I’ve been cosplaying since 2016. Here’s some items I recommend for all cosplayers to help with making your cosplays.
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Wig Styling Supplies
Prop Making
Filming
Sewing
Wig Styling Supplies
A hair dryer is essential for helping you heat set the hairspray and gel on your wigs. My personal favorite is conair 1875 for its compact size and its great quality.
Powerful Drying & Styling Hair Dryer
I use UHU glue on a good chunk of my wigs. It helps with glued hairlines, helmet wigs, and making spikes more secure if they keep coming undone.
All products - UHU
An affordable crimper to help make sure your wig is crimped before you spike it.
MBHAIR Ceramic Crimper Iron for Fluffy Hair
Good scissors for cutting wigs are essential. Your craft or kitchen scissors will not cut wig hair well enough.
Professional Hair Scissors (Hairdressing Shears) - Scissor Tec ...
Teasing combs are necessary for making sure your wig is teased and fluffed enough for spiking.
Teasing Comb
The best hairspray for all your wig styling needs. After spraying on a wig, apply a little bit of heat from a blow dryer and your wig style will be good to go.
Got2b
Prop Making
EVA foam is essential for prop and armor making. Some templates are free online to help you start practicing your EVA foam skills.
EVA Foam Cosplay Sheet 14x39 - Black/White
This is the strongest glue that you can use on EVA foam to help secure your props.
DAP Weldwood 3 fl. oz. Original Contact Cement 00107
Necessary for all EVA foam projects.
X-Acto Precision Utility Knife Metal Silver 9in
Can’t find a prop template you want online? Check Etsy! A lot of prop makers sell their prop templates online for people to buy digital templates of.
Etsy
Acrylic paint is one way to paint your EVA foam props.
Acrylic Paint
Spray paint is useful for painting a wide variety of materials, including foam and plastic.
Spray Paint
Filming
Up your filming quality by using a ring light. Good lighting and quality is key to making content people want to watch.
Ring Light
Make sure you have portable chargers on hand while filming. Apps like TikTok will drain your phone of its battery quickly.
Best Cell Phone Portable Power Banks
Sewing
Mistakes happen—make sure you’re prepared for fixing those mistakes by having a seam ripper on hand.
