This is a time-consuming project, but it is worth the effort if you really need a specific color of wig and can't find it. I'm going as Kim Boggs from Edward Scissorhands for Halloween, and she has this specific style and color of wig that I just couldn't find anywhere...even online! So I started researching how to dye synthetic wigs and learned that you can't paint them; it makes them stiff, you can't use normal hair dye or RIT dye because it is intended for natural fibers and won't stick to the wig, so really the only way to (inexpensively) do it is to use permanent ink. Thought it would be nice to put up a short tutorial, I could definately have used one when I was figuring out how best to do it. I didn't decide to do a tutorial until I was halfway done, so I don't have photos of what it looked like before...But just imagine platinum shiny.
(NOTE: If you're doing a short to medium length wig it won't take you 5 and a half hours, this wig was pretty long. This method would also be fine to just add color highlights, lowlights, etc.)
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Bianca P.
21 Oct 19:15
THANK YOU! But what about a dak hair wig? does it work the same?
LittlePhase
21 Oct 21:06
Sadly, I don't think so. The only place I found discussions about lightening wigs were on this one cosplay site, and no one had found a successful way to do it :(
Sarah S.
21 Oct 22:01
you could try clothing dye for light wigs....
DIS.AR.RAY
22 Oct 00:12
lol, when I was younger there were "hair markers" and I always used those to color my hair, I wonder if they are still around. :D
I've done this before those :D It was actually kind of fun [well... not during it, but at the end when I was proud of my finished project]
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Cool Post
michelle G.
27 Oct 11:42
good idea
Marty B.
07 Nov 19:08
Yay! This'll help me get the exact color I want for many of my cosplays! :D Thanks!