Cosplay Tutorial: Straightening and Spiking Wigs

[ansatsusama]

well i have a wig but the hair is not much, and it's straigth i need SPIKE look but nothing work TOT

[boots1622fan]

I bought a punky wig but the character I'm styling it for only has 2 spikes on the sides, layers down back and a few spikes in the front.... It's not going to be styled upward or all over the place...

huh...

I don't know if I should straighten it before spiking.

[javakat343]

@boots1622fan Once you straighten it there is no going back so I would try it first and if you need to straighten it later then do it. I made the mistake of buying a punky for my Zelgadis wig because the spikes went up and not out so I had to straighten it. It would have worked better with a shoulder length wig.

[HorrorPikachu]

that realy is disturbing...!!

[javakat343]

@HorrorPikachu They were such cool looking shoes though :)

[SmallSouth]

Convers Soup <3

[mamamario64ds]

I rofl'd when i saw a shoe being boiled. That must make a good soup! XD

[ChristalElric]

I hear Rewrite from FMA >:D Awesome tut

[DaylightSpeaks]

okay, thanks :D

[javakat343]

I wouldn't use a straigtening iron, to risky...I don't really understand what you're wanting to do to the wig though...

[DaylightSpeaks]

great advice!

I have a question, what exactly is a hot water treatment? I'm buying a red Punky wig and spiking it vertical/at an angle to a side. Do I need to use hot water or straightening? How hot can my straightener be?

[superXlilXcutie]

I use the hot water treatment for when my wigs get frizzy ot have a curl I dont want anymore. I usually make my hot water like...just barely boiling, the bubbles are barely forming at the bottom, and then pour it over the wig =3