I recently purchased four bundles of Brazilian body wave hair +one closure with the intentions of building a wig from scratch.i managed to get the bundles at an awesome sale price of buy one get one free, with the Expectation to use at least three bundles. So my wig making adventure began.
I watched several tutorials on YouTube describing technique on creating a wig from scratch. I will link the videos in the notes section at the end. The you tube gurus all used elastic or stretch caps in their construction. I chose to go with a net cap for easy weaving.
A little education about weaves and wigs
Weaves commonly known as extensions, are sewn to extend length. Weaving is also a sewing technique for putting wefts to a cap.
Wigs come in various types. From the full lace wig which which is hair seen through a lace cap. Full lace and lace fronts make it easy to part the hair. They can come in synthetic (not real) and human hair. Human hair blends also exist but the rumor is its naked fro animal hair like yak hair. Beware of blends, unless a pack says what type of hair it is, as a rule of thumb I don't trust them.
The wig I made used three and a half bundles and a closer. The wig is a tad heavy and it is very full. I think I want to change the closure. I don't like the closer I purchased it was not a free part closure there was bairly a half inch part that you can not change! For $40I feel that I was ripped off... The closure mesures 5 x3". I would not recommend this product. It looked pretty in the package but not on the
wig. Here is the packaging to the closure. ( I wish I had taken a picture of the unit before I sewed it.)
Here is what the closure look like before it was extracted from the packaging
16 inch closure in body wave above and below installed on the wig.
The top of my wig
( I used concealer from my make up on the lace to match my scalp)
The front of my wig
(With indoor lighting) The wig was rather easy to construct. Following a simple pattern I curved the wefts around the wig. As I went around the cap I added hair as needed. My biggest regret is not adding combs to this unit, but I am going to add them sometime later on. I am going to add two on the side and one in the back for added security. I will definitely try to create another wig in the future but I am not sure how well I did on this one; I will leave it for you all to judge.
(my wig outdoors)
22 inches long!
The hair is so very soft and although this is beauty store hair it is virgin Brazilian hair and can be colored, curled and styled as I want. I currently am wearing the natural wave of the hair, and I am going to test the curling, and styling options for this hair. The hair is all 22 inches long in a color #2 natural brown. There were some grey hairs, which is to be expected in this length of natural hair. I simply colored the hair all one color in the natural brown.
I will post updates in two weeks on this hair. take a look at the notes section I have made references to the YouTube videos I used for this project. I would love to hear any stories you have! Please comment below.
Mew,mew, kitties, and stay styling!
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Notes
Step by step video: main source of reference
Beautycutright
Johnluu
She is so gorgeous! Want to flat iron this hair to get his look!
@Peekmill
(Love the length on her unit! I am going to make another wig similar to this one she unveils in this video!)
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