Since you have chosen to buy a wig, you'll have to make sense of how to style it to commend your look. While a few people pick to wear wigs just as they come out of the package, others are more disposed to customize their wigs to more likely suit their style. In any case, you will require explicit items to get a characteristic look and keep up the excellence of the hair.
Obviously, unpacking your wig can accompany a great deal of pressure. Regardless of whether you saw the wig face to face before you bought it, seeing it on your head just because can be jolting. Remember most wigs need control to make a characteristic look, which can shift from plucking to cutting, coloring, and styling.
Not All Wigs Are Created Equally
When buying a wig, it is critical to take note of certain wigs are made with synthetic hair. Frequently, these wigs are more affordable yet can't be adjusted to make a characteristic look. The most you can do to control these wigs is to fluff the curls or cut the wig to fit the shape of your face. You can't utilize any warmed styling instruments on this wig.
On the off chance that you are wanting to wear your wig for an extended period or purchase higher quality hair, it is ideal to purchase 100% human hair wigs. Human hair wigs can be curled, straightened, or dyed to meet the needs of the customer.
Where to Start When Styling a Wig
While the internet can provide a wide array of information on how to style a human hair wig, the most important place to start is with the proper tools and products. You will need:
- A wide-tooth comb
- A paddle brush
- Sulfate-free shampoo
- Tweezers
- Small fabric scissors
- Hair-cutting scissors
- A curling iron or wand
- Foundation (makeup) or Lace Tint
When using these things, be delicate while styling and recollect the strategy used to make the wig. Strands of hair are circled through the trim to make a practical look. Abusing the wig can pull the hair from the wig and make uncovered spots.
Step one of making the ideal haircut is washing your wig. While thinking about how to wash a wig, it is significant that you use sulfate-free cleanser or cleanser explicitly made for human hair wigs to help prolong its life expectancy and to limit mileage.
Step two of nailing the ideal haircut is detangling the wig with a wide-tooth brush or paddle brush. Start at the finishes of the hair and work your way up to the crown of the wig, making sure each section is knot-free. A consistent hand is a critical piece of this progression to abstain from pulling out strands of hair.
Never style a human hair wig while wet. This can harm the development of the wig and diminish its solidness. Since you are utilizing a human hair wig, you have the alternative of using a blow dryer to limit drying time. Simply ensure the hair dryer is set to medium or low warmth to prevent heat damage.
The best blow-drying strategies include:
- Segment off hair into two layers – Clip the layer at the head of the wig and secure it to the crown, leaving the base layer uncovered.
- Start drying the base layer – Point the spout of the blow dryer descending while at the same time utilizing the brush to hold the hair rigid.
- Unclip the top layer and join it into the base layer.
- Blow-dry the top layer utilizing a similar strategy utilized for the base layer.
- Utilizing a brush to help control the hair descending will help smooth hair and make sparkle.
- When the wig is dry, the time has come to change and style it just as you would prefer.
Get the Perfect Part
After your wig is spotless and prepared, it's an ideal opportunity to take a shot at how to style a wig to look characteristic. Your safety buffer for getting an unnatural look is millimeters wide.
When talking about parts, it is ideal to separate between lace front wigs and 360 lace wigs. There is a distinction by the way you can control the parts and trim.
A 360 lace frontal wig will permit you to part or segment the border of your frontal and accomplish braid styles. While full lace wigs can be styled into updos and can even be utilized to make twists, plaits, and cornrows. Full-lace, or 360 wigs, give you greater adaptability in styling choices. Lace front wigs, then again, permit you to make a section just where the lace is joined to the base of the wig. Normally, you can control the front segments of the wig for separate purposes. Henceforth the name lace front.
How to Part a Lace Front Wig
We should begin with how to style a lace front wig.
Lace front wigs will permit you to control the hair just in the front of the wig. This implies you can make a section anyplace along the front of the wig where the lace is sewn onto the structure. It's acceptable to begin your styling by choosing where you might want to area the wig to make a characteristic looking part.
A key factor to consider before you cut the wig is the manner by which you intend to introduce it. Will you use a stick or different strategies to introduce the wig, and what looks best with your normal hairline? You may pick to buy a prepared-to-wear lace wig. These wigs will require less work to make a characteristic post of the bundling.
A few wigs will expect you to apply cosmetics establishment to the lace to best copy your scalp and may expect you to cull hair to make a section that seems regular. Not all parts are the equivalent. At the point when you normally part your hair, consider the width of your part and the thickness of the hair along the part. You will likewise need to modify the lace that will follow your hairline along the front of the wig.
Spot the wig on your head and alter it, diagram where you might want to trim the lace from the front of the wig with an eyeliner pencil, and expel the additional lace with a little pair of scissors you can without much of a stretch move. Recall that you can generally cut more off, however you can't include it back once you evacuate it.
How to Part a 360 Lace Wig
360 lace wigs offer more assortment in styling. Since these wigs are made by circling hair onto trim to make the whole wig, you can part the wig anyplace you need, and you can even shake cornrows and updos with these wigs. They are regularly made with human hair and can be colored, twisted, or fixed to meet your styling needs.
Lace front wigs, full lace, or 360 lace wigs will all expect you to trim the lace around the edge of the wig and control the part you wish to make. Since full lace wigs come in various degrees of hair thickness, which means a few wigs are more full than others, you may need to modify the width of the part by culling a few hairs. You would then be able to shade the part with the establishment to best match your scalp.
Remember we are discussing millimeters of width to control. Gradual is best while modifying your parts. Take as much time as necessary while culling hair, and recall it is significant that you make these alterations while you are wearing the wig. Try not to endeavor to do this on the wig stand. It will bring about lopsided and dis-palatable outcomes.
How to Curl a Wig
Human hair wigs can be trimmed and twisted with twisting wands or irons, however simply like your characteristic hair, over the top warmth can harm human hair wigs. Regularly, wigs will accompany directions on the temperature of warmth the hair can withstand. It is ideal to follow those rules, however, a decent dependable guideline is to keep the temperature of your hair curler somewhere in the range of 200 and 300 degrees.
When you have the twists, you need to be mindful of certain styling items. While hair shower can be utilized to hold the style in your human hair wig, be mindful of abusing items on your wig. The development of items will prompt the wig to get overloaded and requiring more regular washing, which makes the hair separate rapidly. A hair shower ought to never be utilized on a synthetic wig.
There are various looks you can go for when twisting your wig, whichever style you need is up to you. Here's a procedure for getting free waves:
- Segment hair into four equivalent parts.
- Start with one of the front segments and gap that into four sections so every one of the littler areas is the distance across a quarter.
- Take one of the littler areas and fold it over the barrel of the hair curler away from the face.
- Hold the hair against the hair curler somewhere in the range of 5-7 seconds.
- Remove the hair curler and grasp the twist, permitting it to chill off before allowing it to drop.
- Rehash stages 3-6 for the remainder of the hair on the wig.
- Brush out twists by running your fingers through the hair to make a free wave.
Style Your Wig Your Way
The critical step is finished, so now's an ideal opportunity to have some good times. With regards to styling a wig, you have the opportunity to practice all kinds of looks. Attempt your wig in various styles. If you have a 360 full lace wig, you can work on night looks and updos. Twisting and blow-drying procedures can be polished on every single other kind of wigs to guarantee you have what it takes to draw out your wig's life expectancy.
If styling your wig at home gets excessively confused, a professional stylist is another incredible choice. A quality wig is speculation worth securing, and our professional stylist has the information and aptitudes to ensure you look incredible and expand the life of your hair. Your free hair install and styling can be done by one of our Anna Belle experts when you purchase three groups of hair.
There are so many looks to choose from, and they're completely made with quality hair. We likewise offer pack sets, and you can shop haircuts that range from virgin straight to virgin loose wave and dyed virgin frontals. Discover what styles you love most.