Do You Remember......
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Forum Name: Lace Front Wig Talk
Forum Description: Lace Front Wig Talk
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Printed Date: May 02 2025 at 7:01am
Topic: Do You Remember......
Posted By: Shonita24
Subject: Do You Remember......
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 10:47pm
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......your first LW application? I was laying in the bed right now and I started thinking about my first application. Honey Chile let me tell you, I looked like a damn chia pet! I applied my hairline so low that I felt it almost blended with my eyebrows, my unit was thick and needed to be thinned and my knots needed to be bleached (I tried to bleach them but was too scared to leave the bleach on that long). Now as far as the glue and tape, Lawd have mercy, stuff was stuck everywhere except where it was suppose to be. Looking back on that now I can't believe I walked my happy but out of the house lookin like that. To all my sistas who are just venturing into lace wigs, your 1st application might be a hot mess, but trust me when I say this, don't get discouraged, keep on trying because you will get it. Because, if I got it (after looking like Chia Pet #1) you can!What's your story.......
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Posted By: materialgirlclk
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 10:51pm
ooh girl i'm actually getting ready to do my 1st app now. i might be too embarassed to show ya'll pics in the morning . we'll see...pray 4 me
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Posted By: fllwlover
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 10:55pm
Chia pet!  - My first application was sooo exciting, I got blueliner everywhere except the lace & my hairline. Blueliner & eyebrow?  blueliner & ear? Blue liner somehow on the dog? Reverse ventilated baby hair eggroll with blueliner?
Ooo, I thought I was on point!
 I'm much better now, but unhappy with my double chin in photos so no AVI... |
Posted By: fllwlover
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 10:55pm
| You'll be just fine materialgirlclk....get DIVALICIOUS! |
Posted By: Shonita24
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 10:56pm
My sisterly advice to you is TAKE YOUR TIME. Don't be like me and rush rush. That's why I ended up looking like I did. I say for your 1st application have a least a 2 to 3 hour window for yourself to apply your unit. Don't get frustrated because you can do it!!!!!!
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materialgirlclk wrote:Posted By: meechie2cute
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 11:06pm
| My bathroom was an covered in ultahold webs. It was a mess. I had glue EVERYWHERE and yall know I used that big ass brush that came with it. I was a hot mess literally.....It was the dead heat of summer. But when you enjoy something you master it and I love being cute! |
Posted By: Shonita24
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 11:08pm
Dang I forgot about ORWG being stuck all on my sink, fingernails, etc....
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Posted By: meechie2cute
Date Posted: March 17 2008 at 11:08pm
girl who cares about a double chin....you see mine, and I'm STILL cute! I will be even cuter if i get these last 30 pounds off.
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Posted By: sexibeach
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 6:34am
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yes my first app took me all weekend i was never satisfied i reapplied all weekend up until i walked out the door headed for work, but i eventually won the battle b/c we fought like cats and dogs me and that wig.. i've still got it..
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Posted By: chyna_li
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 6:39am
| GIRL I HOPE UR RIGHT. I ONLY HAD MINE FOR 2 MONTHS AND NOW IM BACK TO MY LOVELY SEW IN. ALL I DO IS WRAP, MOISTURIZE, CURL EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND IM GOOD. NO WORRYING ABOUT SLIPPAGE, GLUE BOOGERS, ETC. |
Posted By: PrincessLF
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 7:25am
| I let my next door neighbor do my first app after she lied about having done them before. I can relate to the chia pet look cause that's how she had me looking. Glue everywhere, hairline starting about an inch above my eyebrows, the unit was too thick and very wiggy looking but despite all that, you couldn't tell me I wasn't lookin cute, or at least I thought so. My first application that I did myself, it took me about four hours of applying and reapplying. Hang in there, it does get easier. |
Posted By: Shonita24
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 12:40pm
chyna don't give up!
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Posted By: sweetcarib
Date Posted: March 18 2008 at 1:36pm
| My first app: I used cream adhesive and when I took my scarf down the next morning. I had all this indian baby hair plastered to my forehead. It look liked I purposely tried to gel down all my baby hairs in a wavy paatern. It was a hot mess and I wore it in a ponytail anyway. When I compare my hair today to what it was like two years ago, I just shake me head, LOL. |
Posted By: Prettyeyz9
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 9:16pm
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OK - so I get my first LF in a couple of days and you're telling me to either not make any big plans for the weekend or get a really fly hat?
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Posted By: Shonita24
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 11:17pm
Both, but be careful, that hat might stay stuck to your head from the adhesive
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Posted By: newtolacewigs
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 11:18pm
Thank you for this post. I bleached my knots tonight and I knew I didn't bleach them good cause it still looked liked little bugs were crawling around in that wig. After reading your post, I took that wig right off of that wig dummy and redid Breh's method and dang girl them knots are on point now.
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Posted By: Shonita24
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 11:21pm
That is soooo awesome! I wish I had that thread when I did my 1st unit, I just walked around with ants crawlin everywhere!
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Posted By: CoolAzFemale
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 11:35pm
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For my first App, I remember reading about everybody spilling their UH all over the place and getting it all in their eyes and babyhair. So I was DETERMINED to not spill a drop. Things actually went well...got a few babyhairs stuck together, but nothing major. I had too apply three times cuz I had put the UH down too far...but I hadn't spilled nothing so I was so proud! Why after I got her applied and thought I was lookin cute...I went in the other room and when I came back awhile later I stepped in some sticky stuff, I was like WTF! Yep, when I left the bathroom I must've knocked the UH over...I was cleaning that mess off the sink, the cabinet under the sink, and my floor for weeks...had to throw the dang rug out!
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Posted By: newtolacewigs
Date Posted: March 19 2008 at 11:43pm
ROTFLMAO
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Posted By: JLTabron
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 11:06am
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I actually applied my first lf last week with the help of my mom. Actually we got is applied fairly quick. My problem is finding the right adhesive combo. I am a hair perfectionist, so I have reapplied twice since then, but that dang Mr C is so sticy and never seems to dry. I really need some ORWG, I am going to have to break down and pay for overnight shipping. I will post pics as soon as I thin it more and perfect my part trick. |
Posted By: Shonita24
Date Posted: March 21 2008 at 10:26am
BUMP..... I want to hear more stories....don't be shame
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Posted By: NClady
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 1:27pm
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I want to hear more stores too..
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Posted By: phillycutee
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 2:05pm
Well you think your first app was bad, my first app was with ENDURABOND! You want to talk about bad experience, you should have seen me. First of all, I research EVERYTHING TO DEATH! When I first heard about lacefronts, I was intrigued because I have ALWAYS LOVED HURR! I dont give a darn what you got on, a walmart sweatsuit, or a $200 pair of jeans and some Jimmy CHoos, if your hair is on point you look good. And if your Hurr is jacked up , well, then YOU are jacked up! I started my journey just going to demosrations, but i wasnt even about to spend $1000 on a wig. Its wasnt until I found BHM last summer that I REALLY got some knowledge about this LW game. (thanks to all the vets) I lurked for a long time and then finally got up enuff heart to order myself a 20inch yaki from Freedelee. NOW let me tell yall, I ordered it specifically for a newyears cruise I was taking with my friends. I wanted something i could swim with, so keeping that wig on my head was the foremost thing in my mind when it came to choosing a glue. I read that adhesive thread a hundred times. an evn though MANY women said ENDURABOND WAS NOT FOR NEWBIES, I figured I could handle it. I dont know what I was thinking BUT me and my cousin( who dont know a darn thing about hair) decided to put the wig on using SUPERTAPE and ENDURABOND. Now when I look back on that I wanna smack myself in the back of the head for being such a BIG DUMMY. that glue was sooo cacked up on my wig and skin, that it took the next two days for me to get that mess off!! I was PISSED, and then had a nerve to get mad at my cousin who didnt do nothing but try to help in the first place. (But I swear yall, the nape was supposed to be her job and it was a hot mess. She saw the videos on utube and how it was supposed to look. okay let me calm down) Anyway, Ive come a long way in just 4 short months and lord knows I'm NO pro. Ive looked fine in the bathroom mirror, but get in the car PLENTY of days, and look a mess Why oh why is the SUNLIGHT sooo unforgiving.
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Posted By: GeminiBaby08
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 2:23pm
Oh Oh Ladies I have to tell my story, I will be the first to say my first LFW and App was a hot a very hot mess. So my hair client was talking about LFW and I started to do my research for about 1 mon. Anyway I ordered my unit and After a very long wait I get a Blonde wig (hot mess) to light for me and to top it off it was too damn small. But I was determine to make it work after all my studing I was gonna get that bad boy on humm for $300 It was going on. So I did get it on my forehead not my hairline lol. I kept looking in the mirror hummm somethings not right here.... So I go the the nail shop thinking I look good and some folk are looking at my hair all crazy. That was it I took that thing off and cried all evening. I ended up buying another unit from Denovo I'll just say thank God I found BHM and CV .
CHURCH.
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Posted By: LaceLover
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 2:32pm
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The first thing I did was try the unit on ... it looked great, so I started cutting the lace as close as I could get to the baby hairs. I used ORWG and Hollister all around the perimeter of my head ... like three coats of each. I also put blue liner tape all around the wig. I was determined that this joker wasn’t going to go anywhere for a while. I carefully lined up the front of the unit and got that glued down. Baby hairs were plastered all over my face, but I thought I was cute like Chilli from TLC. Went I went to lay the sides down, guess what!? …. it didn’t fit behind my ears … too short!! When I would get one side to stay down, the other side would pop up and vice versa. I had tape all up in my hair and glue all behind my ears. I tried tying the wig down with a scarf, but when I removed it, my ears were stuck to my head. I had to use alcohol to loosen them.
Later that week, I went to Walmart, bought invisible thread, and sewed that lace back onto the sides. It was a mess. |
Posted By: butterfly3582
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 4:06pm
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Mines was a Hot A$$ Mess.
My unit was too small. I tried using tape and got a wrinkled disaster. Than i tried ORWG. And that was another mess. I took the unit off and replied so many times that I irritated the mess out of my skin. It was all red, with small bumps, and sore.
I remember thinking LORD WHAT HAVE I GOTTEN MYSELF INTO. I left the alone for about two weeks (giving my face time to heal). Than I went back at it. Luckily in between that time I found BHM. So I got MUCH NEEDED HELP.
I LOVE LF now and cant see myself every wearing a full sew in. I might do a lace frontal. But I really doubt that.
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Posted By: BlainesGirl
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 7:59pm
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OMG what a MESS |
!! I waited a whole 45 days to get my custom unit. In between I read every newbie thread there was on BHM. I hung on to Sexi's words like they were law! copying pages of information. Gather all my supplies and waited for the perfect time when I was alone. I just knew I would be on point with my app.
Posted By: 2honest
Date Posted: March 27 2008 at 9:42pm
My first app was with ultrahold also  . That was a hot mess. Oh what a tangled web did I weave. I never used that mess again it was everywhere. Got a hold of some ORWG, supertape, and blue liner and no more problems.But I must say I didn't do to bad on my first app. But I am still a newbie because I have only applied my unit about 7 times. But I have gotten much better. Crap my unit looked better on the first app than this chick I saw in the store. She looked like cousin IT. She was like I apply my own and I do others. I was like HECK TO DA NAW you wouldn't touch my head. |