Staining Wigs: Can I use Hair-Chalks to Stain My Synthetic Wigs?

       

                                                       

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Dying your hair crazy colors is highly main-stream these days. Nonetheless, it includes the risk of damaging your hair and mental agonies if the dyes don’t turn out the way what you were expecting them to be. Under these reservations, you might want to experiment with your synthetic wigs for a temporary but chic hairstyle.

Synthetic wigs made from 100% heat-resistant fiber can be safely dyed, so there should be genuinely no concerns about staining wigs using mere hair-chalks. Yes, hair-chalks are the best medium to go all punk & care-free with all the fun colors & splashes. To stain your synthetic wigs using hair-chalks; all you need to do is to either wet your wig or your chalk. Now go along rubbing the chalk in only “one direction” at your wig strands. It should only be rubbed in one direction to prevent any cowlicks that spoils the hard-work at the end.

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After staining your synthetic wig using a hair-chalk, dry your wig using a straightening iron to seal-in the color for good 2-4 hours. The staining done via chalking is not permanent therefore; it starts fading off after few hours. (Usually the fading does not stain the cloths, depend on the quality of your chalk). With heat-repellent synthetic wigs, you can create new styles or stain them several ways without even harming the fibers. Go for a dip-dyed effect or only highlight the lower ends for a rainbow-frenzy hair style.

Heat-defying synthetic wigs give you more room and liberty to play around with colors & choosing between several styling media. Furthermore, you can pull off any crazy look by sporting synthetic wigs without having your own hair dyed and going through the agitation of maintaining the look.

If you are excited to hear this; try wearing a new look using these frizz & droop free synthetic wigs available at a fraction of cost than you would get anywhere else.

P.S: On light colored synthetic wigs, staining lasts few shampoos; otherwise just one shampoo is enough to completely get rid of the temporary staining achieved by hair-chalks. 

Can I Dye My Synthetic Hair Wig? Things to Consider while Dying Synthetic Wigs

It is presumed that synthetic wigs cannot be dyed; fortunately this is just a myth. All type of synthetic hair wigs can be dyed, though dying wigs made from synthetic fibers requires practice, patience & skills.

Important Things to Note When Dying Synthetic Wigs

• Synthetic wigs are made from colored plastic fibers. On the other hand, wigs made from natural hair are porous, that take color dyes more easily than synthetic wigs. Synthetic wigs should not be dyed using ordinary hair dyes, instead use acrylic paints or acrylic inks.
• Acrylic paints need huge care & practice as it often results in clumping that make wigs look very artificial. Acrylic inks though are not available in as wide range of colors as are paints, these are the best dyes to dye synthetic wigs, as they give you full control over your wig in terms of color handling.
• A wig should be left for complete air drying. If your wig is thick and long you might want to give your wig duration of 2-3 days to let it dry.
• Do not dye your synthetic wigs using dyes that include bleach. Bleaching plastic fibers of wigs may make them crinkly and misshaped. It is advised to cut a wisp out of your hair wig & test the dye swatch over it.
• Some synthetic wigs are good at holding the color whilst others do not. It is observed that synthetic wigs irrespective of their quality fade color more quickly than natural hair wigs even if you wash them less often.

RED Notes about Dying Synthetic Wigs

1. ALWAYS REMEMBER, that synthetic wigs can only be dyed darker. Therefore, begin your “dying venture” with a light colored wig. To start with, some great shades are blond, grey, and WHITE. The principle of dying synthetic wigs is “Either cover the parent color or create a new one with it”. For instance you can dye a blond wig pink or a yellow wig green by dyeing the latter blue; but a red wig can’t be made pink or yellow.
2. Acrylic inks do not dissolve in water. Try using alcohol to dye synthetic wigs. Natural dyes should strictly be avoided as they turn wigs reddish though this can be prevented using dye additives. Ordinary hair dyes also behave differently on synthetic wigs as they always end up making your wigs a shade or two darker than you might have expected.
3. BEFORE beginning to dye your synthetic hair wigs, WASH them off completely. Rinsing them is mandatory to get rid of any styling products and oils that might prevent effective dying of your wig.

Synthetic wigs are resilient to its shape, so no matter what how you treat them they will get back to their factory-made style and shape. Though our synthetic wigs can be temporarily curled if they are straight or vice-versa, these wigs keep memory of the style they were manufactured with, so it is natural of them to revert back to their original shape.