We’re kicking off our new Drag Queen Style Guide with our #WigWednesday feature article, where we will be bringing you some of the best tips, tricks and techniques in drag queen wig styling every Wednesday. For this week’s style guide tip, we’re teaching you how to curl or crimp a synthetic wig, brought to you by YouTube drag sensation, Skarlet Starlet!
6 Simple Steps for Curling or Crimping a Synthetic Wig:
1. Braid all parts of your wig that you want curled or crimped*.
2. Boil water in a large pot.
3. Place the braided wig in the bath tub and pour the boiling water over it.
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4. Run cold water over the wig.
5. Blow dry the wig until most of the moisture is removed.
6. Un-braid the braids.
If you follow all six of these steps, you should have a fully curled or crimped wig.
*For bigger curls, we suggest that you try using larger braids.
Watch Skarlet’s full video tutorial below and don’t forget to subscribe to her on YouTube for more fierce videos!
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FakePete
Fabulous big curly red hair, Rebecca Brooks eat your heart out!
missDD86
This makes complete sense, because when you do box braids with kanekalon hair, and you want to crimp or curl them, you either braid them into larger braids OR put them on rods, and then dip them in really hot water. The cold water step isn’t really necessary, you can just take a cotton T-shirt to get it to a damped state (cotton removes moisture from hair very quickly), and THEN blow-dry if you are in a hurry, OR just let it finish air-drying. This gave me an idea because if I ever wear a synthetic wavy wig and decide to straighten it, I now know that there IS a way to get those curls/waves back. Makes so much sense! Thanks for sharing!