LaToya Kelly installs a 5x5 lace closure deep wave wig, 24 inches and 180% density. She bleaches the knots, adjusts the straps, trims the sides, and styles baby hairs for a natural look without bonding it down.
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Hey everyone, it's your girl TT Does It All back with another video, and this is a 5x5 lace closure wig install, and it is deep wave. What do y'all think about that pattern? It's so pretty and full from the root to the tip, and the body is just so pretty. Everybody loved this wig. All right, so we're going to start out with bleaching the knots, and I'm just showing you all the inside of the wig. It does have the adjustable straps and the combs just in case you need them. And I'm going to start with my bleaching of the knots process with my 40 developer and Kaleidoscope hair color— I'm sorry, hair lightener. And I'm just going to make sure those knots are fully covered and then let it sit for 15 minutes as it processes. And this wig that I have here is a 24-inch wig, and, um, it is 180% density, and we have a medium-sized cap on this unit. Okay, so the knots are bleached, and I'm just showing you that HD lace, what it looks like on my skin. It looks perfect. And I am starting with my hair smoothed back with some mousse because my hair is relaxed and short. So again, this is a closure wig, so it's not going from ear to ear. And she said she wanted to just stitch the cap down onto my hair just to make sure that it didn't lift up. And to her point, it did not. And again, if you haven't watched my previous like 3 videos. This is 1027 CEO. I will put her Instagram information below because she always slays my wigs. And right now she is just bleaching the knots, making sure that hairline looks super natural once she puts the wig on my head. This is the deep wave texture. I love it. It just, it looks so pretty. It's like a, it's a tighter wave pattern and it's a little spirally, so it's just basically like a long deep curl to me. But it looks super pretty. And we did a middle part because it's a closure wig. I wanted to make sure that it fit nice and perfect. I wanted to make sure the adjustable bands connected right in the center of the back. If I were to have twisted this and made it like a side part, um, it just would have been off-center in the back. And to prevent that, I just let it be a middle part. These are the adjustable straps that come inside the wig pre-installed, and we're just tightening it and making it fit my head because, again, my hair is so short that we are not doing any braids or anything to connect it to. But it fit nice and secure. This is new, I've never seen this. What? Somebody glued the sides. That's pretty neat. Me either. You? I'm just playing. I'm gonna say I'm done. Nah, but I just be cutting it so it won't be so bulky like on the sides. Mm-hmm. The sides be like— I don't like how it'd be like all together, like I like it to be separated. I don't know how to explain it, but when I'm done, you're gonna see it's gonna look more natural like that. As someone who does hair, I love to just sit there and let a stylist do what she does. I don't dictate, you know, hey, I want it done this way. I pretty much let you do you, and I just sit there and get pampered. Okay, this lace is like fire. Can't see it right there. I ain't even cut it yet. Um, But how many of you stylists up there love to just sit and get your hair done by somebody else, or do you prefer to do it yourself? Like, some people feel like it's never perfect unless they do it themselves, or some people just love to get their hair done and sit there and just chill. Which one are you? Drop a comment below and let me know. But I am so excited because I hadn't done a middle part in a while, and I usually don't like them but I was excited because she always slays my hair and I knew it was going to be perfect. But she is just flattening out that middle part so it is just nice and crisp. And, um, then we are laying these baby hairs. And I love the fact that she takes her time and makes sure that every piece of hair is in place, because as a hair stylist, that's what I want. So it is great to be able to sit down and let someone else just perfect affect your wig. Um, what do you guys think so far? Do you like the lace? You like the texture? Do you like a middle part? Do you— would you prefer a side part? Have you ever done a lace closure wig in a side part and bonded it down, or did you just not bond it down? Because this wig didn't have to be bonded down. It could have been, um, something that I could take on and take off, and then I could have just, um um, not used any adhesive, not use the ball cap method. So what would you have done with this same unit? Because, um, you don't have to bond this unit down, which I love that about it. Um, it would be pretty being able to take it on and put it— take it off and put it back on. So this is the natural texture of it after she put some water on it. Again, this is 24 inches. And drop a comment and let me know what you guys think. Is it the nice length? Would you do shorter? Um, would you add some color to yours? Drop a comment and let me know what you think about this wig. Make sure you definitely thumbs up this video. If you're not subscribed already, definitely subscribe. There's going to be so much more content coming. I'm going to start doing a little bit more vlogging, so I can't wait to see y'all in the next video. Bye!
