Refresh your sheitel locks while on lockdown

Sheitel Refresh

You didn’t make it to the sheitelmacher before Yom Tov this year. You were in quarantine, your wig stylist was in quarantine, your whole country was in quarantine…. Or you were simply too busy making Pesach and working from home and providing entertainment for the kids at home to deal with anything else.

But your sheitel really needs some help so you don’t go into Yom Tov looking like you’re wearing a mop. Sheitelmacher Devorah Stefansky of Ramat Beit Shemesh offers sheitel revival tips:

-Some wigs look nice air-dried, especially if they’re wavy or curly. If your sheitel isn’t very straight, you can just wash your wig yourself, let it air-dry naturally, and wear it like that.

-If you usually wear your wig straight, put in some rollers and leave them in for a couple of days.

-If your bangs are a little greasy, just wash the bangs, let them air-dry, and then pin the bangs onto the wig head in the direction you usually wear them.

-Dry shampoo can give a fresh look to your sheitel without washing it. Spray it on the bangs and the roots of the wig.

-To give your wig a new look, you can add a braid, a headband, or a cute clip. Or simply pin the bangs back or pull the hair in front half-up.

Fresh and Fragrant

You’ve cleaned and cleaned. There’s definitely no chometz around. There’s considerably less dust. So why doesn’t your house smell fresh and fragrant? More importantly, what can you do about it?

-Open all the windows and let the house air out.

-Fill a pot with vanilla extract, brown sugar, and water and let it boil away.

-Open all clothing closets to air out the coats and jackets and dresses.

-Attack places with potential nasty smells. Generously spray behind the toilet, including the cracks and crevices and walls around it, with scented cleaning spray. Let it sit for about half an hour, then pour a bucket of water over the whole area to wash it all away. (Based on a suggestion in Yael Wiesner’s How Does SHE Manage? Feldheim Publishers.)

-Fill the toilet brush receptacles with scented cleaning product or laundry softener to give the bathroom a nice smell.

-Clean the washing machine: Run a very hot wash cycle with just a few rags in it to sterilize the machine, killing any bacteria creating an unpleasant smell. Make it a regular practice to leave the door open between loads.

-Clean out your drain pipes. There are many drain-cleaning products on the market that dissolve the gunk lining pipes. Keep these products away from kids; they’re abrasive and very dangerous.

-Wash all bath, dish, and hand towels hanging around. Their dampness may be giving a musty or mildew-like smell to your living space.