i thought about wearing wigs

[femmemuscle]

i really think that "wigging it" is a great way to protect the hair while letting it grow out. There's no tension on your hair, and you can take it off at night and treat your scalp, etc.

Unfortunately, someone has this "gif" on the forum. Maybe you ladies have seen it? i think it's regarding the Ricky Lake Show. These two young ladies are talking, and suddenly one of them reaches over and snatches the other ones wig off.

Just like that. I don't know if the victim was a having a hair journey, or what, but every time i think about purchasing a wig at the BSS, that clip comes to mind.

Plus, one windy day in Oakland, this lady passed by me. I had absolutely no hair at the time, and admired her gorgeous locks. I actually thought it was her hair. And she was white.

Right when she made it to the corner, a big trade wind caught us both. Her wig blew off straight into the traffic. it bounced off two cars and landed in a far lane. The drivers sat there pretty nonplussed about it. It's Oakland..

I ran out to help her, finally picked up her wig and handed it to her. Heck, she was almost as bald as i was.

She snatched her wig out of my hands, and ran down the street. I had never seen a face so red.

 

[JFemme]

^^ too funny... or sad in their cases...

I've thought about it..but there is something about having my entire head covered that would irk me...

Plus, I'd have to have something that looked completely fun, natural and believable..

Someone recently posted a thread about nits being in wigs..., well that completely threw me off from even going in to try one on...

 

[JustSimplyTish]

^^ That was funny as heck...I feel so bad for her....

I am not a wig expert...never worn one actually...But I have seen people doing wig tuts on YT...don't they glue or pin them down or something? Please I hope so....or there would be lots of mishaps I am sure

 

[femmemuscle]

yeah, i golf a lot, plus work out in the gym, and walk by the sea quite a bit as well.

when there's a black woman on a golf range practicing.. (which is a very rare sight in the bay area), folks gather 'round to watch. This usually means, i'm the only one out there swinging most days.

Just my damn luck, i let loose with a powerful driver shot, see the ball fly up in the air, and my wig laying on the damn ground.

Someone celebrity said they used bobby pins to keep their afro wig on during a movie. But they complained that it hurt them the whole time. They secured the wig by bobby pinning it from the wig onto her natural braids beneath it.

I also work with children who like to pull my hair.. I can just see that one coming a mile off.

 

[femmemuscle]

^^ too funny... or sad in their cases...

I've thought about it..but there is something about having my entire head covered that would irk me...

Plus, I'd have to have something that looked completely fun, natural and believable..

Someone recently posted a thread about nits being in wigs..., well that completely threw me off from even going in to try one on...

trying to find a wig that's "natural" and believable" is hard. They are either too shiny, too straight or too perfect.

I see a lot of transitioners using wigs that have "straight" hair..Sorry, but after i became natural, i like kinky hair. Not too many shops sell kinky fro's... not until about halloween, or with the damn rainbow color on them.

 

[melissa-bee]

Lol, have you heard the one where a member was at a petrol station and a man was checking her out. She went to hoover her car and the hoover snatched her wig off. And when she got out the car her wig was gone and the guy still there.
I know somebody's got the post stored under their favorites if you haven't read the post yet

 

[ms.blue]

You could try pinning the wig on if the wig doesn't have combs or you don't like using the combs.
I wear half-wigs all the time and I remove the combs b/c it was causing breakage and it's was annoying me and I just use 4 hair pins to secure it down and best believe my wig does not fly off when the wind blows.

 

[Miss AJ]

That's my main fear with wigging too but i think i have a way to wear my hair under wigs. Flat twist the front and braid the ends down the side and pin the tail end across the back of the braid, and then flat twist the back and bantu knot the ends. That way if my wig flies off i have a nice hairstyle underneath so it wont be as embarassing lol.

 

[MusicandWine]

I bought two wigs recently. I never liked the idea of wearing a wig and I used to bother my mother about her wig wearing habits so I felt truly hypocritical buying them. I can't see myself wearing a wig in the summer time, it's just too hot and I know I would be adjusting that thing like it was a hat. Embarrassing things happen to me quite often so the wig blowing off or getting caught on something has crossed my mind a lot.

I bought two straight haired wigs, one short and the other long. I wore them around the house for a day and when I took them off my hair was dry, dry, dry. I've tried every type of wig cap there is and the result is always dry hair. I'm not ok with my natural hair suffering so those wigs will remain in the wig box.

 

[femmemuscle]

Lol, have you heard the one where a member was at a petrol station and a man was checking her out. She went to hoover her car and the hoover snatched her wig off. And when she got out the car her wig was gone and the guy still there.
I know somebody's got the post stored under their favorites if you haven't read the post yet

OMG!!

 

[femmemuscle]

ravenia, i'm sure you were wearing a protective style underneath the wig like someone else has mentioned right?

I was thinking that my hair would stay moisturized under them. Could it be the wig cap because it's made of nylon?

 

[JFemme]

OMG!!

Yep,

Its was "thatjerseygirl" hair story if I'm not mistaken....

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Vaccum Attacks Wig Thread

Originally Posted by ThatJerseyGirl
Picture this....

I went out for a few minutes this evening since the weather is nice here in D.C. I decided before I went home to vaccum my car. Soooooo....I pulled up and there was on guy to my right in his 7 Series BMW (he was FINE!!!) and one guy to my left in his Mercedes... As I got out of my car, the guy in the BMW spoke... (he was HOTTT). I was at the car wash on Branch Avenue (for you ladies in the DMV area), where all the fine brothers go to wash their cars.

Long story very short, I started vaccuming my car. I finished the back passenger side and decided to do the front passenger side. So, I threw the nozzle up to the front and the nozzle got a little stuck by the arm rest. So when I went to the front to pull it from the back...you will never believe what happened!!! ~~drum roll~~

I guess I snatched the nozzle too hard, because when I did....I hit myself in the forehead with the nozzle and OFF CAME MY WIG!!!!!!!! That dayum nozzle snatched it RIGHT OFF MY HEAD.....chile..I was soooo lookin!!! I was in my car fightin with the nozzle trying to get my wig back and the more I fought for it, the more it got sucked it in....so now, I'm bent ova in my car fighting with the nozzle and half my wig is in it, meanwhile I got this stockin cap on my head (not a wig cap) and had da nerve to use a pair of old stockins with the legs tied in a knot!!!!!! ( It neva dawned on me this would happen).

So then dude in the BMW comes over and says.."hey, are you alright"....by this time the machine cuts off, I'm sweatin, all outta breath...now it seems like every cute guy in the D.C. area wants to pull up.....so I had to come out of my car lookin retarded...and I couldn't say nuffin....I just wanted to get in my car and drive off into the sunset I was speechless...I just said "uh huh"..... At this point, I wanted to crawl UNDER MY CAR and hide !!!!!

Now, since the machine is off, I pulled my wig out, but along with it came a book of matches, lint, etc. So I just threw the dayum thing in the trash. I could tell he was holding in his laugh, so I just da hell with it and snatched the stockin cap off too. I didn't even finish cleaning the inside of my car.....I couldn't. I just drove home looking like an idiot >>>


Then I walk in the house, already pissed and my son asks me..."dang ma, u went out lookin like that....what happened to you" You know I just looked at him, rolled my eyes and kept it movin..... I can neva show my face there AGAIN!!!!!!
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(hope she does not mind the repost)

 

[Chameleonchick]

I have a lot of wigs but most of them are unworn because I was nervous about wearing them. I wear them a bit more often now between hairstyles (braids/twists). I actually wore one while working out. Now I sweat a bit and I was so sure that it would get way too hot. NOPE! I was so surprised all this time I had been too scared to wear a wig while working out and it was actually a good experience. And I was baggying underneath.

 

[chelleypie810]

I wore a wig last yr and was kind of uncomfortable. I bought 3 more about a wk ago. I've been rocking my 1/2 wig for the week and plan on wearing them until august. I love them! Plus I've gotten tons of compliments.

 

[MusicandWine]

ravenia, i'm sure you were wearing a protective style underneath the wig like someone else has mentioned right?

I was thinking that my hair would stay moisturized under them. Could it be the wig cap because it's made of nylon?

Yep, I had my hair in finger coils, they were moist and defined before I had the cap and wig on and then they were dry and frizzy after. I have tried a satin scarf, spandex cap and old pantyhose I cut. I think my hair just doesn't like to be smashed under hot material.

 

[JFemme]

trying to find a wig that's "natural" and believable" is hard. They are either too shiny, too straight or too perfect.

I see a lot of transitioners using wigs that have "straight" hair..Sorry, but after i became natural, i like kinky hair. Not too many shops sell kinky fro's... not until about halloween, or with the damn rainbow color on them.

I know..

I'm kinky as well, and love being so...

anything too perfectly coiffed throws me off...

I likes big wild hair, within reason...

 

[femmemuscle]

Yep,

Its was "thatjerseygirl" hair story if I'm not mistaken....

----------------

Vaccum Attacks Wig Thread

Originally Posted by ThatJerseyGirl
Picture this....

I went out for a few minutes this evening since the weather is nice here in D.C. I decided before I went home to vaccum my car. Soooooo....I pulled up and there was on guy to my right in his 7 Series BMW (he was FINE!!!) and one guy to my left in his Mercedes... As I got out of my car, the guy in the BMW spoke... (he was HOTTT). I was at the car wash on Branch Avenue (for you ladies in the DMV area), where all the fine brothers go to wash their cars.

Long story very short, I started vaccuming my car. I finished the back passenger side and decided to do the front passenger side. So, I threw the nozzle up to the front and the nozzle got a little stuck by the arm rest. So when I went to the front to pull it from the back...you will never believe what happened!!! ~~drum roll~~

I guess I snatched the nozzle too hard, because when I did....I hit myself in the forehead with the nozzle and OFF CAME MY WIG!!!!!!!! That dayum nozzle snatched it RIGHT OFF MY HEAD.....chile..I was soooo lookin!!! I was in my car fightin with the nozzle trying to get my wig back and the more I fought for it, the more it got sucked it in....so now, I'm bent ova in my car fighting with the nozzle and half my wig is in it, meanwhile I got this stockin cap on my head (not a wig cap) and had da nerve to use a pair of old stockins with the legs tied in a knot!!!!!! ( It neva dawned on me this would happen).

So then dude in the BMW comes over and says.."hey, are you alright"....by this time the machine cuts off, I'm sweatin, all outta breath...now it seems like every cute guy in the D.C. area wants to pull up.....so I had to come out of my car lookin retarded...and I couldn't say nuffin....I just wanted to get in my car and drive off into the sunset I was speechless...I just said "uh huh"..... At this point, I wanted to crawl UNDER MY CAR and hide !!!!!

Now, since the machine is off, I pulled my wig out, but along with it came a book of matches, lint, etc. So I just threw the dayum thing in the trash. I could tell he was holding in his laugh, so I just da hell with it and snatched the stockin cap off too. I didn't even finish cleaning the inside of my car.....I couldn't. I just drove home looking like an idiot >>>


Then I walk in the house, already pissed and my son asks me..."dang ma, u went out lookin like that....what happened to you" You know I just looked at him, rolled my eyes and kept it movin..... I can neva show my face there AGAIN!!!!!!
---------------------

(hope she does not mind the repost)

jeezzz!!!

 

[femmemuscle]

I have a lot of wigs but most of them are unworn because I was nervous about wearing them. I wear them a bit more often now between hairstyles (braids/twists). I actually wore one while working out. Now I sweat a bit and I was so sure that it would get way too hot. NOPE! I was so surprised all this time I had been too scared to wear a wig while working out and it was actually a good experience. And I was baggying underneath.

you were baggying too?!.. so did you bobby pin it down in certain places?

 

[havilland]

half wigs arent that big of a deal....i recently tried them.

now i really like them, but you have to tweak your regi.

i cut the back combs out and bobby pin them. way more comfortable.

i braid my hair underneath to give the front comb something to grab onto without pulling.

i wear a small black silk (not satin) scarf underneath.

moisturize and seal edges before wearing and after.

spritz a moisturizer on the rest of my hair before wearing and after.

i worked out in it before no problems. i actually tested it at the gym before wearing it to work. i figured if i hated it, i wouldn't be stuck in it all day. also if it could withstand my workout, it could withstand anything.

i haven't work it on a very windy day, but if i did, i would wear a head scarf while outside. problem solved.

 

[Lady S]

Faithful wig wearer her. I've never had a problem with my wig popping off. A lot of wigs come with combs that will secure the hair. There are wig combs you can buy to sew into the wig.

If you don't want to deal with combs, you bobby pin the out of that wig. Not to point where your head is 90% metal, but enough to make it secure. Personally, I would do two on each side of the temple and two on each side of the back. Never had a problem. And I was wearing my wigs during winter, so I'm taking off hats, dealing with wind, etc.

The closest I came to a "code red, wig down" situation is when I was wearing a half wig and I was in cvs and the hair caught on the corner of a set of barrettes. Tried to walk away, my half wig wanted to stay and there was some rearranging done, but no biggie. Especially since I was wearing a headband. And that was when I first started wearing wigs. I think my scalp preferred that it was a wig caught up and not my real hair.

 

[Chameleonchick]

you were baggying too?!.. so did you bobby pin it down in certain places?

Yes I did. I put the baggy on then a wig cap. Then I put bobby pins on. One on the top, one on the bottom, one on each side.

 

[pookaloo83]

Faithful wig wearer her. I've never had a problem with my wig popping off. A lot of wigs come with combs that will secure the hair. There are wig combs you can buy to sew into the wig.

If you don't want to deal with combs, you bobby pin the out of that wig. Not to point where your head is 90% metal, but enough to make it secure. Personally, I would do two on each side of the temple and two on each side of the back. Never had a problem. And I was wearing my wigs during winter, so I'm taking off hats, dealing with wind, etc.

The closest I came to a "code red, wig down" situation is when I was wearing a half wig and I was in cvs and the hair caught on the corner of a set of barrettes. Tried to walk away, my half wig wanted to stay and there was some rearranging done, but no biggie. Especially since I was wearing a headband. And that was when I first started wearing wigs. I think my scalp preferred that it was a wig caught up and not my real hair.

 

[naturalmanenyc]

I've been using wigs (half, full & lace front) off & on for over a year and I've never had a wig come off. It was super windy in NYC tonight and just using the front & back combs, my wig was fine. I did not even pin down the sides. DH was concerned about it flying off but I later showed him the combs & draw string that helps them stay on.

 

[darlingdiva]

Faithful wig wearer her. I've never had a problem with my wig popping off. A lot of wigs come with combs that will secure the hair. There are wig combs you can buy to sew into the wig.

If you don't want to deal with combs, you bobby pin the out of that wig. Not to point where your head is 90% metal, but enough to make it secure. Personally, I would do two on each side of the temple and two on each side of the back. Never had a problem. And I was wearing my wigs during winter, so I'm taking off hats, dealing with wind, etc.

The closest I came to a "code red, wig down" situation is when I was wearing a half wig and I was in cvs and the hair caught on the corner of a set of barrettes. Tried to walk away, my half wig wanted to stay and there was some rearranging done, but no biggie. Especially since I was wearing a headband. And that was when I first started wearing wigs. I think my scalp preferred that it was a wig caught up and not my real hair.

This is how I wear my wig & I don't have a problem with it coming off. I have a gym wig too.