 Well, hello there beautiful. So before I was a fabulous youtuber Before I was who I am now Which I don't know what that is I was broke. Okay. I did not have money. I It was a lot. I have very expensive tastes and I had no money, which doesn't really work out very well So when I was Balling on a budget as the kids say I still had a love for nice wigs. Okay. I love wigs I just love the fact that you can transform your entire look like that maximum outcome with minimal energy, which is how I like to run my life and I couldn't afford those expensive wigs that were pre-plucked and pre-laid and pre-sewn and full lace and you know the wigs that I use now Which I'm very fortunate to be given them by companies. Thank you to all of you guys So today I bought this wig. All right with my own money This wig right here is from Amazon. It was 38 doll hairs and She's seen better days. So when I was balling on a budget. I learned how to transform these things into works of art. All right, I laid them flat. I Styled them. I did so many things to them and today I'm taking a trip down memory lane and I'm gonna show you guys how I can transform this kind of hideous wig But good for the money into a magical just gorgeous natural nearly natural looking fabulous It's it's cute for the price, but we can make it a thousand times better and with a very minimal effort So here's a little overview of it girl Nobody's hair is this long and this thick all the way towards the ends and like honey We all wish but no it doesn't happen without hair extensions this hairline So unrealistic. Nobody's hairline looks like that honey. I'm sorry. We all wish our hairlines looked like this She doesn't even have a part. I mean we're gonna fix her the f up So it's time for me to ruin my good hair day and put this wig on my head for you guys to see What I'm working with here. Hi, my name is Whitney I'm from Delaware. I moved to New York City last year and I'm working in pr That's what this wig is telling me. So Whitney needs a makeover, but as you guys can see it's kind of cute like it's not the worst thing in the entire world It's workable clearly. I haven't cut the lace off yet. So I'm gonna show you guys all the hacks that I have to transform this drabby unrealistic looking wig into A gorgeous Let's do it So firstly, I'm gonna take some clothing pins and just pin this lace down Don't pin it too close to the edge because you don't want to ruin the lace It will stretch the lace out a bit put down There we go. All right step one So the first hack to making your wig look a little more realistic kind of doesn't apply to this wig I'm sorry. Kind of a lame first tip But usually I would pluck the hairline But in this case this is synthetic hair if you were using real hair it would pluck but synthetic hair Which is basically just plastic doesn't really pluck out that easily and usually rips the lace because it's a very tough material So typically I would go in and fix this hairline to make it look a little less full and thick and crazy Like it does now, but it'll work once I cut the lace off. It'll look much better But that's the first step if you don't know how to do that There's plenty of videos on youtube on how to do that. So just look them up real quick You'll figure it out. But the next hack that I have to share does apply to this wig. Yes, you're welcome I am actually going to take a steamer. It looks like this I bought this on amazon very inexpensive and also like the best steamer ever This is like a bit one big amazon ad today. We're gonna brush her hair out I usually like to use a brush with natural bristles in it that are very bendy because otherwise It's just gonna pull up the hair way too much. Synthetic hair does get very tangled easily You don't want to pull out it too much or else you're gonna break all the hair off. So Even like a full plastic Detangling brush those don't usually work very well for this either So we're gonna part it where our desired part is which Hair hack number three don't part in the center It's just not gonna look as realistic as it possibly can I would part it slightly off to the side That way the eye is kind of tricked because when it is symmetrical on the top your eyes go right towards it And if it's not perfectly symmetrical, you're gonna clock that wig in two seconds So that's why I like to do a little off-center. That way your eye isn't attracted to it right away Brush it back. Make sure this is nice and even This wig is only laced for the first two inches and don't make the part too perfect That's not really how natural hair work and now We're going to take our steamer and just gently steam this part into her hair with the plastic fibers I mean, you know how plastic works. It melts under heat, right? So we're kind of just melting it a tiny bit so we can reform it into the position we want it to be in It's pretty fun Hold it down with your hand for a second just to get it set in there See now even if you try and part to the side it still has a part in there. You can also go like this Lay it flat. Our goal here is to really get this as flat as possible That way when you put this on your head if you do already have hair underneath your wig That already adds a lot of volume to your hair So you're trying to make your wigs as flat as possible That way when you put it on top of those braids or whatever you have you're not getting like a bulky wig situation Which is never ever cute ever. So you want it to be extremely extremely flat You can even part it and get the underneath first Give yourself a little facial By the way, a lot of the things I'm using in today's video will be linked below for you So check it out All right, so now we're going to finish straightening the rest of the hair the heat will straighten the hair So you're just going to brush it out and then apply this steam You don't need to be perfectly straight Just getting a little bit of that wave out will help you Bam she is laid flat As can be perfect So this next part you guys might be a little bit scared about but I promise you it's not hard and also It's gonna be a razor. This will also be linked below if you would like to buy it But we're gonna do a little razor in here and razors are very friendly. They are easy to use You'll see we're gonna push your head to one side We're gonna put our razor in our hands like this And we're just gonna get rid of some of this bulk because nobody's hair is this thick on the ends or in the middle Or anywhere really first off Let's section out a little bit of hair up here hair is never this long in the front It's always the first place hair breaks off is around the edges of the head We're gonna damage your hair for her to make it look more real So we're just gonna take our razor and just start like at the chin And get rid of some of that hair around her face that way this will open up your face also when you put the wig on That's a lot of hair We're gonna wear that let's make a huge difference just to give you that little little texture Look at that. So good a little texture up there. Let's do another side again Again below the chin and then just work your way down Super easy with the razor the realisticness of real hair. It's always a little shorter in the front Oh, it already looks so much better. Look at that gorgeous And now I'm just gonna thin out her hair So I am going to take sections like so and just point your razor down and just get rid of that surface Layer of hair get rid of enough hair. So it's not extremely thick by doing this You're adding layers to the hair. So that way when you push it up, it stays see all that texture you're adding Beautiful and don't be scared to get rid of a lot of hair if your wig is super bulky And just really go in on that underneath layer and just get rid of all of that hair Just because you don't need it there and it's only going to add to the bulk The reason why we don't do on the top of the head is because you don't want a bunch of short pieces sticking out on the top That's not cute. I've made that mistake before. It's not fun Look how laid flat that is is a little layered in the front going around the face Push it up it stays like that and I'm gonna go ahead and off camera and finish that up And do the same thing all around the wig and I'm gonna get rid of this length I'm probably gonna chop it like that short just because it's Again, it's just not realistic to have hair this length and I don't think it looks cute. So I will do that and I'll be right back Okay, so I just got rid of a lot a lot of hair on her head It's still really long but as you can see so much more realistic and this length is so pretty I can't wait to put on my head. So now this is the step that people abuse a lot. All right, and that is the baby hair moment Listen people took this trend this baby hair wig trend and really really overdid it Just like the whole instagram makeup trend. So we're gonna part less than a half an inch No, you know what like centimeter of hair in the front tiniest bit of hair just like that Comb this forward. Let's leave like an inch long. Just get rid of it. I don't need you anymore You can even skip this stuff. You don't like baby hairs This is just nice for when you glue it down And you just want to like make the seam from where your skin is to where the lace starts seamless I don't always do it, but why not today? You can use your scissors and cut a little bit more I like to really thin out the baby hairs that way because nobody's baby hairs are thick like this That side is all finished Beautiful. Okay done with that stuff. That is probably one of the most important steps all of that cutting now We have her lane. We had the baby hair snatched. We have the cut We got rid of the bulkiness now. We're gonna curl the hair I'm gonna do very very loose beach wave skin. I keep saying natural thousand times But we're gonna give her that natural beach wave look you can leave it straight But I wouldn't really recommend it if you're worried about your hair looking unrealistic when it's synthetic I'm gonna add a little bit of texture in her hair just because I feel like that looks more natural I'm gonna set this iron to around 300 degrees, which is a little hot But you'll see I'm not gonna leave the heat on her hair for too long. It's gonna be very very very quick Let's do it. We're gonna add a tiny touch of hairspray. I'm using Orbe Superfine Which is very expensive. You don't need to use this But you can just use like a cheap hairspray and just lightly coat the hair just to give it something to hold on to Let me curl Boom bang boom bang boom and let it just sit Don't touch the curls because what's happening is the plastic is heating up So you want to let the plastic cool down before you move it around too much that way the curl Sets in the hair and again, we're not trying to get a like an actual curl in the hair We're just trying to get texture. You're gonna see it's gonna look kind of like a little bend I'm really just trying to like mess up the hair a little bit So it doesn't look as perfect. You can then twist it with your hand and then let that sit Heat it up heat it up heat it up Twist it and let it sit Awesome now you can rake your hands through and you're gonna get that little bit of added texture See the difference between the two sides a little more textured over here and Definitely straight over here and you can just keep going with this until you have the desired outcome you're looking for I'm gonna keep going off camera and I'll be right back All right. We have that side finished spray with hairspray Get those waves to set in Take my dry shampoo. This is a lifesaver with synthetic wigs It's gonna get rid of the shine and add that little bit of texture. We're looking for Like that looks perfect beautiful Do not overdo the hairspray though because then the wig will get tangled very easily I recommend light hold rather than strong hold or else they will get tangled on you Don't say I didn't warn you. All right. And now this last and final step It's probably one of the most fun because it kind of ties in everything together It gives it that really really natural touch and that is the root color Not many people have this color growing out of their heads So we're gonna give her a bit of a brown cool colored root moment with eyeshadow and an eyeshadow brush All right, so i'm gonna use this old morphe palette that I have It's just I think it's like three pibo palette any brown color will work Just make sure it's dark enough for whatever your hair you're putting it on obviously So i'm gonna dip into this like cool brown color over here And i'm using this kind of like blending packer brush. I don't know We're gonna do that and we're gonna go right in this is pretty self-explanatory and just give her that root And if it's not dark enough go and use a different color This is also gonna be really nice because it's gonna get rid of that shine That's right at the root and this looks absolutely amazing Just try and not get it too much on the part, which I just did otherwise you're gonna have like a really dark part It's not pretty So that's once I done I hope you can see it on camera that made a huge difference It got rid of that shine and it gave her that natural looking root moment that we're looking for Now i'm gonna go over on this side and do the same thing You can also get creative with this and leave the pieces in the front out and have like a face frame moment Right around the face and then darker around the rest of the head But I am not a huge fan of that look so I'm gonna make it all dark up here and it is gonna look fabulous I think I said that the last step was the last step, but this is actually the last step I'm gonna take a concealer that's in my color put it on my hand here And we're gonna paint that part very very lightly with brush like this Don't put too much because it looks really obvious when you put too much of this on here Just tapping it I'm rubbing it in All right I'm just gonna cut the lace off real quick and then I'm gonna apply it to my head Some people like to cut the lace with a little bit of extra room up here But I like to cut it as close as possible to the hairline So here you guys have it. This is the finished look. I mean 38 dollars Where where sweetie? I realize that this still doesn't look like a totally unbelievably Realistic wig, but I think I can say that I slayed this challenge I mean it looks pretty damn good for what it came from and how much it cost it Listen, I would wear this out. It looks good and I'd be proud to rock it We did a haircut. We did a baby hair number We did a root number. I lightly waved it. I styled it We did everything and I think that this looks a whole lot better and the color looks fabulous I'm obsessed with it and I did not glue down this wig. I did not glue down the baby hairs This is just the wig popped on my head in two seconds. That's pretty good. It's pretty impressive I hope you guys learned a thing or two about how to snatch your cheap wigs because girl I know what it's like to be in a budge and want to look fabulous at the same time. All right Thank you guys so much for watching today. 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