How to Style Natural Hair Wigs
Learning to style wigs is an essential step in adapting to a new hairpiece. Many people use wigs, whether to cover chemotherapy or alopecia hair loss or simply to achieve many versatile hairstyles. Human hair wigs offer many benefits for styling. Although natural hair wigs are an expensive investment, you can get a lot of use out of your human hairpiece and customize the hair to perfectly suit your own style preferences, face shape and existing hair. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Natural hair wig
- Mannequin head
- Spray bottle with water
- Wide tooth comb
- Shampoo, conditioner, and styling products for wigs or for permed and color treated hair
- Blow dryer with multiple heat settings
- Curlers and styling irons (optional)
Instructions
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Remove any lumps or creases in the hair when you first remove the wig from the box by lightly spraying with water and combing the wig.
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Fix any remaining creases using heat, which can be used for styling human hair wigs because the wigs are made of natural rather than synthetic hair. Use curlers heated to a medium setting or a blow dryer on a warm setting held about 12 inches from the hair to remove any especially tenacious bumps or lines in the wig.
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Have a professional salon stylist custom trim your wig while the wig is on your head, since natural hair wigs can be customized with a shape to suit your needs and preferences.
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Get your hair cut to resemble a style that is slightly grown out, rather than one that looks freshly cut, by having your stylist razor cut the edges or use thinning scissors to give hair a more natural appearance.
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Use styling products especially designed to style wigs or products formulated for permed and color treated hair to use with human hair wigs, since wig hair can be easily damaged just like human hair, but will not grow back once it has become brittle or developed split ends.
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Reactivate styling products from a previous style by lightly spraying water on the hair and combing to reduce product buildup on natural hair wigs.
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Style natural hair wigs the same way you would style your own hair, using curlers or styling irons set to a medium heat setting to avoid damaging the hair in the wig. You may style hair while the wig is on your head, or using a mannequin, but may find it easier and safer to style when the wig is on the mannequin.
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Shampoo human hair wigs once a week, since human hair wigs get dirty and need to be cleaned just like the hair on someone's head. Hold the wig under a faucet and wet with warm water, then gently massage a small amount of shampoo through the hair. Rinse under the faucet and squeeze the hair to drain excess water.
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Condition natural hair wigs after shampooing, using a wide-toothed comb to spread the conditioner evenly through the hair and allowing conditioner to sit for 2-5 minutes before rinsing.
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Allow natural hair wigs to air dry on the mannequin head or use a blow dryer to dry and style hair normally once you have shampooed and conditioned the wig.
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