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So, you may have seen wig detanglers sold in real wig shops and online. Sure, they work on cosplay wigs as well, but shipping can also be a monster for your 1-item order. Or maybe you are at an event and your long wig is now a tangled mess. You retreat to your hotel room to try and salvage your wig, but what can you do?!

Here is a cheap and easy way to make your own wig detangler. An old beauty trick to calm fly-aways and detangle knotted hair is using lotion. This is one of those "if it works for real hair, it works on plastic hair" moments, so soak it in. These moments do not come often.

The tut is pretty straight forward, please check out my thoughts (below the materials box) if you have custom dyed your wig. Otherwise, have a field day. The solution not only detangles your wig but it helps keep new knots and tangles from forming, rather like using silicone spray sans strong chemical odors. My wigs all smell like Lucky 7 perfume now, lol.

EDIT: This does work on curly wigs too! See Tifaia's comment.

Questions/comments/suggestions always welcome. Thanks bros!
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~Cerashekus 5 days ago
  • When you wrote (1:6) Did you mean that one sixth of the spray bottle shall be filled with it or?
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=Stealthos-Aurion 5 days ago
1 part lotion to 6 parts water. Whether you choose to fill up the spray bottle or not is up to you. This was also an approximation based on the consistency of the lotion I used. If what you use is thick, you might need more water - or - if it is milky, use slightly less. Basically you just want a solution that is easily sprayed and not too greasy on your wig.
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~Cerashekus 5 days ago
  • I see.. ^^ Thank you for clearing that up!
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*Sora-Horsey Apr 26, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
This is extremely helpful, thank you! I have two wigs that always end up being a tangled mess no matter what I do to them, so I'm definitely going to give this a shot. [And working at a store that sells lotions...I have lots of fabulous scents to choose from xD ]
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=Stealthos-Aurion Apr 28, 2013
Good deal! I hope that you find the method as successful as others have :D
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~MasterOfTheSquirls Apr 14, 2013
Yeeeeessssssss this is very helpful, I have a 50 inch wig for a (Genderbender, mysteriously white-haired, human, priestess) Sesshomaru cosplay and well, it brushes out easily enough but I don't want it tangling in 5 mins of wearing it while at A-Kon. Though to be honest my hair tangles up faster.

((Also, apparently I'm weird because I comb my real hair from bottom to top as the other way is painful))
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=Stealthos-Aurion Apr 22, 2013
Long wigs will always be a pain to deal with, but anything that makes them slightly less of a pain is worth it in my book.

I am sure you know about this too, but sometimes if you are doing a lot of walking, it is handy to just pull the wig into a low ponytail using those claw clips. It keeps the tangling to a minimum while you're on the move.
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~SailorDiana Mar 28, 2013
This is great advice, thanks!
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~sherlymate Mar 26, 2013
great tutorial - i'll definately be needing this when i get my Grell wig :P
just one question though... the lotion, is it like, body/hand moisturizer? (cuz i have loads of it...:P)
or would it be more like "The Daily Smooth Body Butter" Soap and Glory? (If you don't know what it is, you can look up "the daily smooth body butter" and it should be the first or second result)
thanks!! :D
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=Stealthos-Aurion Mar 26, 2013
It is just your generic hand/body lotion stuff. It really does not have to be premium or particularly "amazing" stuff. I usually choose the one I want to get rid of but haven't tossed. LOL
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