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Have you ever ever realized after years and years of doing one thing a method, you’ve been doing all of it unsuitable?
It’s form of like having realized that you just’ve been announcing a phrase or saying a phrase incorrectly your entire life.
Please don’t inform me you say “I may care much less”, “irregardless”, “supposebly” or “to all intensive functions”…
That’s the way it was for me and wavy artificial hair.
This entire time I’ve been working with it (drying it, storing it, and many others.) as I’d my straight hair.
I really like my wavy hair because it offers me a complete new look immediately…and the waves final all day (not like when I attempt to curl my wimpy bio hair).
However part of me all the time gave my items the side-eye, as a result of over time (and never even after too a lot time) these fairly waves would begin to straighten.
I simply chalked this as much as “helper hair woes”…it’s what it’s, proper?
WRONG!
I noticed I used to be making some main errors in terms of caring for wavy and curly artificial hair, and I would like you to keep away from the identical errors!
We wish to hold our curls and waves good and bouncy, like this:
This wig is Julianne, by Jon Renau, in shade Palm Springs FS17/101S18…isn’t she fairly?
There are two main issues that I used to be doing unsuitable, so let’s discuss every. Learn beneath or take a look at the video in the event you desire to look at.
Methods to Dry Wavy and Curly Artificial Hair Types
First up, drying.
I dried all my wavy and curly artificial hair toppers and wigs the identical method I did my straight items: I’d gently blot the water from them, and grasp them upside-down to dry.
Very similar to how these with pure curly hair should dry their hair in a different way than us straight-haired girls, the identical goes for artificial hair.
I didn’t realized that the water was truly weighing down the hair because it dried…sloooooowly coaxing it right into a straighter and straighter look.
Ugh!
Duh!
This clearly makes complete sense, however it’s one thing that by no means even crossed my thoughts.
If you’d like quantity, gravity is not your buddy.
With the intention to not pull down the hair strand when it’s heavy and moist, the hair needs to be supported.
As an alternative of hanging, after blotting the hair so it’s not soaking moist (fastidiously! Make sure to not rub!), drape your wigs and toppers over a plastic wig stand…the air will flow into across the piece in order that it dries shortly.
However right here’s a trick: enable the hair to relaxation towards one thing because it dries.
For those who use the plastic wig stand in your rest room counter, enable the hair to assemble on the counter, supported.
Within the beneath pic, the hair is clearly dry, however I needed to display what I imply (and enjoyable reality, this very put up is being labored on, within the background!):
Or (and fewer ultimate however it is perhaps a very good possibility for brief/light-weight items), gently lay the wig or topper stomach down onto a towel, with the bottom or cap form of propped up.
This fashion, the hair dries whereas being supported so it stays extra springy, longer!
Methods to Retailer Wavy and Curly Artificial Hair
It is a cool trick and one thing I by no means would’ve considered!
As soon as the topper base or wig cap is totally dry, you possibly can pin your piece to a canvas head (even when the hair itself it nonetheless damp).
You realize these pesky hair nets that are available many wig or topper bins?
Those which are safety-pinned 492 occasions to the hair piece? Save these!
After pinning the piece to a canvas wig head, USE that hair internet to assist hold the hair supported whereas it sits in your closet (psst: My head is backwards right here, haha!).
That method, even when your piece websites in storage for months and months with out being dealt with, it’s totally supported and gravity isn’t taking up to straighten the piece.
You may even do this trick as your curly or artificial artificial hair dries: as soon as the topper base or wig cap is totally dry, you possibly can pin your piece to a canvas head (even when the hair itself it nonetheless damp), and permit the hair to dry utterly whereas within the hair internet.
For drying, this may work finest on a shorter piece, in order that the curls don’t get all scrunched up. I’m guessing items 10-12” or shorter could be good candidates. My wig head right here has an extra-long neck and this piece is eighteen″.
Who knew? I actually didn’t!
Utilizing the following pointers and methods will hold your curly and wavy items wanting extra like-new, longer. Do you’ve any concepts for retaining your waves and ringlets wanting nice over time?
Share them within the feedback beneath!
