Wigs

If you are new to wigs or wear them on a daily basis, you know that there are a lot of key components in chosen the right one. Lets face it ladies sometimes this can be a bit overwhelming. In today's society wigs have become a huge part in our everyday lives from fashion, entertainers and parties They are no longer used for Halloween, dress up and clowns.

Wigs are made from several different types of material such as; horsehair, buffalo hair, and wool. The most common material is human hair and synthetic materials. Continue reading and you will have the all access guide on everything that makes wigs beautiful.


Synthetic Hair
These wigs are the cheaper of the bunch. The hair strands are made of acrylic fibers. You know that saying, "You get what you pay for." It usually works that way with synthetic hair. Most of the wigs come prestyled and are not heat resistant. High end synthetic wig manufactures have begun to use protein-based synthetic strands. This allows for the use of heating tools such as flat irons and curling iron.

Human Hair
Human hair wigs can be treated as your normal hair. You can shampoo, color and heat style. Many human hair hair wigs are virgin (hair that has not been processed), which allows you to customize the hair to your liking.

Machine Tied
Machine tied are based on strands that have been woven together with thread in an automated process.

Hand Tied
Usually are more natural and give the illusion that hair is growing from the scalp. Most hand tied wigs are made with human hair. The cap constructions feature a mesh that may be one piece or separate sections of mesh sewn together. The lace that you see in a full lace and lace front is the mesh.

Thin Sink and Monofilament
Thin skin is used in machine tied wigs to give the appearance of a natural scalp part. Monofilament is a nylon mesh piece with hand tied hairs that is added to some machine tied wigs. This process offers flexible, natural looking parts.