AlTERNATIVE HAIR CARE CHICAGO

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Avoid the hassle of at-home wig washing and styling.
Let our team wash, revitalize, reshape, and restyle your daily-wear extensions, toppers, and wigs so they look brand-new again.

EXTRA SPECIAL CARE FOR YOUR DAILY WEAR HAIR!

We know how much your wig, topper, or daily wear extensions mean to you — not just financially, but emotionally. These pieces are a major investment in confidence, comfort, and identity, and they deserve expert care. Our team works with alternative hair every single day, giving us the experience, precision, and gentle handling required to protect the integrity and longevity of each piece.

From washing and deep conditioning to repairs, custom adjustments, and styling, we treat every piece as if it were our own. Our services are designed to extend the life of your investment, preserve its beauty, and help you feel amazing every time you wear it. Every appointment includes professional evaluation, education, and personalized recommendations to keep your piece looking and feeling its best.

ALTERNATIVE HAIR WASH AND DRY SERVICE

  • Give your clip-in extensions a fresh start with a professional wash, deep condition, and smooth blowout. We gently cleanse and hydrate the hair, detangle, and finish with a polished style so they look brand new and ready to wear.


    Add on a conditioning treatment for extra softness, shine, and longevity.

  • Designed specifically for halo extensions, this service includes a gentle wash, conditioning, and blow dry styling to restore silky softness and volume. We ensure your halo is beautifully dried and shaped for effortless wear.


    Add on a treatment to revive moisture and protect the hair fiber.

  • Perfect for refreshing your clip-in topper. We carefully cleanse, deep condition, detangle, and restyle your piece to restore bounce, fullness, and natural movement. Ideal for keeping the top area looking smooth and healthy.


    Add a nourishing treatment for enhanced hydration and extended lifespan.

  • Let us pamper your wig with a professional wash, deep condition, and styling session that brings your piece back to life. We refresh lace or base areas, detangle, smooth, and finish with heat styling for a flawless, natural look.


    Add a treatment for ultimate shine, softness, and longevity.

  • Give your alternative hair the extra love it deserves with our luxury deep conditioning treatment, designed to restore softness, shine, and hydration. This nourishing treatment penetrates the hair fiber to reduce dryness, tangling, and frizz, helping extend the longevity and performance of your wig, topper, halo, or clip-ins. Perfect for pieces that feel dry, dull, or in need of a refresh, this upgrade leaves the hair silky, smooth, and stunningly revived.

ALTERNATIVE HAIR COLOR SERVICES

  • Refresh and revive your wig, topper, halo, or clip-ins with a professional gloss or toner designed specifically for alternative hair. This service neutralizes brassiness, enhances richness, and restores shine and vibrancy without lightening or major color changes.

  • Create a softer, more natural blend with a root smudge or enhance depth with dimensional lowlights. This service adds shadow at the root for realistic scalp appearance and seamless grow-out, or introduces multi-tonal color for natural movement and contrast.

  • For those wanting a dramatic shift to deeper, richer tones, this major darkening service provides full saturation and rich, velvety depth throughout the piece. Perfect for transitioning from blonde to brunette, creating bold depth, or refreshing heavily faded color.

  • Unlike biological hair, wigs, toppers, and alternative hair pieces cannot safely be lightened or bleached. Once alternative hair has been colored and processed by the manufacturer, it has already gone through chemical treatment to achieve its current shade. Attempting to lighten it again can cause severe damage, including breakage, dryness, discoloration, irreversible texture changes, or complete hair fiber breakdown.

    Because we want to protect the integrity and longevity of your investment, we only offer darkening, toning, root smudging, and adding dimension. These services enhance and refine color safely without compromising the quality of the hair.

  • Your investment depends on two key factors:

    1. The type of color service being performed
      (gloss/toner, root smudge, dimension, major darkening, etc.)

    2. The density and grams of your piece
      (More grams = more time, product, and detail.)

    Once we know your desired service and the gram amount of your topper, wig, or extensions, we’re able to provide an accurate quote — even over the phone or via virtual consult.

ALTERNATIVE HAIR CUTTING

  • A customized haircut designed specifically for halo extensions to refine shape, soften edges, and help them blend seamlessly with your natural hair. We tailor the ends and layering for the most natural flow and movement.


    Because halo extensions usually have limited grams, there may not be enough density to blend significantly shorter natural hair into much longer halo length — our goal is to create the most natural balance possible.

  • This service is ideal for clip-in extensions, shaping and blending them to flow naturally with your bio hair when worn. We customize length, weight distribution, and face framing so the extensions enhance rather than separate.


    Most clip-ins do not contain sufficient grams for heavy length jumps, so blending is best when natural hair and extension length are relatively close.

  • A custom cut specifically for toppers, designed to blend the piece beautifully with the biological hair around it. We shape the perimeter, customize face framing, and refine movement for a natural transition from scalp to ends.


    This service ensures your topper sits harmoniously with your haircut and styling preferences.

  • A fully customized wig haircut and shape tailoring service, performed either on a canvas block for precision or on your head to perfect final blending and movement. We design face framing, density balance, and overall shape to match your preferred style and identity.


    Whether natural, sleek, textured, or voluminous, we cut with intention to elevate realism and wearability.

A woman with long dark hair getting a hair weave installed. Hair clips hold her hair back, and a hairstylist is using a needle and thread to sew the weave into her scalp.
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ALTERNATIVE HAIR REPAIRS

  • Over time, clips on wigs, toppers, and clip-in extensions can loosen, break, or lose their grip. Our Clip Replacement service installs brand-new high-quality clips and positions them for optimal comfort, security, and wearability. Whether you need one clip refreshed or a full set replaced, we ensure your piece stays firmly in place without pulling or discomfort.

  • If your wig or topper is starting to feel thin, separated, or lacking density, this service strengthens and refreshes your piece by reinforcing existing wefts or adding additional hair for fuller, more natural-looking volume. We secure loose or lifting tracks and can integrate extra hair strategically to rebuild areas experiencing wear or thinning.

    This is an ideal service if your piece has started to shed, lose density, or feel flat, or if you simply want more fullness and coverage without replacing the entire unit.

  • If your wig or topper has developed a bald spot or thinning section from wear, friction, or styling, this service restores fullness by rebuilding the area with carefully ventilated hair. We fill in sparse sections strand by strand or apply a precision patch to seamlessly blend with the surrounding base, creating natural-looking density and coverage.

    Perfect for extending the lifespan of your piece and avoiding early replacement, this repair brings new life to worn areas and keeps your alternative hair looking full and realistic.

  • If the lace front of your wig or topper has become frayed, stretched, torn, or visibly worn, this service restores a fresh, natural-looking hairline by replacing the lace front entirely. We carefully remove the damaged lace and apply a new high-quality lace section, ensuring a seamless, realistic transition and secure foundation for continued wear.

    This repair is ideal for pieces experiencing heavy wear around the hairline, lifting, or tearing, allowing you to refresh your piece without replacing the entire unit. Your hairline will look softer, more natural, and beautifully undetectable again.

NOT LOCAL? WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED

Live out of state or too far to visit our studio in person? You can still experience the B/BAUER alternative hair difference from anywhere. We offer virtual consultations to help you select the perfect wig, topper, or daily-wear extension piece, and we can ship your custom or in-stock hair directly to you.

Already own a piece that needs refreshing?
Simply ship your wig or topper to us for expert repair, wash, styling, or customization, and we’ll return it looking renewed, nourished, and ready to wear.

Distance doesn’t mean you have to miss out — we’re proud to support women nationwide with trusted professional care and transformational, confidence-building solutions.

 FAQs

  • Most wash & style or standard refresh services for wigs, toppers, halos, and clip-in extensions are completed within 24 hours. Need it same-day? We offer an Express 90-Minute Turnaround for an additional $35, perfect for last-minute events, emergencies, or travel prep.

  • We recommend booking ahead so we can reserve space on our service schedule. You can drop off your piece or ship it in for care — whichever is most convenient.

  • Absolutely! We work with guests all across the country. You can ship your piece to us for wash, styling, repairs, or customization, and we will send it back beautifully refreshed. We also offer virtual consultations to review needs, pricing, and recommendations before work begins.

  • We can wash, style, and refresh many synthetic pieces, but repairs and color services are limited. A consultation is needed to determine what’s possible.

  • Yes! We offer virtual or in-studio try-ons and fittings, and can help you select in-stock pieces or custom-ordered hair based on lifestyle, budget, and goals.