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Old 11-03-2009, 02:26 PM   #1
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Putting Volume into a Wig?

Hmm...I was just wondering if there was ANY way I could make my wig have more volume without the use of extensions.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3347/...89063d9a_o.jpg I bought a wig almost exactly like this one...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ri7-UZyO74...Himegyaru3.jpg
and would like it to have that beehive bump at the top. I do have a "bump-it" and I know I have to tease the hair somehow, but was just wondering if it's POSSIBLE to achieve this at all before I go and ruin the wig. :T
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Old 11-04-2009, 04:57 AM   #2
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Nope. Huge beehives like that are usually done by attaching either foamcore and extensions, or a second wig on top of your base wig.

You can tease short fibers to make them stick out quite a bit, but the longer the fiber, the more support you'll need at the 'roots' to make it stick out (its own weight will pull the fiber down.)

So you could layer the wig in the back and blast the roots with hairspray to fake a little volume, but it will be a far cry from the outrageous hime gyaru look in your reference o_o

Plus, the wig may be too thin to style properly without revealing the undermesh, it looks like it's meant to be worn down, not to be put into an updo or spiked and teased.
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Old 11-04-2009, 07:13 AM   #3
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Thanks for the advice! I guess I'd have to commission a wig like that then. My hair is too damaged to dye anymore and it needs 2 more years of growing as well x.x
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