Wigology 101 Part Three: Types Of Lace

Hello and welcome back to my channel, if you are recurring viewer if you're not welcome to your introduction to marzipan and today we're going to be talking about the different types of lace used in wigs now. I know I said in my last video we're going to talk about the different types of hair. However, I completely forgot that I wanted to touch on the different types of laces available, so we'll go through that in this video and then in the next part. We'Ll touch on hair. So what exactly are the different types of lace available? Well, a lot there's a lot of lace available for these lace. Wigs, but the main two categories used in lace manufacturing are French lace and Swiss lace. French lace is the thicker more durable style of lace, while it is mostly invisible on your scalp. French lace is more noticeable than Swiss lace because of its thickness. However, French lace can bear a week with more density, and its lifespan is much longer, usually lasting. About 4 to 6 months on average. Obviously, if you take care of your wig and your French lace, it'll last a lot longer than that, French lace is great for beginners, since it tends to tear a lot less. It'S also great for those who use adhesive on the hair and tend to take their wigs off, often, for example, taking the wig off every 2 to 3 days because of its durability. Swiss lace is finer and much less visible than a French lace. It is also softer making it easier to tear but not handled with care because of its fine material. It cannot handle wigs with higher density and has a shorter life span than French lace. Swiss lace is perfect for those wanting light to medium density, wig use, adhesives and wear of the week for much longer, for example, wearing the wig for 2 to 4 weeks time and are more gentle when applying and removing the leak. So obviously, if you are taking your weight on and off, especially if you're using adhesives like got to be or weight glue, that lace is going to be rubbing up against your head and it's gon na cause not cause. But it's going to create a lot of friction rubbing up against your head, taking it off putting it on the mannequin, you know putting it back on and so that's why a French lace is better because it's more durable, while with a Swiss lace, it's better for People who wear for longer periods of time and, of course, more gentle, because you're going to put the wig on you're gon na keep the wig on for weeks at a time and then you're going to carefully take it off. So that's why, while French and Swiss lace are the most common, there are many other types of lace. However, all only go for the most popular types you find besides, French and Swift's, those lace are stretch, lace, thin-skinned lace, silk top and HD lace. The reason why I'm only going over this handful, instead of going over every single place that you can find in a wig, is because I want to make this video series for people who are like casual buyers of wigs and not people who are like experts or People who are looking for wigs for say, like Broadway, shows or a play or a movie or anything like that. And if you recognize, when you go on mind to shop for a week or even if you want to a store you're going to find mostly French and Swiss lace, you may find these other lesser types. But the most that you're gon na find is French and Swiss, so I personally didn't think it would be important to kind of explain every single lace. There is especially considering that you might only find in your entire lifetime of shopping for wigs. You might only find like one or two weeks with that particular type of way so stretch lace is a thick, durable lace that helps conform to your head. If you feel you haven't taken correct head measurements, the stretch lace has a stretch panel that covers the sides of the wig cap, while the rest of the wig, depending on the wig type, and you can see part two for more information on wig types is typically French or Swiss Ben scan is a thin polyurethane, all by centre-right material that is typically on the frontal lining and/or the entire base of the wig again, depending on the type of wake the thin material is made to create a more natural hair line. To give the appearance of hair growing from your scalp, this material, however, does not allow your scalp or skin to breathe, as well as other lace, materials. Silk top provides the most realistic, looking scalp in comparison to other lace options. This is because the knots are hidden between the silk and lace. Silk tops are used, so tops are designed using a high quality silk base at the top / crown area of the wig cap and a lace material in the frontal lining, and each side like the right left wearing a wig cap is not necessary with silk top Wigs because the silk is undetectable, the silk top lace, wigs are more expensive than other options. Hd lace is a high definition, Swiss lace material that blends in with the scalp. This helps the hair line, look more natural and makes the lace undetectable. The HD lace is more transparent and thinner than other options. Hd lace is also more delicate than other options as well. So basically, HD lace is like an even finer Swiss lace. Lace comes in different tone options to help blend the hair in the hairline or with the hairline. These options are transparent, light brown, medium brown and dark brown. Transparent is best for those with white off light or green scalp tones light. Brown is best for those with light brown or beige scalp tones medium brown is best for medium brown, scalp tones and dark brown is best for dark brown scalp tones and that's it for different types of lace. I hope this helps beginners pick, which lace is best for them to start off with to achieve their best look now next time - and I mean at this time it will be about synthetic versus human hair fibers. I promise that will be the next video if you liked this video and you want to see more, you already know what to do. I don't have to tell you subscribe button bail notification thumbs up if you liked it thumbs down. If you didn't - and let me know why, in the comments below, because I can take constructive criticism, I am trying to get better with these YouTube videos and I'll see you next time.