Feeding My Wig Habit with Scissors

I have a confession to make: I can’t resist a cheap wig! Whether they’re under $30, $20 or sometimes $10, I have accumulated over 10 in the past year so far and I just can’t stop. Watching youtubers do an Amazon wig haul both calms me down and gives me life! But there’s a problem, since they’re cheap, they need a little bit of love, effort and elbow grease to make them look real. But that doesn’t bother me - it’s all about the illusion. And how do I fulfill that illusion? With a pair of handy dandy scissors. From household scissors to cutting sheers, I’ve learned I have a knack for making this beauties work for me. And I can walk you through all the ways to look your best wig a cheap wig and some scissors.

Ever since I was a young girl, I would beg my mom to take me to the beauty supply store after we’d go to the hair salon. I just loved to look at all the wigs in their glory. One reason I became an opera singer is to have the chance to wear a wig onstage. Each wig has a personality and always would bring out something in me when I put it on. So, what did I do? I started wearing them in real life. Who has time to wait for the fun for work only? That’s why I like synthetic wigs. Mostly because I can afford them, but the most exhilarating part is making a cheap wig look real. That’s where scissors come in and I can walk you through all the ways to look your best.

My mantra is: The wig doesn’t wear you; you wear the wig. And by wear, I mean wear and tear, specifically, cut.

Wanna join in on the Wolf Cut trend on Tik Tok? No problem! I took a $12 green party wig that’s been sitting in my closet since 2016 and brought her back to 2021 in style! All it took was a pair of scissors and some cutting shears. The scissors did all the work. Just like in the tik tok videos, I put my hair in a high pony tail, hold it up and cut away with my household scissors. Then after that, I use my shears to touch up the rest.

I went from a cheap and thick wig...

To a full luscious wolf mullet bombshell!

Need to overcome the annoying plastic part in wig? No need to do the tedious work of trying to cut out the plastic part. After watching many failed DIYs on Youtube, I decided to put my scissors to the test. That’s right, I put my tweezers to the side, and just open a pair of scissors and sliced away at the scalp. Once I open up the part to make it look real, all I needed was a touch of foundation and eye shadow and I went from this..

To this!

The world will never know I paid less that $20 for that wig.

Want to rock a mullet, but the wig is just 80s thick? Don’t think of spending more money on an expensive synthetic, just take a pair of thinning shears or household scissors and cut out a few layers of that extra hair at the top. Always be sure to cut at the base of the scalp and only cut under the top layers. The goal is to cover any thinning you’ve make to the hair. Doing this instantly takes out the fluff and voila! You’re left with a modern mullet and you’re doing it just under $30!

Here's the fluff...

Here's the it style!

To me, it’s the little things that count. And putting in a little bit of time, anyone feed their wig habit with a pair of scissors!