How To Make A Box Braid Wig | First Time | Luvme Hair

What is poppin dubnation welcome back to my channel. It should go though bass, Capanna and today, I'm gon na share with you guys how I made my first ever braided wig, and this wig unit was sent to me by love me virgin hair. They sent me this wig and they also send me some braiding hair and I did use the black braiding hair that they sent me, but I didn't use this 27 just because I don't know, I just wanted it to be all black so yeah. I know this video is kind of long, but I tried to show you guys everything that I did step-by-step. So just you know bear with me and so first I started out by bleaching the knots on the unit and I use this lift-up powder. Usually I use BW and 30 volume, but I wanted to try something different. So I use this lip dub powder and I actually really really liked it so yeah, I'm just mixing the bleach in you just want to make sure you get like a cake, batter consistency. So that when you are applying the bleach to the wig unit, it's not seeping through the lace and I'm getting onto the actual strands of hair. So yeah you want to make sure that it's kind of thick as I'm applying it, I'm really applying it to the top area and I'm kind of just like patting it on there. I'M not really pushing down super hard because, like I said you don't want it to like slip through and this wig unit. I don't know if you guys can kind of see that area where the clips are was really thick, like you can't even basically see like. I don't I don't know, I explain it like. There was no point bleaching that part, because it was so thick that you wouldn't have even been able to tell that it was bleached. So I kind of only bleached the top half of this, and I also use like whatever leftover bleach I had, and I put it on the back section of the unit and so yeah that little area where the clips are, I don't know how to explain it. It'S like just imagine if there were like layers of lace where you can't like see-through. So there was really no point in me bleaching that, but if it weren't like that, I would definitely try to bleach the whole unit. But I really mainly just focus on the top half, where I knew that the the wig would be parted. This unit actually took me a minute to make just because, like my schedule has been just so crazy and I have a lot going on so I'm filming in like different areas, so just bear with me like hey I'm at school and I'm just trying to get It done so here you guys can see that the lace is kind of tinted brown, and this is after I let it air dry and um yeah. I know you've got guys could probably like barely tell that it's bleached here, but when I'm done with the unit, you'll definitely get like a better view of the different color of the lace. So I'm gon na go ahead and place the unit on my canvas head and to pin it down I'm using some lawn care tea pins, and this is just gon na help to keep the unit in place. You want to make sure that when you pin it down, you pin it down tight and you make sure that obviously like the wig is lined up with with the canvas head. Because you want to make sure that when you're braiding you're placing the braids in the correct spot, so I'm just going to go ahead and secure the pins all around the front and around the back of the canvas head. So next I'm gon na go ahead and find the middle of this unit and I'm gon na go ahead and plug the middle, and that's just because I want the braids to fall with the middle part. And so I didn't have any tweezers. So I decided to just plug it with my hand, and I do like to do this first, because it makes it easier for me to part the rest of the unit. So I'm basically just taking my fingers and I'm pulling out strands of hair in the part, and you guys will see when I'm done. It opens up the part a little bit and it will help it to look more natural when you're wearing it later. So once my part is nice and plucked, I'm going to go ahead and start parting for my box, braids, obviously starting in the back just like you would do on a regular head and guys. This part literally drove me in saying you guys know as braiders. We are super particular about our parts and it was just very hard to get a straight part on this wig head, and so I ended up having to take more tee, pins and kind of pin them in areas to prevent the wig from moving and just making It like a little more snug, so I can get a better part. I'M still gon na be using a shine and jam to kind of like help define my sectioning and everything, but guys it literally drove me insane and it was so so hard. This was definitely the hardest part, so yeah, you just want to make sure you kind of like take your time with this. I did decide to do the rubber band method, and that's just because number one. This is like really sleek human hair on this wig, and I just thought it would give me a better hold and then also as far as sectioning. I knew that it would just be a lot easier to make it look nice and clean. If I didn't use the rubber bands - and I was applying the rubber bands - I definitely put them on tighter than I would on a normal client's head, but not too tight, because I didn't want the lace to buckle up. So you want to just make sure you put them on there kind of pull it a little bit tighter and yeah. As far as sectioning like everything was just hard because it like I said it's not a natural head, and so it was really really hard to just like part this. This was definitely like, oh god, like I'm literally going insane. So you just want to make sure that you're taking the two pins and like moving them, where you need to move them so that you guys can get the best sectioning that you can possibly get. So when I do my next rub of it just like I would go on a natural hair, I try to lay those in between the row below and I know that's called like the brick method or whatever and typically going through. I would definitely like rubberband the entire head, but since I was recording - and I kind of just did a couple rows and then I'm gon na do some box braids and yeah do a couple more rows of party and box braids. So for these box braids, I am using the two strand method and this is pretty much the method I always use whenever I'm using rubber bands just because I feel like the braids move more freely and it just looks a lot better and it's easier quicker. All that good stuff so yeah to complete this, I use four packs of braiding hair, so I use two of the packs that they sent to me and then I also use two more packs of expression. The actual box writing portion of this was not super hard. You just have to make sure you're not pulling really hard, obviously because it plays, and it's not super super secure. So you just have to kind of watch your tension, but other than that I mean it's pretty much similar to braiding on a natural head of hair. So I have worked with Lemmy virgin hair before they have sent me a new part wig, and that one was slightly big and I know someone who personally ordered two and they said the same thing - that the unit was big for them. So, prior to me even starting this wig, I did go ahead and try this unit on my head just to make sure that it wasn't. You know big, like the. U part was, and it wasn't this one actually fit a lot better, and so you always want to just make sure that you double check your unit prior to putting it on. There are ways to make your wig smaller and I personally don't have a video, but I know people have made videos on this on YouTube, so you guys can go ahead and search that maybe one day I'll be able to make a video but yeah like. I always try to use companies that I you know believe in or that I've worked with before that I know, is not a scam, so if you guys ever have any type of negative experiences, I would love for you guys to. Let me know obviously like when we as youtubers work with companies and they're on their ships, so if you guys are experiencing something otherwise - and I would love to know, but I've only like hat heard, really good things about this company, so yeah, I love you know. I love working with them, so once I got to the top section, I went ahead and make sure that my part was still there and I'm gon na be sectioning off baby hair, and I guess this is like definitely optional, but I think it does make it Look more natural when you kind of pull out the baby hairs, and so I'm actually not going to be wearing this. You know myself, I'm giving it to someone that I went to school with, so I didn't like cut them or anything, but I am gon na section off some baby hairs on each side, just in case she wants them. If not, they can definitely be plucked off or whatever it's not like, you're taking a bunch of bunch so yeah. So once I was completely done with the unit, I went ahead and dip the ends and hot water just like I would do on any natural hair. Only thing that I didn't do is, I didn't put the mousse on it just because, like I didn't really see the point of that, so I didn't move say, but I am gon na dip the ends just like I normally would so yeah guys. This is the finished look of the unit, sorry, that this portion of the clip was super dark. Oh no, my light was trippin, but I'm super proud of the way that this turned out and I am gon na put the wig on at the end of the video I didn't like actually melted down to my head or anything because I'm actually gon na be Giving this unit away, but I did want to just show you guys what it would look like on my head and I didn't like braid my hair down or anything I literally just put it on. But I'm super proud of how this wig turned out guys. Because this is like a lot harder than I thought it would be just because and like I said, you really need to watch your tension and you don't want to rip the lace. So you can't really be pulling super hard and then it's just not a regular human head. So it's moving all over the place, but I'm super excited that I finally like delve into this, because now I'm super thrilled about like just doing braiding, wigs so yeah. 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