How To Highlight Synthetic Wigs Wig Hack | Synthetic Wig Highlight | How To Make A Wig Look Natural
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- Опубліковано 20 лют 2021
- Today I wanted to come on here and show you something that I have been trying to figure out for the longest and have hit dead end after dead end!! How to highlight a synthetic wig!?!? I know what your thinking, you can't highlight synthetic wigs but you can and I am going to show you how to do it!! It's pretty easy and you probably already have most of the things you need at home! This is an amazing wig hack!!! Synthetic wig highlights are now possible! This synthetic wig hack will change everything! This is such a cheap wig hack I couldn't believe it! Now you don't have to wonder how to make a wig look natural.
I hope this video helps you all live your highlighted wig dreams!!!! Tag me in your before and afters so I can see what you all come up with!!!
~ Jesse M Simons ~
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I have several rooted wigs where I think the rooting is too dark. I've not been wearing them because of it. Thanks to YOU, I can lighten little sections at the roots and wear them now! Can I just say, you are freaking awesome. I thought I had just wasted a lot of money on those wigs. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😘💕
You're welcome! If you can please take a pic and tag me on Instagram. I love to see how this community alters wigs!
same!!
A can of spray paint for your hair that actually works?!?! No WAYyYyYy!!! Who would've thought?! That's like using Pinesol to clean my floor with. Or like using bleach for my whites. They should put your picture right next to Stephen Hawkings cause your creativity is outta this world🤯🤯 **Mind Blown**
It isn't paint.....it is root spray
Kudos! As a licensed stylist/colorist I love experimenting with wigs. Previously I have used synthetic Rit dye and sharpies for lowlights,which is quite tedious. This is sooo much more doable!! I will now use this to introduce my reluctant clients to temporary hilites!! Which of course will assure me that they will get actual hair lights as a color service. Thank you lady!
Great idea!! Glad I could help!
You are a star!! Love how you solved the problem so cheap of highlighting a wig!! Ya go girl!! ❤
Thank you!!
This is very cool!! I have so many pieces that arrive so dark that would match better after a few high lights. THANK YOU!!!
Girrrrrrrl, this is an absolutely fantastic way to add highlights...quick, easy and without a huge mess to clean up! I'm definitely going to try this. So glad I came across your video. Thank you so much for sharing! I've subscribed to your channel. 🌹❤👍
Well now, you just made my and a whole slew of your wig sisters' day!! Wow! The missing link to wig wearing and you just solved it for us! A wig sister emailed this to me and I'm thrilled! Thank you so much for sharing! I'm going to give this a try and share on my channel and I promise to give you credit and link back to you! Hugs and high fives!!!
Thank you so much for watching and I can’t wait to see how it turns out for you!!!!
its beautiful but it would take alot of the blonde color to do all over like 10 cans im thinking. thinking a hairdresser might can do this
@@angelxorae88 definitely wouldn’t take that many and you can’t use regular hair dye on synthetic wigs so this really is the best option. If you have another product you have tried would love to know so I can try it out! 🙂
Jesse, I made a snapshot of the product you used to highlight this wig. ( But I didn't catch what you used to spray on the dry highlighted hair).
I'm losing a lot of my top and crown hair.
I have a monofilament brown topper. I want to add highlights so my hair piece so it doesn't look so fake. Please reply.
Jesse, this is the wrong image of Patricia LeClair. Please reply to Patricia Carda LeClair. Thank you.
I use a silver sharpie for pops or highlights. The finger weave is an awesome hack! The sharpie takes forever but is permanent. I love this idea for quick do's. Much faster!!!
Good idea with the marker!
I’ve heard people claim that the sharpie smell never goes away. Is this true?
I don’t smell it after I let it air out over night but I might not be as sensitive to the smell.
@@cherylj7460 I have never noticed. I am streaking a few pieces of hair though. You could wash the wig afterwards. Put it in warm water with 1/2 C white vinegar. I swish it, let it sit 5-10 min. Toss shampoo/conditioner or whatever you normally do to wash your synthetic. White Vinegar removes every odor I have ever found. I put 1C in every wash! Acts as a softener too. NO vinegar smell stays behind. Could also hit the wig with dry shampoo or comb through with a used dryer sheet. Careful the dryer sheet can leave a waxy feel. That is why I suggest a used sheet. Last tip, sniff the marker before using it. Name brand Sharpie and Amazon brand "sharpies" do not carry the same scent as "permanent markers" which are super strong. Best to you Doll!
Too bad they didn't have blonde markers
Like most wig wearer's here .. a must try.. this on my tad too dark top half of one of my long hair wigs, was searching for how to's and glad I found you !!
Glad you found me too and glad I could help!! 😊
What a smart idea! I use this exact brand of spray in red to cover my roots in between color. It’s only about $20 for two cans on Amazon. I may try his trick on some of my reddish wigs actually! I love strawberry blond highlights on red hair! Thank you for this awesome video! You are THE WIG QUEEN! 👏👏👏👏👑👑👑👑
loved the concept. I will be trying this.
Thank You very much for the tip Sis, that’s awesome !🤩 definitely will be trying this 🥰
You're welcome! Let me know how it goes!
I love how you keep changing your look! Amazing! God bless you!
Thanks 🙏!
So excited to try this!!!!
This turned out awesome! I was searching for an easy way to lighten up my dark synth U-part wig. Now I see, it would just be enough to spray only the roots to fit to my own darkbrown hair roots. Nice idea!
Thank you so much!
You're welcome Liz!
I’m so glad to find you. This is what I need!
Glad I could help!!
i'm so glad u made this video. i've always wanted to know how to do this to make my wigs look better!
Glad I could help.
Awesome! Looks great! You nailed it!
Thanks for watching!
Oh my gosh. Your video just came up in my YT feed. This is absolutely brilliant. I cannot WAIT to try this and I wonder if you can add in lowlights to lighter wigs. THANK YOU so much for all of these helpful tips. I am a happy new subscriber!
Yes you can I have a video doing that as well. 😊
Omg!…. Thank you so much. I have a few brown wigs and I wanted highlights but was wondering how to highlight it. I love your video.🥰😊
Thanks so much for watching. I hope it all goes well for you! Let me know how it turns out.
Thank you for this! I tried it and it worked perfectly! I'm so thrilled with how it turned out
I love that!!! I love a good wig transformation!!
Thanks. I’m new to wigs. I love the human blend wigs. Now I know how to make them prettier.
I love this!!!❤
This is genius!!
Omg... your a legend!!! Going to try this in the next few day 👍🏻
Make sure you tag me so I can see how it looks!!!!
You are a Godsend! That is exactly the color of the wig I got! Dark auburn. I have dark golden blonde! Bless you!
Np lol thanks for watching Donna!
I love this tutorial and idea! Thank you sm for sharing
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much this is so helpful omg yes!!!!
amazing!!!! 😊 👏🏼
WOW! You are one creative lady! I've just started my wig journey so I've been binge watching wig videos. Yours are awesome! I was a hairdresser for 30yrs but never really worked with wigs. The things I have learned from you are amazing. I was in tears yesterday because I thought I was stuck with a 250$ Gabor wig that didn't come rooted. Now I know I can fix that. I also have a 295$ Rachel Welch wig that needs more highlighting around the face. Now I can fix that one too! Thank you!
And of course I subscribed to your channel !
You are so welcome! 😊
Love the tutorial. Thank you!
Absolutely!!! My pleasure m!!! Hope it helps! 🙂
I'm in love with the one you are wearing today! 😍
Thanks! ☺️
What a great tip! I am going to buy a cheap wig to practice the technique because I can't ever do anything right the first time. Thanks so much for sharing!
Absolutely!! Let me know how it turns out!! 😊
No dear, don't say that about your self because life and death are in the power of YOUR TONGUE and what you say is what you will have and become. So, start saying exactly what you want to see and it will become so. Try it be consistent and you will see a remarkable change. God bless you.
WOW! this is awesome! I'm new to wigs, having been forced to wear due to hair loss. Can't wait to do this on me less expensive wigs. I'm thinking of using brown on a too-blonde wig I have to obtain an opposite effect. TYFS!!!
You're welcome Robin! Let me know how that goes!
Girl! Ur the Bomb!!! ❤❤ TY!!! I just received a topper that was darker than i could have used (& I can use a big range of blondes) but u let me keep it! Im soo happy!!! 😘😘😘
Yay! I’m so glad you were able to make it work for you!! 😃
Great idea, thanks for sharing!
You are so welcome!
Great job! Thanks for sharing! 💜💯
Thanks for watching!
Its looks great!
This is genius! Thank you soooo much🙌🙌🙌
I was proud of myself. 😊 Lol. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful, thanks for sharing!
❤️
Looks fabulous!!!!
Thanks
Thank you Jesse brilliant!
You're welcome!
You are brilliant. Thank you for sharing your techniques. I am new to your channel & now following 👏🏽👏🏽. Cheers 😉 🌷
Thank you! ❤️
Great idea! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
OMG this is SO great! I just found out about this product for doing a rooted look and wondered if it would work on a darker wig for highlights...and now I know it does!! I have a couple wigs that will definitely benefit from some highlights, and I'm going to try some fun colors in a blond wig using the got2b to hold it in. Thank you!! (edit: I just discovered your channel and I am LOVING it!!)
Thank you so much for joking me here and glad I could help!!!
Love this!!!
Thank you!!
What a great idea!! I have a synthetic topper that I wish I had highlights in and now I can :)
Awesome!
I love seeing pictures! Tag me on IG do I can see how it turned out! 😊
Looks really nice 💕
Thank you! 😊
Great hack. Thanks
Thank you so much for this! I have very long dark blonde hair with highlights that I color myself. I just bought a synthetic topper as I'm going through a little hair loss right now. It has been so difficult to find a color match, but I finally found a dark blonde topper. The color was near perfect, but it has no dimension. I used a dark brown furniture marker to make roots and low lights, and that came out great! Now I can use your method to make just a few blonde highlights to really match my own hair!
Love this! Let me know how it goes!! 😊
A furniture marker? where is my husbands tool box! I'm going to try this on 20$ pos wig that I bought from Amazon...
OMG- this is great. I have tried so many things with no success.😊🤗
You and me both lol!! Let me know how it works for you! 😊
Thanks for this video. I'm going to try this. I need a new look for my wig. And it's a great way to seal it with got2be glued so it doesn't rub off easily.
You are so welcome! Let me know how it turns out!! 🙂
Excellent!
Great idea!
Thanks!!
I just did this on my ombre wig with brown bangs and added the highlights to the bang. She's more beautiful now!
Love this!!
Your a God sent thankyou so much!
Glad it helped!
I can do this in reverse with a synthetic blonde wig with dark root spray 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻thanks 👍🏼
Yes! I have “low lighted” and added dimension to a few of my blondes like this!
This is exactly what I was looking for to correct a color mistake I made online purchase that was not returnable!
Glad I could help!!
Beautiful!! More videos pls!!!!
Thank you! We are always trying to get more up! 😊
Wow! Great hack.
Thank you!
Hi, I'm so glad too have come across your channel...So many videos on utube make it look so complicated...I'm amazed at how it turned out and fast and cheap..thanks again, I did subscribed too your channel, and looking forward for more videos. I almost forgot can u dye a pink wig blond and if so how would I go about that?
Thank you and thank you for watching!! You can’t strip the color out of the wig so you would have to go darker if it’s a light pink wig but no you wouldn’t be able to go blonde. Haven’t figured out how to “bleach” synthetic hair yet! 🥲
Brilliant!!!!😁
Thank you!!!
You r so natural in your demonstration! Great teaching ability! I was wondering, r u wearing “On Point” by Rachel Welch? I have that wig in a grey which is what brought me to your channel. It’s highlighted very finely throughout and it’s beautifully done. But I’d like to have chunky n more white silvery highlights. Now I’m on the hunt for the perfect spray! Thank you so very much. I’ll get my wig totes out n play around with them. Lol!
I’m wearing a wig from
Chelsey smith Cosmetics that I added highlight to. Thank you for watching! I hope it helps you transform your wig.
Thanks!
Good Info. TY
Great idea. I have often wondered if these sprays can be used to hide knots on dark wigs also. Are you wearing your black wigs a little far to the front? It looks like it should be a bit further back. ....but maybe I'm wrong.
THANK YOU!!
You're welcome Carole!
Thanks I use this spray in brown to cover my gray roots and love it and thought about the blonde spray to lighten dark roots on my wigs so not I will try it 👍❤️
Great! I'm glad I could help Marla!
Very nice!
Thanks!
Brilliant
wow! awesome tip!!! thank you Jesse! Does it diminish any shine like some products may do?
No not really. Dry shampoo is good for removing shine.
@@JesseMSimons kewl! thank you again! Best video i've seen on this subject!
Thanks crazy much!
You're welcome!!!!
Thanks for this fantastic tip! Do we know how long the colour stays for, with this method? For people using their wigs daily and washing regularly... is this permanent colouring?
I have worn her a few times and the color is still there. I haven’t washed her yet but I have washed wigs I’ve used root spray on and it does usually wash off so you would more then likely have to re apply this after you washed it.
Ha ha! I have that product for my own hair and I wondered about using it. Cool!
Yep it works great!! 😁
@@JesseMSimons the photos from which we choose our wigs often looks lighter because of their lighting. I just bought one I thought was streaked, even the description said it had multiple colors, but I got one much like the one you just used but more red. I didn’t want to return it, I liked the style, but can’t handle solid red. I’ve been looking at that spray and wondering. But isn’t that a glue you used to seal it? Just don’t know that product.
The got-to-be glue is the glue to help seal the spray onto the synthetic fibers. However, it can be washed out.
I think you should watch my video on rooting a wig. It might work better for what you need.
That is awesome! I have some that are blonde that I would like to add some lowlights to them. I’m guessing this will work the same way, only in reverse.
Yes it will! 😊
I am going to try this to ease the transition from a dark topper to a lighter one.
Let us know how it turns out! I love seeing the transformations!
😊 thank u so much
No problem 😊
Thnx, bought some of that spray in a dark to do my roots on some wigs a couple weeks ago. I love this idea, cant wait to try it.....more fun with Wigs.....appreciate you sharing all your knowledge.....you need to pin your You Tube Channel on Chelsey’s page somehow for everyone asking the same questions.....all your videos are so helpful......
Thank you and yes the rooting a wig with the darker colors was what gave me the idea to look for blondes. I try to hop on the posts on the group and help out as soon as I see them but yes need to have a easy to find reference or something for everyone. 😊
That's so cool
Thanks!
I have been using this technique for a long time
Awesome!
Love this and wondering if it would work on your own human hair. I think I am going to try this on my wig and my own hair too! Thank you so much for this video🤗
Did it work on your hair? I would love to know!
Wow thank you.
Absolutely!! Thank you for watching!!
Genius! ❤👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏆. Thank you!!!!!!!!?? 😮🎉🎉🎉🎉
Absolutely!
Hi Jesse I'm new to your channel. I'm subscribed now and thanks for the hack! Since you posted this video have come found a hack for adding highlights to synthetic wigs using semi-permanent coloring?
Nothing more permanent yet. I have been trying out some different things but this really has been the best option so far. I promise I will make sure you all know as soon as I can work it out! 😊
i used a cap worked really well
Awesome!
I have been following the really smart roots,high-lighting and low-lighting you have been doing! Great innovation!
Now i am pushing!!
I have short wigs with one exception. It is shoulder length with shorter around the head. Mullet if you wish. The top has great blonde high-lights but the lengthy part is quite brown (light to medium brown). I am not used to the darker brown any more and as i am older i am trying to stay highlights before going more blonde.
For shorter wigs. How on earth should i use highlight spray like L’Oréal Root Spray to do hight lights or will i just have to spray and brush in spray and brush in to get what i like?
One wig is just too yellow (Gabor) so that one i could just spray it. But for the more brown short styles - It would be really hard to spray just an inch or two at a time.
I think you may have to digest all this. I don’t expect you to have an instant solution but i would love if you could think about it and one day maybe do a video on it.
Thanks for all your courageous and innovative ideas!
I would spray it onto a rat tail comb and brush it through the wig. It will give it the highlights you want 😊
Thank you-I will try that!
been using root spray for a.very long time for putting darker and lighter shades through my wigs
Cool
Im glad you enjoyed.
This was wonderful information. Do you think it is possible to tone down a blonde wig? I have Emy from Amore in spring honey and it’s just a bit too much blonde.
You can definitely use a darker blonde or light brunette and add lowlights to a blonde wig. I have a video where I do that as well. 😊
Cool! I have a synthetic gray and platinum clip on (ponytail-ish) can I use this method to do a wash with black or dark grey not completely dye it but to hopefully darken the platinum down a bit? Thank you.
Yes you can definitely go in with a darker color on blonde and “dye” it that way.
@@JesseMSimons Sweet!!
Is that a synthetic wig? How did you take away the shine permanently? Great video.
You can use dry shampoo to remove the shine. Also washing in cold water helps remove it as well. I usually do a few drops of dawn in a cold bowl and then let it sit for 10 mins and then rinse with cold water.
Amazing results💜what is the wig used in the video?
She is a futura fiber wig that isn’t made anymore by Chelsey Smith Cosmetics.
Fabulous! I have a couple dark wigs I will highlight. Can this be done on HD wigs?
Yes
@@JesseMSimons whats HD wigs?
@@angelxorae88 it refers to the type of lace that the wig is made with it’s better quality and usually more “undetectable”
I wondered if this would work!
Now you know!! I tried and failed with so many other products before I landed on this one. I wanted it to be easy for anyone to do.
Thanks. Great video. How blonde do the highlights come out?
They are pretty blonde if you want them to be more bold I would spray them with 2 layers or do thicker chucks of hair.
@@JesseMSimons Thank you. I was hoping for a more cool blonde. You did a great job.
Magic
Thanks
Question: Do you do this before or after blow-drying and styling your wig?? In other words will it come out if you blow-dry? HOW long does it last? Thanks for answering!
It won’t come out until you wash it out.
Nice 🙂👍
Thank you
Great video!! Is it possible to lighten a dark colored (black) synthetic wig?
I am working on a few experiments with this and as soon as I come up with a good process for you guys there will definitely be a video!
Ok thank you!
I would like to do this in reverse. Purchased a long blonde synthetic wig that is too light, kinda grayish. I hate the return/exchange process, so thought about coloring it myself. I don't like the fake looking shine on synthetic wigs but human hair is just too expensive. Would like to use medium brown highlights, maybe even some blonde to take out the ash look. My own hair is blonde and I do my gray roots with medium brown and don't color the rest of it, but my hair is thinning, breaking, and getting so frizzy, I can't deal with it, i.e. the wig. Sometimes I have to do blonde highlights over where I have colored my roots because the brown bleeds out a bit. The wig does have some wave in it and some layering. I was afraid I would ruin the wig because years ago I shampooed some extensions and they went completely limp. Same when I put regular hair color on extensions. It seems nearly impossible to find a wig that is the right color so being able to do this would be fantastic. Your video was very informative and thanks for the list of products too. I will check out the rest of your wig hacks. So glad I found this info! Thanks!