Wig Wonderland: How to set an acrylic wig using rollers and steam

To achieve a desired hairstyle you will need to set the wigs.

Equipment required

Before doing anything the wig needs to be combed through to remove any tangles.

STEAM acrylic

Decide on a desired hairstyle and the technique and the correct tools to style it
Decide on a parting and put the rollers in to achieve desired parting.
Bigger the rollers looser the curls will be, smaller the rollers tighter the curls will be
Steam the wig slowly and make sure every single part of the wig is steamed so that its wet in the end

Wet set real hair

Wet the hair to perform a wet set
You can use a water-spray for it, trying to keep the foundation of the wig as dry as possible
Apply seeing lotion to help it stay more manageable
Make neat sections of the hair
Set the hair using either techniques. Rolling, pin curling, finger waving, creating ringlets etc.
Use prostate postiche pins to secure rollers or use pins
Cover the hair with a net
Dry the wig. You can use postiche oven is the preferably method drying wigs (the oven will slowly bake the wig giving it strong set)
Another way is to use a hood dryer
The wig needs to be fully cooled before the set is removed

: My wig had a lot of short layers and a fringe which made it hard for me to apply the rollers into the hair evenly as chunks of hair was falling out. A way to make this easier was using a tail comb to tuck in any short bits. I had to redo the rollers in the hair twice as the hair was not tucked in properly the first time. I found putting rollers in synthetic hair easier than in real hair as real hair is shinier and more slippery however the layers made it hard. To improve I would make the sections of the hair more clean and even and take more time going over the bits of hair that was falling out as I am worried that this will make the curls in the outcome wonky rater than a smooth curl.

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