Throwback Thursday Styling Tip this week will be focused on how to do big poofy 90’s anime ban

Throwback Thursday Styling Tip this week will be focused on how to do big poofy 90’s anime bangs! I did similar bangs on a Sailor Jupiter wig before, but the base wig I used for that had much thicker bangs. I’ve been asked to do a tutorial for long haired characters like Sesshomaru (Inuyasha) or Misato (Evangelion). So if your base wig is a long wig that doesn’t have thick bangs, and you’re too broke to buy more wefts (like me)? You can still get that volume! For this tutorial, I used a special edition Candy Striper wig from Arda Wigs- First, you wanna part the bangs area into the parting you want in the final result. I did a side-part this time. Work on one side of the part first. You’ll need to section off the top layer of that part and clip it away for now, and work on the bottom half of that section first. To get the wig ready for teasing, you have to create layers. Long wigs don’t have many varied layers so that’s why it’s harder to tease for volume. Snip small pieces of hair off, leaving half an inch space between each snip, and about 2 inches in length from the “root” of the hair- Remove the hair you snipped from the main wig, and tease alot with the teasing brush- Grab the top layer that was clipped away, and start snipping! You can see more clearly here where to snip. Remove the hair that was cut, and tease a whole bunch- Clean up the tease hair by lightly combing the top layer with a fine tooth comb. At this point, you can cut more layers to the bangs to create more dimensions and volume. Use slide-cutting technique- Since you worked with different sections of layers in the earlier steps, you want to make sure the hair looks unified by teasing all the layers together at the front. Clean up with a fine-tooth comb and hair spray in place- I found that holding your hand diagonally under the teased bangs while you clean up the top layer will help keeping the shape of the raised “cowlick” part of the bangs- Again, notice the angled hand placement for the side of the teased bangs. This helps bring the hair to close the space between the teased bangs and the main wig when you comb the top layer down- Use a flat iron on medium heat (I used 330 F, but check and test how much heat your wig can stand beforehand), grab the “cowlick” area and bend it downward to create the curve. I also used the flat iron to grab small pieces of the top layer of the bangs and create curved shape with it to make the overall appearance of the bangs more “round”- Repeat the same steps for the other parted section, and you’re done!I took alot of pictures for this tutorial, so if any part is unclear to you, feel free to ask. I wanted to keep it 9 pictures as usual so couldn’t show every little step. I love old school anime designs and hope this will help you feel more confident cosplaying them! -- source link

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