'I need a schpoon for my schoop!'
Gender: Female
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Joined: Sat May 29, 2010 8:00 pm
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Hmmm...
You could pass for Phoenix. :) If you let your hair grow out a tad more then it would work.
Not to mention that if you use your natural hair, it gets you cosplay bonus points, hee hee. People will adore you. I also wrote this myself...its...lengthy. But heres the process I'd go through to do your natural hair for Phoenix. Your sister can surely understand it. I will link you to products later on once my internet isn't dumb.
I recommend using a combo of Aquanet, Crew hair gel, and hair cement, if not also a flat iron. I recommend one that is specifically CERAMIC. It won't fry your ends and straightens the hair evenly.
Nota Bene: About using Crew hair gel...DO NOT PUT A BUNCH IN YOUR HAIR AND THEN PUT YOUR HANDS IN IT. Easy way to glue your hands to your head. Use a little at a time, because it goes a long way. Forget the nozzle at the top too, because it'll just get stuck.
First, wash your hair THOROUGHLY!! (As in don't you forget the sides near your ears where grease gathers, as well as the back of the neck, where sweat gathers) Don't use conditioner. Why? It makes your hair too slippery and flat, in other words, puts grease back into your hair in a way...thats the last thing we need with this hairstyle.
After washing your hair, towel dry gently. When slightly wet, slightly dry, start ironing it to dry it the rest of the way, and iron it outwards, not inwards.
If no iron is available, blowdry it with a brush, brushing outwards, not inwards.
Once its flat, and I mean DEAD FLAT, start gelling it up (Using Crew) and slick backwards, remembering the middle part Phoenix has. Its all a matter of getting the lines to be fairly straight. If straight doesn't do the job, make it look like a duck tail, which also works. I've seen it done and the duck tail Phoenix hair sustains itself.
Upon doing that, use the hair cement to further strengthen. Between gelling, let it set, use a hairdryer to 'set' it...alternate between cool...hot....cool...hot. Make sure its VERY HARD before putting more gel. Once done with a layer of cement, put another layer of Crew. When you do that, it should be enough. If not, repeat layers. THE CREW LAYER IS ALWAYS ON TOP AT THE END.
Nota Bene: For the hair nearest to the neck, don't make it stand at a 90 degree angle like the rest of the hair...its best to let it slick down to the neck when you concern the rest of the suit. :)
Heres where the Aquanet comes in: once you got the hair 'set' spray Aquanet on the hair and its ROCK SOLID. Your hair won't move in a hurricane.
So you should have spikey hair fit for Phoenix. :3