Okay so this is sort of an out there question thing, maybe, but I am looking for some advice from the cosplay community. So I recently went to a convention with some of my sisters, and we had so much fun and were talking about going to another convention in the fall and really like doing full cosplays, you know? We’re trying to make as much as we can by hand (which means I’m making it by hand haha) but obviously one thing that we will buy will be any necessary wigs. Now often any costume thing I’ve done before, I usually stick with characters that at least have my hair color (my hair is dark brown, thick and curly for reference) because I tried a wig once before and it was supposed to be adjustable and stuff but I could not get it to fit on my head (I also have a larger head, around 22.5-22.75 inches circumference). But my younger sister recently got into Genshin impact, which I’ve been playing for a couple years now, and she really wants to cosplay from it. She wants to do Klee and wants me to do Lisa so we kind of match and stuff. I’m ordering her a wig to try, and it says it is an adjustable wig cap up to 23.6 inches. They offer both a Klee and a Lisa wig, so I plan to try the Klee one on before I buy the Lisa one, so if it doesn’t fit then I didn’t waste any money. So I guess this is where my questions come into play. My first question is specifically for any cosplayers or people who frequently wear wigs who have a larger head and lots of hair. Do you all have any tips or tricks, like any advice on how to get a wig to fit, like is there some secret technique I haven’t found? How do you all get the wigs to stay on your head without being really lumpy?
And my second question is, if this wig plan fails and I can’t get it to work, do I need to change my plans and like find a character that has at least similar color hair to mine? Or could I just use my hair for Lisa and call it close enough? Is that breaking some like cosplay taboo or anything? Sorry for all the questions but I just want to get this figured out before I put too much money into it! Thank you all for your help!
