(comb thuds)
- Damn.
(spitting noises)
(coughs)
- Synthetic hair gets everywhere.
It gets in your mouth.
(uptempo jazz music)
- Hi, I'm Mui, and today I'm gonna see if
I can make a cheap Amazon wig
look expensive.
It's not this one, by the way.
(saxophone music)
So, I've seen this trend on tiktok recently,
where people are getting these cheap,
Amazon wigs, and making them look expensive.
Like, they look fresh.
You see a lot of the before,
the wig looking shake and go.
And then the after, where the wig is looking
amazing.
I'm shook.
I need to figure out if I can master the between.
Okay, if I'm going to make this work,
I'm going to need some rules.
Number one, I need to see if I can get a wig
for around twenty pounds.
Number two, I have to style
and install the wig myself.
Number three, I have to see if I can look
like a tiktok baddie.
We'll see about that one.
And, just to clarify,
I'm obviously not an expert
on installing any kind of wig.
This wig is basically a hat
with another hat on top, right now.
So, that's the levels we're dealing with.
Right.
Time to look for my new headpiece.
(downtempo jazz music)
There are so many places to buy wigs.
You can get wigs on ASOS, AliExpress,
and Amazon, of course.
And that's where I'm going to buy my wig.
There are so many wigs,
and they're out of my price range.
As much as I do want this, for sixty pounds,
I have to keep scrolling, again.
This is actually much harder
than I thought it was going to be.
I thought it would be like bang,
the cheap wig, lace run.
Maybe twenty pounds was just a bit too cheap.
Okay!
I think, I think I've got it.
I have a winner,
it is over budget.
It's a little bit over budget,
it's twenty-three ninety-nine.
But honestly, I think it's
the best I'm going to get.
So, already kind of failed at number one, but.
Okay, got the wig, let's go.
(cellophane crinkling)
Woo, okay, here we go.
Ooh.
Like, I know it's synthetic,
but it's really, nice?
The hair is really soft.
Okay, let's see if I can install this.
I've got some tongs to help style the wig,
I've got some duck bill clips
to help, clip it, in place.
These are what fits the wig,
onto the wig head,
which is also very useful.
Um, I've got a wide tooth comb.
Cool.
Uh, I have a wig cap, um, and the shade
is like, way lighter than my skin tone
so I can add my foundation.
I've got Got2Be glued,
more Got2Be glued,
and I've got actual wig glue,
which I'm scared to use
but we'll see.
(upbeat horn music)
This is the before.
(coughs laughing)
The hairline is really harsh so,
I have some work to do there.
Um, but yeah.
I just wanted to show you guys before.
(upbeat horn music)
That's,
that looks good to me already.
(scratching noises)
I'm gonna tweeze the hairline because,
as I said before,
it is quite harsh.
So, I'm just gonna.
(upbeat jazz music)
(scratching noises)
I don't know if I'm actually
pulling out any hair.
(scratching noises)
(soothing jazz music)
(pinging noise)
Trust the process.
(scratching noises)
I am very worried because
these tongs only have two settings:
On and Off.
So, I don't know how hot this is gonna be.
This hair could melt.
This hair really could melt right now.
So.
I'm not seeing any smoke,
so that's a good sign.
(soothing jazz music)
(alarm ringing)
There was a little bit of smoke,
there was a little bit of smoke.
Cut.
(off-air signal beeps)
You know what,
I think this wig has quite a nice
natural wave to it so,
I'll just style it as is.
(fail horn blasts)
No need to tong.
Okay,
here I am,
wig cap on.
A lot of people,
oh my god.
I look like I'm in a con job.
Just like snip,
at the ears.
Oh my god, these are kitchen scissors.
I'm very scared.
(sensational jazz music plays)
Feeling fabulous.
Got2Be glued,
it's the Blasted Freeze spray.
And then I'm just gonna spray
the hairline where the wig is gonna sit.
I don't know how much I'm meant
to put on my head.
It's kind of leaking down
towards my, okay, that's not okay.
(jazz music plays)
(blowing noises)
Ooh!
Ugh.
(blowing noises)
Woo.
(chopping noises)
I have to cut the excess wig cap
off my head.
Oh my god.
(uptempo jazz music plays)
Follow the glue of my new
fake hairline.
I'm looking good.
Okay, it's not perfect
but, ya' know.
I need to kind of color match it
to my skin
so I've got my foundation here.
And you're meant to use powder foundation
but, I don't own that.
So, I'm using my liquid foundation.
(banging noise)
Woop!
I swear, everyone always makes this
look so easy but,
it just looks really crap.
I'm gonna use my hairdryer again
so it like, bakes in.
That's not a technical term.
(blowing noises)
Cool.
And now for the step
that I have been dreading.
(slamming noise)
Wig glue.
This like, literally affixes it
to my head.
I'm just doing little dots
of glue.
(blowing noises)
Oh, I probably shouldn't use my finger.
I'm just gonna use one of these, like,
duck bill like, clips.
Because, um, innovation.
I'm feeling like I look like Dr. Evil.
Ya' know.
It's so funny that
I'm going through all this effort
because, if you remember what the wig
looked like.
(suspenseful jazz music)
It doesn't deserve all this love.
(blowing noises)
Oh my god.
I actually forgot a step.
Before the glue,
I'm meant to try the wig on,
and like, measure it.
And kind of do a practice cut,
and I can't do that now
because there is glue on my head.
This is the worst how-to ever.
This is a like a don't do this.
This is like a warning,
this is like a don't do this how-to
sort of video.
Okay.
(soothing jazz music)
It's good, it's good,
it's cool.
It's so cool.
I'm just gonna use a wide tooth comb
to really,
get at that glue stuck in.
So, this is my new hair now.
I don't know if I can take this off.
Okay, it's, it's glued.
Oh no.
I'm just gonna go for it.
We,
I never,
I've never cut my own lace.
I've never done it.
So, this is gonna be
either amazing or,
tragic.
(soothing jazz music plays)
Hello.
It's like curtains,
face curtains.
That might be a new trend.
Gucci, I'm watching out,
still got it.
Okay.
(soothing jazz music plays)
Okay.
The wigs they basically just throw on,
they have really harsh hairlines.
Ugh.
(clacking noise)
(soothing jazz music plays)
(whooshing noise)
(fail horn blares)
(whooshing noise)
Cool.
(heavy rap music plays)
(coughing noise)
(fail horn blares)
(upbeat jazz music plays)
Did I succeed at this challenge?
No.
I guess I could have tweezed
the hairline a bit more.
And I could have cut the lace better.
And maybe I shouldn't have glued
the wig to my head.
What am I gonna do now
with my hair?
I'm going to go back to
wearing my wigs as a hat
with another hat on top.
I miss my berets.
In fact,
(popping noise)
ta-dah!
Much better.
(trumpet jazz music)