Hey Divas! Okay. One the most common and constant questions I get asked is “Is it okay to dye my lace wig?”, or “Is the hair on your lace wigs 100% human… can hair be colored?”, or “Will my full lace wig unit get damaged if I dye the hair?”
So to answer the question right off the back, yes. Generally since quality, authentic lace wig units (like the ones available Love My Lace Wigs™) are 100% human hair, they can dyed/colored permanently or semi-permanently, and tinted stripped. But, it’s not really recommended, especially if you’re trying to use a “do-it-yourself” home coloring kit. If you don’t know what you’re doing you may not get the color results you want, and you may even risk damaging the lace/hair on your unit. Here are some points to consider:
1. The Lace Wig Units Have Already been color treated & Dyed.
Sometimes it’s best to leave well enough alone. Since the hair has already been processed to achieve a specific color and/or texture. To give your lace wig unit the longest life possible, it’s best to avoid added stress and processing (it’s a wig ladies, the hair ain’t growing back.)
2. Risk of Altering the Color of The Lace.
Another issue with coloring a lace wig unit is the risk of altering the color of the lace cap base itself. As you know, the closer the lace is to your skin complexion, the more seamless the appearance (which is the whole point of purchasing a lace wig unit in the first place.. So for example, if you’re extremely fair skin and decide you want to color your lace wig unit (especially a darker color), you will end up darkening/altering the color of the lace on your unit, and the lace netting will become extremely visible once applied.
3. Risk of Over Processing Hair on Full or Front Lace Wig Unit Wig.
Again, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But if you must color you lace unit or add some highlights, please take it to a professional hairstylist/coloring expert. Also, if possible, ensure they know a thing or two about the delicate nature of lace wigs, and if they don’t, enlighten them. By all means, let them know how to properly wash, dry, comb & style lace wigs. Also, depending on the how the hair on your lace wig unit was originally treated and processed, it may require more or less time for the desired coloring to take affect.
I once had a customer take a blonde (#27) full lace wig to a salon stylist to add highlights to the unit. She called a few hours later in a tizzy, complaining because the hair wouldn’t strip. I told her to bring the unit back. By the time she brought the unit back, not only was the unit destroyed completely (knots slipped and turned inside out/hair shedding due to the stylist “roughing” up the unit, it looked like an animal), but the hair on the unit did in fact change color (it just took extra time for the unit to change/strip color), and because the stylist didn’t wash the chemical out, the hair on the unit was very dry and over processed once I washed it out.
4. Natural/Unprocessed “Virgin” Remy Hair Texture/Color.
FYI: “Virgin” Remy is a term for all natural hair texture that hasn’t been color or dyed and treated/processed in anyway. These textures tend to be (and are also available on the Love My Lace Wigs™ website) in the Silky Straight (European), natural “off black”-”dark brown” hair color (a natural #1B/#2 mix) (but depending on the source a “virgin” remy is any natural human hair texture – ie. Asian, Brazilian Remy, South American Remy, Indian Remy, etc. Very pretty and very manageable. They’re also more costly to purchase. The Virgin Remy textures may also be easier to dye/strip color from (the recommended lightest color being a light brown/red color).
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