WIG CHALLENGE 2014
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Evolving78
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I can't wait to order my new friend! She is from sensational I think? Her name is Lucy!
Evolving78
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it looks just like your hair! I'm glad you went public at work with it! Did it help with styling time getting ready for work?
Evolving78
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I'm ordering my wig this weekend! She is going to look so good on me! I love short pixie wigs on me. I need my flat iron for Molly. I don't feel like spending any money to get another one. I let my mom borrow mine and it's broken. She doesn't wrap cords around correctly so yeah... I gotta figure out how to keep my ends from drying out when my hair is braided? It's fine when twisted.
divachyk
Instagram: adaybyjay
shortdub78, thank you. Yes! Took maybe like 5 mins. I did the bun on the wig last night. This morning, I moisturized my hair, cross wrapped and pinned my hair, threw on wig cap and wig, pinned that, put on a headband to hide the wig band, done! It was quicker than doing my own hair.
BklynHeart
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Do any of you put concealer or makeup on the part to make it look more natural? I ordered a wig that has a 'banana part' but the scalp part is still a bit dense. I don't know if I should do the makeup trick or take a tweezer and tweeze some of the hair out.
Evolving78
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I did the concealer thing and everyone thought it was my hair.
mshoneyfly
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I have concealer on the one Im wearing today. Its stays on there for days. Last week I extended it down to the edge of my own scalp but IDC today.
I think it still looks good enough.
I LOVE this HHJ!!
I think it still looks good enough.
I LOVE this HHJ!!
BklynHeart
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shortdub78, mshoneyfly, thanks! one more question, did you use the concealer stick with a thin brush to apply? I want to make sure I nail this thing. 
Evolving78
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I did it with a thin brush, like a brush for eye lining.shortdub78, mshoneyfly, thanks! one more question, did you use the concealer stick with a thin brush to apply? I want to make sure I nail this thing.
divachyk
Instagram: adaybyjay
After a million questions from coworkers, I admitted I'm wearing a wig. They were shocked and in disbelief but I feel so much better getting that off my chest. Now we can all move about our day and be great and the attention is no longer on my hair.
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divachyk
Instagram: adaybyjay
What's the advantage to doing braids underneath the wig? I braided my hair tonight (in celie plaits because I can't conrow) but I'm unsure what benefit there is to doing this over having my hair cross wrapped underneath. Oh and, I don't have bumpy looking wigs with cross wrapped hair.
NGraceO EnExitStageLeft and other ladies...your thoughts?
ETA: mshoneyfly, how do you like the Italian Yaki wig
NGraceO EnExitStageLeft and other ladies...your thoughts?
ETA: mshoneyfly, how do you like the Italian Yaki wig
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NGraceO
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I do plaits under my wig simply because it fits in seamlessly with my low manipulation regimen. I do everything in those plaits. I wash in plaits, I DC in plaits, and leave my plaits in (after moisturizing/sealing) until the next wash, under my wigs.
That's the only reason, lol.
ETA: I did cornrows to try something new and after a few weeks realized I was losing both time and hair ( breakage). I headed straight for my plaits.
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EnExitStageLeft
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divachyk
EXACTLY!The bolded
When I wig I literally do not comb my hair for 3 weeks and believe it or not my braid takedown is ridiculously easy and so is detangling.
NGraceO
How were you receiving breakage from cornrolls? I wear them and recieve little to no breakage at all. Then again I don't remove them for weeks at a time. I literally wash/dc my cornrolls every 2 weeks lol.
divachyk
Instagram: adaybyjay
NGraceO EnExitStageLeft, thank you. How do you moisturize the roots area of the plaits?
Renewed1
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Girl I hate when they dig deep like that. Usually yet folks know when it's a wig/weave.
They ask me about my hair I'll ask them about theirs r their clothes. I hate when they do that.
Just venting ignore me.....lol
NGraceO
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The added manipulation just didn't work for me, I guess.
I just noticed that during the removal/ detangling process that preceded a wash, I was shedding more hair when I cornrowed compared to when I stuck to plaits.
NGraceO
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I only use a spray moisturizer (aphoghee provitamin) which makes reaching all parts super easy
divachyk
Instagram: adaybyjay
Trust and believe I feel you Renewed1. I had no intentions owning up to it was a wig but after they kept asking random questions I was like, "please stop, this is a wig." I was relieved after telling them because I kinda felt like I was walking on egg shells trying to avoid discussions about my hair. After telling them, I felt comfortable because the cat was out of the bag.
NGraceO
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Evolving78
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Shea moisture shine and hold spray! Please go and get it! It's part of my holy grail! Leaves my hair so soft and shiny! Great for bunning, moisturizing new growth, air drying, refreshing twists and braids, etc..
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divachyk
Instagram: adaybyjay
I just pulled out Annabelle's Perfect Blends and my hair feels amazing NGraceO. Thanks for the reminder how much sprays rock. I now need to get me a better wig cap and I'll be set. So tell me, what's the art to washing in braids without the hair tangling? My shed hair seems to tangle and coil around the line of demarcation.
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Evolving78
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oh you have something! Lol
divachyk
Instagram: adaybyjay
Oh yeah shortdub78, I have summa everythang up in this stash. 
Thanks for the rec though.
Thanks for the rec though.
mshoneyfly
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shortdub78, mshoneyfly, thanks! one more question, did you use the concealer stick with a thin brush to apply? I want to make sure I nail this thing.
BklynHeart
The concealer I have has a fairly small brush but its not angled. I think thats what I really need to make a nice fine line. I actually have one but I use it with acetone to clean the polish off my cuticles. It says its a concealer brush (for makeup). Gonna pick up another one from target this weekend.
You can do it!! Its surprisingly easy.
I LOVE this HHJ!!
