Styling a Wig for the Edwardian Era

[@Alltheshiny.reneeowens]

OMG finally a costumer with hair as thin as mine! and red too! Thank you.. I feel prettier now seeing how pretty your hair is.

[@klausi.s.8748]

Thank you so much!! I needed this video so much, and your channel!! thank you, please do keep being such an awesome and informative/helpful.. also now I get to see 60+ tutorials and get to some learning during miss 5 letters 2 numbers, this channel is a beacon of hope, honestly.. thanks again!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Aww, thank you so much! :)

[@centurycountess4949]

I love it when I see wigs being done up in period themed styles. I am looking forward to seeing more in the future. As I was watching I can relate to the hiding of the natural hair. I have same problem when it comes to wigs and my natural hair. As much as I would love to style like this sometimes I have to fuss with it to hide all the natural hairline. but I heard something called the baby hair method. where you take a thin layer of the bottom wefts of the back of the wig and trim it slightly to look like baby hair which helps hide the natural hair in the nape area that the wig doesn't cover.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thank you! And do you mean removing wefts from elsewhere in the wig, and moving them down to the back of the hairline? Otherwise, if you're just trimming down the existing back line of the wig, you're actually going to have a harder time hiding your own hair (assuming of course that your hair is a very different color than the wig).

[@centurycountess4949]

@@LadyRebeccaFashions adding an extra weft that either matches the hair as close as possible or carefully unstitching a weft from an area of the wig that won't be seen. One method I've done was removing the nape from another wig and sewing it to the present wig I'm using. I can't remember who taught me the method but they called it the frankenwig, because you using one wig to alter another. Very Frankenstein ish lol.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

@@centurycountess4949 that's really interesting. I might have to try that for the future.

[@centurycountess4949]

@@LadyRebeccaFashions always good to practice on old wigs first and the best part about it, they may be a sew line where the join is but if you wear the hair up the wefts of the new extension hides it, just a easy as wearing it down. I'm going to trying a new method soon. I just discovered a 360 closure I'll be experiment ing with it for a frankenwig project for updu and ponytail styling I'll let you know how that goes.

[@ashfordwyrd7458]

You can use a length of twill tape under the pins to prevent tearing your lace.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

I always forget about the twill tape trick for my personal use wigs. I tend to pin into the lace that I'm going to cut off when I'm styling, and then I pin into the hair. We've always used the twill tape when I've styled wigs for theatre though.

[@Casperinie19]

That was sooooo helpful! I'm doing a Gibson Girl cosrume for CoCo and I've been debating about wig options. Thank you for doing this video!!!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thank you! I'm so glad it was helpful!

[@PocketFullofPoseys]

It's such a pretty wig and I love how you styled it!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thank you! :)

[@peperlover99]

Wow that's awesome, I'd love to see more wig styling.applying tutorials from you.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thank you! I don't style wigs very often, but when I do, I'll definitely share videos on them!

[@carlystrang5101]

Love this. I spray paint my bobby pins to match the hair colour, just in case, as I can never manage to hide them all (I may use too many, lol)!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thanks! And that's a good idea!

[@mauraburns9343]

I have REALLY short hair and have to use wigs for just about all my costuming, so this is incredibly helpful!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

I'm so glad it was helpful! :)

[@LauraIngallsGunn]

Thank you for the lovely presentation. I learned so much! I would be very interested in more wig tutorials in the future. I would love to know how you clean and store your wigs. If you ever restyle them, etc.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thank you! I'm probably not the best person to ask about cleaning and storage, tbh (it's something that's on my to-do list, actually), but I'll definitely share more videos as I do more wigs!

[@evelyn_r]

Is there a reason why you didn’t leave the loop to the last? It might just be the way I think but if you did the front minus the main focus strip, do the back and come back for the main piece, you would have more control of where to put it where the other strands wouldn’t shift or weigh it down and it can be neatly finished in a curl within or simply on top and would not compromise the overall shape. Curious 🤔 I’m so looking forward to the Elsa vids! 💖😱💖

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

To be honest, I never would have even thought about doing it that way. I always style the fronts of my hair (or wigs) first, to make it look how I want and to get it out of the way. I might have to try that in the future.

[@janeway4eva]

If you soak your wig overnight in fabric conditioner it removes the synthetic shine making the hair look more natural

[@SeleneSalvatore]

I think about 1 day hair colour sprey ( this products used to colour roots) as solution for better blending with wig colour. Someone try do this ?

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

I haven't tried that personally, but I know of people who have done that before, and I honestly might try it when I go to actually wear this one.

[@Thebronzebaroness]

LOVE THIS!!!!!

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thank you!

[@Alltheshiny.reneeowens]

what makeup are you wearing? those colors are so pretty on you.

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Thank you! I use Loreal true match liquid foundation, Coty airspun powder, and I think the eyeshadow in this video is from this palette: amzn.to/2UQI3tI I can't remember what blush, eyeliner, and mascara I'm using, because they would have been whatever ipsy sent me, probably.

[@Alltheshiny.reneeowens]

@@LadyRebeccaFashions Thank you. This pallette is very flattering on you.

[@irinalemos]

my god this is so hard to do on natural hair haaaaa. I think i don't have hair enough or its too thin or too straight. I think i might powder it a bit does it work?

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

Yeah, this sort of hairstyle definitely requires a lot of hair! I can't do it on my own hair.

[@breec]

Are you able to make a hair pin out of a bobbi pin? I know there are straight hair pins, so I'm not sure how much having one straight side and one wiggly side would affect function

[@LadyRebeccaFashions]

It's an interesting idea, but I don't really think that would work -- hair pins are a much more flexible metal than bobby pins typically.

[@breec]

@@LadyRebeccaFashions oooh that makes sense. My hair actively refuses anything that isn't a 90s scrunchie so I don't know a whole lot about things. Thank you!