eBay Wig Review: superoutlet-2009

I needed a wig for a Miku Hatsune "Magnet" cosplay. My friend and I are going to cosplay as Miku x Luka from Vocaloid 2 for this cosplay picnic next weekend. I was basically frantically searching for a wig last week because sometimes shipping takes around 2 weeks, more so because the wigs I tend to like are overseas in Asia.

I debated on getting a straight wig to put pigtails in (probably not the best idea) or to just buy the wig in the pigtails by itself (usually sold as a combination of a short wig and long pigtail clips). The issue with the latter is it would be more expensive, almost double the cost of a straight wig. I fell in love with this particular wig.

I pieced together some pictures from the product page. Usually when I buy wigs, I want to make sure they are heat resistant. You never know when you need to straighten/curl a wig.

This is the reference picture on the right. It's always a little tricky with Miku wigs, because in some songs, her hair is a darker or lighter shades than other songs.

Looking back on it, I sort of wish I got this one for only 45$ + free shipping. But a partial reason I didn't want to get it was because I don't know many cosplays with a bob haircut in that particular color. And what would I do with blue colored pigtails by itself anyways?

Anyways, I had a positive experience with this seller. I ordered on July 25th, they shipped it the next day. I received it on August 2nd, so I got it within a week ^^ The shipping on eBay said 1-2 weeks.

I really love the quality and color of the wig. I didn't receive a wig cap like they said would come with it (as a free gift). But I already had a wig cap prior to this so it wasn't a huge deal for me. I won't go complain about it xD The one thing I was more interested in getting was the wig brush which I'm glad I have. It's so much easier to comb a wig now.

The quality is not bad. I'm not sure what type of fibers they use, because they don't list it. But it has sort of a chalky feeling, if that makes any sense. It doesn't feel like real hair like my red Kurama wig did. I wish I could upload a photo of me wearing it, but my camera makes the wig color look blue.

Rating: ★★★☆☆/ 3.5 out of 5.

Pros:
- Fair quality
- Shipped quickly
- Wonderful color, matches image
- Heat resistant
- Comes with a wig brush [and wig cap]

Cons:
- No tracking number
- Didn't receive a wig cap
- Has that synthetic feel

Price: 22.69$+9.99$ shipping = 32.68$
Item Location: South Korea

Would I purchase from them again? That's debatable. I didn't like the feel of it, and it tangles easily. I would have to really really love the color and not have been able to find it somewhere else. The wig color I received is not as bright as the one in the reference image, but it'd probably look be better in a brighter light. And you can't expect the color to be 100% exact as the image on the screen xD

If you wish to purchase this wig, search "GREEN BLUE Long straight cosplay party wig B207 F7G" in the eBay search bar, or look through superoulet-2009's eBay profile.

EDIT: This wig I received looks greenish blue, however for some reason, it photographs blue! Here is the post I made for the costume.

Kurama Photoshoot

Just wanted to upload some pictures from a photoshoot I did wearing my Kurama cosplay :D I actually cut the bangs this time. Still want to fix it a bit more, sort of rushed it again.. Hopefully I get to do my KuramaxHiei "shipping" photoshoot this summer as well ^^.

The outfit is made by me.

Series: Yu Yu Hakusho
Character: Kurama (Dark Tournament Outfit)
Model: Me
Photographer: Alan Banas

Do not steal or use these images without my or the photographer's permission! Thank you!

"The more impatient we are, the more mistakes we make."

"Suicide is not the answer.

There is neither honor nor redemption in that."

"I, too, have lived many years in shadow.

I just hoped your life could be more noble, than mine has been."

"Logic is panic's prey."

Luka Megurine "Magnet" Headphones

My Luka Megurine headphones! From the song "Magnet." It's ALMOST done, just need to attach a mouth piece and it will be finished!

I had fun making this.. But the hardest part.. were definitely the wings.. Those were a pain in the butt!

But! I love the way it came out :D


Credits:
Inner circle design created by my friend, ~Raydiant
Butterfly Wing Template created by ~Fenlaf and the image can be seen here
Youtube Video that I used as a guide (didn't follow it 100%) can be seen here!

I may make a tutorial of how I did mine, not 100% sure yet. Click the image for full resolution! Also, do not steal my image without my permission! If you see anyone doing so, please let me know!

Craft Goodies Update

My mom went to Taiwan a while ago and bought me a bunch of goodies that I requested xD

Click the photos for high resolution xD

Ahh it's a little unclear, but that's everything! ^^

I'm going to go through the items separately :D

Asian craft books! :D

They are all clay craft books from learning how to make bears, to flowers, to cute food crafts, to realistic little foods!

Nail art stickers!! :D

I need to use up my old ones actually..

I love having nail stickers, I just hate using them because I'm afraid I'll use it and not like it or they could look better on something else.. ^-^;;

500 piece clear fake nails :D

Could make 50 sets of random nail art lol

Hopefully to sell ^^

BB cream! It's all the rave in Asia.

May do a review on it or something.

The one on the left has Jolin's face on it haha, the "bootleg" kind apparently and the one on the right my aunt bought when she went to Korea.

Hehe my mom knows I love learning Japanese xD

She bought me a learning Japanese book.

Too bad it's for a native Chinese speaker learning Japanese instead for a native English speaker learning Japanese.. xD

Cell phone straps!

Enough said ^^

Debating if I should try to get a table for.. MangaNext.. since its more Artist Alley based..

But I don't want to try to get a table and not end up going.. since I'm not 100% sure yet..

Fimo sticks!

Usually for nail art and crafts and such.

I've made a few of my own xD But never bought them.

Shall see how they work out.. I tried making canes out of Sculpey but they sort of crumbled..

Domo! I wanted a giant domo plush..

But my mom already bought me a ton of crap, so she said no big domo D:

Some empty cases.

Originally for my nail art jewels and such.

But I pretty much filled mine up so I might just decorate it or something xD

Ahh .. where to begin. silver and gold eyepins!

There are also some lobster clasps.

And barrette and ring blanks.. :D 

I hope you enjoyed this update! ^^ My summer classes are almost over so I should be working on more crafts ^^ If not.. I'll probably be playing Final Fantasy X-2 or working on cosplays. :]

AnimeNext 2010!

Ah should've updated this last week xD I'm just going to copy and paste what I wrote from my dA on here 
Note: All the links lead to dA accounts xD


Friday

I wore my Kurama cosplay this day! I was up all night working on finishing my cosplays, and due to my poor time management, I didn't really get to work on the wig as much as I would have liked. I wanted to cut the bangs more, so I'm probably gonna end up doing that some time next month (since I still have summer classes..) and upload pictures! Or if I can find a photographer that'd be even better.. kekeke xD

So I ended up getting 2 hours of sleep. Woke up.. Didn't start packing until like 9 AM.. >___> Went to the convention, got there around 1ish. My parents drove me and when we started getting near the Garden State Expo Center... Oh my gosh. I saw so many cosplayers walking around outside.. I got soo excited.

There's not much to say about in the convention.. Haha yeah okay! xD A bunch of people asked for my picture. Met a few fan girls.. LOL Met a Yoko Kurama  and a Hiei! My friend was supposed to cosplay as Hiei, but he said he didn't get his costume in time. But I didn't really mind, I was happy that I got to cosplay as Kurama xD Saw all my friends from college :] And my roomiee  Uhmm.. yeah. Bought cat ears.. kekeke. xD And an AnimeNEXT t-shirt!

Can't remember what I did at night.. I went somewhere.. Oh! My friend wanted to go to the 'How to Draw Yuri' Panel xD I ended up leaving because I had to go get a needle to fix mah cosplays with.. >< Well.. just the ears for Pichu! There's a bunch of inbetween stories but.. I don't wanna make this epic entry more epic xD But to finish, I freaked out because I couldn't get the Pichu ears on the headband without flopping! So I went to sleep.

Saturday

Woke up at 7, to do a photoshoot with ~Knightmare6 ! Well the shoot was at 9AM xD Finally got my ears to semi-work, by pinning them to my head xD At one point they were perfect, then they slowly started drooping towards the end of the shoot. We shot with the Pikachu family! My two friends as Raichu and Pikachu, me as Pichu,  as Minun, and  as Plusle!

Did the photoshoot, then roamed. Roaming.. roaming.. My mom brought me mah Tifa outfit!  Thennnn.. yeah.

Sunday

I'm so tired I don't feel like typing anymore xD So I woke up at 7AM again and got ready. Did a photoshoot with ~thebigtog  and ~KoreanHolic  as Yuffie! Had a ton of fun ^^ Then I was supposed to go to another FF photoshoot at 12:30 and I waited.. and  and we waited a good 30-40 minutes.

And then as I was leaving I met ~Lingering-Tears  as Princess Garnet from FFIX ~SylphinesBane  as ViVi from FFIX and Cloud from Advent Children, and a few others who's dA I don't know >< They wanted to do a shoot as well! So we ended up congregating outside xD So we had a Tifa, Vivi, Princess Garnet, Cloud, Yuffie, Yuna, Reno. I think that's it? The most random assortment of FF people xD There ended up being a Lebreau later (from FFXIII). And another Yuffie, and some others xD

I saw  again! And he was half an hour early for a shoot, and we were talking. I told him about how there was supposed to be a FF shoot but no one showed up >< So he offered to take some pictures for us! So we had an epic Final Fantasy shoot with random crossovers xD It was a lot of fun! I hope everyone enjoyed it ^^

So yeah, that pretty much summed up my day. Went to the dealer's room, bought a sword.. kekeke.. xD That I ended up giving to my dad for Father's Day. OH MY GOSH. The last epic thing. I went to the artist alley because I saw this Lightning poster that I was absolutely in love with since the first day of the con. Before that I went to a stand next to my friend's ~Raydiant  because our friend wanted to talk to him about something.

So I was just looking at his friend's posters ~ProdigyBombay  I was just looking through her portfolio. Her artwork was really beautiful and it definitely caught my eye, but in my mind I really wanted that Lightning poster so I wasn't really planning on buy anything. Until I saw this.



Okay, if you've never played RebirthRO, you probably won't have any idea what I'm talking about. But oh my gosh.. the moment I saw that poster.. I died.. And went to fangirl mode.. xD That picture was used in the MMORPG Rebirth Ragnarok in the menu, when you first open the game. I recognized it almost immediately and ahh.. I just had to have it xD When I used to play RO that picture always caught my eye. I thought it was beautiful and I wanted to find the actual picture, but that never really happened. xD

So ahh.. I bought it :] I asked her to sign it too! I feel really stupid asking her to sign it in the back though. No one's gonna see it! >< Ahh well. I got the poster and met the girl who made it so that was good enough.

I went to go buy the Lightning poster, and it was 20$ but I was short and only had 14$ D: The artist alley was closing soon and the girl was so kind and let me buy the poster size for 14$  She doesn't have a deviantArt though, because she said she doesn't post her pictures online. So I'm rather reluctant to take a picture and show it.. ><

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE PICTURES!!

But yeah! That's all about my adventures! Or most of it at least ^^ Oh.. one last thing..

FRUNDURDAY!

Deco Choco Contact Lens Case

I decorated my contact lens case! I like the way they came out ^^ Feel free to click the image for full resolution!

I still have a few more blank lens cases that I still want to decorate :D Since my contact solution always comes with a free pair of contact lens cases.

So yeah.. that's all for now! ^^

Kurama Teaser Shot

Wheee! Got my green contacts in the mail! I wanted to test out the "male" makeup xD Still need to finish working on the wig though.

I think the eyebrows should be browner.. Made it too black.. @___@

Soo just a test shot! .. for now.. TEASER SHOT! Everyone says I look too girly.. x____x