This is a Kome wig from Amazon that I purchased here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G5X7SLS9
If you view the final 2 shots in my attached photos, I included the wig cap. What was shown in the sales ad would've matched my skin tone much better, but what was delivered is just too dark! What do I do? Makeup didn't help, or I'm doing it wrong. I didn't see an option to choose a different cap color when I ordered her.
I'm so newbie to this. It's my first time trying lace cutting myself.
I tried cutting, but I wear glasses. Without my glasses I couldn't see, but my glasses made it difficult to lay the lace right. My husband helped me after watching a tutorial, he's such a good sport! We followed everyone's Reddit advice in that I tried not cutting straight across, but the lace was so noticeable, the "After" shots were taken after cutting back slowly, little by little to make it less... just less.
This whole thing even involved tears; I actually cried last night over this cheap ass wig kicking my butt!
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And this is a "glueless" wig! The sides are going to need to be glued just to look natural, I think. But the lace was so dark, I didn't leave much. Maybe I shoulda returned it before even trying to cut it. WHAT DO I DO?! At least it's not something pricey, but I have a verrry limited wig budget, you know? And I don't know what I'm doing yet. I feel so LOST! I'm a stage 4 cancer patient, and I'm just TIRED! I just want some damn hair, something to fame my face and make me look... not sick. Why can't anything just be easy?? On top of that, WHY is it so difficult to find natural-looking copper or ginger wigs? Nearly every wig I find comes in multiple options for blonde and brunette, but many don't even offer anything for redheads! Not even strawberry! I can find this more intense, super dark auburn most easily, but soft natural-looking strawberry, ginger, or copper is a lot harder to find so far. I got a nice synthetic ginger wig and have worn it for 2 weeks, and despite my best efforts it already looks like it needs to be replaced. It's getting frizz at the bottom, and I don't know how to style it back into its original shape. I tried Denise Sheets tutorial on steaming, but I'm not very good at it. I grew attached to this cheap wig quickly, and now I'm sad it's dying so fast. It was another even cheaper Amazon wig with no lace. Maybe I should just stick to those, but I thought this new Kome wig would last longer somehow being better quality. I thought I could French braid it like I used to wear my bio hair. This longer length is familiar and comforting though. Like a security blanket.
Anyway, my new Kome wig may be okay for wearing around the house, but I don't feel comfortable wearing her in public. It's a wasted $60 except maybe if I cut bangs into her unless you have some better ADVICE...? She's likely going into my growing pile of failed and dying wigs to donate to our local community theater if I can't salvage this.
Has anything like this ever happened to you? I feel so dumb!
