What is a hairpiece for hair: a photo, how to attach a hairpiece and how to care for it
In the 50-70s of the last century, this type of hair extensions was extremely popular, and was widely used by fashionistas in the middle of the twentieth century. Now, hairpieces are back in fashion, especially for retro looks.
A photo of what a chignon is and recommendations on how to fix it correctly are offered on this page. You will also learn how to care for an artificial chignon, and what types of these false hair are.
A chignon is a hair extension
A modern chignon is an overlay made of hair (artificial or natural), which is attached to the back of the head with hairpins, elastic bands, "crabs" or automatic hairpins.
If a wig refers to a cardinal replacement of one's own hair with an alternative option, then chignons and overlays are used together with one's own hair to give it additional volume and length, as well as to visually hide bald and thinned areas of the head.
Like wigs, chignons were widely used by high society ladies in past eras, but the heyday of chignons came a little later than wigs. They came into vogue in the first half of the 19th century, when complex hairstyles in the form of intricate bows with a cascade of curls began to require an unthinkable amount of hair and an equally incredible skill of a hairdresser.
To build such a hairstyle on the head, it took more than one hour, and then a solution was found: parts of the hairstyles were made separately and only fastened before going out. Even then, there was a division of false hair into chignons, which were attached to the back of the head, and temporal pads, which were fixed in front.
The ways to fasten a chignon at that time were simple: either ribbons or hairpins, which were carefully hidden between their own hair so that no one would guess that part of the hairstyle was not created from their own hair.
The benefits of hairpieces
In the modern world, a chignon is most often used to create formal and evening hairstyles, to lengthen one's own hair or create a voluminous upper part of the hairstyle. Depending on the model, a chignon can be a long tail, a finished braid, a roller, a cascade of curls, a complex fantasy hairstyle based on curls intertwined with braids.
Like wigs, hairpieces are made from both natural hair and synthetic hair. A rich range of colors, a variety of types of chignons design allow any fashionista to choose a modern chignon for all occasions: for a festive banquet at work, evening or wedding hairstyles, a business dinner, a romantic party or a youth disco.
The main advantages of hairpieces are that they are as easy to take off as to put on, you do not need to visit a hairdresser's salon, invite friends or resort to the help of relatives to fix it. Crab hairpins, clip-on fasteners and other modern fasteners that have replaced hairpins allow you to fasten the hairpiece quickly and make the attachment point almost invisible to others.
The undoubted advantage of the chignon is that with its help you can create a ceremonial hairstyle from long hair at home. To do this, it is enough to braid the chignon into a braid, secure it with a roller or curl cool curls, and then attach it to the head in finished form. Unlike wigs, which completely hide the natural hair, hairpieces are pinned directly to the hair.
Therefore, the choice of a hairpiece should be approached even more responsibly than the choice of wigs, paying increased attention to the structure and color of alternative hair in order to hide the difference between false hair and your hair as much as possible. At the same time, the chignon is not selected exactly to match your own hair, but about half a tone or a tone lighter. Since your hair is never the same color along its entire length, using a hairpiece slightly lighter than the hair at the roots will allow you to hide the difference between false hair and real hair as much as possible.
How to fasten a ponytail
The method of fastening the chignon depends on the model. Long tails are attached over the tail of your own hair with a clip, in addition, the attachment point is tied with chignon ribbons, which helps to completely hide the place where the hair is attached.
Another option on how to fix a chignon-tail is a crab hairpin, when using this type of chignon on the back of the head, there is an effect of hair picked up in a bun and then pinned up for a high tail fit.
How is the chignon-braid attached
The hairpiece in the form of a braid is fixed in a untwisted form with a small clip under your hair. Before the chignon-braid is attached, false hair is braided into a braid along with one's own.
The finished braid can be laid around the head or in another way with the help of "crabs", hairpins, stealth. This method of attaching alternative hair allows you to make the hair fastening reliable and as inconspicuous as possible. Hairpieces-overlays for the volume of hairstyles are fixed under your own hair with clips.
How to attach a chignon "babette"
The hairpiece "babette" is also attached with miniature clips to your own hair gathered in a bun, but at the same time this overlay has a special recess at its base, into which the collected hair is placed.
Before attaching the chignon, you need to collect your hair in a bun. The pinned tail is then wrapped around the cup in the form of a snail. There is a short version of the chignon "babette", in which the hair of medium length is collected in a lush bun and slightly curled. This overlay is used for short haircuts to create a festive version of the hairstyle. Attach the chignon to the hair gathered in a bun with clips.
How to take care of your artificial chignon
As with any product made of false hair, the chignon must be properly cared for, then it will last more than one year and can even be inherited. With special care, it is necessary to comb the chignon, not forgetting that a finite amount of hair is fixed on the base and with each hair loss during washing, drying, combing, their amount in the chignon decreases. Therefore, as in the case of natural long hair, a tangled chignon must first be disassembled with your hands, and then carefully, starting from the ends of the hair, comb with a sparse comb. Short chignons can be brushed with a soft bristle brush.
The main requirement for how to properly care for an artificial chignon is regular washing (at least once every 2-3 months). To do this, you can use a regular mild shampoo, for synthetic fibers you need to purchase a special composition for washing synthetic hair.
Before you take care of the chignon, you need to remember that synthetic curls, corrugated strands, curls and curls cannot be combed, after washing, the chignon is laid out on a soft fabric, straightening the curls and strands. After the final drying of the chignon, the curls are gently straightened by hand, and at the last stage they are sprayed with plain water at room temperature from a spray bottle. Further, the chignon can again be used to model hairstyles. A feature of synthetic fibers is their ability to accumulate static electricity, so a chignon made of inexpensive fibers such as acrylic, nylon must, after washing, either be treated with a special balm for synthetic fibers, or additionally treated with an antistatic agent.
Natural hair chignon care
Hairpieces made of natural hair are washed only as they get dirty, as too zealous washing after each putting on can lead to hair and foundation coming out. When washing the care of a hairpiece made of natural hair, it is immersed in a basin with dissolved shampoo, the hair is washed very carefully, rinsed and dried in a horizontal position. After the natural hair is completely dry, the chignon is given the desired shape with the help of curling irons, irons, and a hair dryer with nozzles.