 Hi, beautiful. I want to make it known that you do not have to have a lot of money to have a nice wig You just need these things to create the magic. We are going to take a $16 wig I bought off sheen and transform it into a very Luxurious-looking human-haired wig and hopefully it goes as planned But you know what not everything in my life has gone to plan so hopefully this is one of them that does I used to play with synthetic wigs all the time and just learn how to make them look better I've learned from so many different creators on YouTube and TikTok different tips and techniques on how to make this hair look and feel real I'm going to show you guys everything. I've learned all in today's video So if you want to learn on how to make a synthetic wig look fresh as you've come to the right place So let's do it We're gonna breathe new life with cut color a couple of different hot water treatments Who knows what else will do what that said? Let me show you the wig here She is you guys it may have been stuffed my closet for a few weeks So it's a little ratted we can work with it So she's like not the worst wig ever, but not the best wig ever Basically, she has this sort of like a line Bob going on the hair is synthetic She has this side bang going on that I'm not really a fan of the hair just feels not great So I'm thinking about really modernizing this whole look and also it has no lace This is just a plastic scalp, but I have to say that the plastic scalp actually looks like my scalp Which is kind of nice. So there is no lace in this week. It is all just wefts sewn on to a cap We are gonna make it look like it's the baddest sexiest wig ever But I probably just bringing like that modern style into it cutting off this a-line Moment going on like I want to keep it like at the chin But I also want to make the hair wavy so I might not cut too much length that way when it's wavy It kind of sits at the chin I want to add a little root on there to make it look more realistic and add a little bit of depth on to This part to make it look like it kind of goes on my scalp and is like going in I also feel like the bangs are the worst part. They look very costumy I don't know if we need to like a like a middle part, you know shred up the bangs a bit But it needs something I need a lot of something and it's gonna get It's gonna be awesome this wig is going to be transformed it's gonna look so beautiful So let's begin transforming this wig with a little bath. I'll show you what I mean So we are going to begin by giving this hair a little wash This cleanses the wig and releases any kind of tangles you have in the hair now because this hair is plastic We're just washing the surface off. So we're gonna put this hair into hot water We're now gonna add some laundry detergent that way it can cleanse the hair fibers of any kind of oil dirt and grease and we're gonna add some fabric softener because fabric softener is basically a conditioner for Synthetic fibers. I don't know if that's true, but it sounds true. So I'm gonna go with it So we're gonna dunk that in there let that sit for 10 minutes And we're gonna bring that into the studio and start working on the haircut. I'm back. She's freshly washed I like to cover my blocks with plastic that way don't get moldy and nasty be with like wet hair You know, you don't want that. Oh and her hair feels so good Smells like laundry and I love it. We're gonna give her a haircut now wig flu so Hi miss. I am going to give you a little haircut today. What are we thinking? The A-line isn't that bad I do almost want it like chin length when it's wavy. We're gonna need to get rid of a little hair I think the most important part though here is gonna be fix these bangs Sending shears are your best friends for wigs when there's just too much hair on the head It doesn't look realistic. You don't want to go for the wigs with the most density I know it's tempting and I know what people think more is more but with wigs more is not more I actually think the less hair a wig has the more realistic it looks typically I am gonna take just my regular scissors here and I am just going to trim off I don't know just like an inch of hair. All right So we're just gonna go around and you honestly don't need to make it that perfect because what happens with wigs is Depending on what on whose head it's going on the wig will change Lengths it will look a little lopsided if people have you know, lumpy heads depending on how the person's head is shaped The haircut will mimic that so even if you do a very straight haircut right now on the wig block The haircut is going to be totally different by the time you put it on somebody's head So don't worry too much about making it perfectly even try your best and this brings me to my next point I just realized that I was using my extremely expensive shears to cut this synthetic hair Don't do that. You will ruin your shares. Um, I just have these really crappy ones and hopefully I didn't just ruin my other ones I make this shorter And let's always remember with wigs hair can be shortened, but it can't be lengthened. So be careful I think this length looks a lot more modern a lot sexier and a lot cooler So I think this is where I'm gonna keep it just right below the chin with that little cropped bob moment Now that I have trimmed the length to something a little more modern and stylish We're gonna do something that anybody can do even if you don't have a short wig and it is giving the hair face framing layers because most hair that is this light and most hair in general has some shorter length in the front just Naturally from heat damage sun damage not many people have healthy healthy hair right at the front of their head Most of the time this is the most fragile hair and it gets the most damage from the sun and from heat tools So usually you have in shorter pieces around the face We're gonna pull the hair down like this comb it down and just start taking a little bit of hair out Like that as you slide down the hair you're just taking little munches out We're gonna also extend these bangs out a bit more because I feel like they're really in my face and My face is not as small as this one is I guess Now this next part you can do on dry hair as well as wet hair dry hair You can see it visually a little better what you're doing, but I want to style the hair while it's wet So I'm not gonna dry it before and because I'm not so wet it again It's gonna be annoying, but you can do it either way I am going to thin out the hair with some thinning shears This is really important to making a wig look more realistic because most of the time people's ends are not this thick and this Healthy so you need to give it a little bit of damage that damaged look is always good also adding just a little bit inside here Like that that was a lot But that's gonna give her a little bit of these shorter layers that way it looks like she has almost like a little bit of a Sort of like chemical cut going on which is most of the time very natural for a blondes to have Unfortunately people that are this blonde usually their hair is not perfectly healthy So you got to add a little bit of texture in there to just make it look like it's not so perfect We're trying to imperfect this perfect hair to give it more life and more texture and more realism So I'm just going in there about two or three inches from the bottom of the hair And I'm just taking some of that weight out and removing it I could give her like an entire haircut and give her layers and all this stuff But because our hair is short, I'm not gonna be doing that today And my goal really is to just show you Easy tricks you can do to make the hair look better and not going too in-depth with how to cut a wig If you guys are like to see that I can totally make a video about that though And I'm just going in pretty randomly and just taking that bulk out, baby Let's get rid of a little more up here Maybe the hair is the most fine and most fragile around the face So we're gonna do that I feel like the fringe is too long to look modern. So why don't we bring it up see it with wigs It's all about tweaking as you go. I'm gonna get rid of a little more weight I'm gonna move on to the next step Oh Yes, mama like imagine to the fringe just like really lightly waved, you know I'm starting to see the vision come alive here. Oh, I'm getting excited Okay, we've reached of the styling segment and the best way to style a wig in my opinion is with some boiling water You can use a curling iron or a flat iron at a low heat setting. It will be fine for the hair However, I think it looks a little bit better when you use boiling water and you do like some styling here So what I'm gonna do I want our hair to be softly waved like a very realistic looking Wave and I'm gonna braid her hair in very large chunky sections Now the braids are gonna give us that beachy lived-in vibe So I'm gonna grab little hair elastics like this and then I'm going to braid of the hair I'm just gonna take this entire section over here if you want your waves to be super relaxed and loose take huge sections Okay, this is going to be on the tighter side, but her hair is very short So I'm gonna do very loose braids not gonna be too concerned with how perfect it is I know it looks crazy and dumb, but I swear it's gonna give her that beautiful like s pattern And so now for this top layer. I'm actually gonna be doing a twist This is also gonna make her hair wavy, but a little bit of a different wave We want variation in our head so everything's not matching up and perfect and another braid back here Make sure these are nice and tight and that's one side complete. This wig is gonna be cute as Oh, I already know that this is going to look way too good. Is there such thing baby? That's too good I don't know I can't wait to put my in this wig That is how I'm going to leave it and we're now going to dip this head into boiling hot water Now, of course, this wig is synthetic So what that boiling water is going to do is reform the hair into this structure We just put it in so it's gonna basically melt the hair a little bit and Restructure it and harden it into this beautiful wave pattern that we just created with all of these braids That's the goal at least and as you can see it's very random very crazy And I even left some hair out to be a little straighter. It's totally fine I want that very lived-in sexy texture. So let's go do that as you can see I am pouring my boiling hot water into a bowl in the sink and being very careful with it because you do not want to burn Your entire hand off. Please be careful But it real deep in that water and let that sit for like five minutes. It has longer hair if it's thicker hair Maybe a little bit longer like 10 minutes is good And then once it's done just take it out and put it in a towel and just get that water out of there Hi guys, so I have put this cap on to this wig is still wet from the boiling water treatment We did we'll call it that little treatment even though we just basically burned her hair. I am obsessed with this thing It'll be linked below. I love Hood dryer attachment. It is so nice because with wigs it takes so long to dry them Especially lace wigs. So this is gonna dry it really nice I like to put my dryer at a low setting that way it doesn't burn the hair or do anything crazy Or maybe catch the Sunfire or something like that. I don't know Now that the hair has been dried enough it is not fully dry I could have left it in here longer. I'm gonna be honest with you But we need to move the fuck on so I'm going to dry the rest of the way with a diffuser You can also just let the hair air dry if you do not have this attachment do not want to buy it air drying The hair is totally fine. It just takes a very long time like hours So we're gonna undo this and it's gonna look a lot better when we shake it out But see that natural wave we have oh It looks so good We're focusing on not putting volume on the top of the head because the more volume you have up here The more it's gonna look like a fake wig you want to look flat that way it looks like it's actually growing from your scalp I'm gonna add just a little bit of hairspray to make sure this look Last and by a little I mean just as much as possible She is looking cute, but she could look even cuter. So we're gonna push it to the max We're gonna add some dry shampoo just to mattify her hair a little bit I'm using my club kid at dry shampoo and we're just gonna dust a bit of that on the top of the hair Amazing it is looking so much more natural so much sexier I love this fringe the way it dried super natural the next step is going to be to give it a little bit of root shadow I am using this temporary color It is in the shade dark brown and you have to be so careful with this I like to use a toothbrush while I do this so I'm gonna be spraying really lightly onto the hair I think it's a little bit too blown out a little bit too blonde for my liking and I want more depth in the hair So I'm gonna be doing a root shadow on her. So we're just gonna lift up the first section And that is what that looks like and now while it's still wet you can just home it in with The toothbrush and now you have a gorgeous root shadow And we can even go right onto the top of the head And do a little sprinkle and that is that side all complete the root shadow Just gave it a little bit of depth and I love it. It looks so much better I'm just gonna give it another spritz with hairspray because I'm loving this look I think the root shadow gives it so much more life, and I'm just gonna lock it in with the hair spray Maybe a little bit of salty just to add some more texture. Maybe it's just a little more Texturizing now at the end once we're done. We can just add a little bit of texture in there and by a little I mean always a lot That completes the full Transformation I'm gonna put this on my head and show you guys the finished result I can't wait to put this on my head Love this wig. I don't give what you say. It's like punky It's cool if I was wearing like a good makeup moment if I was an actual female I feel like I would really embody this wig right now like me little smoky eye something to really spice it up I love the texture I think the texture really brought this wig the next level and made it look very realistic Like if you didn't know why I was I was walking the street like this you wouldn't think twice that this is a synthetic wig It looks like it's growing from the scalp baby girl So after a haircut a hair styling a hair washing a root shadowing We have something that looks modern and realistic and something that you really can't buy online for a synthetic wig like getting this Beachy texture in synthetic wigs is so hard if you want something like this You're gonna do it yourself and it's not that hard and you can do it easily just by braiding boiling the hair and doing a Little hair styling and it makes it look so much more modern and so much more realistic We lost that really like shiny quality to this synthetic hair as well. It's not tangled. It's super soft super light We got rid of like an inch and a half I feel like a different person in it and I love it So I hope you guys could learn something about how to make a synthetic wig look like it's worth way more I'm gonna wear it for the rest of the day and just be a and that's all If you're not already subscribed make sure you write down below Also, I click the like button and the bell icon to be notified every time I post a new video If you'd like to follow me everywhere else here on my social media handles all around me go for it I have a hair care and a color line. It is called X Mondo You can shop my hair color and my hair care right down below This is super red and super orange mixed together to make this really intense right right right Red you can also get some hair inspiration on our Instagrams at X mono hair for hair care and add X Color for color you can check out my merch. This is it. 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Yes, it would look so good if you end up doing that I would love to see it and good luck and happy birthday by the way That's all for today guys. Thank you so much for watching and don't forget to live your extra life I'll see you next time. Bye guys