How To How I Install Frontal Wigs: Bald Cap Method + Tinting & Cutting The Lace + Etc.

Yeah, hey guys, welcome back to my channel, I'm Caitlin aka-kp for those of you who are new and in today's video I'm going to be showing you guys how I install my frontal wigs. I would say this video is very beginner friendly um. Your glue is type of gal, so when I tell you this was super easy for me to do. It was super easy, braid styles just straight backs, um, I'm taking my Edge booster and I'm pushing back my flyways, because my braids are pretty old um. I put them in at the beginning here it's like day 17. I want to say um, so I do like to use a Pomade type base of gel or edge control, because my hair would basically curl up easily and I have to go with the blow dryer to dry it. It'S just a lot. So I like to use a Pomade something that's really going to get my hair Sleek without doing the extra steps and I'm just taking my Edge brush and pushing those back now you can do twists. You don't have to do braids um, something that's going to be flat for your wig. That'S the key is just to make sure you have a flat Foundation. This is the wig that I'm using the hair is from my hair brand. Queen'S cartel we are, will be returning this year, so stay tuned for the videos on that and the key step y'all. Some people do not moisturize or all their scalp. I highly recommend this y'all. You know please take care of your hair underneath your wigs protective styles. So I'm just using the wild growth um to moisturize my oil to all my scalp. Now I'm going in with my stocking cap and just crisscrossing my braids in the back and pushing it underneath um the wig cap. I just use a regular stocking cap um from the beauty supply store. So one thing that I have learned when doing installs is instead of cutting in front of your ear cut behind, because the runs will go behind where your frontal will lay. If that makes sense, and also with cutting behind the ear, it will allow your end tabs to get full coverage and be covered as well. If that makes sense, you guys will see what I'm saying once I glue it down all right now, I'm going in with my got to be gel, and I am just mapping out where I want my hairline to start. If that makes sense - and this part is basically creating the ball cap, so this is the ball cap method. This is basically how it's done: um, but yeah, so I'm just kind of outlining my hairline a little bit and then pushing it a little bit forward. If that makes sense, so once I have everything outlined, I do go in with my blow dryer in between high heat and cool setting um to make sure everything's dry. Now you can sit underneath a hooded, um dryer. If you have that, I don't have that. So I got ta, do old school style and use a blow dryer um, so it took a little bit longer. But if you have like the attachment to go see a blow dryer that will work as well um. But yes, I do again change it between high heat and cool to get it dry pretty new. So, instead of just cutting where the thick band is we cut above it. So that way we can use the band to push to the back of our head to kind of secure our braids underneath, so we don't have to sew it at the top. I don't know if you guys have seen that method before, but I'll show you what I'm talking about so here, I'm just cutting it where the glue um ends. If that makes sense, and I'm just going around cutting cutting the extra fabric off um and y'all, don't judge me, I put this around my nose and then I put it underneath like my mouth, it's listen! This is a no judgment Zone, okay, judgment free zone. This is Planet Fitness, okay, G5, once you have it cut. It should look like this, and this is what I mean by pushing the extra thick piece of fabric to the back um. It kind of keeps the thing in place, so your braids are like tucked in underneath. So once I push that to the back, I do go back in with my shears and I cut off like the extra pieces, and I do pull some back where I feel like um to make the hairline more realistic. If that makes sense like, I don't want to straight across a ball cap, so once I do that, I go in back with my got to be gel and we are going to seal the ends just to make sure they don't roll. Whenever we have our frontal on and once I do, that I'll go back in with my blow dryer again changing in between cool and high heat a little bit. I also we'll use like the end of a rat tail comb or the back of my Edge brush or even my finger to push it down to make sure everything is like flat um. So nothing is rolling up whenever we're done with this. So once that's done it's time to put our own Foundation, I'm using the Ruby kisses cream foundation in the shade 15.. I do go in with both Shades and I mix them together and I just apply the color all over the cap and, as you can see, it's starting to look like a ball cap literally so I'll apply that to basically where the band is sitting um, because The frontal that I have is a 13 by four, so I want to make sure whenever I do decide to part anywhere on my front tool that it is covered with makeup. So just keep that in mind. So if you have a closure, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have to do this. Just only do it in the areas where the lace is sitting, so this is what it should look like whenever you are done. Applying your makeup, I'm going in with the even um spray and I'm spraying the cap just to lock in the makeup, and I'm also only putting makeup inside of my wig as well and spraying it and then blow drying it just to make sure that makeup is Locked in now, you can use lace, tint or any way that you prefer to take a tinch or lace do it. This is just the way I like to do it so with constructing this wig. I don't know if you can tell, but I did make the size a little bit too far back like it fit perfectly in the middle, but as far as reaching where I want my hairline to be um, it just wasn't enough. So I had to end up cutting it a little bit in the inside to make sure whenever I pull the lace forward, that it was enough room for it and I'll show you what I mean. So this is what I mean I cut it on both sides. So that way where the slits are, that's, where my ear is, if that makes sense, I'm just positioning it to my liking and, as you can see it's where it needs to be now so right here, I am just taking I'm pushing back a little bit of The wig cap um because it was too far forward and I snipped it with my shears and all you have to do when this happens - is do that and go back in with your sealer, which is again my got to be gel, and I put that on And I use my blow dryer to dry it and it's just good as new. So if you feel like there's some areas where you brought a little bit too forward, don't be too alarmed, you can always go back in and take it away. So now I'm just making sure everything is good, that when I put the frontal on it's all lined up, so I do like to work in sections so don't mind that first slit in the middle, I thought I was just gon na do like two big sections, But I split it into three, so the middle and the two sides, so I'm just pushing back my hair and pushing everything back. So I can spray my skin protector on my skin, but first before I do that, I do go in with a little bit of rubbing alcohol and I just cleaned off any extra like oils makeup. That is left because you want to be able to make sure your glue sticks so just make sure you clean up your forehead with like witch hazel, or anything like that. I do go in with my Erica J hold me down skin protectant and I'm using the glue um as my adhesive today. So once I spray my skin protector on, I do go in with my first layer of glue and I start in the middle. So I put one in the cap and then one on my skin. If that makes sense, I do these little dots across the first half and then I'll take a um wooden, stick and I'll just spread that across um to make sure it's like evenly distributed. Um. You don't want like it to be clumpy, because you want to dry evenly um, so I just spread that across a good inch or two, you want to make sure you get enough like a good bit a glue, spread it out lengthwise. So once we apply our first layer, we want to wait until it dries clear. As you can see it's clear and then we'll go in with our second layer now I did apply three layers. I probably shouldn't have because I didn't wear the wig that long, but if you want a longer wear out of your wigs um, I recommend three coats of glue, if not once or two maybe one, if you're just gon na wear it for a few days, and We are now ready to put our lace down, so I do go in and I just make sure everything is lined up to like where the end of the glue is to the front of the hairline. If that makes sense, um, I just make sure everything is lined up and I do use a comb to push in the lace into the glue um. This helps make sure everything gets just secured. Once I do the middle, I then go into my size. This is me cutting out where my air Tabs are going to be because it is extra long. So I just part to make sure it's a clean part um. So I don't cut out any extra hair that I need to and then um I just cut where that line is and if you need to do this um, while it's off your head, you can you can do this before you start applying the glue just measure Out where your ear tabs starts and if there's any extra lace that needs to be cut just you know part it clip it off and then take it off your head and cut it. So that way you can see it again. I do one dot on the ball cap and one dot on my skin. Now, when it comes to my ear tabs, I do put a little bit more because I want to make sure that the end Tabs are secured, because whenever your install starts to get old to me, those are the first things that like to lift. So I just want to make sure that those pieces are nicely glued down, so I just make sure there's enough glue in that area. As you can see foreign again, you want to make sure that you are spreading it evenly, so it can dry um evenly as well, and you want to make sure that it is clear before you put it on and then we're going to line our lace up. We'Re going to comb while we're pressing in the lace into the glue. Thank you now, I'm taking my elastic band um. This is from my hairbrand and I am just pressing. I'M wrapping that around where my hairline is just to make sure everything is set into place. So I did do some things around the house before I took this out, so it was a good like 30 to 45 minutes. You don't need to wait that long. If you don't have that much time, you can sit underneath the dryer. So this is me coming back taking it off, and this is what it gives before, cutting the lace I didn't go in with my Razor. I know I am out of frame a little bit but um I'll get in frame in a second um. I do kind of go in a zigzag motion. I don't want it to be a straight across line, because then the lace is not able to appear like skin. If that makes sense or appear like scalp, because you can tell where the lace is so go in a zigzag type of motion, if you need to cut the lace with um beforehand, you can do that as well. So right here I did put a little piece of glue. A little too far forward did go in with a little bit of rubbing alcohol and I pressed it against that area and it lifted up so I'll be able to cut around it. So if that ever happens to you just take your finger put a little bit of rubbing alcohol on it, you can press that into the spot that you need for it to be lifted. You can cut around it. Let me get back windows foreign. So once you have everything cut off, you can go back in. I do use like these mini, like eyebrow scissors, and I go in and get like those little bitty hairs that I couldn't get with my Razor just to make sure I get as close to the hairline is possible on the wig countries. Once you do that, you can go in and clean up any extra glue that was left behind. I just use a Q-tips um to make sure that glue is removed. Again, this is alcohol that I'm using to get that off. Now that is done. I go back in with my Ruby kisses Foundation and I just press the um. I just press the foundation into the lace to give it more of a scalped look and look. Um y'all can see that it's Blended in already just to make it look more light-skinned and more laid. I go with my even spray and I sprayed on my finger and I press it in instead of spraying it all the way around um. This helps keep it off of the off of the hair to make it like crunchy. If that makes sense, and then on top of that, I go in with my Spritz, and I spray that now Spruce is a different story, because you can easily comb that out. Like it's not like a holding spray, if that makes it it is, but it's easier to comb out rather than got to be or even sprayed, and then this is what it's giving after that y'all Supernatural um. I did do a style on this which that video will be posted in a few days. So come back for that um, but yeah I'll go back in and I'll like clean up anything else, like any extra spray that I sprayed on my forehead um but yeah - and this is what I mean like I can comb out these Spritz but like with the Even spray, sometimes or even the got to be it's just very hard and harsh, so let me know what you guys think about this tutorial um, like I said I don't really do installs like that, but when I do, I do take my time. I'M more of a glueless type of girl um. I like to take my wigs on and off at night um and then, if I do need to, you know, has some adhesive to it: I'll spray like the even spray or even just Spritz, sometimes um but yeah. Let me know how you guys like this. This is the look that I did. The 90s inspired things with the side. Part um like I said that video will be posted um in a few days, but yeah. Hopefully you guys enjoy this video. Let me know if this helped you out a lot, definitely give this video a big thumbs up you're on a road to a thousand subscribers so subscribe, and I will talk to you guys. My next video peace, foreign