Hi everyone!
So my new (and first!!! ever!!) wig finally got here. It's a gorgeous color and actually looks incredibly realistic! It is synthetic (Noriko) and I am pretty happy about it... except it has about 6x as much hair as I would EVER need. I had a feeling it would be a little bulky, but nothing like this!
I found a salon that swore up and down they were experienced cutting wigs, although the girl who cut it today seemed totally nervous about the whole thing. She was really sweet, but incredibly cautious and asked me to go home and try to flatten out the bulk of it in some way and come back for free within two weeks to continue working on it.
I did tons of research, and the only thing that looks like it would remotely work is a weird trick some sites suggest: boiling water over it. I know I do not want to go that route anytime soon, because this thing was $180. I didn't even used to spend that much on my *real* hair, you know?!
Anywho. I went ahead and washed/conditioned it with wig stuff I purchased at the same time. I let it air dry a bit, flat, and am now wearing it with a tight hat to try to push some more of it down and flatten it out.
Does anyone have any tips & tricks like this? I am sooo tempted to sleep in it (and the hat, to keep it in place) tonight! Is that a bad idea?