Coloring A Lace Front Wig

Foreign and I'm a signature Studio artist here at the Los Angeles Welles studio. Today, I'm going to be walking you through how to color a human lace front wig with Wella professionals, latest innovation shinefinity. Today, I'm going to be working on a 100 Human Hair lace front. Wig now wigs have their own color coding system. So when I'm sourcing, my human hair wig, I always like to start off with a blank canvas and my favorite color code for a wig is 613, which is what I have here. So, let's take a look on how we would identify this level with the well and numbering system, so I have here our exposed contributing pigment wheel now, looking at the hair, I can tell that this is a very light blonde or pale blonde. So I'm going to be identifying whether it's a 9 or a 10.. So as I'm identifying, I'm spreading my natural level indicator fairly thin to blend in with the hair, and I have properly identified that the wig is a level 10.. So now that I've identified that the wig is a level 10., I've decided to go with Shades level, nine, eight and seven, knowing that the colors are probably going to deposit a little bit darker due to working on processed wig hair. So before I colored the wig, I'm going to be using my color Motion Plus pre-color spray, and this is going to help enhance shine and smoothness. So I'm going to be depositing a few sprays throughout the mid lengths and ends and then I'm going to be blow drying it into the hair. In addition to my wig today, I have a few extra tools with me. So, as you can see, I have prepared a wig block, so this is a canvas wig block that I have wrapped with Saran Wrap to protect the canvas. So that way, I can use this wig block for styling and other wig necessities, and I'm also using my color Motion Plus pre-color spray. In addition to my wig today, I also have a few extra tools, so I have prepared a wig block, which is a canvas covered form and I've covered it in Saran Wrap. So that way I can still use it for styling afterwards. I have also secured the wig with t-pins, so that way my wig stays in place as I'm coloring it, but be careful because we don't want these t-pins to rip the lace. So I've decided to use shinefinity color on my wig today because it is a demi, permanent, zero damage, deposit, only hair color and it's gon na really maintain some natural highs and lows in the hair and give it a nice hair for my root Shadow formula. I'M going to be using a zero seven stroke, one three, which is a medium blonde Ash gold and I'm going to be mixing this in a one-to-one mixing ratio. Now I have decided to use a bowl and brush application because my application with shinefinity is going to be more precise. I want to make sure I'm in control of how I'm applying my color and being strategic on how I am shadowing this route. So I'm starting my application with my shinefinity zero seven stroke, one three and I'm starting in the back, and I want to be very careful that I'm not overly saturating where the lace is now. This is a full lace, wig and I don't want to cause overly staining it, so I'm going to be working with slight diagonal subsections. This will allow me to create a more natural, gradual, color melt. So that way the hair looks as natural as possible. So, as you can see, I'm just placing my color right on the root area and I want to make sure that I'm doing some variation of how far away I'm keeping it to the scallop and then how far away so I'm not combing through yet. And that will come as I start weaving in my two other colors. I love working with diagonal subsections when I'm doing a root, Shadow or a color melt, because when we work with diagonal subsections, this will give us a much more natural Blended result versus working horizontally. So anytime, I'm working with something that's very natural and that I want to be very Blended. I love working with diagonal subsections so being very mindful with my application and working very cleanly and as you can see, I'm working with varied saturation, so I'm working from Full saturation very close to the scalp of the wig. But then, as I'm working through slightly Feathering it down, so I have a nice blend working with fairly fine subsections. So that way my color is even throughout my application. So I decided to work and split the wig into two subsections working almost in a quadrant format. This is going to enable me to work very cleanly and make sure that I'm only getting the color where I want it to be. So, as you can see, I have reached just below the crown of the head, and this is going to be my last section on this side and then I'm going to be working and duplicating the exact same actions on the other side. So I've completed both sides in the nape and the occipital bone area just below the crown and I've stopped here, because this is really where the head starts to round. So through the front. I want to do more of a custom placement, so I can make sure that the root is a little bit smaller as I get towards the front. So we have like this nice Balayage feel and keep some lightness around the face. So now I'll be moving in from the crown area and I'm going to still be working with diagonal subsections and I'm going to start to slightly pivot, as I work through the ear. So that way, I end with a diagonal backward section mirroring the hairline. So that way I mean some maintain some nice brightness around the face working with these radial sections, especially whether you're doing a root Shadow on a wig or on a client. I love working with these kind of pivoting subsections, because that will give you that nice really smooth transition and you won't create any harsh lines in the hair. If I'm doing a root Shadow, I typically will like to keep my root shadow a little bit closer to the root through the top and then, as I work to take the external hairline I'll, usually drag it down a bit more. So it has that nice natural progression, so you can see I'm starting to Pivot working very cleanly doing just like a little root tap at the top and then doing some slight Feathering down towards the bottom. So as I'm almost to the front hairline of the wig, I'm going to be reducing how far I uh stretch out my color, but I'm also making sure that my saturation is very delicate. So that way, the color lid will look softer and then I will also have less staining around the hairline. So as I am nearing the front hairline of the wig, I'm taking very, very fine subsections and only just barely tapping the root area. So that way, I have the most brightness around the face. Okay, so now that we're at the hairline, this is a very delicate area that we want to be very, very careful with in order to not stain the lace. So I have applied my color, but I will also use my color comb and apply a bit of my formula to the very edge of my color brush and I'm just going to take these little fine hairs and roll it up. And then the fine teeth of the comb will grab those little baby hairs, but also give it a very natural hairline. Now this is nice, because then I'm not overly saturating and leaving a big halo of color on the lace which we want to look natural. So I'm going to gently bring the hair down so that way it can process and then I'm going to be going to repeat the same exact steps on the other side. So I have completed my root Shadow application and just to refresh, I worked with diagonal forward sections working from the nape to the crown and then through the front, working with diagonal backwards, subsections to make sure that the root Shadow stays nice and natural. Now, when I got to the front of the hairline, just working with my comb to barely tint those hairs and make sure that I'm not staining the lace, now, I'm going to go through and work with two alternating formulas of a level nine and a level eight And we'll take a look at that alright, so I'm going to be starting in the nape area and I'm going to be using shinefinity shade, zero, eight stroke, three eight! So it's a level eight light blonde gold Pearl. So the reason why I'm using gold is because sometimes hair that has been treated can sometimes accept cool tones and reject warm tones. So in order to get a very nice natural result, I've decided to add in some gold to my formula. So now I will still be working with slight diagonal forward. Subsections and I'll, be. I will be blending my zero seven stroke, one three in with my zero eight stroke, three eight and then I'm going to use my very wide tooth comb to go through and rake that color through to make sure that everything has a nice seamless blend. So, as you can see, I'm blending my zero seven stroke, one three into my zero eight stroke, three eight. So that way, I'm dragging a little bit of that zero seven stroke, one three into my zero eight stroke. Three eight. So I create almost an in-between color which will create a seamless transition. So, as I start to make my way up to the crown, I will start alternating with my light blonde shade, which is going to be a zero nine stroke, one three so a level nine light blonde Ash, gold and I'll be working that and working that mostly Into the front of the head, so now I will be blending in my zero nine stroke, one three so level, nine very light blonde gray based Ash gold, and this will create a very beautiful beige, wedi blonde, which will help also neutralize a lot of this warmth. That naturally occurs in this blonde wig, so I will still be working up to the crown and stopping and then duplicating the exact same sectioning and application on the other side. All right, so I have completed from the nape to the crown and I've worked with diagonal forward subsections working up through the crown I had already applied my zero seven stroke, one three at the root area and then alternated between my zero eight stroke, three eight, which Is a light blonde gold Pearl and then also working into my zero nine stroke, one three, which is a very light blonde Ash gold into the crown. So now I'm going to move into the front and still working with those diagonal backwards. Subsections and using a lot more of my zero nine stroke, one three so now that I finished the back, I'm going to be working from the front to the back working with my lightest color, which is zero nine stroke, one three, so a very light: blonde Ash Gold and then working into my darker color, which is zero, eight stroke, three eight, which is the level eight light blonde gold Pearl, so starting with my first diagonal backwards, subsection and working with my level nine color. Now the reason I'm starting in the front is to make sure that I keep these pieces nice and light and bright, and that way I can kind of get this color on and I'm not worried about them absorbing color. As I work through and start handling the hair so making sure that I'm blending my root color into my end, color and then again using my wide tooth comb to slightly rake and make sure that that color is fully saturated. So now, for my section right behind my first section, I'm going to work into my level eight to give this that nice kind of bright blonde around the face, but then also having some depth to support my brightness. Now I might get extra fancy and apply a little bit of my level nine through my mid lengths and ends just to have a little bit of continuation from my first section into my second. So I'm also working very strategically of where I'm placing my level eight versus My Level Nine. So since this section is underneath I'm going to be working with my level eight here again so that way, the final result will have that nice lived in very effortless, beautiful natural, looking color result, and now I'm going to be working into my level. Nine and now I will be just alternating between my level, eight and my level, nine foreign, so I finished my right hand side. So I started off with my lightest color, My Level Nine and I alternated between my level 9 and my level. Eight staggering. As I work towards the back of the head, so now I'm going to complete and replicate the exact same steps on the left hand side. So, let's recap so: I applied first, my shine Infinity, zero, seven stroke, one three so a level, seven medium blonde Ash gold and then I melted that into a zero eight stroke, three, eight so a level eight light blonde gold Pearl and then alternated in with my Level, nine Ash gold as well, so I'm going to let this process for a full 20 minutes all right. So here we have the finished result. I went through and shampooed with color Motion Plus shampoo and then I always like to give a nice little final layer of color, which I used a pearl blonde color fresh mask just to give it a nice veil of cool blonde results, and now I'm going to Go through and do some styling with thermal image from Wella professionals. Here we have our style. So what I did first was prepped all of the hair with our Wella professionals, thermal image, which is going to give us our thermal protection and make sure we keep this wig hair in the best shape possible. And then I use my ghd classic wave wand and rotated it back away from the face to produce this glamorous beautiful wave, be sure to check me out on Instagram at eric.wella foreign