Halloween shops
always produce crappy wigs. There are
no exceptions to this unless you actually go to a store where they sell wigs that have been turned in previously by another person but even then, the chances of getting a high quality wig is uber uber low. But even if you do find a wig that is of high quality, always remember that there's always a reason why it was turned in...plus, it's gross...you don't know who had that wig before you...
http://www.amphigory.com/<< This is my site for wigs
http://www.witchwigs.com/<< If I feel spontaneous, this site is good too. Don't pay attention to their pictures because they are of wonderful quality too, hence why there's the Amphigory vs. Witchwigs all the time.
http://www.drlocks.net/straight_braiding_hair.htm<< This is the site for my extensions and since the layout is so hard, I put in the link straight to the extensions.
These sites are the best I have seen since I have had worked with wigs and extensions from all of them.
All others will have no opinions from me unless I have posted about them before or unless they have said they can produce styles and I've worked with them before. If you want opinions from me about things, you have to send me a link and I'll check to see if I have worked with anything from them.
As for products to use:
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Clear Drying Silicone Caulk- This is wonderful as it is the God of wigs. It's only $5 a tube and will be the most heavily used thing in a wig stylists slot of tools. It dries clear, sticks
extremely well to fiber and is flexible.
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Paul Mitchell Styling Glue- It's $10 a bottle but you use it in small amounts and therefore, you won't need to buy huge amounts of it so don't worry about the price.
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Pomade- Used for light texturing effects.
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Bargain hairspray- Works best, I don't care what anyone else says about how you need the more expensive stuff, you don't. I find that this stuff works best. I got mine for $3-4 for a big can.
These are really my only products because I found that nothing else works as well or at all. Um, if you want to wash a wig, which you'll need to find a good reason for anyway- you'll need to buy special shampoo for it but that's it.
As for tools, that's a totally different story because I have a lot of them.