Wigs!

I think the way your hair looks is really important to any lolita outfit. Wigs are great if you don't feel like taking the time to dye and style your hair. I gave up on trying to style and dye my hair so I usually wear wigs. The most common style where wigs are seen is OTT sweet, but simple wigs can be worn in any other style. This post will be about the basics of wigs.

Quality: The most important thing to look for with a wig is quality. Good quality wigs are soft and don't have a bunch of tangles in them. If your not sure if a wig is good quality or not you should look at the customer reviews. If the wig gets a lot of reviews saying that it's pretty, good quality, etc, that means it's a good wig! There are a few places (which I will talk about later in the post) that I have ordered from and are great quality.

How to take care of your wigs: Just like anything else in lolita fashion, wigs can be expensive so you should take good care of them. When you get your wig you should brush it out a little bit. Make sure not to brush a wig to much or to hard other wise it will ruin the shape/style of it. Keep your wig some place where they won't get ruined after you take it off.  

Where to buy: One of the best places to buy is Minty Mix. The wigs from minty mix are good quality and pretty. They mostly have over the top wigs in pastel colors. Minty Mix also sells sweets jewelry and hats. Another good place to buy is Cosplay Wigs USA. They have cosplay wigs and lolita wigs in a wide variety of styles.         

Critiquing an Outfit

Most lolitas (especially lolitas on online communities) will come to the point where they have to critique another lolita's outfit. I will show you how to critique the right way.

  CnC(constructive criticism)101

First I will show you the worst lolita outfit I could find. I will critique it in three different ways and you can decide which way is best.

  



Ok this is a lace monster dress from visible and I think it looks totally awful. These are three different was to critique it. Only one of the ways are good.

1st way: Oh God, where do I start? First of all that lace is horrid and it's so stiff that it looks like paper. That dress has way to much lace and the sheer fabric makes it look trashy. Those are the weirdest sleeves I've ever seen and the gloves don't help. Sheer socks should never be worn, especially those ones. Over all I don't know what you were thinking and you look like a clown fell into a lace factory.

2nd way: Wow that's a great try! It looks really original and it's great that your wearing accessories. It's also great that your skirt is the right shape. Your also wearing socks which a lot of new lolitas forget. 

3rd way: I looks like your wearing a petti under your skirt which is good because that's something a lot of newer lolita's forget. You also have they key accessories like the socks and head thing. Next time I would suggest wearing something with less lace. Try to avoid contrasting colors because they are really hard to pull off. I think you should try solid socks with less lace. Next time you pick out a blouse I think you should wear one with less frills and normal sleeves, a basic baby collared blouse is a good start. An Alice bow would be easier to pull off when your newer to lolita. Better luck next time!

So which way is the best? I think the 3rd way is obviously the best way to put everything. the first way was too harsh. If critique the 1st way the person you're CnCing could get offended or maybe even give up on lolita. The second way was too nice. If you are to nice and act like it was perfect when the outfit is far from it, it doesn't help anybody. If you only state positive factors of the outfit then whoever your CnCing will keep dressing like an ita and never learn anything. The reason why the 3rd way is the best is because it's stated the positive parts FIRST, then said the negative parts in a nice way. Remember, we were all beginners once and we still make mistakes today!

I hope you learned from this post. Oh, I forgot to tell you, happy holidays to my viewers!