Wigs At Home?

[Guest Krisina]

This question is for those ladies who wear wigs on a regular basis full-time

I was wondering what you do when you get home do you just toss the wig to the side and go about your daily business at home or do you continue wearing a wig? I know for me when I'm at home I don't really want to wear the wig around. I'm not living full-time or anything but I have my girls clothing i wear at home,and yeah I don't wear the wig unless I'm going out or I'm going to be going online chat with somebody. Overall it seems I'm not wearing my wig at home.  The lady I bought my wig from has alopecia and my understanding of what she does when she gets home is take it off and toss it to the side.

Also, if I want to look more feminine with the wig off are there any hints? 

Krisina

[Carolyn Marie]

Good question, Krisina. For me, it depends a lot on the weather. If its hot, and my head is or has been sweaty, or if the house is hot (we don;t have A/C), then I usually take it off for the evening, unless I'm expecting company. If it isn't hot, I'll sometimes wear it until bed time. I have two identical wigs (I call them Carolyn I and Carolyn II), and try to keep one washed, clean and ready.

Oh, and if you want to know where I put it when I get home? I hang it on the stairway bannister post.

Carolyn marie

[Guest Donna Jean]

Oh, and if you want to know where I put it when I get home? I hang it on the stairway bannister post.

Carolyn marie

OH MY GAWD!

Tell me that you're kidding!

dj

[Guest NatashaJade]

Awesome, Carolyn!

To answer the question, I never wear it at home. I take it off and carefully place it on the little wire wig thingamahoover that I bought along with it. It is then placed out of reach of my cats, one of whom tried to eat it once. I treat it with as much TLC as possible (I wash it every 4-5 days) because I can't afford another one and I really do love the way this one looks on me.

When I'm not wearing the wig, I wear one of ten or so head bands that covers most of my forehead...kind of a hippy look and it goes with the length of my hair fairly well. I found that it was often preferable when going outside in Phoenix in the summer to wearing the wig, especially when I had to go to swimming classes with the kids. If I had to wear the wig, I would have melted. You can find them at Target among other places.

xoxo

[~Nova~]

I dont wear the wig inside, but if I go out I out it on.

I love the idea of the headband. Gotta get some. Got a link?

Autumn

[Guest NatashaJade]

You could go with something like this:

http://www.alteredcloth.com/blog/2007/07/how-to-make-a-headband-version-2-the-wide-headband.php

And here's a video of me with a headband and wet hair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc7i2uzBZcg

xoxo

[Guest Julie T]

Would anyone like to see a rather rare photo of me in my wig? This was an estimated two years and a half ago. It's about what I wanted my hair to look like, but it turns out my natural hair is very wavy, almost curly. I kept this wig folded and in a large plastic storage bag, because I was still hiding my dressing from my ex wife - I mean the full package with long hair and makeup, even though I had come out to her..

My real hair now

Lizzy

[VickySGV]

My own hair is just about long enough that I can go without a wig, but by now I have several VERY nice ones that I love to wear. With my own hair longer, it is an effort to put it up so I can wear the wigs, so when I get home, I leave them on until beddy bye time, and then remove the 7 or 8 clips I used to put my stuff up and brush it out. In addition to the wigs (over 10 -- I was a CD for several mistaken years) I also have what is called an "integration" hair piece that I put on over my own hair with my hair curled a bit, and then pull my hair through the wiglet base which gives me a much fuller and fluffier hair do than my own very very very fine and laser straight hair. That one I have accidently left in at bed time, and my head top looked great the next morning after a normal brush job. One of my wig care advisors said that it wasn't recommended that I do that, but if I got away with it, don't worry. I also have a clip on set of bangs that I can get away with too. They are about a shade lighter than my own hair, but girls are allowed to have fun. (I need more pictures darn it!)

I have three styro wig heads which I made some bases for, and those are used for my "daily use hair". I live at the base of a canyon where dust is blowing constantly into the house, so I put an old pillow case over the headed wigs to keep the dust off. For the occasional use wigs, I use some plastic shoe boxes from Wal Mart but I wrap the wig in a single layer of tissue paper inside of it. A squirt of one of my favorite fragrances onto the tissue paper, or a cotton round I put in the boxes makes them smell nice when I use them.