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Malindachan — Wig Dye Tutorial
Published: 2014-05-08 16:00:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 17846; Favourites: 517; Downloads: 77
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It's been a while since I've uploaded a wig tutorial here! Part of my job at Arda is making handy tutorials for our customers, but since they're videos I usually just keep them to our Youtube channel. If you don't already keep up with the Arda-Wigs youtube, check them out here: www.youtube.com/user/ArdaWigsThis tutorial is specifically for Arda-wigs, which have heat-resistant fibers (so they can survive being boiled). Do not attempt this on wigs that are not heat-resistant!
This is the dye reference page that was mentioned in the tutorial: arda-wigs.com/blogs/tutorials/…
The Arda dye forum: kingdom-arts.org/viewforum.php…
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I really wanted to try this!
Though Idye Poly is not that easily available in my country so I had to order it online.
I used a white wig that was kinda left over (I used it to get wefts for another white wig, but I didn't need that many so a lot of the wig remained intact) and filled it with some wefts I had made from an other wig (I'm trying out a lot of tutorials right now XD)
The dyeing worked really well. I used Idye Poly crimson and now I got a lovely kinda berry-colored wig. I really like it :3
What is kinda funny is that the weft I made from the other wig didn't really seem to take the dye. They were pure white as well but instead of getting deeply colored they only turned light pink. The effect is really nice but I kinda stresses the fact that was mentioned in the tutorial above: Different wigs dye differently so many test swatches before is really a good idea!
(Even though I like the effect now sometimes you don't want that kind of surprise)
And you also really need to do a lot of washing to get the excess dye out. I seem to haven't washed mine enough at first and stained my hair straightener (could be cleaned again so no biggie) and wig head. So I had to wash it again ^^'
Anyway, This Tutorial is great, I could easily follow it and I'm very happy with the result
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when it comes to dying wigs, even though they may be synthetic, you can use the same methods as normal hair color- Using the color wheel. (you can look this up, I'm a cosmetologist) the reason the orange turned brown is because it had a lot of warmth to it, the orange neutralized some of the tones in the black dye. where as the blue was very cool, more neutral, which black already has a very blue base, causing it to turn a nice deep black color. That is also why a lot of black hair color has so much blue in it-to tone the warmth from the red or gold bases. I hope this helps! ^_^
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I also do a lot of cosplay so i love these tutorials!!! X3
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this would have been handy when my friend was trying to dye a wig for me
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I'll definitely try using fabric dye the next time I attempt to dye a Arda wig! I've previously used the sharpie and alcohol method, but the dye tended to rub off the fibers quite easily.
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You know what, I was wondering something about your guys' wigs.....What I was wondering was:
How,.....how do you put them on?? I mean, they're all so perfectly styled and look great on the outside, so putting them on while retaining their shape must be a bit of a task. And I'd think you couldn't exactly stick bobby pins in it through the top or else it'd show on some of the wigs right?? lol So that got me thinking how do you guys put them on??? LOL
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thats wounderful thank you i was woundering how to make this effect with a wig!
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Say Malindachan, would it be difficult to dye an arda pure white wig clip? I know you can take the hair fibers off pretty easy from the clip, but I'm not sure if it would be the same for putting it back on after dying...?
Also, thank you!! This couldn't have come a better time 
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As long as you leave the elastic string in it, you'll be able to put it back on the clip and re-tighten it.
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Oh thats a very good tip about he elastic string - thank you!
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woooow
I didn't know you can do this with wigs!~
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This seems so much easier that the last time I tried, the colour all faded out, and it was.. Well, awfull xD
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O hai thar, Aqua's hair. This is seriously neat, I want to eventually style some do's for costumes. It seems pretty hard to do, looking at how most really good looking wigs are done in pieces.
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This is great, thank you so much!
And hopefully the bug gets fixed soon so you can add your comments X3
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Until DA fixes the recent issue of not allowing changes to be made to submissions, here is the additional info I've been trying to add into the artist comments box:
It's been a while since I've uploaded a wig tutorial here! Part of my job at Arda is making handy tutorials for our customers, but since they're videos I usually just keep them to our Youtube channel. If you don't already keep up with the Arda-Wigs youtube, check them out here: www.youtube.com/user/ArdaWigs
This tutorial is specifically for Arda-wigs, which have heat-resistant fibers (so they can survive being boiled). Do not attempt this on wigs that are not heat-resistant!
This is the dye reference page that was mentioned in the tutorial: arda-wigs.com/blogs/tutorials/…
The Arda dye forum: kingdom-arts.org/viewforum.php…
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this is going to be really useful if I ever need to dye a wig!
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