I foolishly thought that when you wear a wig you just pull it on your head. Done. No more fuss.
But NO, that is not true at all. Here is the vast list of things you buy to help your wig.
Wig glue. If you have one of the modern wigs that let you sweep your hair off your face, you have a lace-front wig. There's a strip of lacy material that the scalp hairs are tied on, and you glue that strip to your forehead right at your hairline. I don't know what is wrong with my head, but that glue does not adhere.
Wig caps. Take the toe of a nylon knee-high stocking and pull it over your head before you put the wig on. That's a wig cap. You will forget about it until you take off the wig and find a nylon sock sitting on the top of your head.
Silicone spray. I really don't know with this is for, but I bought it.
Wig wax. This actually works. It makes little chunks of synthetic hair.
Wig shampoo and wig conditioner. Yes, conditioner. I just keep muttering, "It's nylon. What does conditioner do to nylon?"
(On a related note, they say if you play with your wig too much the curls will fall out, but spritz it with water and they will come back. I know this works with human hair, but how does it affect nylon hair? What happens to the wig if it's humid out? I am skeptical. )
I know I should educate myself on all these topics. There seems to be a refreshing, helpful expert on YouTube named Denise Sheets who knows all the details and looks good in all wigs even without being a model. (Her favorite wig is the nightmarish Samara, the one that swamped my face, aka Girl Mono.)
I feel like I'm in that honeymoon phase of the new hobby: all learning, all buying, until I lose interest once everything has been learned or bought. Then again, evidently on Etsy there are people making their own wigs. I mean, forget learning Russian. Making a wig? That would be a challenge.
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