A V-part, U-part or headband wig only looks like yours if its texture matches your own hair where it shows. Pick your hair and see which textures blend as they are, and which you'd have to style to match every time.
Kinky straight (yaki) with natural coils (4A–4C) hair: needs styling every wear.
You'd straighten your leave-out every time you wear it: a blow-out, or a pass of a flat iron at moderate heat with heat protectant. Keep heat-free days in between.
Kinky curly is the texture closest to type 4 hair worn in its own pattern.
| Wig texture | How it blends | What you'd do |
|---|---|---|
| Kinky curly | Blends as it is | Wear your hair as you usually do, and comb your leave-out into the wig's hair at the parting. |
| Curly | Blends with light styling | Stretch your leave-out a little with a twist-out or braid-out, so it matches the wig's looser pattern. |
| Kinky straight (yaki) | Needs styling every wear | You'd straighten your leave-out every time you wear it: a blow-out, or a pass of a flat iron at moderate heat with heat protectant. Keep heat-free days in between. |
| Deep wave | Needs styling every wear | You'd reshape your leave-out every time: stretched with a blow-out, then set in waves with rods or a braid-out, with heat protectant. |
| Straight | Hard to blend | Your hair and this texture are far apart. Choose a closer texture, or a wig that covers your hair: a lace closure or front with nothing left out, or bangs over the leave-out. |
| Body wave | Hard to blend | Your hair and this texture are far apart. Choose a closer texture, or a wig that covers your hair: a lace closure or front with nothing left out, or bangs over the leave-out. |
| Loose wave | Hard to blend | Your hair and this texture are far apart. Choose a closer texture, or a wig that covers your hair: a lace closure or front with nothing left out, or bangs over the leave-out. |
| Water wave | Hard to blend | Your hair and this texture are far apart. Choose a closer texture, or a wig that covers your hair: a lace closure or front with nothing left out, or bangs over the leave-out. |
Read more: blending a V-part leave-out · kinky straight and yaki · headband wigs. Match the colour too.
From our guides to V-part and U-part wigs, yaki and kinky straight and choosing a texture: choose the wig texture closest to your hair as you'll wear it, and match the wig to your hair rather than processing your hair to match the wig. Edges are a small amount of hair, laid with a brush, so they blend a step more easily than a leave-out.
Choose the texture closest to your hair as you wear it. Blown-out natural hair blends with kinky straight; relaxed or silk-pressed hair with yaki or straight; 4A–4C hair in its own pattern with kinky curly; looser curls with curly or deep wave.
Kinky straight is coarser and fuller, like blown-out natural hair. Yaki is smoother, like relaxed or silk-pressed hair, with a soft satin shine rather than a gloss.
Only if your hair is curly or coily and the wig is silky straight: then you would straighten the leave-out each time. A kinky straight wig is the usual compromise, as it blends with blown-out hair with less heat.
