when i first found out that i had
alopecia was really debilitating for me
if you would have told me that i'm
sitting in a room with people that i
don't know without my wig two years ago
i probably would not believe you at all
but here we are so i'm excited to see
how much more like self growth i have
with it
hi i'm maria blardinelli and today i'm
getting a red wig when i first lost my
hair due to alopecia i was blonde so the
wigs i had for a year or so after that
were blonde because they looked the most
natural to me and then recently i tried
on a brunette wig with mona and i loved
the way i looked in it so i switched and
started wearing that so i think it'll be
fun to have a red wig coming up for
festival season in the summer months
when i was 18 that was the first time i
ever figured out that i had alopecia i
was getting my highlights done for
coachella and my stylist to turn me
around and said have you ever seen this
bald spot before
i thought there's no way i'm going bald
like i'm 18 how is that possible came
home that night to my mom
sobbing thought it was going to be the
worst thing ever i was never going to
feel pretty again but then over the
summer was the first time i couldn't put
my hair up in a ponytail without seeing
the spots on the back so i sought out
finding a wig and i had a really hard
time opening up to people about my story
because i was still really grappling
with the fact that this was the rest of
my life so
when i was wearing the wig i kind of
stopped a lot of the things that
probably would have helped me feel
better about myself at the time and
bring me endorphins and then i found
mona at the wig fairy and she started
doing my wigs and immediately made me
feel so confident and so pretty and so
worthy
so i drop off my wigs here with mona so
that she can wash and style them
the first person that is going to see my
red wig is my mom i'm so excited to see
her and show her my wig because my mom
really has been like
everything
like since i first had alopecia like she
used to tell me like i wish it could be
me and not you like she wanted to be
there for me and then now like i text
her and i'm like oh i'm going to see
mona like i facetime her when i'm at the
salon and show her like my new styles
and stuff and she's been
like the biggest source of like
empowerment ever
so i'm like unbelievably grateful for
her
hi i'm mona zaga and i'm the founder of
the wick fairy the wick fairy is known
for customizing human hair wigs for
women going through medical hair loss or
natural hair loss
i have been in the wig world for about
10 years now
i've been doing hair for over about 18
years and i found my
voodoo in doing wigs that's where my
happy place is
it's important for me to be in the hair
loss community because i have realized
over the years there is not enough
people out there to be helping people
that are going through the medical hair
loss and it's very unfortunate because 1
out of 10 women are battling some type
of hair loss every day but my goal is at
the wick fairies honestly to shine light
through the hair loss community because
most of us go through it but no one ever
talks about it so i want to bring out
the pretty side of hair loss it's really
nice to be able to give a helping hand
when i can and i can't imagine my life
doing anything else but this
today i have my beautiful maria here she
looks amazing in anything i put on her
but now it's time for the red wig so i'm
really excited to make that
transformation for her
hello hi mona
okay can i get this thing off
yeah there we go there we go so let's
get rid of that show this beauty that
we've got going on here thank you so i
picked out a couple of redheads for you
let's try a couple of different ones and
then we'll pull out the one that we like
the most
and then we'll get to work okay
today finding the perfect wig for maria
i'm going to be putting on several
different red tone wigs for her to make
sure that the color matches her skin
tone
we're going to have maria sit down and
we're going to give her the dream cut
she has a wig that has bangs in it she
has a wig that has a drape bang in it so
what we're thinking about doing on this
new current piece is giving her a little
bit longer flowier layers that she could
have something a little bit different
what i do is i love to spritz the top of
the hair before i move forward with any
type of cut because i like to give it
that natural body
once i do that then i will take my
regular scissors and i will be giving
her longer layers around the face
i end up styling the wig after i do that
in order to see where the bangs that
i've just cut
lay and if i need to cut any more than i
do that at that point
to camouflage
maria's hairline where because she has a
lace front and a skin top we're using
the wig fairy powder with an angled
brush that we're going to go into the
hairline
and have it look more natural that it's
growing out of her scalp i always
recommend our clients to have their wigs
cut step by step instead of cutting it
off right away because the hair does not
grow and it's nice to feel out the hair
for a while and see if you need any more
cuts done to it and now time for the
mirror reveal
you ready yes for
your review yes oh my gosh
yeah
oh
wow it looks so good
it colors everything especially with my
eyes yeah it's like exactly what i
wanted your beautiful eyes
thank you
yay i can't wait to walk into a room and
just like
i'm coming in detention yeah exactly
oh it's perfect
thank you so much
good i'm so happy
i am obsessed with the new red wig i
feel so confident and so sexy
maria looks stunning as always in her
new redhead wig
her eyes are very light and she really
pulls off this red hair color so i'm so
glad that she went with this option
so the wig is adjustable at the back
here and it's tightened or they'll sew
it to be a little bit tighter so that it
lays completely flat on your head but
it's completely secure on my head right
now it's not going anywhere
this look a hundred percent boosts my
confidence i cannot wait to try new
outfits with it to take a million
instagram photos
maintaining a wig is pretty easy anyone
can wash their own wigs and style their
own wigs since all the wigs that we
carry is all human hair wigs but we do
offer the service that you can bring it
into the salon and have it washed have
it colored on regular basis a normal wig
typically wears about two to three weeks
my mom is going to be so excited when
she sees me
and i cannot wait to show her
my 18 year old self would be so proud of
me right now and i mean my 20 year old
self is really proud of me right now
the wake fairy we carry several wicks
here any of our wigs could be arranged
anywhere from a thousand dollars up to
about three to four thousand dollars and
that goes based on length hair quality
and hair color
for other women especially young girls
going through alopecia don't let it hold
you back from doing absolutely anything
you want try as many wigs as you can
have as much fun as you can with it make
it a creative outlet in your life
instead of something to hide from people