Hi everybody! So now you got this cool wig. You know how to wear it, and brush it, and
you know how to store it. You're definitely off to a great start. But there comes a time where you think... this is something you wear on your head. Out in the world. In the environment where there is dirt and
there's wind that blows that dirt into your wig. Also, that wigs are kinda hot sometimes and your head may be all sweaty and gross
under there. Or you could have so much product in your
wig that it doesn't even move. And then there's other things like lingering
bad smells like cigarette smoke that you just really don't like. And it seems like it's trapped in your wig
forever! When it's time to wash your wig, you'll know
it. Here's how I do it. So to start off, you'll need some kind of
shampoo for synthetic hair. I get this from Sally's, but any beauty supply
store that sells extensions should carry something like it. Let's start by filling a sink or basin with
water. If you are washing a wig with tight curls
or that has a very distinct style that you want
to stay intact, use super cold water. The colder the water, the more likely the
style is to stay. On the other end of the spectrum, if you want
to loosen up the style, use hot water. And for everything in between that, I usually
just use cool water. Add some shampoo to the water while it's filling
up to get some good soapy bubbles. You'll want to follow the instructions on
the back of the shampoo bottle for whatever shampoo you have. Sometimes they will tell you how much to use, but this one doesn't, so I just kinda wing
it. So before you ever put your wig in water, you'll want to brush it out. Once it is wet, it will be much, much harder
to brush out. So anyway, after your wig is brushed out, you're just going to dunk it down in the water. Make sure that it is completely submerged. And then I just gently agitate the wig with
this kind of motion around in the water to make sure that you
get shampoo throughout all of it and get it all clean. Then I usually let it sit for a few minutes. This steps varies depending on who you ask,
but personally, I like to let 'em soak for like 5-10 minutes. Okay so once the wig has been soaking for
a little bit, I come back to wash it out. Here I am lifting the wig up out of the sink
while the dirty soapy water drains out of it. And after it's all drained, I use clean water
to rinse all of the shampoo out of the wig. You'll want to do this until there are no
more bubbles in the water. It does take a while for a little faucet like
this one, so if you have a sprayer attached to your
sink, that is definitely a faster approach to rinsing. And again, this wig is really long and really
thick. Shorter ones are easier and they're gonna
be faster to wash and to rinse out. Once I can ring out the wig and no more bubbles
come out, the wig is clean and ready to dry. I squeeze out as much of the excess water
as I can because the more water you can get out, the faster
it's going to dry. Then I just lay the wig flat out on a towel
and let it air dry. The drying times varies depending on thickness,
length, and style, so for big wigs like this one, I usually just
let it sit overnight. And as tempting as it is to get in there and brush
it out right away, you should wait for it to dry before brushing
out the tangles so you don't damage your wig. But once it's dry, by all means, go ahead
and brush it out. I put mine on a Styrofoam head to brush it
out. But If you don't have a Styrofoam head and
stand, you can just put it on your own head and brush
it out from there. And as long as you didn't use super hot water
to wash the wig, it should pop right back into the style it
was in before it was a wet blob in your sink. You can see here that the little hair flips
in the Hologram style from Rockstar Wigs came right back with like very little effort
or styling at all. Pretty cool! Okay, so that's it! Now your wig is clean! The wig that I washed today is a basic cap
synthetic wig. Meaning that the inside of the cap looks like
this. Lacefronts should be treated a little differently in that you should only run water in the direction
that the hairs go, so for example, from inside the wig cap out. If you run water against the knots, it could push the knocks backwards into the
cap and you might have little strays everywhere. Or it could push the hair out all together. And that's not good. You don't want that happening
to your pretty lace wigs. Also when soaking a lace front, I try to leave
the lace, um, poking up out of the water. But other than that, you can follow all of
the same steps that this video showed you to wash your lace fronts! Human hair wigs are a totally different thing and require different maintenance from synthetic
wigs. I have no experience with them so I wouldn't
feel totally confident giving you guys advice on this kind of stuff, so, uh, you may have to check a different
channel if your wig is human hair as opposed to synthetic. If your wig is human hair, you'll know it. They are much more expensive than synthetic
wigs, so... Either way, I hope you found this video helpful and that you finally feel comfortable enough
to wash your wigs. I know it can be really scary to dunk your
wig in water for the first time, but hopefully this video shows you that it
is not a bad thing. I hope you guys are enjoying this wig care
series so far. If you are, give this video a thumbs up! And subscribe to my channel so that you don't
miss any future wig videos. Thanks so much for watching and I will see
you next time. Bye!