How I Style And Cut My Synthetic Wigs!

Hey guys welcome, my name is kasia, and i'm going to be showing you guys today how i style my synthetic wigs to help them look a little bit more realistic and not so synthetic. So i'm currently wearing my synthetic wig that i purchased from amazon. I absolutely love this wig. I have, however, cut it a lot just to help it look a little bit more realistic. I have since then purchased two other colors and one that i received yesterday, i'm going to show you guys how i cut and style my wig. So this particular one is brand new has not been cut. This is the same way that i'm currently wearing. I also have it in gray as well, and i cut that one already, so i'm going to show you guys how i do it these wigs when i receive them, it all obviously depends on the length of your forehead. If you need longer bangs, i actually think it's a great option that they come really long, because not everybody is going to want really short bangs, and so i love that you are able to play with this and kind of make it your own. So for me, what i like to do is i trim up the bangs and then i work some layers into this because with synthetic wigs you're going to notice that they don't look so realistic at the top they're a little bit more shiny they're. Not it's not real hair, so you want to make it look as real as possible. So with these there's not any layers, it's all one piece and you'll notice with real hair. That'S not usually the case. So what i like to do is, i add, in layers i'm going to show you guys how i do that and then i also kind of angle in the bangs a little bit just to almost kind of get curtain. Bangs we do a little bit more layering in the front as well, so i'm going to go ahead and switch over to this beauty in just a second and show you how i cut, but i know a few of you had wanted to see what they uh. What these particular wigs look like this is a twenty dollar wig from amazon and we're gon na make it look bomb okay, so i'm gon na show you guys the inside of the wig and there's no clasps or anything as far as like being able to stay Secure into the hair, you can adjust the wig on the inside with the two little clasps so that it becomes a little bit tighter on the head. I haven't had any issues with this slipping or sliding, and because i have a very short pixie also undercut. I don't find it necessary to wear a wig cap, but um there's going to be some people who have more hair and a wig cap would be required. But for me it's just not necessary. So i'm going to go ahead and switch over and we'll get to work. Okay, so i just put her on and you can clearly see that this looks like a wig. It does not look very realistic if you go out and people are gon na know immediately. You are wearing a wig, so what i like to do first is sort of position it to make sure that we've got the scalp part lined up as good as possible. This is like really hard to do also on camera. So just bear with me. You guys and what i like to start first with is the bangs. I am going to clip some of this hair back, so it doesn't get in my way. Now you see that i also pulled more hair out than what is just offered with the bangs, because i'm gon na kind of create my own look here with this. So take all of this stuff kind of out of the way all right. So i'm kind of sectioning out what i want to be cut first, so i'm going to be cutting a lot of hair off of this, so just be prepared. If you do this, just know that there's probably there's going to be a lot of hair. That'S get that gets removed from here, because we want to get rid of all the bulk and i just want it to be a little bit more natural looking. So what you're going to want to have is some thinning shears. I purchased these on amazon and i absolutely love them. I use them on my own hair and i use them on the wigs that i get as well and it's just great because it really helps you to avoid blunt cuts. So i love to use this to pretty much put some layers in, and the next thing you're going to want to have is just some hair scissors. So i'm just going to go in and just start kind of cutting a little bit here when you're using the regular scissors. I find that the best way to remove a lot of this bulk is to just cut downwards on an angle so that you're not cutting straight across and getting like a blunt cut. So then, when i get to the actual bangs now i am going to cut as much as i can straight across and then i go back in with the thinning shears and all the time. You want to make sure that you are adjusting the wig so that it's where you would position it when you actually wear it, because it it could have a tendency to slip, and you don't really want that. So now i'm going to go in with the thinning, shears and just thin it out a little bit on the ends, i'm starting to get the length of what i want for the bangs, i'm just going to kind of work it in a little bit more. I definitely want them to be more like curtain bags, then, when you start kind of working your way in you're going to be taking a lot more layers out, i'm just about where i want to be with the bangs. So now i'm going to start working my way into the rest of this hair. We'Re going to get some really good layering going in here. First, i'm going to just go all the way around and just really i mean you're taking a lot of hair out. So just be prepared to see a lot of hair coming out, but we really want to thin this out. I like going up higher and getting some shorter layers up top. If it looks like you have some flyaways, even at the top, that's going to help it to look a lot more realistic than just having these long long, perfect straight layers, because nobody really has that when they have their real hair. So you can start to see that this side is just thinning out a little bit more. It'S starting to look a little bit thinner, that's kind of where we want to be um, and this side definitely has like a lot more hair. So i'm going to start working my way on this side now so now that i got a good amount of bulk out of the body of the hair. What i want to do is kind of add some layers up here up top, so it's not looking so synthetic wig like up here, so i'm going to take the regular scissors and kind of go in a diagonal just so we can kind of create this. You know sort of fly away, look all right, we're really starting to look way more realistic. I feel like than we did when we first put the wig on i've got hair everywhere and, like i said you will be removing a lot of hair. If you want it to look as realistic as possible, so just be prepared to see a lot of hair coming off for a 20 wig. You really can't go wrong. I mean, if you mess up, you mess up at least it's just a wig. I think this is a great way to also practice your cutting skills as well. I am not a professional, so please stylist don't come at me. This is just what works for me and how i've learned to kind of work with these wigs just so that they look more realistic and ultimately you're, just gon na kind of keep going at it um. You know in a day or two after wearing this wig. I may notice that i want to cut a little bit more in other areas: um, it's just kind of eyeballing it to see what what's gon na work for you best all right. So here we are with pretty much a good amount of this hair taken out. Um, i really feel good about how it's looking, how the bangs are looking. What i'm gon na do next is an additional step that you can take. You don't have to do this, but i wanted to try something different, so i picked up some magic root precision. This is from l'oreal and it is basically a root powder that you can apply to the roots. This is supposed to cover like gray hairs, but what we're going to do today is we're going to basically paint on a dark shadow root and i think, we're basically just gon na paint this on and see see what happens, and this is in the shade, medium Brown. Okay, so that's what happens when i apply that to my hand, it definitely has like a almost like an oiliness to it all right, i'm a little nervous, but we're just gon na go ahead and try and see what happens. I'M going to work it in with my fingers and see if that works first, oh, i think it's working, and i guess you can make this as give yourself as much root as much as you want really all right. So there you have it i've added a little bit of the shadow root. To be honest, i'm probably going to play around with it a little bit more. It'S really difficult to do this on camera um, but i actually really like this. I thought this tool was pretty good to give yourself like a little more of a root, and then it looks a little bit more realistic. It really just comes down to having the right tools and just trying to use your imagination have fun. It'S just a wig. Don'T take it too seriously. Another tip i would suggest is: if you don't do a root powder, i would suggest to use a texture dust. A regular texture dust is going to add a little bit of a powder to the root as well to help get rid of that shine because a lot of times with synthetic wigs, that's what gives them away is their shininess, because it's not real hair, it's plastic! So you would want to use a root powder. It usually gives you volume. This would be great for giving for getting rid of that shine in your hair. So that's it. I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Thank you guys. So much for watching and i'll see you next time.