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Straightening synthetic wigs

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This is about my Arisa Uotani cosplay-wig. I bought it from from Cosplay-kirppis ( Cosplay-Second Hand Shop ). It was cheap and the color was good so I thought that would be a good wig for Arisa, but it was too curly. The seller told me I can straighten that wig, so I did. It was also a good practice for me (read: I'm studying to a hairdresser). How did I start the whole operation? Well, first I had to choose the right tools. These tools I bought from school some time ago, and now I finally was able to USE them! And this time my tools were; a brush for fake hair, a little spray bottle (filled with cold water), 5 hair-clips, clearing comb and a straightener. Le random picture of my hairdresser package, sorry :'D  And these two pictures are my wig before I straightened it. As you can see, it's long and curly. These pictures are taken with my phone's camera, so they are not as good as they could be, excuse me for that. And the process went sorta like this: Fir