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Half-Imagined » Blog Archive » The Stranger, a fanfic — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:20:05 +0000

[…] Green Coco) and Ethyn (DS Hound). It's called "The Stranger" and was inspired by my Rainy Day Dreams photo shoot and a subsequent discussion that we had about a story idea. As it doesn't directly […]

By: Kara

Kara — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:49:33 +0000

I hope it works for you. *crosses fingers* :)

By: BanSidhe

BanSidhe — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:13:23 +0000

Thanks, I got it washed and conditioned this evening and it is drying. I hope this works. Once I got it wet I realized how large one of the end seams were! No wonder I could not get any decent styles, I had it in the front for some reason. In a couple days I will have to do the other one. Thanks for all your help. Again!

By: Kara

Kara — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:04:01 +0000

Oh, I agree. Acrylic wigs are much easier to deal with. Once you get a mohair wig how you like it though, they are a ton of fun to style and they look great too. For me, however, it seems to take a lot of work to get the mohair wigs looking good.

And, yes, those instructions sent with it are horrible. I usually thoroughly wet the wig (including the leather cap) then shampoo and condition it (I leave the conditioner in for several minutes). Before rinsing out the conditioner, I comb the wig out gently with a hair pick or a very wide toothed comb. After the wig is rinsed, I sometimes spray in a bit of leave-in conditioner.

I don't towel dry it, I just drape a sheet of plastic wrap over my doll and fit the wet wig to her head so it can drip dry. This may take a couple days. When it's dried, it can be fluffed with your fingers.

This seems to work with most of my mohair wigs, but, of course, each wig is different.

By: Bansidhe

Bansidhe — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:18:12 +0000

Thanks Kara. The directions they came with were pretty much illegible, so I have been guessing. I will try washing it next weekend and see if that helps at all. It is very … fuzzy. But absolutely beautiful. It suits her more than an acrylic would I think, though I think it would be much easier to deal with.

By: Kara

Kara — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:52:49 +0000

BanSidhe: Yeah, those wigs slip and slide a lot. I use a wig cap to keep it in place. To style, I usually have to wash it and let it drip dry otherwise they are a bit too wild for me.

By: BanSidhe

BanSidhe — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:51:10 +0000

Do you have any advice for dealing with a Tiny Bear wig? I got it stretched, but I cannot keep the darn thing on her! I finally put a bit of the glue she recommended and hope that work. But I am having no luck at all with any kind of styling.