Styling A Wig With Gorilla Glue Spray ***Don'T Try This At Home***
- Posted on 09 February, 2021
- T Part Wig
- By Anonymous
You read that right, now curiosity got hold of me and I want to see how this spray would work on a synthetic wig. So we are doing science today! We may also discuss Dusty Springfield and a few other things you know I can never stay on topic. Let's see how Gorilla Glue spray holds up as a finishing spray.
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Hi everyone, james mantle here, bringing you yet another video. Oh, my god, you guys know a lot has been happening lately now i saw online that there's a video of a girl using gorilla glue on her hair and it didn't quite work out the way she thought it would. So it got me thinking. I wonder what gorilla glue would be like on synthetic hair. So i'm thinking about this - and i thought i'm just gon na experiment with this with you guys on camera. Okay, i'm gon na replace my finishing hairspray with gorilla glue and it's not just because i forgot to buy finishing hairspray. Okay, as you can clearly see, i got some, but not a whole lot, so we're gon na make this work. Okay. Now i have a synthetic wig i bought from amazon a while ago, and it is a piece of crap, so i figured what better way to use than for an experiment that i can throw away right away if it doesn't work out here we go okay, so I bought this off amazon. This is what they advertised as a dusty springfield-esque, beehive wig with the cone inside, and this is exactly this isn't how it looked when i got it, i steamed it straight already before it was just like frizz, so i had to like run a steamer through it And everything, so i'm going to use this as my wig and we're going to turn into a helmet, and hopefully i can like use it as a weapon and put on like a thing and spin it around hit people with it afterwards. So i'll find a use for this wig. Okay. In the meantime, i'm gon na try this wig on i'll, be right back just for the fun of it. You know all right. This is the wig before i style it just to get an idea of what i'm working with here, it's sort of like garth from wayne's world, with like a bouffant or a bump in his hair. Yes, yes, now, this is exactly a wig transformation. It'S more of a wig experiment, but you guys like it when i show you what the wig looks like beforehand. So this is, you know the calm before the storm. Okay, before the tragedy struck, so yeah just take it all in folks. Take it all in all right i'll, be right back all right! Welcome back now, it's time to prep our wig block. Now, if i'm gon na be using spray adhesive, i know one thing is for sure that stuff gets everywhere and it is hard to get out. So i'm going to protect my wig block. First and foremost, i probably should have been doing this anyway, but you know what i live life on the wild side: okay, so it's going to do that and just protect the front of it, because that's really where it's going to be plastic, wrap perfect for wig Blocks or doing modifications, okay, it's like doing arts and crafts. Oh my god! Now i've been playing around the idea of maybe doing some more puppet stuff on the channel. So if you guys want me to do that, let me know because i have a bunch of stuff i wanted to do with puppetry that i haven't really got a chance to do, but i'm finding a few pockets of free time. So if you want to see it, let me know: okay, let's throw this wig on there, that'll be good enough. It'S not really going to go a whole lot of ways and there's not a whole lot. I can do this wig anyway, it's kind of short. So, let's put it on okay: that should be good. Now, let's get started now. First things: first, i'm going to tease up this wig real real big, so i can spray it with the finishing spray. I'M going to start by doing that in the meantime. Have you guys been? Oh, my god, i have to say i'm enjoying the staying at home and just watching movies and stuff sat at home had a cake, ate pisole watched a documentary watched movies. I watched that one movie um what the hell did. I watch productive young woman promising young woman. That'S the movie. I watched that one and it was an experience. I'Ll say that much not a whole lot happened in it as far as like the trailer showed bit misleading. I give it a gander, though the writing was good. Now i had to say when i bought this wig, i got it as an experiment, because i was trying to see how they made these wigs, it's similar to the elvira wig only in blonde and shorter, because i was going to do a ronnie, specter, wig and Blonde for trixie she requested one for me, so i wanted to see how i could like make it happen, and this is the only wig i know of that. Has that same shape like they don't make that elvira, wig and blonde. So i wanted to see how they made it and further inspection. I saw it when i got it. It was a piece of crap and i spent like a good solid hour, steaming it straight to get something workable out of it, and now it's not so bad. I mean it's not great, but it's not so bad. It'S very much like a miss fousey kind of territory. If you're a chicagoan, you know who that is hurting my arm already. Let'S do this pack her up looking at this hairstyle, it's definitely channeling like dusty springfield. Oh, my god, i love dusty springfield, as you all may very well know. I'M obsessed with like girl, group, music and the girl group. Sound and dusty springfield was an early contributor to that she's, more blue-eyed soul. If anything, but her early early works like a girl named dusty and all that stuff she did. A lot of girl group covers for, like the shirelle's. Basically, everything girl like i've noticed this. As i gotten older, i don't think dusty. Springfield'S had an original song until, like the 80s, almost all the stuff she's known for are all covers. I was shocked like wishing hoping was originally a dionne warwick song like girl, like what songs did you sing? Dusty, good lord? But no. I love dessie springfield and i loved her hair and aesthetics, especially, and the fact that she was kind of queer like known, bisexual fabulous in the 60s and 70s when it was very, very taboo, fantastic unabashed. By the way, too, like she didn't care who knew love that yeah there we go she's teased up to like a lady, bunny kind of territory, but we need a lot more than that. Just keep packing away because i want to make sure it's enough to where it's solid enough, where i can spray it with this gorilla glue and hopefully it just solidifies it's like a helmet. You know full on 1960s beehive ready to go to war play football here. I was doing a little deep, diving into the story to see what, like the follow-up, was with that girl with gorilla glue, and when i, when i saw she ended up going to like the hospital to see what they could do. I really follow up with it. After that, i hope, she's, okay, hope everything's worked out. I used to use spray adhesive a lot when i used to do puppetry like that kind of got me thinking about it. Looking at it's like that's how you attach like skin to a puppet if you're doing foam you spray adhesive and like you had to be real careful about it, because, if anything got on the fabric it like picked up dirt, like no other, it looks like you Have like a poop stain on your puppet's arm ruins a whole project. Okay, one side done. I can't spray anything yet because i want to save it for the hairspray. I want to replace the hairspray with the gorilla glue, so i'm going to try to get as much of a shape as i want before i start going through with, like you know, the final spray, this hard blonde beehive, that's like a bad leader of the pack. Wig, like it not quite a dusty springfield more like a lower budget than that like an ellie, greenwich kind of hairstyle. I don't see this wig so much anymore. They used to have it in costume shops. All the time you'd see this like dusty, springfield wig that just sit there for years, like lacey costume company 1960s blond beehive, they have a black version too that's supposed to be like for diana ross and the supremes. But you look more like aunt barbara. When you wear it, oh aunt, vara she's, fabulous, look! Her up! Tupperware drag queen icon; okay, we are nearing time for hairspray. Oh, my goodness! Here we go all right now, i'm going to tease the rest off camera i'll, be right back okay, moment of truth. It'S time we have our gorilla glue spray. Now, i'm going to shake it up real good and if i learned anything from doing puppets when you do gorilla glue, you have to really press down on it. Otherwise, you get like gorilla glue, boogers all over the place. Okay and shield yourself, alright cause it's gon na get everywhere. I don't miss that, oh, my god, hello, darkness, my old friend that smell ugh yeah there we go so far. It'S looking! Alright, i didn't get any boogers. So that's good! Now it's going to start shaping it because i know with glue. You can have a small window of time to get it exactly where you want it. I'M lucky. This is gon na turn out, like a completely solid, looking beehive that i can probably shape into something, but do not try this at home folks, especially on your head. Oh my god, this is synthetic fibers. I can't speak to what human hair will do. I probably wouldn't do it. Synthetic fiber is basically plastic anyway, okay, it is plastic for the most part, so i'm basically doing arts and crafts right now, high stakes, arts and crafts because girl a wig. You can't come back when you screw it up back. I got disposable comb, i'm gon na try and lay that now this isn't too wild an idea. Now, i'm really thinking about it because, like i've heard like tall tales like back in the day, they used to use like starch and stuff like that on wigs, like synthetic wigs to get them into like permanent styles, like for productions or art, pieces and stuff. Like that so, like i imagine, maybe spray adhesive isn't that wild an idea to use it's just. You know not something we hear about. You know an everyday talk, i'm certain there's some theater production back in the day or like some fashion house that did this to get the wigs to look a certain way. Now i have to say right away. I'Ve noticed a stark difference in using hairspray, as opposed to using like a glue spray like a literal glue spray. The window of opportunity to like fix this hair is very, very small, but i am noticing like there is some sharpness happening here, that you can't really get with a regular hair spray like it's sticking straight, where i want to go, and as long as i use My time wisely, i feel like it's going to come out really cute and definitely it's going to keep the hair together, we'll see, though it all could come crashing down in front of me. Also, i've noticed there is like a film on top of the wig. That'S kind of noticeable from very very up close. I can't speak to what it's like on camera i'll have to wait till i edit it, but still it's very noticeable in person, as close as i am, but we'll see all right still a bit more. I'M also trying to be really careful not to glue the wig to the head. Oh my gosh, okay, so far, she's looking really really sharp, though oh my god, my strays have never been. This moved down, my goodness now feeling it it's a little tacky. Now i'm hoping it'll dry down and not be so tacky. That'S one thing. I do remember about spray adhesives like no matter what you did. There'S always like a stickiness to it that you could not get rid of okay. Now i'm gon na do something a little unorthodox, i'm gon na warm my hands up and where i put the glue under here, you get some heat going, i'm gon na hold it there just to try and get it to stay in a shape. I probably could do this also with a blow dryer, but i don't want to heat this glue right next, to my face all the chemicals and stuff, no bueno, it's not happening. I am not doing that. I am not putting my lungs in jeopardy for you, folks. Okay, like i have to say, like she's, looking pretty cute, i'm not even gon na lie like my hands and my legs are sticking out and i have to like go through with a lot of glue gun, but worth it. This is actually looking kind of cute. I am actually impressed okay, now, i'm gon na let this dry for a little bit i'll, be right back with the final result. Welcome back! This is the final result and you guys i'm never gon na lie. This is actually kind of cute. I kind of surprised myself. This is actually kind of a cute look. This came out really cute. I probably would wear this wig. I probably will wear this weekend honestly. Now this week is cute, but it is just missing one more thing: the james manziel magical, wig spray from black phoenix, alchemy lab. Let'S just give this wig a spritz. Ah now my hair smells just like cream soda, which is important because it smelled so much like adhesive. Oh, my god and grooming can be an absolute drag. But thankfully i have manskate use my code, james 20 or mantle over 25 for purchase plus free shipping and now i'd like to take a moment of that moment where i think everyone has tipped me on venmo and i also have some paper moneys. I would like to thank tom tyler. You didn't do a ven moment, but you're just so adorable tyler, my music man. Thank you for the pizza sergio nev ooh like nev, camel that's fabulous. I love that name. I also have some paper polymonies. I have a palimony from kate and carina. Thank you all so much for the tips on venmo and the paper monies now. I just say this actually turned out a lot better than i thought it would like. I had my doubts. Okay, because i work with this stuff before like different brands like i've used like elmer's, and that one that comes in the big black can that smells like death. You have to do it all outside, which i probably should have done for this video. But you know what we live and we learn definitely use spray adhesives outside in a well-ventilated room. I can't really do that because i'm in below zero weather right now, but as a finishing spray that really really worked now on a blonde wig. It didn't leave as much noticeable foam as i thought it would. I can't speak to any other hair color like a black or a red, or anything like that. You may see like a full film go over it like if you use too much gospel glue. It starts to gray the wig that may be the case, for you know using this on hair, but out of blonde, this is actually kind of chic. I like this and remember this is synthetic fibers. Okay, i did not use this on a human hair, wig synthetic fibers okay, so it's basically plastic on plastic all right now, if you like this video, be sure and leave a comment down below, don't forget to like comment and subscribe and until next time bye now Hit the outro click here and watch it transform a bootleg, violet, tchotchke, wig or watch your transfer and knock off kelly mantelwig from amazon. Come on click it. You know you want to. If you don't click it um, something something empty threat, so click it
Comments
Jaymes Mansfield: FOR THOSE ASKING, the glue didn't stay tacky after it dried.
TenNineEight: I feel like this actually totally makes sense for drag wigs ... super hold , stiff laid edges /styles, impossible flyaways during performances, ultimate longevity of the hard work put into styling , yes yes
Miguel Morales Media: I'm holding onto my pearls just waiting to see what you might eventually do with Bob the Drag Queen's cursed orange/blonde wig from Purse First Impressions if he sends it to you
ShaMUA: I’d love to see you do one of the old-school wig styles where they bake them in the oven!!!
Kira Nadleeh: Bless you for making this because I was wondering if the Gorilla Glue spray would be perfect for a wig - and in this case, with the colour and your experience, it did. You are pure magic, it came out looking super fine!
Tv Gama: Ok Jaymes, that ended up look STUNNING. Purpose of the video: disencouraging people about using glue spray. Result: Buying Gorilla Glue Spray.
Katie DDG: You should do a whole gorilla glue series and see how extravagant and crazy you can sculpt the wigs !!!!
Jake Marks: I’m actually living for the plasticy/sculpted effect this resulted in!
Samantha Von Teese: This wig turned out so cute! I also just wanted to say a quick thank you to you miss Jaymes Mansfield! My mom is very particular about her hairstyle and we haven't been able to find a new wig that suited her and through your videos I heard about different wig brands and was able to get her one as a late Christmas gift!! It's from the Eva Gabor loyalty collection and she is thrilled with it! I don't think I would have found it without you so thank you for your videos, they truly made a difference for me and my mother (and of course they're great fun!)
LadyBug: Just when I thought you had done it all. You're taking wigatry to new heights girly!
XTRA 4 LIFE: Jaymes. ✨I have an embarrassing story to tell you. I was going to a hair show/drag show. And I wanted my hair to look like it was stone like a statue and cracked like a Sebastian ad I saw . So I figured I could achieve that look with plaster of Paris . It looked fierce . And I spray-painted it gold. Everyone loved it. ! My friend went in drag and when we got home we were both drunk and I thought all I had to do was get in the shower and the plaster would just melt. Wrong! My friend was laughing so hard he passed out on my couch. I went to bed with the plaster in my hair. And the next day I had to call the hardware store to ask them how to get it out and they laughed . so I went to the salon I worked at on my day off and my friend had to use pliers and crush the plaster out of my hair I ended up getting a buzz ! I thought you would get a kick out of the story ! SQUEAK ! I had to share with you. Suffice to say my hair has been through a lot over the years !! ❤️ U ! !
Madisson Blu: Please do like a sculpted spikey gravity defying wig with this method
paris daddy: Omg the shade!!!! I live for a biological woman who knows her pop culture history and still keep up with what's in the news today! #TessicaBrown
Jak Walter: I'd love to see a really slupted wig with the glue. Like give it tendrils or some shit. Also, yes to more puppets!
Grace Williams: Jaymes Mansfield is a true saint, she's willing to sacrifice herself for our entertainment. Would love to see puppet stuff but also a Lola from Big Mouth wig recreation
Missy Rivas: Plz do more puppet stuff- i love it and so does my second youngest!!! They love u in general *but* they're SUPER interested in puppets and love your videos
jason florence: Was dusty Springfield the one who never washed her hair? Like producers used to say it smelled real real bad. I think it was her but I may be wrong. So the gorilla glue on a dusty inspired wig...priceless
T Dawg: Queen of topical content!!! Love your videos Jaymes! <3
ImMonkeyBone: Yasss loved this episode. So funny and entertaining. Keep working it girl!
Sonia mac: This was amazing I loved the finished result
Shilo Harrington: Jaymes this wig is amazing, you make transforming wigs magical! You are gorgeous, and such an amazing person! Hope you and Ernie are doing well. ❤️
Will Campbell: I remember when I used to order wigs from well-known apps they’d send the pink combs that makes the rattling noise! then I learned how to hand tie full lace wigs myself. Soooo time-consuming but absolutely worth it!
Imile Wepener: YES TO MORE PUPPET STUFF! I was literally sitting here doing paper mache and watching this video when you said that
T Dawg: Im going back and rewatching all the wig styling videos from you jaymes! and this is the first one where you still had your magical wig spray <3 takes me back! so awesome to see your growth! bless up
abby: Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it
Lindsay S: I love you for making this. We needed to know. Edit: fun fact for the really woman who did this and I might have experience getting gorilla glue on my hands, ACETONE DOES NOT WORK! Something about the formula. You basically have to wait for it to wear away from hand washing and it can take 1-2 weeks.
Thrifted Passion: That wig turned out so awesome! I’m always impressed with your pop culture knowledge! I had to Google Dusty Springfield and ended up putting a few of her songs on my playlist.
Myx: Jaymes, you are fantastic and you never cease to amaze me with these transformations! I would LOVE to see your take on Winifred Sanderson! Bette Midler is iconic in just about everydamnthing but so few do justice to this particular style.
Precious: This is dangerous people, DON'T TRY THIS ON YOUR HAIR!
Luke Gardin: Yes!! You should do a part 2, where you take this, and mold a bunch of blonde wigs around it to make a huge 60s brushup Love it! And don't forget the spray glue, for that forever 'til death hold! ☠️☠️❤️
Keke Darius: The GAG if Jaymes Mansfield's Magical Wig Spray suddenly proved to be the Gorilla Glue pray solvent. I was so ready for it.
Jᴜʟɪᴀɴ Aʀᴀ: This actually doesn't seem as dangerous or risky to use it on a wig. The end result is really cute! Great for perfect sculptured hair styles/updos.
Serge Á: I always learn so much from your videos. Also I feel like I wouldn't be half surprised to see you take a blowtorch or something unorthodox to a wig and it turning out!
Alex Swish: Wig looked amazing, such a great job!
Veronica: Love your puppet and doll content! I want to see more!!
Victoria Wondersnatch: I've always wondered what this would be like! I'm trying this immediately!!
Kimon Ioannis lekkas: This is the kind of content we've been waiting for! Love you Jaymes!!!!
Chloe Demure (Save The Victory Roll): Wow! You made an Amazon wig look like wig goals! Almost as fabulous as you are!
AbbyNYC: I think it's a great idea for wigs, definitely worth testing on other colors, that wig came out great
EB12 B: Hi Jaymes I LOVE your wig content, but I’d LOVE to see some of your puppet content too!! You’re so talented and I love to see anything you do!
Lady Tino: I used a glue spray once from the dollar tree. It gave the hair a matte finish it was quite noticable of a difference from hair spray . Definitely a great tequnique for certain looks.
Dave and Gena: Honestly, that wig looked like the Yeti scalp Edmund Hillary brought back from Nepal! SO much prettier now! I'm curious to see how the wig holds up over time, if the color texture changes, etc. I would LOVE to see more puppet videos! I have a total crush on the Jaymes puppet and I'm not ashamed!
Jeffrey Betancourt: It came out a lot better than I was expecting I was so scared that you were going to glue your hands onto the wig
Ghgs: Pretty looks and great episode. Jaymes you’ve invented your own form of talk show. ❤️
Joshua Blue Byrd: Please always show us the wig on before you style it!
Ridwah: Aunt Barbara! She’s amazingly hilarious. Her Facebook Live videos have been a fun escape this past year. I mean, almost as fun as your videos, Jaymes
Wotcher: Jaymes your side ponytail wig looks so pretty and feminine <3
Brentt Bumatay: We love a queen that lives on the edge. Its also been a hot minute since we've seen Ernie. This really screams Mars Attacks. Juno Birch is calling.
Angel grey: It’s giving Teresa from Long Island medium
Dianne Zavala: Hello Miss Jaymes. My straight cis brother needed to buy a manscaped product and we used ur lovely code He looked down at the video and said thank you.
Michael Nix: Well Miss Thing, you've done it again. That wig is Soooooooo CUTE!! Perfect for your aesthetic. BTW, I'd LOVE to see you revive 'Madame', the puppet from Wayland & Madame fame. You're the only one talented enough to bring her back into the spotlight.
mrsdatlast: Always a yes from me with your puppets. I would love you doing more dolls too.
Kevin William: This came out Awesome!!
Robert Jones: Hi Jaymes - I think it would be fun to see a drag version of Eva Gabor's hair from the "Green Acres" years. Thanks for another great video!
Shaun Halloran: You are an absolute gem, Jaymes!
Richard Overdijk: Love you Jaymes! You are my pandemic therapy.
cloverstar: The Wig actually Turn out to be absolutely adorable. I hope we get to see you in it again .
Madame Fortuny: I literally dreamed of this hairstyle being worn by Juno Birch
ORS.CUSTOMS: That turned out great!! And sleek!
Van Gala: The transformation of this wig is UNREAL.
JenneeB927: Jaymes! You are The Queen! It looks awesome!
Astro Gallus: I love it! It came out great, and Gurl! Have you given me some inspiration toward my Elizabethan wigs!!! Thanks! :-)
Alexis Bevels: This came out so cute!
Kaza Luv: I just realized something. The lady who sprayed her actual hair with Gorilla glue is suing the company, but I could honestly see the company that makes Gorilla glue using Jaymes' tutorial as evidence in their defense. Jaymes' states that she is using a SYNTHETIC WIG, NOT TO USE IT ON HUMAN HAIR, and basically that this is art project/experiment.
Royal Crumble: I'd love some more puppet stuff! I've used a few of your tutorials to help with my own and they're excellent.
Jeff Gberg: Definite YES on more puppet artistry please! BTW, have you ever been to the Center for Puppetry Arts here in Atlanta?
H. M.: I want Jaymes to go on All Stars wearing iconic Wigs like this one and have us here geeking out over recognizing the lewks LOL
11 11: For some reason watching her styling the wig is relaxing
DOC: Just wanted to share .. a product that works really well for setting a wig or natural hair into a style . Like spikes or mohawk and it's pretty darn cheep and I think you can find it in just big box stores . Bit it's called "Pump It Up" and I've always know it to be in the ethnic section of hair care... it does have a pretty intense and unique smell to it that never seems to go away or not be noticable. But it will keep every hair in place even in the strongest wind..
susan nicolai: Darling, I would love to see your puppets! They are so fun! Thank you! Love the wig videos too, because of the conversations you have with us! Thank you!
MondayNightBallroom: Ok, hear me out: in the spirit of The Masked Singer, a drag colleague of yours calls in and tells a fun story via a voice-distorted voicemail and the audience tries to guess who it is while you make a puppet revealing the mystery queen.
Mayou: "I will not put my lungs in jeopardy" -Jaymes Mansfield after inhaling 64273859 worth of bottles of Hair Spray.. LoL
thorazine dreams: YES TO PUPPETS! also I feel so bad for the poor gorilla glue girl. I'm glad she got some medical attention and hopefully she can get back to her normal life soon.
Michele Saudi: Yes girl do more puppet magic..i totally njoy anything u do!!
justbkz: Thank you for the warning! I'm glad you've been keeping on top of things.
new vintage collectibles: Please do more with this glue ! Try a longer one with barrel curls and shake it!!
Jin Shin: I don't wear wigs but gonna buy your wig spray cause you get so excited about it!
Phoenix Fritzinger: Gorilla glue is actually pretty common in the cosplay world for when you want to do one of those crazy anime spikey wigs
NTP: Idk why but the phrase "high stakes arts and craft" is making laugh so much
Veronica S-T: This is such a patsy stone wig! I love it!!
bndags144: this turned out great! Another Jaymes Mansfield success!
MerryMac: YES to more puppet stuff, Jaymes!!! (I paused your progrum to say that. Ok, back to the video. I am worried about glue overspray and your thin layer of plastic wrap... Time to see how it all went!)
Richard Figueroa-Mejias: I would TOTALLY buy this wig!!
Laynie Fingers: Yes! Puppets! I want to see puppet stuff!!! ❤️
The Spin Doctor: I have seen actual glue used on human hair wigs and on ppls real hair too - washable PVA glue diluted somewhat works well to create more elaborate styles like e.g. those Regency era hair-bows and fleur-de-lys shapes made from hairpieces and attached to wigs. I’ve used it to do a vertical style before too - blocked the wig, roller set it and raked it out to get beach-y waves then hung the block vertically, dunked it quickly in glue solution and let it dry after raking it a few times. It came out in very crisp vertical waves, almost spike-y. That was a brown human hair fully ventilated (meaning no wefts!) wig. It lasted pretty well, too. I’ve seen starch used, as you say, very common in theatre and also used in the days of powdering wigs too. I do seem to recall seeing a roller-set done on a human hair wig too using toilet paper cardboard inner tubes wrapped in cling film and then oiled with cooking spray as the rollers and spraying each section with glue before rolling up. No heat, no wig oven. Just left for 24 h to dry and the “rollers” carefully slid out. Imagine rock-hard barrel curls a bit like Divine post-transformation in “Hairspray” (1988) where Edna has those big curls in her up-do but sprayed rock hard. Same idea but rock-hard barrel curls. Don’t forget people with dreadlocks often use superglue to tidy them up or to keep them in to start with. It’s not (easily) reversible but would be cool for making a human hair Tarzan wig for example. Back in the days of proper punk (you’re far too young to remember it), and those very extreme death spikes snd Mohicans [that is what we called a Mohawk in the UK!] - I can remember people using egg whites and sugar-water mixed with glue to get those to stay in. That was long before Got2Be Glue and similar products and all we really had back then was Brylcream, hair gel in a tub that came in normal, wet look and super, all of which looked the same and acted the same, and hair lacquer (as hairspray was called) and it only came in one strength which is about a 3 on modern 1-5 scales (holds are 1 = invisible; 2 = flexible; 3 = firm; 4 = extra; 5 = freeze and I would be Got2Be Glued as a “6” on that scale) - so even with a whole can, you could not get a Mohican to stay upright! Aeons ago I knew a man who ran a wig hire company in the UK for human hair wigs and he made most of them himself - he is now a West End and Broadway wigmaker. I remember him telling me that for very elaborate, tall styles that had to stay put, he was using [this was 1990s] a shellac spray as used as a pastel fixative. Comes out with isopropanol (rubbing alcohol, the stronger of the two types) or acetone. Totally forgotten the name of it but you can buy the polymer used in hairspray in a very concentrated state and it’s called something with I think 2 syllables and I want to say “kraykron” but that is NOT it but “k” sounds in each syllable maybe right - used in movie industry to hold hair totally flat UNDER wigs and washes out. That might be cool for styling. You could also make an old-school setting lotion if you can’t find one - message me on Instagram (spindoctorart) if you want one as I have a really firm one that is easy to make yourself.
Gabe Itch: Love what you did with the wig James, but us goths who remember the 80’s used to use spray adhesive on our Mo/faux/death hawks in the 80’s. It was great. You only had to do your hair a little once a month. Xx
Max A: JAYMES CAN YOU PLEASE DO THE BALLOON BOB WIG THAT BIMINI BON BOULASH WORE ON THE SECOND EPISODE OF DRAG RACE UK S2
Junior Moraes: It turn out realy good! You are so talent..love you James
nottheoneforyou: Such a nice surprise this morning to have a new video from you. I think the wig came out pretty good. I've been wondering something, where do you usually get your tights. I've heard that drag queens just use dance tights. But I don't know a trusted site where I can find some.
DancemaniaMania: I would love to see you do a Veneno style wig and talk about her story and your opinions on the show ☺
ivoxavier92: You've done it again. Stunning Jaymes
Tom O'Neill: I'd like to see more puppetry, character costumes and wigs with eyes to be honest!
Joe Triche: I would absolutely love to see you make more puppets!
Damiieenn: Please do more puppet work! You’re one of the few queens that work w/ puppets and you don’t see that anymore!
Alicia H: Yes to puppet videos Also I can't wait for you to remake Bob's wig
Kathleen Faith: We don't have gorilla glue in my country but I assume that it cures like resin when I watched Tessica "shampooing" her hair
adrian hook: Kate plus 8 could never! Long Island medium found scalped and gagging
Rocket Backhander: I work at a hardware store & just restocked this spray earlier today and this story was all I could think about.
Gabe: Gurl if the wig remains a bit tacky after it dries you can powder it with translucent powder to remove the stickiness...! I think Ideally you could do the do as usual with spray and then in the end do the guerilla glue layer just to set it in place... FOREVAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Laura Cosgrave: Oh my god!! Love it!! Such a good idea!!