Permanent markers…
So after yesterday’s fun with the dye it was time to have some more colourful fun!
All of the ones I got were curly so I first straightened them all out. These ones are able to be used with styling tools but double check yours are if you’re going to try this because having melted extensions=really sucky.
Pick out the colours you want to use, I used a mixture of Sharpies and Copic markers in various shades to do a gradient…. surprise ;)
Start coloring in from the tips, switch markers often and use light strokes so they blend together well.
Keep adding more colours until you’re at the top, use the lightest colour to blend them together.
And you end up with something like this. Make sure it dries properly then you can give it a brush through and style it as normal. The pens coloured but didn’t leave any residue so it’s effectively just like dying. I even heat styled them after with no problem at all.
I made mine more on the orange side so they blended in with the colour of the extensions better. I’m considering going over the entire things with pink to darken them even more. Of course you can’t make dark extensions lighter but this is a fun way to make use of extensions you probably wouldn’t otherwise be able to use. I’m going to curl the hell out of these and make them into a gigantic hair piece to add to up dos for extra variation and volume. Photos when I finish it!
So there you go, it is posible to colour synthetic hair extension just not with traditional methods ^_^
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I never thought to use sharpies, it would be good for creating awesome patterns! I actually usually use fabric dye.
I’ve never tried fabric dye but that sounds like a great idea too! I can see some awesome leopard print designs coming from this!
that looks fun : )
It was ^_^
Ahh! I’ve been looking for something like this for the longest time!!! Thank you for posting this <3
:D Glad to help!
Is there anything you can’t do with a Sharpie marker? I love them!
If there is, I haven’t found it!
This looks adorable!!
Actually, a lot of cosplayers have been dying synthetic wigs with Sharpie inks for years! It looks great, especially if you shade it with different colors like you did here. :3
Tip for everyone else: if you’re gonna try this, it’s a good idea to rinse your hairpiece under cold water until it runs clear, because otherwise the dye might transfer to your skin.
Now I wanna try pink and orange blends, it looks gorgeous ‘^’
Oh really? I should have just asked my cosplay friends! I feel quite silly XD Thanks so much for commenting, the cold water is a fantastic tip! I want to draw patterns now like leopard print :D