For sale online for years, lace wigs are now available in Beauty Supply Stores. The good news is that women, who are not otherwise comfortable researching and purchasing lace wigs online, can experience the wonderful world of lace wigs. The bad news is that Beauty Supply Store lace wigs are not as good as those purchased on line, or in specialty shops – and it shows.
“As an online seller of lace wigs, one of the questions that I frequently get from women who are not familiar with lace wigs is – ‘how do lace wigs achieve their invisible hairlines?’, ‘how do they work?’ and that is hard to describe in an email, or on the telephone,” says Cathy Nedd, owner of TheHairNetwork.Com, makers of Glamour Lace wigs and long time online seller of lace wigs. “Now that they are available in the Beauty Supply Stores, women can at least see how they work. The problem is they are putting anything on their heads. The intent is for a lace wig to look like your natural hair and with the Beauty Supply Store lace wigs the hairlines are unnatural looking and the hair looks shiny and fake.”
For those who do not know, lace wigs are the latest innovation in the hair industry. Real Indian remy lace wigs – not the ones purchased at the Beauty Supply Store – are made by hand. Individual strands of hair are “ventilated” into a sheer, light net base. As a result of this “strand-by-strand” technology, when the wig is properly applied, the hair of the wig appears as though it’s growing from your scalp. The hair can be parted anywhere, for versatile styling, and worn in a high ponytail.
According to Nedd, the noticeable differences between real lace wigs and the ones available at the Beauty Supply Store, are as follows:
Horseshoe Hairline – Beauty Supply Store lace wigs have an unnatural-looking hairline. The hairline looks like a perfect circle, or horseshoe which is a tale-tale sign. Real Indian remy lace wigs, like Glamour Lace Wigs, have a natural hairline. No one’s actual hairline is a perfect circle.
Baby Hair - Beauty Supply Store lace wigs do not have baby hair. Real indian remy human hair lace wigs, like Glamour Lace Wigs, have lots of beautiful baby hair which adds to the allure of the natural hairline of a lace wig.
Synthetic Hair – The majority of the lace wigs in the Beauty Supply Store are made from synthetic fibers. Synthetic fibers are okay if the wig is removed and re-attached every day. Lace wigs are “applied” with skin-safe adhesives. They are not meant to be removed every night. Synthetic fibers will quickly show wear and tear with constant body heat, showers, swimming, working out and cooking.
Silicone Coated Human Hair – The human hair lace wigs that are available in Beauty Supply Stores are made of an inferior grade of human hair that has been coated with silicone to make it appear nice. Once that hair has been shampooed, the true inferior performance of the hair will show.
“Remi” Branding – Beauty Supply Stores deceive their customers by taking advantage of the word “remy”, a word used in the industry that has become synonymous with quality human hair. The manufacturers of the Beauty Supply Store lace wigs are hiding behind the legality of branding and changing the spelling of the word, i.e. “remi” vs. “remy” – thereby using the word as a brand name as opposed to a description of the quality of the hair.
Front Lace vs. Full Lace – Nearly all of the lace wigs available in the Beauty Supply Stores are “front” lace wigs – without much lace - and not “full” lace wigs. Full lace wigs provide the wearer with an opportunity to make deep parts for versatile styling and wear the wig in a high ponytail. With full lace, the wig is bonded around the perimeter of the wig – the hair at the nape also looks as though it’s growing from the head.
These are a few differences between Beauty Supply Store lace wigs and “Real” Indian remy human hair lace wigs. While Beauty Supply Store lace wigs may be good for experimentation, real Indian remy lace wigs are ideal. And at TheHairNetwork.com, they are also affordable. To see and/or purchase, real Indian remy human hair lace wigs, visit The Hair Network at http://www.thehairnetwork.com/, call, or email Cathy Nedd directly at (313) 350-4241, cnedd@thehairnetwork.com.
If you have any other questions about lace wigs, just “Ask Cathy”.