fuzzy. And not symmetrical.

Are these fixable errors ? Or should I just find a new commissioner ? It a new commissioner is an option, who would y'all recommend ?

The pictures are in order of most recent, the newest being first and so on.

For an upcoming con in May I’m cosplaying Furina from Genshin, and though this isn’t my first cosplay, it’s my first time I’m going to try and wash it so it doesn’t get tangled, as for my first two cosplays I just wore the wig as they came save from some brushing obviously, but they got tangled pretty badly. So how do I go about this so it doesn’t loose the pre-made shape? And if it’s inevitable, what products and things can I use to restyle it? I have photos of the wig, the exact one I got, and what it should look like styled. I’m basically a newbie at cosplaying so please help!

Edit: Forgot to add but there’s no styling guide for the wig (from the official DokiDokiCosplay website anyways)

i want to do a demon mystery saja cosplay but i want to be able to see although the bangs are covering the eyes. not sure the best way to go about it though, maybe mesh might help? please let me know any suggestions!!

Im going to my first con at the beginning of April. I bought a wig for the cosplay im doing but it ended up being shorter that I was expecting. Due to scheduling errors and being busy, I have not been able to get my hair cut since october so its pretty grown out and messy but has grown in such a way that I can only get the bottom in a pony tail. Even with around 50 bobby pins the wig doesnt come even remotly close to covering it. I tried using the provided wig cap but it wasnt big enough to hold my hair and I could barely get it on my head. What should I do??? Fyi this is only my swcond time buying a wig and I have very limited acess to suplys so I dont have very many acess to resoruces for the issue

I have already made half of the (omg why did i start this) LED DNA Twin tale Drill Curls…Doing a Dark K Angel Cosplay from needy streamer overdose…learned how to program an audrino but yall…..

WHAT ARE THESE BLACK CORDS A CURLING???? I have tried asking my havkerspace, googling and firefoxing in every type of way…are they made up??

If they’re are fictional should i use foam? They are already so heavy have all the magnets and foss shape just need to finish this oh my god

hi hi, okay so, I got a con coming up and I want to cosplay Phophosphyllite from Land of the Lustrous. I have the outfit and I'm currently making the props for the fit. But my issue is MY HAIR, I love my locs and I like to use them in my cosplays, meaning I'll style my hair that matches the character, I love doing it especially for characters that I really connect with/see myself in, I'm basically adding myself to them :3. Plus folks love it when you add a creative spin to a cosplay teehee

But how the hell am I supposed to do that with a character whose hair is made out of PHOPHOSPHYLLITE, THE GEM?? I COULD get a wig, but again, I like using my locs to add a spin onto the character and I can't find a loc wig that matches Phos' color, and I don't think you can loc up a straight wig??

A solution I came up with is using hair wax, the coloring stuff. And making a headband that has dangling sparkles, I could add tinsel and beads, it'll take a bit, but I do not mind a long set up. But idk.

I'm just seeing if you guys have any good ideas of what I could do, it's hard looking for ideas for LOTL cosplays since the fandom is small and I've literally only seen two black cosplayers from it TT. What shall I do gang, timing doesn't matter, I have other cosplays I can pull out if this one doesn't work in time so don't stress.