{"id":3003,"date":"2017-11-18T23:42:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T21:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eternalwinter.org\/blog\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2023-04-18T22:04:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:04:28","slug":"review-pengin-workshop-wigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dimensiondolls.com\/colourless\/reference\/review-pengin-workshop-wigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Pengin Workshop wigs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long time no post, eh? (\uff65\u2200\uff65\uff1b) This year has been really busy for me work-wise and I haven’t had much free time, so my dolls have been quite neglected. And since I haven’t done much with my dolls, I haven’t really had much to blog about either. I do have some older backlogged posts from last year and… the year before, but I’ve pretty much given up trying to get them done. (( \u00b4\u2200`;)) Blogging has felt more like a chore rather than something fun to do, so… I’ve just decided not to stress about stuff anymore, and make blog posts when I feel like writing. A weight off my shoulders, ahah…<\/p>\n

Well anyway, I like doing reviews and I hope they’re something that can be useful to other people as well, so I’m breaking the long silence today with a wig review post. Yay! \u30fd(\uff65\u2200\uff65)\uff89<\/p>\n

I’ve been trying to find “the perfect” wigs for my twins, Yuuya and Yuuri (Kagamine Len & Rin). First I tried Luts, but I wasn’t too happy with the styles I picked (and the one I got for Yuuya was kinda bad in quality as well)… next I went for Crobi, which are really nice quality, but the styles aren’t quite what I’ve wanted… (\u30fb\u2227\u2010)\u309e<\/p>\n

For a while I’ve been curious about Pengin Workshop<\/a> wigs as they have some really cute styles. Recently I discovered these two wigs: Joyce<\/a> and Yasusu<\/a>, which made me think that they could be styles that would suit Yuuya & Yuuri well. (\u4eba\u00b4\u03c9\uff40*)\u2661<\/p>\n

So, I decided to order the wigs. The communication was great; replies quick and friendly and the wigs also shipped a few days after I’d paid for them. They also arrived really fast in Finland: they were taken to the post office on the 8th of November, the package left Hong Kong on the 11th, arrived in Finland on the 14th and I got the wigs home on the 15th in the afternoon. So, pretty fast! o(*^\u25bd^*)o<\/p>\n

This week I’ve been sick with a really bad flu, and I was still sick when I took the box opening photos so I made a couple of blunders, but… yeah. (-\u2200-`; )<\/p>\n

The wigs arrived in a cardboard box like this. There was bubblewrap inside securing the wig boxes, but I completely forgot to document that. “”orz The box smelled quite strongly of some kind of perfume, so that was a bit unfortunate as I’m really sensitive to strong smells. Luckily the wigs themselves had not absorbed the perfume smell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The wigs out of bubblewrap in their clear plastic boxes. Here you can see that I was sick and my brain wasn’t functioning properly: I photographed them upside down, lol!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The first thing that struck as odd to me, was that the elastic on the ponytail was left long like this, and it peeked from between the fibers unflatteringly. BUT, I contacted Pengin Workshop about this issue and there’s a logical explanation for it: since the ponytails are sewn onto the wigs (rather than attached with clasps), they leave the elastic long during shipping to make sure that the ponytail doesn’t come undone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The elastic on “Joyce”. I cut the elastic shorter and it’s no longer an issue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The elastic on “Yasusu”. Shorter compared to Joyce, but I trimmed these too. The ponytail is sewn really firmly, I tried tugging on it and it stayed perfectly in shape without coming undone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Quick colour comparison with Volks Len wig and Crobidoll’s Milky Blond. I was a bit surprised that this “Cheese” colour was more of a dark ash blond rather than a more… well, cheese yellow. I was hoping they’d be similar to the Volks Rin & Len wigs, but yeah… they’re still a nice colour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Pengin Workshop JOYCE in 9-10″ size<\/h3>\n

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Not love at first sight… the bangs didn’t have as much volume as I’d expected and those longer fibers that frame the face lack a bit volume in comparison to the shop photos, as well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
From the side it’s really cute, although there’s a bit of a bald spot above the ears, as you can see. For some reason those strands don’t want to sit nicely to frame the face.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
At the back, the fibers bend into various directions. But there are no bald spots to be seen and the ponytail has a lot of volume.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
There’s a bit of a bald spot on the left side as well, but as a whole this side looks better than the right side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Then, photos of the Joyce wig after I’d styled it with Volks water wax. Especially on the right side the bangs don’t have enough volume, so I settled to pulling them back with Rin’s hairpins.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Wig wax and the hairpins helped to tame the fibers, so no more bald spot, yay!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
I think I’ll eventually resort to heat styling so that the fibers would bend outwards for a more wispy effect, rather than them clinging to the side like this…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The left side revealed more issues after I added wax. I’ll have to try taming it with a hairdryer & brush, definitely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


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