Making a BJD wig with alpaca fiber
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 เม.ย. 2016
- Hello everyone! My sister's wedding is tomorrow, so I'm posting this video a day earlier than usual since I'll be out of the house all day. Hope you don't mind!
I'm back again with a second try at making Rune's wig. This time around I'm using alpaca fiber and creating a hard wig cap. Alpaca fiber is beautiful but can be expensive to work with. This wig cost me around $25 to make, including the wig cap and the glues, which I purchased specifically for this project. Because I cleaned and brushed the alpaca fiber myself, then made it into wefts, it took me close to 20 hours to get this wig made. Now that I've learned some tricks for cleaning the fiber, though, I think my future attempts will go much better.
On the whole, since this was my very first time working with alpaca hair, I think it turned out okay! Now to just wait for my thinning shears to arrive so I can tame the poof of his ponytail.
See you next week!
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handsome with his new wig! :D
I like how it's coming along so far.
+Velvet BunnyBJD Thank you! I wish I could get the work done faster, but I'm happy with where I am so far.
Very helpful videos you have created so far! Can't wait to watch further videos of yours :) Your videos look very professional!
+Neko BJD Thank you! I'd never made any videos before this year so I've already learned a lot!
Awesome! Can't wait to see what the thinning shears do as I can't say I've seen that before lol. :-)
+MaidenTrollBlood Yeah, I can't wait to see it either XD I've never used them before, but fortunately I have a cosmetologist ready to coach me!
I love this tutorial! I'm will buy a feeplee next year and all your videos are helping me a por! Thank you♡♡♡(and sorry for my bad english, I'm brazilian)
Aw, thank you for your kind words!
To the hair salon with you Rune!
It looks so good already even before the thinning shears! Great video!!!
+Britiny1000 Thank you! My thinning shears finally did arrive, so hopefully soon. I'll have a chance to trim this wig and show how that works.
+Lomi's Playground oh great! I can't wait to see how it turns out! 💗❤️💗
Thank you for sharing this new doll wig making method. I've always been nervous about using alpaca hairs, but when I get the chance, I'll check it out for sure. Extremely revolutionary!!
Can I ask the name of the glue you used? I thought it's just regular fabric glue but since you said toxic it's apparently not...
It's Aleene's Super Fabric Adhesive. It's similar to E6000 glue but it dries faster. It has the same super-strong smell as E6000, though.
When I have a already style wig like that, can I wash it again? I read that I can use warm water.
Yes, you can definitely wash it! If the hair is attached to the wig cap with waterproof glue or is sewn on you can also use human hair products like shampoo. If it is attached with white glue, do not immerse the whole wig in water, just wash the fiber, and make sure it has plenty of time to dry.
Oh, it looks so amazing! Love it!!
+Sai Yuu Thank you!
Nice Griever ring!
Haha, thank you! It's my wedding ring.
Hello! congrats for all your tutorials! Is it possible to reduce a 7-8" wig to fit a 5-6" head? I got 3 in a different size ( my mistake) and want to try fixing them by myself. Thank you :-)
Hmm... Well, I've added elastic to the inside of wig caps before to take it down a single size, but I'm afraid it would bunch up too much trying to take it down two sizes. :(
Ok thanks!!
I liked the first one better tbh
where did you get the chair??
I bought it at a doll show! They hold one near here every year.
Can you use regular glue at the beginning???
Yes, certainly!
Wich mold is your doll?
He is an Iplehouse Luo, but he's been modified a lot. :)
Where do u buy alpaba fiber?
I usually get mine from alpacameadows.com/ ^^
Lomi's Playground thank you :)
Hey, how much fiber did you use?
I bought 2 ounces of 9 inch long raw locks and it was WAY too much for this project. It ended up being enough for about four SD wigs.
I got 1 ounce of 11/13in, do you think it's enough for an MSD wig? Thank you btw! ^_^
That should be plenty!
which doll is he? does he have a specific name?
He is an Iplehouse EID Luo but his face has been modified to repair some damage, so he doesn't look quite like the other Luos available. :)
çok yakışıklı oldu keşke gerçek olsa -.-
Please make a Sewn wig tutorial, i'll love you forever.
It's on my to-do list!
What is a bjd
It's short for Ball Jointed Doll. :)
can you do a BJD girl doll and make her have real hair by using hot glue color pink and light blue no bangs
Is it weird I liked the first one a LOT better? Lol. I also make bjd wigs:)
Different wigs for different things, I guess ^^ I like to have a variety of each of my dolls depending on what I want in each photo shoot. This guy has like six or seven wigs now, haha.