How to curl a heat friendly synthetic wig?Updated 23 days ago
Heat friendly synthetic wigs can be curled with a curling iron, but, it's important to know that, the curl takes as the hair cools. Many women get frustrated curling heat friendly synthetic wigs because they treating the fiber like human hair. The reason the curl didn't take is because you didn't allow the hair didn't cool or set for long enough.
The best technique we have found involves actually putting your wig in hot rollers and then putting it in the oven at a low temperature and then allowing the hair to cool and set overnight. I know what your thinking, your crazy I'm not putting my heat friendly synthetic wig in the OVEN! I know is sounds crazy but here me out. After asking my factory about how they curl the hair I learned about wig ovens. Yes, manufactures use wig ovens to curl/style heat friendly synthetic hair prior to making the wig so I decided to test it out and guess what, the results were outstanding! Beautiful bouncy curls with little to no effort!
PRODUCTS NEEDED
- PETITE RUBBER MANNEQUIN HEAD
- What we like to call home base, this mannequin is petite, so it won't stretch out your wig; the rubber base allows you to easily secure your wig in place with sewing pins, and the hairline outline will help you "set" your wig while also maintaining the "dome-like" shape of the head
- CLAMP OR TRIPOD
- Clamp is ideal for low maintenance wig wearers
- Tripod is ideal for human hair wigs or for wig wearers who like to style the hair.
- SEWING PINS
- Unlike t-pins, sewing pins won't pull the hair when you brush your wig.
- WET BRUSH
- The Flexible design of this brush will help you quickly and gently brush your wig without pulling on the hair and knots, which can cause shedding.
- TEASING BRUSH - makes it easy to redirect the knots/hair so "setting" you wig will be a breeze!
- HOT ROLLERS - ideal our luxury synthetic hair or our heat friendly hair and for those who regularly curl their hair. Please reference the best way to curl a synthetic - our OVEN technique, yes that's right. I am going to show you how to curl a synthetic wig in the oven ❤
- WATER BOTTLE - We prefer a continuous spray water bottle because it lightly mists the hair
KENDRA BLOW DRY SPRAY - nice great and doesn't cause build up
HOW TO CURL HEAT FRIENDLY SYNTHETIC WIG | STEP BY STEP
- Secure your wig to mannequin head
- Using your sewing pins or t pins secure your wig to the mannequin head
- Brush your wig
- Using your wig brush, starting from the bottom and going to the top
- Turn on oven and heat hot rollers
- Oven temperature to 195 degrees Fahrenheit or 90 Celsius
- Smooth out the ends with a flat iron
- If the hairs feel frizzy or easily tangle, smooth out the ends using a flat iron and a water bottle.
- Work from bottom to top
- Working from the bottom to the top, grab 1" inch of hair at the bottom and clip the remainder of the hair away.
- Mist hair with water & work in 1/2" sections
- Lightly mist the hair with water. Brush the hair to evenly distribute the water throughout the hair then grab a 1/2" of hair and clip the remainder of the hair away.
- Starting wrapping the hair in the hot rollers
- Following the same approach as the flat iron technique. Alternative left and right
- Beachy Waves (loose & bouncy)use a 1.5" - 2" size barrel
- Glamorous Curls (wavy & curly) use a 1.25"-1" size barrel
- Tight curls use a 3/4"-3/8" size barrel
- Work from bottom to top
- Working from the bottom to the top, grab 1" inch of hair at the bottom and clip the remainder of the hair away.
- Mist hair with water & work in 1/2" sections
- Lightly mist the hair with water. Brush the hair to evenly distribute the water throughout the hair then grab a 1/2" of hair and clip the remainder of the hair away.
- Following the same approach as the flat iron technique. Alternative left and right
- Place your wig in the oven for one hour
Remove your wig from the oven and allow it to cool overnight and in the morning simply just remove the hot rollers!
That's it, your done and you'll have beautiful bouncy curls! Easy right!!❤