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How to Curl Your Wig?

3 popular ways to curl your wig Before choosing the method to curl your hair, you first need to know whether a wig is heat resistant or not . While most of wigs are heat resistant, some cheaper wig with bad quality might not. So read through the product introduction or contact the company where you buy this wig. Of course, you can do a little heat test to see if the hair would melt and find out the right degree of temperature. Things you need: curling wand; a glass of hot water; rollers; blow-dryer 1. curling wand Firstly, put the hair wig on a mannequin head and use some conditioner to smooth the hair before using the heat iron. Secondly, put the extra hair up and start from the bottom and work the way up. Thirdly, take a small section of hair between two fingers and rap the hair around the wand. Make sure the hair lays down as flat as possible. When doing this, you'd better wear gloves to avoid burning your skin. Then release the hair into your hand an...

How to Bleach Knots on a Full Lace Wig?

How to Bleach Knots on a Full Lace Wig? In my last article, I have mentioned that a normal lace base lays much flatter against and blends better with your own hair, but it looks visible and the knots have to be bleached. See the following picture. If your wig is made with lace base, you need to first use some product to bleach and tint the lace base. What you need:  a mixing bowl and a spoon/a brush; bleach(BW 2 powder); developer; shampoo and condition; mask and gloves The first step is bleaching and tinting the wig. First and foremost, you can have mask to cover your nose and mouth so that the chemicals used for bleaching would not get too deep into your airways. Of course you need some gloves.  Firstly,  mix some BW2 bleaching powder in a small mixing bowl with the whisk and some 40 volume developer. Using 40 volume developer instead of 20 can make sure  make sure every single knots on this closure is bleached so ...

How to Pluck a Part in a Wig?

How to Pluck a Part in a Wig? pluck a part? When you get a hair wig from the store, it's not prep-plucked and you want to pluck it into the way you like. How to pluck a part so that the synthetic hair looks more natural? Here I would sort out two main methods for your choice. Before plucking the part, you have to make some preparations as follows: 1. Dampen the hair roots using some water so that it's easy for you to decide where to part. Flatten the hair with a scarf and wait around 10 minutes. You can also use a hot iron to do this. 2. Now, let's get ahead to the second main step-pluck a part. Here are two main methods. A. Cut a Part When you have done with the preparations, put the wig on a mannequin head and use a comb to part the top of the hair wig to make a potential part. In this way, you would know where to cut.  Cut with an eyebrow razor Start from the very front of the wig, and use your eyebrow razor to trim the hai...

How to Wear a Wig with Long Hair?

How to Wear a Wig with Long Hair? We all know that when you put on a wig, you have to have all your natural hair hidden under the wig. This is easy when you have short and thin hair. But how can you hide your long and thick hair under the wig so that it's natural as much as possible? There are multiple ways to do that, mainly to braid it or pin it up. Braid It Firstly, separate or divide your hair into two sections. Then plait one of the sections. Remember that the plait should be firm but not too tight. Secure it with a thin hair band at the tail. Secondly, repeat for the second section. Then wrap one of the plaits around the back of your head and bobby pin in place. Wrap the second plait in the opposite direction. Try to avoid overlapping the plaits. Pin It Up If you don't want to braid your hair, you can just use some bobby pins to pin it up. The way you pin it can be very casual, so long as the hair is flat an...