What Makes A Human Hair Wig “Quality”?
High-quality human hair wigs are made from 100% ponytail hair, which means that each strand of hair is laying in the same root-to-tip direction on the wig, and the cuticles are intact (this is also known as Remy hair). The cuticle of a hair refers to the outermost layer of each individual strand of hair. It serves as a protective barrier for the inner layers of the hair shaft and plays a crucial role in the overall health and appearance of the hair. Wash after wash, wear after wear, your high-quality human hair wig will retain its beauty.
low-quality human hair wigs are made from what we call in the industry, floor hair. Floor hair is exactly what you think it is - hair swept from salon floors after a haircut or collected from hairbrushes and even pulled from shower drains and sinks (yuck). This of hair is easy to source and is cheap and, but it’s also very low-quality.
Floor hair needs to be thoroughly chemically treated in a wig factory in order to make it suitable for wig manufacturing, and in the process, the strands are stripped of their cuticles. Human hair wigs made from floor hair are certainly low cost, but they’re fraught with tangling issues, shedding, and simply don’t last very long.
You may find a human hair wig for sale for around $500 to $1,000 and it may feel soft and have a healthy-looking sheen at first glance. However you’ll soon find that many low-quality (and low-cost) wigs are treated with silicone before they leave the manufacturing facility and this gives the hair a temporary smoothness. The first few washes will remove the silicone and the unhealthy, stringy, brittle hair is revealed beneath. This hair will end up tangling, matting and overall will cause more headache and not look good.
Why should you care about hair “quality”?
Simply stated, a quality hair piece will quite honestly last longer than a low quality piece. The hair will look more natural, have better sheen and be overall easier to manage.
All of our pieces sold by Cami Wigs are of top quality, remy human hair and are meant to be great pieces that you can rely on.