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Crona Wig Completed.

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This is the first wig that I've cut and styled and am totally 100% happy with.... It helps that Crona's hair is really unkempt and uneven... so my cutting job didn't have to be perfect.  But still, I REALLY like how this turned out.  I started with the Aphrodite wig in Dark Pink from Epic Cosplay... I also bought a pack of 15" extensions in the same color, Dark Pink. Click the pic to go to Epic Cosplay This wig was pretty much perfect.  All I really had to do was cut in the bangs/fringe and then sew in the long locks in the back using the extensions.   And here's finished pics... There will be some hairspray and stuff added when it's actual convention time...  also, these'll probably look better when I'm less beardy.  

Hair and Makeup and other stuff.

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So I've been hacking... I mean cutting on my wig for Prince Diamond... and it needs a little more work but it's starting to get there. This is really only my second wig that I've done... My first was my original wig for Uranus... but I didn't really like how that turned out and have since replaced that one. The key to wig cutting, I've learned, is cut little by little and try the wig on A WHOLE LOT.  Because even though I pin my wig to a male wig head, it still looks COMPLETELY different on me than it does on the mannequin.   But I worked on it just a little more since I took those pics and now I'm really liking it.   For those of you who are afraid to take on wigs... first off, read World of Wigcraft by Katie Bair .   It is AMAZING.  And once you get your mind to accept that there are very few mistakes that can't be fixed in wigcraft, you'll feel a lot more confident.   Say, for instance, that you cut the wig to short... is the w...