IDK_SDXL-complex-hairstyles — Complex Hairstyles LoRA for SDXL

Description

Specialized in intricate and detailed hairstyles — braids, buns, ringlets, twintails, and more. If the base model gives you "generic hair blob", this fixes that.

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Before we start...

My ex spent 3 hours on her hair before our date. Still wasn't as complex as her explanation for why she was late. At least this LoRA delivers on time.

Disclaimer: The dark humor above is just a joke to break the ice and does NOT reflect my actual feelings or beliefs. Just vibes. Enjoy the LoRA!

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Trigger Words

french braids, dreadlocks, cornrows, space buns, messy bun, drill hair, ojou ringlets, twintails, ponytail

Recommended Settings

Setting	Recommended
Base Model	Any SDXL checkpoint
Sampler	Euler a, DPM++ SDE Karras, DPM++ 2M Karras
Steps	25-35
CFG Scale	5-8
LoRA Weight	0.6 - 0.85 (start at 0.7, adjust to taste)
Resolution	1024x1024, 896x1152, 832x1216
VAE	SDXL default / sdxl-vae-fp16-fix

Tips

• Start with LoRA weight around 0.7 and adjust up/down depending on how strong you want the effect.
• Combine with other IDK_ LoRAs from this series for layered results (e.g. body + hair + style).
• Works with both realistic and stylized SDXL checkpoints.
• Use the trigger words in your prompt for best activation.
• If the effect is too subtle, increase weight or repeat the trigger word.
• If the effect is too strong / distorted, lower the weight to 0.5-0.6.

Part of the IDK Series

This LoRA is part of the IDK LoRA collection — a set of specialized SDXL LoRAs that can be used individually or merged together. The merged version (IDK.safetensors) combines all of them using hierarchical semantic merging for maximum quality.

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Trained on SDXL 1.0 | LoRA Rank 16 | FP16

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Prompt for Batch Generation (infinite mode)

Use this prompt with dynamic wildcards {A|B} to generate varied showcase images.

Positive:

portrait of a {young woman|girl|elegant woman} with {elaborate french braids|intricate cornrows with gold beads|double space buns with loose strands|ojou ringlets and drill hair|messy bun with braided details|long twintails with ribbons|complex dreadlocks with accessories}, {black hair|platinum blonde hair|red hair|pastel pink hair|silver hair}, {looking at viewer|profile view|three quarter view}, {soft studio lighting|golden hour light|dramatic side lighting}, hair detail, intricate hairstyle, masterpiece, best quality, highly detailed

Negative:

(extra fingers, deformed iris, blurry, lowres, bad anatomy, jpeg artifacts, compression artifacts, noise, grainy, motion blur), (low quality, worst quality:1.2), (compression artifacts, jpeg artifacts:1.4), (blurry, out of focus:1.2), grainy, noise, text, watermark, signature, error, messy lines