I wanted to find a way to protect my hair and edges when wearing whole wigs and phony ponies. I usually wear half wigs which I always wear a satin bonnet under. This time I bought a short wig (because it's hot!), but it's a full wig, and I didn't want it to wreck havoc on my edges or my nape, especially since my nape is very fine compared to the rest of my hair. I still wear a satin bonnet under it to protect the rest of my hair from the wig's netting. This whole wig is human hair Sensationnel Bump Wig. Style Fab Fringe. Color Champagne. The pony is the one in my profile pic.
For the phony pony, I hate the way the netting is sitting on my hair when I have to draw it in. The netting is just so rough. So here's what I did.
1. Cut out all combs from wigs and ponies. My pony is attached with hair pins. My half wig fits snug and I secure it with a stretchie headband. My full wigs fit snug so I don't need combs in those either.
2. Used an old slip (the kind you wear under dresses). I chose one that was really silky smooth and I knew my hair wouldn't get caught in.
3. Cut the pieces to size for whole wig and sewed slip to front edge (sew all the way to cover ear tabs) and back edge (still have access to expansion straps). For the pony, I expanded the pony as wide as it could go and sewed a circular piece of slip material to completely cover the netting. If I were really thinking, I would have completely covered the edging of the netting on the half wig. But I'm not too worried about it because I rarely wear the pony.