Everybody is looking for that thick, beautiful, soft, and bouncy hair. Natural human hair wigs are able to provide this look as long as its good quality. So how do you know if a wig is good quality?

1. The first thing you notice is how the wig looks. Any hair that is extremely shiny is synthetic. Natural hair does not have a shiny coat to it. You also want to make sure there are not any strands of random color hair intertwined. Some companies also carry synthetic hair and some of their human hair wigs have synthetic strands which often times are a different color such as red. You have to carefully look through your unit in order to notice these strands.

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2. Good quality wigs have a long-life span. Most synthetic wigs will only last for about 4 weeks before they start to show their true colors. Longevity is the greatest characteristic of a good quality wig. Great quality wigs should be able to be worn every day. This has can also be styled with heat and bleached without ruining the quality.

3. Bad quality wigs could cause scalp irritation. The synthetic hair causes damage to the scalp as well as itchiness that results in welts and redness in the scalp. The most common side effect of installing a bad unit is constant irritation and itching of the scalp.

4. Good quality wigs will often come at a pricy amount. “You get what you pay for” in other words. The cheaper the hair the more likely the quality is lower. You have to invest in yourself. Buying cheap hair will result in spending more money because you will have to purchase hair more often. A unit of better quality is usually more expensive but they have a light span of 2+ years.

Keep in mind that regardless of the quality of the hair you must keep up the maintenance in order for it to meet its life span. You must brush the hair properly to restrain from tangling, wash and condition your units and keep the hair clean from oils and dirt that will weigh the hair down, be sure to use heat protectants to refrain from damaging the hair, and last but very important, store your units properly. Queen Melanin Extensions offers Queen Guards as well as Protection Bundles that protect your unit from weather, dust, and any other elements that may help destroy your unit.

I love that half blonde half black look. IT IS BOMB! Here is how to achieve that look in 7 simple steps.

What you need:
Wig
Bleach (if your unit is 1b)
Mixing Brush
Mixing Bowl
Hair dye
Water (for water coloring)
Ponytail holder
Blow dryer
Shampoo
Conditioner
Comb

I recommend starting with 613(blonde) hair and coloring the hair from there. You can use the 1b hair and bleach one side and then color but the chemicals cause more damage to the hair if it is not done correctly.

1. Turn Frontal/closure upside down with lace facing up. Take a tube or can of Got To Be Glued and spread it all over the frontal or closure. If you are using the tube of glue, it is easier to squeeze it in a mixing bowl and apply it to the frontal/closure with a mixing brush. Do not push down hard just cover enough to protect the lace. If you are using the spray can, completely cover the lace.

2. Blow dry Frontal/Closure for about 10 min. Make sure the closure is dry and hard.

3. Take your wig and part down the middle. Put one side in a tight bun to protect it from being dyed. If you have 1b hair, bleach one side of the wig blonde.

4. Use your prefer method to apply dye to one side of wig. Be precise and do not apply to opposite side. I love and recommend water coloring. It is easy and fast but you have to be careful to not get dye on opposite side.

5. After you get the color you desire on both sides rinse with cold water. Tip: If you started with 613 and added color to only one side, rinse the color side first to stop color from bleeding into 613 hair.

6. Allow to air dry after washing and conditioning. Style as desired.

7. SLAY QUEEN SLAY!!!

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So Queen, have you ever had this bomb wig and you were ready to slay but the lace did not blend AT ALL? Your melanin is poppin and the lace is lacking a little. I’m going to walk you through tinting that lace to get it to blend perfectly with your color. Lace tinting is easy and fast to get the job done.

What You Need:

-Adore Semi-Permanent Hair color (#048 Honey Brown)

-Clairol beautiful collection color (Dark Brown)

-Big bowl

-Salt

Directions:

1. Get your big bowl and fill half with boiling hot water and fill the rest with cold water. Water should still be relatively hot. Take your Adore color and add about 5 drops to the bowl water. Also mix approximately 3 drops of Clairol beautiful collection color to the bowl. Also sprinkle a pinch of table salt into the water and color mixture to prevent a red tint from developing on your lace. Stir the mixture for about a minute to make sure all colors and salt is blended.
2. DO NOT CUT LACE YET! We want to be sure you are tinting to the right color so we are going to use that excess lace to test the color before dipping the entire lace. Dip the edge of the lace and keep saturated for about 10 min. The longer it sits the darker the lace will be so check your color in 5 min increments to make sure the color does not get too dark. After testing the extra lace for the perfect color, next saturate the entire lace for the amount of time needed for your tint color.
3. The time letting it sit in there depends on how much color you want to take. If you do not need that much tone, sit in there maybe 2 to 5 minutes. If you want a good dark tone, set 10 minutes, may be 20 minutes in dark.
4. Next, wash the lace thoroughly with cool water to allow the color to set in. You can use any shampoo and conditioner of your choice for this step. The water will run brown at first but this is normal. After washing and conditioning, simply let the hair air dry.

**You always have the option to purchase a lace tint spray as well.**

Quick weaves are so fast and simple right? It gets the job done and you look cute as hell. But what about when you take it out? All the products used to harden the hair as well as the process to remove the tracks all cause extreme damage to your natural hair. If you are looking for a protective style and you’re trying to maintain your real hair, a quick weave is not the best option.

Quick Weave?

A quick weave is when your hair is molded down in order to glue extensions on top of a wig cap or sometimes it’s glued directly on your hair.

Some stylist mold the hair down and some braid it, due to the hair being braided many believe this makes it a protective style.

After molding or braiding hair down and applying wig cap with glue, extensions are cut and glued all over until the full head is covered. Sometimes there is a leave out to help blend the extensions and help the style look more natural.

Just like a leave out with a sew in, applying heat to your natural hair to help blend your hair with the extensions causes extreme heat damage. On top of the heat damage, removing the extensions from your hair with or without a wig cap is often difficult and causes damage to your natural hair as well due to the tension that is applied to detach the extensions from the glue.

Although the quick weave style is beneficial and often times very beautiful, the process, products, and take-down process stops it from being a protective style because it damages the natural hair

Although the quick weave starts as a protective style. The glue cancels out any pros of the style.

What is a protective style?

Protective styles are those that are styled to be worn for extended periods of time to protect the hair from tension, heat, and styling damage.

Did you Know?

Often times stylist do not dry the hair completely before installing a quick weave and this leads to mildew forming on the hair. Washing the extensions is not a option with this hair style because the glue will loosen the extensions and ruin the quick weave style. It is also not good to wear the quick weave style for extended periods of time because the dirt from your hair as well as sweat will start to build up and cause bad odor and damage to the scalp. Your scalp also because very dry causing damage to the scalp and restricting hair growth. 

There are so many other options to protect your natural hair and obtain the same look of a quick weave. Bottom line? Invest in yourself and your hair because your natural hair is just as important.

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Ingredients:

Blinder

1-2 Bananas (depending on hair length)

2 tbsp. Olive oil

1 cup Mielle
Organics Babassu Oil & Mint Deep Conditioner (your favorite deep
condition)

2 tbsp. of Honey

Cleansing conditioner

How to Do?

1. Cut bananas into small pieces and place inside blinder
2. Add olive oil and honey to bananas in blinder
3. Add 1 cup of deep conditioner to blinder
4. Mix well for 2 minutes or until mixture is consistent

How to Apply?

1. Make sure hair is tangle free after
   washing with shampoo
2. Separate hair into 4 sections
3. Apply mixture to one section at a time
   and comb through with wide tooth comb from ends to roots.
4. After all sections are covered apply
   shower cap
5. Leave on for 30 min (sit under dry for
   best results)

How to Wash It?

1. Rinse your hair well with cold water
2. Use cleansing conditioner to remove all
   banana and other ingredients from hair without stripping hair with shampoo
3. Dry and style as desired

Benefits of Banana Hair Condition

1. Banana is a natural deep conditioner
2. Honey helps to hydrate your hair and is a
   natural humectant that moisturizes your hair and promotes hair growth.
3. Olive oil gives natural shine and also
   helps to deep condition

The benefits of
bananas are not just limited to our health. This is a perfect ingredient to
assist with skin treatments as well as strengthen your hair. Bananas improve
manageability, prevents dandruff, and helps to keep scalp moisturized. This
fruit is rich in potassium, natural oils, carbohydrates and vitamins, which
helps to soften the hair and protect the hairs natural elasticity, which
prevents split ends and breakage. We all dream of thick strong hair and the
potassium that bananas hold help to strengthen and thicken fine hair.

After a few months of flat ironing and adding products extensions start to look a little stiff and may even start to tangle more. We have to remember even though it didn’t grow out of our scalp it is still very necessary to treat like human hair. Extensions still need to be washed and conditioned well to restore your bundles back to its beautiful body it once had. While silicon mix conditioner is very famous for extensions restoration, you can also use a good deep condition to obtain the same results. 

Ingredients:

-Pot of water

-Silicon mix/conditioner

1. Place a full pot of water on the stove top and allow water to boil

2. Remove pot from fire after boiling starts

3. Add conditioner to boiling water and stir

4. Add extensions to water and make sure they are fully saturated

5. Allow to sit for 30min to an hour for best results

6. Rinse thoroughly with cold water

7. Allow to air dry 

Allowing your extensions to air dry is very important because it allows them to return back to their natural state without further heat damage. Be sure to use a heat protectant if you are in a rush for your extensions to be dried.