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Tut: Male Gender ExpressionFirst off, happy Halloween, everyone! Consider this little guide a gift back to all my watchers and fellow deviants as something for all of you to put to use. I will not be posting this guide anywhere outside of deviantART, so this is truly for the dA crowd.

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It's very true that men have different ways of expressing themselves than women. Sometimes, how you act in crossplay can completely make or break your performance. This is not only useful information for women who intend to cosplay as male characters, but for drag kings, crossdressers, female-to-male transpeople, and even male-to-females and men who wish to be able to portra

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So 'Salvaging a Near Unsalvagable Wig' won in the pole, and since I pretty much had everything I needed right here to put it together, I did. Though there isn't as many 'step by step' pictures like my other tutorials have, I figured most people already know how to comb hair and washing wigs has been covered by other tutorials. Plus wigs usually say on their tags when you buy them how to wash them, SO! Moving on!

The wig featured here is an Amanda wig from cosworx.com that I originally ordered for my Envy cosplay. I was intending on dread-locking it, but the thing kind of exploded upon removing it from the bag and very quickly became unmanageable. So I stuffed it in a bag in my closet only to bring it out for a brief stint at Sakura Con '08 before promptly banishing it to my closet again.

Anyways, this tutorial was spawned from reading through many threads on cosplay.com on different ways to detangle wigs. Everything from fabric softener to 4-in-1 spray lubricant. Decided the fabric softener seemed less dangerous since the wig has to, you know, go on my head. X3

Hope this is helpful for somebody! Please, if you link off sight credit me to the original work (at least don't remove my name from the tutorial). Otherwise feel free to use it in your next wig endeavor!

EDIT: I have been informed by someone who used this tutorial that this method will straighten a curly wig. So if you want your wig to still be curly after putting it through this treatment you will have to go back and re-curl the wig.

EDIT x2: I feel, since I get several questions on the matter, that I must state that I DON'T KNOW IF THIS'LL WORK ON ALL WIGS!!! The best advice I can offer is to just TRY! What's the worst that can happen? You're out a few hours of labor on a wig that you couldn't use for anything anyways.

EDIT x3: This method CAN be used with cold water. Cold isn't as affective as the warm water, but it does work.

However, if you do try this tutorial and find that it did something that I wasn't aware of (like straightening a curly wig) then please let me know so I can add it here to let others know.

Thank you!

Those deviants that have used the tutorial!
~The-Ginzas - hxxp://www.mediafire.com/?ij9l8cjie6jqzv1
!MinamiKon - [link]
~Liyuku - [link]
~AppuruPie - [link]
~MirianRose - [link]
:devBlander-Madness: - [link]
~JellicleCatKivu - [link]
~LittleMonsterLp - unblogmasv.blogspot.com

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~EdTheKid 1 day ago Hobbyist General Artist

I really hope this works i have been working on my Kagami Hiiragi wig pigtail (that i somehow tangles trying to comb it out yesterday) for like 6 hours with conditioner and hair oils and lots and lots of combing it has done nothing if this works i will for sure send you some before and after pictures because my pigtail is a horrible mess!

~Fabi-ren Apr 21, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Oh blessing Christ, you have just saved my life with this tutorial!!

~ladythesta Apr 21, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

I'm glad! Could you get before and after pictures for me? I would love to see. ^^

~Fabi-ren May 5, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

I´ll do so!

~suus777 Apr 18, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

how long does it take to dry

~ladythesta Apr 18, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

That really depends on how much fiber there is on your wig.

~AquariusTaurus Apr 17, 2013

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I'm off to try this on my Feferi wig!

I thought it was a lost cause <3

~ladythesta Apr 18, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Please get before and after pictures! I would love to see!! ^^

~AquariusTaurus Apr 27, 2013

I totally forgot to take pictures

I'll be sure to take some next time I wind up having to do this, I'm getting another long wig and I can almost garuntee it'll wind up at this point xD (I fail so badly at taking care of wigs >.>)

~andieTHM Mar 24, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

thanks for the tutorial i finally managed to tame my wig from hell.

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