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Please Follow These When You Use Your Human Wigs
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These are focussed on creating a very natural hairline around the forehead and temples. They feature individual hairs tied by hand to a front section of fine, almost transparent lace. The advantages of lace front wigs include looking natural if you want to style your hair up and away from your face. So that includes ponytails and a variety of up-styles. The hair is also lightly back-combed at the roots to cover the cap.
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Style Your Wig – When you’ve bought a new wig, it’s an important step to make sure the cut and colour of the wig suits your style and face shape. It’s a good idea to take your human hair wigs to the hairdressers and have them style it for you. This ensures that you’re wearing a style that suits you!
Choose a Natural Hairline – Hairline is extremely important in achieving a seamless look that people will assume is your own. To achieve this, make sure your own hair is hidden and you line the front of the wig up with your natural hairline. Anything further back or forward is going to make the wig appear unnatural. A lace front wig allows you to part the human hair weave on the wig wherever you like, helping you to achieve a style that suits you best.
Care for Your Wig – Whether you have a human hair or synthetic wig, it’s extremely important to maintain and look after it – just like you would with your own hair! There are various wig care products that can help you clean your wig easily and efficiently. Make sure you’re investing in products that are suitable for either your synthetic or human hair wig. Caring for your wig helps to prolong its life and keep it looking fresh!
Personalise Your Look – Wig wearers can change their look and personalise it even further through the use of headbands, headscarves, and different hairstyles, such as a ponytail. The key to being happy with your look is being able to personalise it to suit you. Your confidence will make your look all the more beautiful when wearing a wig!
Choose a Complementary Colour –If you’re hoping to achieve a natural look, be mindful of the colour you choose. Keep in mind to choose a colour that is going to match your skin tone and therefore looks natural. The most natural look will be achieved when you choose a wig colour that matches your own natural hair colour.
Use a Wig Stand – When you’re not wearing your wig, keeping it on a wig stand will help to keep it in shape and away from anything that can tangle or pull on the hair strands. It’s also useful for keeping your wig in one place – you don’t want to misplace your lovely new wig!
Try Before You Buy – Trying a wig on is the best way of finding a style that looks natural on you. This isn’t always possible for those that have to buy online. However, we have developed luxurious fitting rooms at our Simply Wigs shop in West Yorkshire. This way, you can try on the wigs you are interested in, but don’t forget to book an appointment! For those unable to come to our fitting rooms, we have a Youtube account and 360 degree view on product pages to help ladies to get a good visual of each wig!
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Wear a Wig Straight Out of the Box – You don’t want box hair when wearing a wig. It’s important to brush through your wig and allow it to hang and fall into place. Wigs can become slightly tangled or misshapen when they’ve been boxed up on their way to you!
Choose a Bulky Wig – To achieve a wonderfully natural look, avoid wigs that are just too bulky. Excess bulk on the top of the head is a real giveaway to a wig and isn’t a good look.
Wear Your Wig 24/7 – It’s important to take your wig off so that your scalp and own hair can breathe, as well as then being able to look after your wig properly. Some choose to take their wig off each night, whereas others prefer to take their wig off every few days. It’s personal preference but either way, it’s important to have a break from wearing a wig.
Use Excessive Heat – As human hair wigs are, well, human hair, heat can damage the wig just like it would your own hair. If you’re curling or straightening your wig on a regular basis, it’s good practice to use a hair protection spray. Synthetic wigs can only be styled with heat if they are labelled as heat-friendly, otherwise, you can’t use heat to style your wig.