How do you tell if your wig knots are bleached?

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The flexibility and versatility of closures make them applicable for just about all types of hair, whether natural, scanty, permed or the less thrilling receding hairline.

In order to make lace closure sew in, the transparent wig is ventilated strand by strand with a tiny needle. The water wave hair with closure strand stays securely on the lace through a knot.

The visible knots look like tiny seeds. Some people don't mind the knots and many can't stand them.

When 40 inch straight wig is tied to the lace, there is a dark knot where the hair is secured.

Bleaching or "lightening" the knots reduce the visibility of this knot.

Very light brown and blonde and shades usually do not need bleached knots.

It is not possible to bleach knots on jet black (#1) hair and is very difficult to bleach knots on 1B hair.

1. Turn either your frontal, closure or 360 frontal lace wig inside out and pin it down to a foam head.If your closure has baby hairs, pin them down with clips to make sure they are out of the way.

2. Scoop 1-2 scoops of lightening powder into your mixing bowl.Add less than an equal amount of the developer into the bowl and mix into a thick consistency.

3. The consistency should be similar to thick cottage cheese or frosting. You don't want your mixture to be runny because it will seep through the lace and saturate the hairs on the lace.

4. Apply the mixture onto the lace closure with your applicator brush using swift, even strokes. The mixture should be evenly applied in a thick layer across the entire piece of lace.

5. Let it sit for no more than 30 minutes or until there is a noticeable change in color at the base of the lace. When you notice the hairs at the hairline of your lace start to lighten, just slightly honey blonde, it's time to go on to the next step.

6. Rinse the lightener off of the lace closure with the lace facing downwards first to avoid getting bleach onto the hair. Continue rinsing until all of the bleach is off.

7. Thoroughly wash and condition your lace closure or frontal, making certain you have rinsed out all of the lighteners.

8. Let your lace closure air dry. If you're in a rush, you can blow dry, but it's best to let your hair air dry after a chemical process to avoid damage.

How to avoid this? Bleaching knots and customize your lace frontal closure with baby hair is important to your beautiful hairstyle, it can make your wig look more natural.

Some women, in order to make the lace closure more natural, they ask for overall bleached knots. However, this is not suitable for the hair, as an additional bleaching may take breakage to hair and shed from knots easily. Under normal circumstances, the bleached knots only in front of the wig or lace closure is enough.

Bleaching knots is a technique to make the wig appear more natural by creating the illusion that it grows directly from the scalp. When making a lace wig, the hair needs to be tied to a piece of lace. This technique is known as ventilating, which creates knots. The knots secure the hair strands on the lace wig. There are mainly two types of lace wig knots: single knot and double knot. Single knot means there is only one hair strand on each knot, and double knot means there are two or more hair strands on each knot.

If you're a newbie to lace wigs choosing whether you should get bleached knots vs. unbleached knots can be a tricky decision in the universe of lace wig opinions. Bleached knots and Unbleached knots can affect how natural your lace wig looks. It can also determine how long your lace wig will last. Most people are either for bleached knots or for unbleached knots, there is no in between.