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Wig ventilating
Learn how to properly ventilate your wig for maximum comfort and breathability. Follow these expert tips to ensure your wig stays cool and natural-looking all day long.
A few people have asked me to explain the idea of cross-knotting (cross-ventilation / 2-way knotting). The most common knot used in tradit...
Natali
A lace front wig requires a super fine, hand tied front hairline on the full lace wig to create a natural looking wig that will never look machine made
Valeriya Shindrova
London Wig Making Classes
monique tennant
A few weeks ago I attempted to style my wig for my Rose costume, and while it looked alright on my styrofoam wig head, it looked pretty bad once I put it one my head. It was because the wig head was so much smaller than my actual head. When I had it on you could see the wefts and in area's where it wasn't so thick you could see the brown of my actual hair. I decided I needed to get a wig head that fit my head so I could style my wigs on it. I started watching lot's of video's on YouTube on…
Benita Hutton
In my opinion, one of the more challenging aspects of wig making for a learner to get right is: density. As someone who abhors over dense wigs on myself - I look ridiculous, figuring out density is, and has been, a pretty important part of my wig making journey. Unfortunately, once I started ventilating, it quickly became apparent that density is not something you can learn overnight, so to speak. It is one of those things you learn through practice and possibly some innate sixth sense. I am…
Denise Cockburn
How to Ventilate (or Add Hair to) a Lacefront Wig I've seen a lot of really creative methods for adding realistic hairlines to wigs, but in my personal opinion, nothing beats a good lacefront wig! ...
Aneta Chaber Stankiewicz
Wigs - Construction caps are the caps that wigs are attached to. The hair wefts and pieces are attached to a construction cap to create a full wig.
Maggie Guillette
Interested in making wigs? Understand wig cap construction and the various aspects of a wig cap.
Jelena
I've been thinking some more about making a wig for my doll. The following diagram shows how to ventilate a wig. This is similar to how the hair in human wigs is knotted. 1. Reach through a hole in the netting with the ventilator tool. 2, Hook several hairs in the middle. 3. Pull the hairs through the hole in the netting. 4. Put the tool through another hole in the netting and hook the hairs again. 5. Pull the hair through the loop of hair on the tool. 6. Keeping tension on the hairs, pull…
Ella Charming