subject: How To Keep Your Wig Clean [print this page] If you wear full lace wigs cap under your wig in order to contain your hair or attach your wig more securely, then you will want to keep it clean. Since the wig doesnt really touch your head and the cap does; you can keep things fresh by cleaning the wig cap with a drop of soap or shampoo and cold water. Just squish it around by hand and hang out to dry overnight.
Shampoos are known traditionally, to cleanse the hair of all particles that may have an influence on reducing hair growth. There are also shampoos that are used to maintain different types of hair systems such as synthetic or human hairpiece. These shampoos comprises of intense abrasives and chemicals that may react negatively to hair systems, but positively to grow natural hair. The traditional shampoos will strip away color, dry up moisture, promote breakage and tangle in the hairpieces. Why? Well, these shampoos are not made with natural oils identified for growing hair that aids in preventing these reactions.
Clean lace is important to the look of the wig as stated above so keeping it tidy is essential. This is done with gauze pads and alcohol. Lay the wig on its back off the block, place the gauze pad behind the lace and taking another gauze pad dab gently at the lace changing the pad underneath the lace as it becomes soiled from the makeup residue. Always use gauze not cotton pads if possible as they will leave behind bits of fuzz.Since this is an ongoing concern for most hair-wearers, it is important that the best shampoos that are designed for hairpieces are used.
This will aid greatly in keeping the hair system intact and assures durability. The shampoos may vary depending on the hair type, so it necessary to examine the products carefully before purchase. Once the proper methods are executed, your hairpiece will keep its durability and natural appearance. Overdoing the shampoo would mean that you are cutting the life of the hair system but you can always shampoo your own growing hair everyday by tying the hair system in a bun and covering it with a shower cap and you can start shampooing your own natural hair.More than this will risk the hair from drying out or make the hair tangles but if shampooing should be done to a minimum, conditioning the hair should be done daily for it will help maintain the hair looking softer and healthier and the best conditioner for this kind of hair is the leave-in conditioner. As mentioned above, there is no need to shampoo the hair system every day unless of course you are working in areas that are quiet dirty like the coal mines. Hair replacement system needs to be cleaned, but doing this may mean more harm than good. Of course we do no want to wear the hair system looking and smelling awful therefore, it is necessary that we have to keep it clean. We can only do this when needed or once or twice a week.
If daily shampooing of the hair system is not recommended so is daily blow drying of the hair for this will cause the hair to become unmanageable, dry and brittle.The water contains hard chemicals, therefore if daily shampooing is done daily, then if these hard chemicals will start to build up on the hair system
The best place for a wig to live is on a wig block , Styrofoam head, wig box or even a clean clear plastic bag. This will insure that it is not being crushed or flattened in any way.
