my hair journey has just been an
emotional roller coaster
i never really viewed wigs as an option
or an alternative for
my hair issues back in the day kind of
just seemed taboo
but now i mean it's all over instagram
i'm hopping on the bandwagon
hi my name is carly and today i'm
getting a custom wig but before you see
my transformation make sure to subscribe
below
so growing up i had these luscious
beautiful curls
everyone was envious of them and as i
got older
i burned my hair with straighteners
curlers i got
perms i got all these chemical
treatments
it took me all these years to finally
accept my own hair
i told myself that i would let it grow
out and just live the natural life
and then i started experiencing hair
loss
it's a very emotional thing and it's
really taken a toll on my self-esteem
to have it be falling out it just feels
really unfair and
really frustrating after nights of
crying and crying and you know
seeing all this hair fall out in the
shower i am getting a
custom wig today i'm also very eager to
learn just the general tips and tricks
for maintaining a wig
i know that they're expensive and i am
not trying to put this up
i'm just ready to look bomb
hey carly hi okay so you're here today
to get your custom wig yes
my name is daley green and i am the
owner of h2
salon brooklyn your beautiful curly hair
thank you
the color's beautiful the curl was
gorgeous thank you
what we're going to do first is okay
and then we'll put the lids on i'm so
excited
we are going to put her hair into two
ponytails and braid them down
and then after that we're going to take
the two pigtails
and crisscross them and pin them very
gently
in the back of her head so that she
feels comfortable
i do not like tension i don't like
tightness and i don't think for her hair
texture
that there needs to be this braid down
that needs to happen
i also want her to be able to take it
off and
take her hair out and wash it and then
put it back in when she wants to do it
again
how i got into making custom wigs was
this was about 10 years ago there were a
lot of women transitioning
out of relaxers into curly hair and
instead of doing weaves
i thought a safer approach would be to
do a wig
easy enough pretty flat and it's close
to your head
okay that's really good cool if you want
remember those clips
that kind of go back yeah yeah yeah
i can do this yeah it's easy pretty easy
yeah
i made a wig for carly and i colored it
for her
we are going to put the wig onto carly's
head
here is your custom wig it's beautiful
i'm so excited
the texture matches your hair perfect
what i want you to do is take both of
your fingers at the temples of your head
okay so you're gonna kind of hold this
with the tip of your finger
and i'm gonna pull this back so i didn't
put a wig cap on you only because wig
caps are a little bit warm
and hot and also too i feel like they're
made out of a synthetic material nylon
and so it's like wearing a pair of
pantyhose on your head all day and i
feel like the tension
yeah from that rubbing can take away
your hairline yeah we don't need that
no so this is just the lace base
i'm gonna cut the wig and frame her face
so that it really looks like it's her
hair one of the most important aspects
of getting a wig is getting it cut to
fit the person's face
and their style sometimes wigs come and
they're too long
sometimes wigs come and they're too
heavy in the front so it's important
to really have a bespoke wig experience
and curtail it to the need of the client
after it's been cut
i'm going to take the wig off of her i'm
going to wet it down
i'm going to dry it under the dryer on
its own and then once it's completely
dry
i'm going to put the wig back onto
carly's head
i'm going to style it curly so that it
looks just like her hair
and she's all done okay are you ready
for this i am i'm so excited for you
okay let me turn you around oh my god
it's so natural like it looks like my
hair it really does it's beautiful
good i'm glad that's all the volume that
i i don't have anymore
and i want it how do you feel about the
color it's beautiful
okay you know my hair is damaged and i
don't want to put color in it so this is
perfect it looks like a sun kissed good
it's gorgeous
when wearing a wig i think that it's
important to take care of your hair
underneath
carly is a beautiful young woman who was
experiencing hair loss
and i do understand that it is a
personal issue that she has to grapple
with
every single day so doing this wig for
her
is been very pleasurable for me and i'm
so excited that we found texture that
matches hers
and enhances what she already has it
looks like me
it is me it's beautiful
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