Lolita Charm: Cosplay Wigs USA Review!

Monday, October 11, 2010

Cosplay Wigs USA Review!

Recently I decided that the area in which I've really been lacking is wigs. I love my natural hair and its unnatural color - Little Twin Star pink - so I've always internally considered a wig to be betraying my hair! Especially if it wasn't pink! But ever since I saw a Kera where a girl with blue hair went brunette for the day, I feel freed to try new styles. But with my newest wig purchase I didn't deviate far - it's still a pink curly wig ;)

I wanted something poofy and poodly, almost in line with the current lolita-afro trend. Cosplay Wigs USA answered my call with their Miwako Sakurada wig - a pink base wig with giant, fluffy, never-fail ringlet ponytail clip-ons. Here's their stock photo:

And for everyone who doesn't know Miwako, she's my favorite character from the manga/anime Paradise Kiss. Before anyone jumps to conclusions, yes, Cosplay Wigs USA does cater to the lolita market with lolita-specific wigs, not just ones for cosplay. Miwako is actually a lolita character however, so she straddles the line. (She's sort of a hair/style hero for me!)

Miwako and her signature giant pink curls:

Service was excellent. I was dubious when I decided to order through their Facebook page, but they replied promptly with an invoice that I could easily pay through Paypal. I needed my wig for NYAF/NYCC event and knowing that some lolita shops run on a whole other time schedule, I wanted to make sure I would get it within two weeks. It came within two days - from order to my door. Pretty soon I was wrestling it out of the bag and trying it on.

Seeing as it has ponytail clips and I still felt guilty about betraying my hair, I tried to use them as clip-ins a few times. With some creative twisting and clipping, they would stay. The only problem is that they have small mouths on the clips, which means hiding my ever-lengthening hair wasn't that easy. And unfortunately, the pink chosen for the Miwako wig has a slightly orange cast, which didn't quite match with my purer pink. For color reference, the KiraKiraJenJen wig I owned until recently matches my hair perfectly. Here's the photo of me in just the clip-ins (roots and all):

The nice thing about the wig base is that it matches perfectly and of course never has roots. I like to experiment with it by changing the location of the clips, like placing both of them on one side for the giant fluffy ponytail affect. Sure beats teasing, spraying and curling my own poor hair before a big event! I'm trying to be kinder to it, it's going through the breakage stage :(

The wig base worked out fairly well for a big day at the con. My only thought was that the base was a little small - it didn't quite cover the roots along the base of my neck. But I didn't have to trim the bangs, which was a bonus. It stayed in place all day and was very comfortable and didn't look too cosplayish or odd with lolita. As said, I wish it was a purer, crystal pink, but the oranger pink is an interesting twist that could look very pop-kei if used right. Here's a picture of me from NYAF (with the lovely Paulette! thanks so much for the photo!):

My favorite part about this wig is that it's a great deco-lolita base. I managed to fit on a lolita hairbow, a Hello Kitty fluffy bow, two heart-shaped earrings, a felt bear brooch, a mini tiara, and a star lollipop brooch (the curls even wound around the stick! the wig eats candy! O-O!!) It's also quite soft to the touch. I finger-combed the curls to make them look less artificial and separated, which seems to have worked pretty well.

If you want to buy your own Cosplay Wig USA lolita wig, I recommend their Facebook page. Their website is still small and doesn't have all the styles for sale. Just send them a PM with your invoice email and which model you want, and they'll send you an invoice direct to your email.

I'm hoping to take that big leap into the natural-color section soon and try a honey-brown lolita wig next! We'll see how strange THAT looks! ;)

Labels: cosmetics, review, shopping

8 Comments:

At October 11, 2010 at 11:54 PM , Anonymous said...: That felt bear brooch is kinda awesome. hurhur. Wonder where you got that from hurhur.

I'll definitely be checking lolita wigs out ~ :) Thanks for the review!
At October 12, 2010 at 7:20 AM , Anonymous said...: aww, wig is soo cute pink *_* ~
At October 12, 2010 at 9:14 AM , Victoria Suzanne said...: @aikazi: I love my bear! I call him my own personal pedo bear XP yooou should totally make more, I saw you closed Alice Doll for personal problems! hope you're doing ok ;w;
At October 12, 2010 at 10:24 AM , Rosalynn said...: It looks so awesome on you! ^^

I've heard a lot of good things about Cosplay Wigs USA, I'll definitely check them out!
At October 12, 2010 at 2:54 PM , クリス said...: I'm looking forward to ordering the darker coloured wigs from them~

thanks for this review though! My first likes this wig..but she'd prefer it in black.
At October 12, 2010 at 10:34 PM , KittyDragon said...: You looked so cute. I'm sad I missed you at NY I was there too
At October 13, 2010 at 5:00 AM , Anonymous said...: I don't like colour wig (like blue, pink, yellow, etc). Waste of money. Why Lolita have colour wig? It's a lot of cute wig's in blond, brown, black...
At October 14, 2010 at 7:26 PM , Mykki said...: I think that you'd make a cute brunette. I look forward to seeing your future wig purchases!

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