Wigs I Have Been Wearing All Summer & One I Have Not: Belle Tress & Estetica
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2023
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I have done reviews on all these wigs, several are in the i-cards throughout the video
All faux hair currently for sale appears under the Community Section header on this channel. I update them as I add or sell the pieces.
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My Measurements:
22" circumference
12" ear to ear
12" hairline to nape
8" hairline to chin
My skin tone is neutral to slightly warm with slight yellowish under-cast. 
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You did a great job trimming that one!
Thank you, Bonnie! It seemed to work out well.
I love all you have shown except the short one😁💕
I liked #3
These are beautiful!
They really are, all of them. Thanks for watching!
It looks so good on you. I really like that link.
Thank you, Lois! Thanks for watching.
Love your taste in styles and color.
Thank you!
Thanks for showing these. Kona is similar to the shortened Caliente and Haven styles and I like that length. I will have to think about Alesandria because of that fit. But later in the year. It has been too hot for much wig wearing this summer. Tend to go for hats when out.
I think we like the shorter wigs partly because of the petite head dimension. If you look at the models, Caliente falls on them about like the shortened one does on you. We have less skull taking up length, if that makes sense.
Have a nice rest of the summer.
Those models have long necks and small heads. It's too hot to wear a wig unless you're in A/C! I wear baseball caps a lot around here.
They all look nice!
Thanks!
I like the shorter version of Caliente
Me, too! I cut my other Caliente the same way.
I haven't bought a wig yet but very tempted too. I love the 2nd wig you had on, it looks very good on you. It makes you look very young. Thanks
Thank you! Glad to see you here again.
Greetings Cynthia! I like all your wigs. They all look very becoming on you! Love and blessings ♥️🙏
Thank you so much 🤗
I like the third wig the best on you. Very pretty!
Thank you, she's a keeper!
Oh my gosh I thought that was your real hair! Gorgeous color! Style!!! Never a bad hair day…I love that!!❤❤❤
Oh thank you! Yes, wigs are magic! I have genetic hair thinning and at a certain point, found that wigs were the best alternative, never looked back. I hope you had a wonderful vacation, Chris!
Oh wow Haven is just as beautiful!!
She is a keeper, for sure. Thank you for stopping by again, Chris! 🙂
These are the styles I gravitate towards!! They look beautiful on you😍 I agree with you…Estetica could do better with their cap features especially for the price! Great video♥✨👀
Thank you, Nancy!
Caliente looks beautiful on you and I love the length you cut in.
Thank you! She keeps getting shorter and shorter, LOL. As long as I can trim a couple of inches off, I would probably continue to buy Caliente.
You look beautiful in that wig...
Thank you!
I don’t like middle parts either.. I like the lift of the hair around face!!! Your beautiful!
Thank you!! I'm not a middle-part gal at all, either. Can't have hair in my face.
You always look great in everything Cynthia. I bought Kennedy but could tell right away there was no moving that part so I returned it.
Thank you, Donna. I didn't have any trouble moving the factory set part on that one, but sometimes, you just need a whip and a chair, LOL. My issue with both Kennedy and Haven ended up being the caps were just way too large and I couldn't get a really secure fit without gluing the lace. I don't have to do that with my Belle Tress wigs unless I just want to, such as if I'm going away from home for a day and don't want to think about it moving on me. Always appreciate your comments!
Really classy natural hair. ❌⭕️❌⭕️💙
Thanks, I doi think they look nice, but I wish the Estetica caps fit me better. After wearing a few times, I see they are not meant for someone who is petite-avg, would be better on a true avg or avg-large. Shame, because the color is lovely.
All of those look great on you. Caliente looks way better cut short like that, it makes me consider buying it 😊😊
Thank you! It's a great style.
Love Caliente on you. Did you cut it yourself or take it to a salon?
I'm right there with you. I like Caliente, but I wish it was a couple inches shorter. Belle Tress fibers are the best. Thank you for showing what can be done. ❤
You are so welcome, Bonnie! Yes, love the BT fibers!
I just started watching Yellowstone and can’t stop! Love those cowboys! lol Great review-I might try Haven. I struggle with roots too. Started wearing Belle Madame wigs from Continental wigs. There are some nice blondes in that line.
I once had a Carlotta. I think I like the styles better than the colors, though the Vanilla Root has pretty tones, the color I had. The root on that particular one was a bit too warm for my taste. I wish they would offer non-rooted blondes. Ellen Wille has a similar issue so they're not alone. Haven is very pretty, but I think benefits when it's parted off the middle or it falls a bit heavy in the face. I think we can make most wigs work even if they need a bit of manhandling to behave, LOL. Yes, Yellowstone! I've watched and re-watched seasons of that and I am pretty sad that it will be wrapping up as a series.
@@frontporchwigchat6260 i just ordered Carlotta in Danish Blonde root because it doesn’t come in my favorite Belle Madame color Nordic Ash Blonde. That color is blended in a way that you can’t really see a root. (The darker color is blended throughout the entire color.) I have it in Isabella mono. (The manufacturer’s photos don’t do it Justice-Taz reviewed this style.) Also buying in the UK is much cheaper!! I liked Haven a lot on you and the color was good also. I might give it a try. 😃
I do love a subtle root. I have worn Belle Tress in Roca Margarita Blonde, almost not-there light rooting, so pretty Yes, I've purchased from Continental Wigs in the UK and they have great sales with free shipping from time to time as well. @@Pamela-mz3xr
If u see this, could u share your glasses designer and color? They are perfect.
Sure, Linda! I get all my glasses at Eye Buy Direct online. The style is Sabrina a cat eye type shape in Brown Blue. They are so inexpensive, just sign up an account and they have great sales all the time and tell you how to measure for your glasses.
I came across you recently as I’ve been searching RUclips to get all the advice and help I can as I try to choose my second wig. My first turned out to be uncomfortable and I don’t think it’s ever fit me properly. I keep feeling like I have to pull it down.
I feel it was a waste of money ($1100) and I don’t want to make that mistake again.
I really enjoyed seeing you in these beautiful wigs. You look amazing in all of them.
Another reason I reached out to you is that your measurements are almost identical to mine and thought maybe you could advise me on a brand I should look at.
My circumference is 23 in. and my ear to ear is 11.5 and front to back is 12 in. So very close to yours. Even my hairline to chin is the same as yours - 8 in. I don’t fit into any category and am feeling pretty discouraged.
My hair loss is progressing to the point that I really need to find a wig.
One company I called said I must go for the large cap size as the circumference is the only important measurement. I think a large will be too big in some areas.
Do you have any idea on where I should start? My own hair is quite short now so I’ll probably look for a short style to start. I wish I could wear your beautiful longer styles.
Thank you for any help you can give.
After watching this video it appears that Belle Tress has been your wig brand of choice. After hearing your negative experience I think you may be hesitant to recommend that company. I would not want to deal with a company that treats their customers so badly. I’m glad to hear the retailer was good to you.
Seems that since Covid and supply chain issues plus skyrocketing wig prices, companies seem all too eager to ignore issues and pass on defective pieces so that they don't lose money themselves, all the while victimizing customers. You would NOT need a large cap, IMO, in most styles, it will be very baggy at the crown. You need one with some stretch, IMO. Estetica has caps that fit average to large and though some have to really be cinched in on me, I can generally wear them. They have cute styles, but no true ash blondes, the 1488 color would be the closest. Some Ellen Wille wigs may fit you. They usually run small, but their Hair Power collection has some good caps that should stretch, cannot guarantee it because of the slight variations among each style within each brand. Tressallure may also work for you if you can find a color in the brand. I cannot say how they treat customers because I have never had a defective in either brand, but one of the best companies I've dealt with is Continental Wigs in the UK-they sometimes have free shipping sales to anywhere and carry many brands, including Natural Image, which runs quite small if I recall correctly. Hope this helps!
Thank you sooo much for your prompt and detailed response. That was a pleasant surprise this morning!
I will definitely look at Tressallure and even Ellen Wille. She has some cute styles.
I was thinking of trying Rachel Welch Crushing on Casual Elite in Iced Latte Macchiato which seemed to be an ashy blonde. True ash blonde is exactly what I’m looking for. I do love the colours on you and can probably do a neutral blond. Right now I’m gray/white and don’t feel ready to embrace that although I am considerably older than you. 74 Yikes!
I know Ellen Wille has more limited colours but will check them out to see if there’s something in a neutral or cool blonde. I think my skin tone is close to yours but I have no warm undertone.
I will also look at Continental Wigs in the UK. I am in Ontario , Canada.
Many thanks again for your suggestions. I now feel more hopeful that I’ll find something that fits (without going to a baggy large cap). Lol
Hope you have a lovely holiday season.
I understand what you mean about Alexandria. To me, she'd be a wig to wear with a dress! Love Haven. I also love the lipstick you are wearing! What brand and color is it, please?
Thank you! The lipstick is Milani Amore Satin Matte Lip Creme in 04 Plush. I love those and have several colors..
I have been considering getting a wig for ages, but buying one online concerns me, cuz I know so little about wigs in general. My natural hair, if I grow it to that length, looks very similar to the wavy/curly hair on the Alexandria wig you had on last, (which, btw, looked fabulous on you!), only my natural hair has always been extremely fine, is loaded with cowlicks, frizzes easily, and grows in all sorts of weird directions! I call it “Naturally Squirrely!” The waves and curls have always made my hair appear much fuller than it really is, sort of like the way you described the Alexandria wig. But, between aging (I’m now 74) and having had chemo treatment a few years back wherein I didn’t lose hair but it thinned out terribly, I now keep my hair extremely short.
I can’t decide if I want a short wig or one like the Alexandria. Decisions, decisions! And, as you say, what with the cost of a good wig, it’s a very important decision. Also, I tend to have a hot head, so am concerned about that, too. I do know that, like you, I have a rather smallish head and not much area between my ears and my shoulders, so several of the wigs I tried on when I went through chemo, and the one I finally chose but never felt the need to wear, were way too much hair for me.
Thank you for doing these videos. I am learning a lot about wigs, and all the terminology of “wigdom!” Count me in as a new Subscriber! 🧑🏻🦳
Hi, Cyd, welcome to the channel and thank you! I am very hot-natured as well. The best pieces for that are low density and zero to little permatease, those small wiry hairs that line the wefts to lift the hair off of the cap and give fullness. Belle Tress brand generally has those features, but they are all heat friendly/heat defiant, meaning the fibers generally have a shorter life and become frazzles on the ends and must have heat applied to smooth those fibers. I find the best heat friendly fibers are made by Belle Tress and Ellen Wille. All the wigs I wear are regular synthetic (no heat allowed) or heat friendly synthetic as I will not wear human hair wigs (not to mention those are extremely expensive, can be upwards of $1000 and more). Those require all the styling that regular hair does and I was never very good with that in the first place. Synthetic wigs keep their set style unless, in the case of heat friendly, you change it by curling or straightening. Wigs always seem like a lot of hair when yours has been thinning, though if you take a picture of yourself or video yourself, you'll get a better idea of what they really look like. Many women wear different lengths because it's so easy to change your style. From time to time, I put wigs up for sale here at great discounts for others to try, ones that still has lots of life in them. The second hand market is a good way to try styles and colors at better prices. They have gone way up in price in the last two to three years so decisions are hard! I guarantee that Alexandria would seem like a ton of hair to a new wig wearer, probably not the best one to start with. Ellen Wille has wigs that fit me perfectly and rarely have heavy density or much permatease, some are heat friendly and some are not. Best of luck with your decision! ~Cynthia P.S. I did trim my own wigs, learned from a wig retailer on RUclips
@@frontporchwigchat6260 Thank you for this informative, personalized response. I will take all you say into consideration, and I will continue to follow you and watch your videos. I also appreciate that, when I decide to get a wig, you have ones for sale at a reasonable price. I will definitely check them out! BTW: Coincidentally, Cyd is my nickname for my given name of Cynthia!
After watching a slew of Estetica “Haven” reviews, and a few other of their newer styles, it appears cheaper cap style features are Estetica’s current jam. I don’t have one to touch myself, but even the fibers seem to have changed, and not in a good way. Definitely less realistic. All of these changes make me curious about what’s going on with them.
Must say, of all the Haven reviews, your unit looks the best, and looks super on you. X
I do feel the fibers are a bit different than I remember, same as some of the Jon Renau pieces like Quinn. I don't care for the downgraded cap features and though they're skimping, that will never reflect that in their cost to us. The prices are super inflated on these and if I had not gotten bargains on both, I wouldn't own them. Thank you for the compliment! I do love the style.
@@jf1180 Quinn was cute in the back, but the lace was not up to par and the fibers were rougher than they should have been and took color differently though they were supposed to be the same synthetic fibers. I'm so disappointed in what companies are doing that I never purchase anything at what they call 30% off anymore. To me, that is regular price. Better be 50% off or more to get me to even look at it. I'm with you!
Hi Cynthia you look particularly pretty in this video are wearing different makeup perhaps? Anyway loving the wigs 👍
Oh, thank you, Clara, you're so sweet! No, it's just makeup from my favorites I talked about in the makeup video. Yes, these wigs are so pretty!
V. nice frame of glasses. Any brand? The suit you a lot
Thank you! I get all my glasses online from EyeBuyDirect. That particular style is called Sabrina.
BTW: The wig I received when I had breast cancer came from a program offered by the American Cancer Society. It’s a fabulous program, and I would like to suggest to you and anyone who has wigs that are decent and in good condition, but that are no longer being worn, to contact your local chapter of The American Cancer Society to see if the wigs can be donated. Even though I ended up not using the wig, I ultimately passed it on to another cancer patient who was able to use it. Thank you!
Excellent way to pass on some confidence to another woman at a less than happy time in her life!
What do you have on? I love it!!
The first one I'm wearing when the video opens is Caliente by Belle Tress, shortened by almost 2".
Some wigs are too expensive for me!!
Me, too! That is why I bargain -shop clearances (I mean more than 40% off of most and sometimes 60% off) and Ebay second hand wigs.
You’re a lot like myself. I live in Texas, hot hot. I am a tshirt gal. I’ve never color treated my hair. At 63 my hair has thinned, and become super fine, with breakage. On my 2nd day of not washing it looks horrid, so if I go out it’s a hat or a wig. I like my wigs casual as well with no rooting maybe shadow root if it’s not dark. I’m a dark blonde red, faired Rudy freckled. Roots look ridiculous on me. And you’re right, way overpriced
Yep we need more non-rooted wigs! And maybe not all super light blondes, either. Darker blondes with no root would be welcome!
Maybe someday soon@@frontporchwigchat6260
Which wig are the coolest to wear on hot summer days? Do you prefer open wefted or hand tied in warm weather?
Hi, Patricia. That is sort of subjective but here is my take on that. What is hot is medium-heavy to heavy density and permatease. I don't find much difference in open wefted or hand tied as far as the heat aspect of them as long as the open wefted has a mono top/part and little to no permatease. I can't wear basic open cap wigs because they make me itch like crazy. It's why I don't like Noriko or Rene of Paris, plus not a fan of their fibers, seem thick to me and they have quite a bit of permatease, generally. The reason I review so many Belle Tress wigs is that they are mostly little to no permatease and have at least some monofilament feature, plus their fibers are light and airy, unlike Gabor/Raquel Welch's Tru2Life heat friendly ones (those styles tend to have a decent amount of permatease). I think double layer mono tops are very hot; most of the Amore brand is double mono. My lightest pieces are hands down the Belle Tress with at least a mono part and a length not more than 4" at the nape. I also think that wavy styles are cooler because they don't tend to turn under at the nape; they lift off my shoulders and do not get into my collar like straight wigs do. I hope this helps! ~Cynthia
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Thank you so much! I have one wig and it is a Rene of Paris. It is hot and itchy. I appreciate your comments on the brands. I will try a shorter Belle Tress!
Glad to help! If you like straight styles, Bellissima is great and it also comes in hand tied @@patriciadelany6699 If you like some wave, Bon Bon is nice for hot weather.
@@frontporchwigchat6260 awesome! Thank you! Do you offer a discount code to one of the online stores?
No, honey, I don't have any affiliation with any retailer, but if you go to Shirley's Wig Shoppe, you may find some great discounts on discontinued colors from Belle Tress . She has a lot of Belle Tress all the time at nice discounts. At the top of her page are links to her wig shows she does on Facebook on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Great buys on many wigs there. Also, Wig Studio 1 had a good clearance section that adds things at the end of most business days, not bad prices on those. @@patriciadelany6699
Where is the location to purchase used wigs you keep referring to?
There are a lot of wig sale groups on Facebook as well as Ebay.
Is that roosters in the background? 😊
Yep. We've raised chickens for almost 19 years, rare and heritage breeds. We are in a rural mountain area, grow gardens, have chickens and solar power.
I think u look like michelle pfeiffer! But maybe it’s just me!
Thank you, I'll take that as a compliment. Never heard that one! Have a great day!
@@frontporchwigchat6260 Ty! U2! U don’t think so?
@@WhoanellyNone-bp4sk I never really thought about it, actually. When I was younger, I was compared to Cybill Shepherd and even in recent years when I wore a short, sporty wig, Jane Fonda. I'll take Michelle Pfeiffer! 😉
I don’t know where to by it ???
You can buy these at any reputable wig retailer that carries the brands. I don't represent any retailers and rarely recommend them on the channel, but try Shirley's Wig Shoppe, WigStudio1, Name Brand Wigs, etc.
How do your wigs always look so good, clean and less dense? Do you wash and style them? Other reviews on wigs look so greasy
Thanks, Darlene. I don't wear my wigs every day and if I wear one, it's only for a video or an expected delivery, short trip to town, etc.., so they don't get a ton of wear each. I wash them only after a bunch of wears, usually about ten to twelve wears. I always turn my wigs upside down, shake them lightly and if I want them to stay "fluffy", I may spritz some Tressallure Wig Wax through the hair before I turn it right-side up. I think others may just comb through them and don't get the fibers off the cap like turning them upside down will do. I don't like completely "tame" hair. Hope this makes sense! ~Cynthia
@@frontporchwigchat6260 what you are describing makes your wigs look more real and alive
Doesn't the wig wax cause the fibers to stick together
No, because it isn't actually wax. It's basically a hairspray and if the fibers are separated, the spray makes them stay that way. I also have Estetica wig spray and it makes the fibers a bit more stiff than the Tressallure product does. @@darlenegera8866