Hi everybody!

So now you got your perfect wig. You know how to wear it and brush it, and you know how to store it. You're definitely off to a great start.

But there comes a time where you think...this is something you wear on your head, in the environment where there is dirt, and there's the wind that blows that dirt into your wig. Also, those wigs are pretty hot sometimes, and your head may be all sweaty and gross under there.

And then there are other things like lingering bad smells like cigarette smoke that you really don't like. It seems like it's trapped in your wig forever!

When it's time to wash your wig, you'll know it. Here's how I do it.

So to start, you'll need some shampoo for human hair. You can use the one you usually use to wash your hair. There are no particular restrictions.

Let's start by filling a sink or basin with water.

If you are washing a wig with tight curls or a very distinct style that you want to stay intact, use super cold water.

The colder the water, the more likely the style is to stay.

If you want to loosen up the style, use hot water.

And for everything in between that, I usually use cool water.

Add some shampoo to the water while it's filling up to get some good soapy bubbles.

You'll want to follow the instructions on the back of the shampoo bottle for whatever shampoo you have. Sometimes they will tell you how much to use.

So before you ever put your wig in water, you'll want to brush it out. Once it is wet, it will be much, much harder to brush out.

So anyway, after your wig is brushed out, you're just going to dunk it down in the water. Make sure that it is completely submerged.

And then, I gently agitate the wig with this moving around in the water to ensure that you get shampoo throughout it and get it all clean.

Then I usually let it sit for a few minutes. This step varies depending on who you ask, but I like to let them soak for like 5-10 minutes.

Okay, so once the wig has been soaking for a little bit, I come back to wash it out.

Here I am lifting the wig out of the sink while the dirty soapy water drains out of it. And after it's all drained, I use clean water to rinse all of the shampoos out of the wig. You'll want to do this until there are no more bubbles in the water.

It does take a while for a bit of faucet, so if you have a sprayer attached to your sink, that is a faster approach to rinsing.

This wig is long and thick. Shorter ones are easier, and they're going to be faster to wash and rinse out.

Once I can rinse out the wig, and no more bubbles come out, the wig is clean and ready to dry.

I squeeze out as much of the excess water as possible because the more water you can get out, the faster it's going to dry.

Then I just lay the wig flat out on a towel and let it air dry.

The drying times vary depending on thickness, length, and style, so I usually just let it sit overnight for big long wigs.

It would be best if you waited for it to dry before brushing out the tangles, so you don't damage your wig. I put mine on a Styrofoam head to brush it out. If you don't have a Styrofoam head and stand, you can just put it on your head and brush it out from there.

And as long as you didn't use super hot water to wash the wig, it should pop right back into the style it was in before it was a wet blob in your sink.

You can see here that the little hair flips in the hologram style from Perfect Lace Wigs came right back with minimal effort or styling at all. Pretty cool!

Okay, so that's it! Now your wig is clean!

The wig that I washed today is a human hair lace front wig. Lace fronts should be treated a little differently in that you should only run water in the direction that the hairs go, so, for example, from inside the wig cap out.

If you run water against the knots, it could push the knocks backward into the cap, and you might have little strays everywhere. It could push the hair out altogether. You don't want that happening to your pretty lace wigs.

Also, when soaking a lace front, I try to leave the lace, um, poking up out of the water.

Either way, I hope you found this write helpful and that you finally feel comfortable enough to wash your wigs.

I know it can be terrifying to dunk your wig in water for the first time, but hopefully, this write shows you that it is not bad.

I hope you guys are enjoying this wig care series so far.

Singing off. Bye!