Saturday 19 April 2014

New ash blonde synthetic wig

I recently ordered some synthetic hair extensions on eBay, and was amazed at the quality of the hair.  It looks and feels just like real hair to me!

I was not overly happy with the blonde 'quick front' wig that I made because the transition between the factory wig and the ventilated lace front was too obvious.  So I wanted to make a full lace wig, and ventilate the whole thing using single strands/single knots.  It is taking a while, but I think it will be a nice piece when it's finished.

Here are a few pics.  The first one shows a small test piece I made, and the others show the wig in progress:





My original idea was to make a short men's style similar to this one by the John Blake company (http://wigsandfacialhair.com) which I love, but I will see how I feel when it's finished.

The piece by John Blake that inspired my project.

I am hesitant to cut away all that great looking hair.  I also think I should have ventilated the hair more carefully at the back for a short style.  It seems to me the hair direction at the nape would be quite important for a style this short.


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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous2 May 2014 at 09:12

    Looks great! Do you know the brand of hair or even still have the ebay listing? Cheers.

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    1. Dave2 May 2014 at 15:57

      Yeah, this hair is amazing! I keep looking at it and I can't believe it's not just healthy Euro hair!

      The brand of the extensions is S-NOILITE (www.s-noilite.com), but I'm not sure what the actual hair is. There seem to be hundreds of eBay listings that look like the same product, but this is the one that I bought:

      http://www.ebay.ca/itm/121265586829?var=420230317166&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2648

      Unfortunately they all seem to have a very limited colour selection. Aliexpress vendors that look similar seem to have a much better selection, but I don't know if it's really the same hair. They all just list it as Japanese heat-resistant hair. I'm assuming that means Futura, but I don't know for sure...

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  2. Anonymous4 May 2014 at 13:15

    Glad to see you are still blogging. I love John Blake's work also. This hair looks great, most synthetic hair looks horrid. This looks much better than Futura. Imagine how much this hair would have cost had you bought it as European hair.

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    1. Dave4 May 2014 at 13:58

      Thanks! Yes the John Blake wigs are amazing, especially considering they are just stock units! Good to see wigs that aren't 130% density with solid round hair lines! :)

      I don't have much experience with Futura, so I wasn't really sure how this compared. I will be interested to try it in a few different colours to see if they are all as good as the ash blonde. And you're right, European hair for a project like this would cost a small fortune! This synthetic ran me just about $10!

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  3. Anonymous25 May 2014 at 15:25

    Hi, I was just wondering if it was possible to see the front and top view of the cap?! Thanks!

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    1. Dave25 May 2014 at 18:03

      No problem, there are pics from those angles here:

      http://s1275.photobucket.com/user/hairsay514/library/blonde%20synthetic?sort=3&page=1

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    2. Anonymous26 May 2014 at 03:22

      Thank you so much, you're very helpful! Can't wait to see whats yet to come! Blown away every-time!

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    3. Dave26 May 2014 at 04:04

      Thanks, I'm glad you're still finding the blog useful! :)

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