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Forum Name: Lace Front Wig Talk
Forum Description: Lace Front Wig Talk
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Printed Date: July 19 2025 at 1:03pm

Topic: curly units

Posted By: bigmomma
Subject: curly units
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 6:52pm

hello i was wondering is their a way to drop some of the curls in a lf and make it look almost wavy ? thanks

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Posted By: sexibeach
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 6:54pm

yep so to sally's get an apple perm do the instructions all but rolling it up, no rodding, and just run a comb thru with the chemicals on it put it under the plastic cap, and it will loosen them curls up.. don't forget to neutilize it like the instructions say..

Posted By: Curlygirl11
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 7:04pm

You can use RIT Dye Color Remover on it to loosen the curls as well. The pack costs less than $2 and is available at grocery and drug stores. Ignore the instructions on the back of the box. Pour an entire pack into a bowl of hot tap water and just dip it in and out for about 2 minutes. Wash it, condition it and let it air dry on a wig stand, bed post, door knob or whatever and it will be much straighter. Don't heat the water up in the microwave if you're just trying to loosen the curl because if you get the water too hot you will lose some of the color. HTH

Posted By: sexibeach
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 7:05pm

Curlygirl11 wrote:

You can use RIT Dye Color Remover on it to loosen the curls as well. The pack costs less than $2 and is available at grocery and drug stores. Ignore the instructions on the back of the box. Pour an entire pack into a bowl of hot tap water and just dip it in and out for about 2 minutes. Wash it, condition it and let it air dry on a wig stand, bed post, door knob or whatever and it will be much straighter. Don't heat the water up in the microwave if you're just trying to loosen the curl because if you get the water too hot you will lose some of the color. HTH

that's true that will do it too.. LOL it might lighten it a little bit too, but the instructions are in the newbie thread..

Posted By: meechie2cute
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 7:08pm

I did not know this! hmmm

Posted By: bigmomma
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 7:09pm

thank you very much ladies you all are great!

Posted By: Bliess
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 7:32pm

I also loosen curls by performing a bleach bath. However it may also lift color a bit.

HTH

Posted By: Nemesiz
Date Posted: March 16 2008 at 9:03pm

wow, didn't know rit dye can loosen curls also. I also didn't know to use the whole box for the rit dye dip. I used the 2 tbs the box recommended. Maybe that's why I still see those ANTS. I've decided to purchase a few boxes of rity dye to have on hand. I've been afraid to try the curly units (afraid of the mass of curls). I have a wetnwavy now and it has enough curls for me. Maybe my next unit will be a curly and I'll do the appleperm or rit dye to them. Thanks ladies.

Posted By: Asia35
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 6:54pm

sexibeach wrote:

yep so to sally's get an apple perm do the instructions all but rolling it up, no rodding, and just run a comb thru with the chemicals on it put it under the plastic cap, and it will loosen them curls up.. don't forget to neutilize it like the instructions say..

Sexi this worked for me. I had the tightest little curls that looked like a puffy mess. I re permed it without the rods. And It worked. Now I'm off to larger rods.

Thanks again

Posted By: ash8419
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 7:05pm

Nemesiz wrote:

wow, didn't know rit dye can loosen curls also. I also didn't know to use the whole box for the rit dye dip. I used the 2 tbs the box recommended. Maybe that's why I still see those ANTS. I've decided to purchase a few boxes of rity dye to have on hand. I've been afraid to try the curly units (afraid of the mass of curls). I have a wetnwavy now and it has enough curls for me. Maybe my next unit will be a curly and I'll do the appleperm or rit dye to them. Thanks ladies.

You may still need to bleach the knots yourself if the color did not lift after the rits.

Posted By: sexibeach
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 8:18pm

Asia35 wrote:

Sexi this worked for me. I had the tightest little curls that looked like a puffy mess. I re permed it without the rods. And It worked. Now I'm off to larger rods.

Thanks again

yep it works all the time..

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