Re: wigs

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> Must be nice to have such a lovely pic of them all together I

never

> would have known they were wigs - amazing - they look ten times

better than

> my natural hair does !!

There are wigs and wigs, IYKWIM; ) my girls (and I, and most of my

contemporaries now...) have become spoilt by what are affectionately

known as " customs " ; hand made, European human hair wigs which have

turned the wig wearing Jewish public into glamourpusses. (well, those

of us who are attractive anyway!). The hair is soft, silky and

natural, just like our own hair, and swings and moves just like our

own hair too. The awful synthetic wigs I started out wearing when I

got married, followed by the half-halfs (half synthetic, half Asian

human hair), which still managed to look like straw baskets after a

few weeks, even the 100% Aisan human hair wigs had a short lifespan of

looking natural and soon clumped up and looked woody.... all these

were cheaper but more expensive in the long run, as one had to replace

them on average every six months to a year. " Customs " on the other

hand, cost between 2 and a half and five times as much as an Asian

human hair wig, but last 7-10 times as long. We don't expect to

replace a custom in under seven yrs for sure.

I have a friend who doesn't have much money, and who owns one custom

wig, a curly shortish one. She wears it for weekdays, for sabbaths,

every single day. She washes it herself, not something I have dared

to do as it involves putting it on a block and being *extremely*

careful about not getting the netting and hair tangled. Over the

years the colour has faded from her custom until it is completely

blonde instead of brown, so this week I was surprised to see it back

to brown again, she had dyed it too! Most of us don't do very much

DIY with our wigs but allow the skilled wigstylists to care for them.

My wig stylist, an extremely camp man called , who wears dazzling

bright green jackets and whose orgasmic expression when creating a

masterpiece on my head has to be seen to be believed, is one of the

best around. Tammy uses too, and Tavya trusts him and no other,

to the extent that when her wigs need a wash, she arranges for them to

be sent home from Israel and sent back again, with whomever is

travelling!

Ruthie

>

> Just booked a hair appt. after seeing that pic. - babi's official

due date

> is Sunday so my young, single, doesn't 'do' babi's yet hairdresser

is now

> having a fit!!

>

> Jenni

> ( & Gethyn) 17yrs (Hosp-Birth), Mari 3yrs (Home-Birth)

> Babi Bach: 39wks+2 (Planning Home Water-Birth)

>

> " If you don't know your options - you don't have any "