How To Make A #6X6 Closure Wig (Beginner Friendly Tutorial)

Hey y'all, so today I'm gon na be going over how to make a closure wig. So the first thing we're gon na. Do I'm going to be using a six by six closure, and this is from my hair company triple diamond here, and so I'm gon na be using the Loreal light blue. I believe that's what it is. I don't know I'm gon na go ahead and start a picture anyway, but it's the l'oreal, quick blue. You can see the container back there and i'm gon na use about two and a half scoops of it with some 30 developer developer uh. What the developer! I really don't have a measurement that i can tell you to use. I just put in a little bit at a time so that way it can be like a very thick paste type consistency, because you don't want it to be too watery, because what happens? Is it's gon na leak through and get all over your hair? And you don't want your hair to be orange, because that is definitely not a good look. So, as you can see, it's a really thick, i kind of just play it by hand. You know if it's like too too too thick, then i'll just keep going till. I get it to like a good little creamy type, buttery little consistency or whatever, but to where it's not really drippy, but it's kind of smooth and you can kind of see it right there so yeah, that's it after that. I'M going to go ahead and start putting it on the lace closure. I always start well, I'm not gon na say I always start in the back cuz. Actually I really don't matter but um. I tend to start from the back part instead of the front, because I feel like the front and bunches well. Bleach is a little quicker, but it really don't matter when you press it in. You just want to make sure that you are not like you're being kind of light handed with it cuz you, you know. The goal is to not get hair on your well to not get bleach on your actual release, so I'm just gon na go ahead and yeah just cover the entire closure with this bleach and not talk that much so you guys don't have to hear me so Once the closure is completely coated with the bleach, I'm gon na go ahead and set my timer on my phone for 15 min um. Now I washed it off and rinse it in everything, and I did let the purple shampoo sit on it for about five minutes. Um after I rinse it on, I realized that the tip, what not the tip but like the knocks in a very front, the hair, the bleach kind of leaked through a little bit. So in order to color correct that I just use whatever dye had one hand. I just happen to have some adorn, so I just use that I dip it in a using old old eyelash wand and I basically dip it in a color and put it over the strands of hair. As you can see right there. All I do is just brush any hair that is bleached and that's basically a quick fix for it. Um you can use a dye like I said I just got ta do it, but that's all I have right now and the witness for me. So it's not a big deal, but you can do that and that's just the easy way to fix it. If you happen to go over, you know if you get a little bleach on your actual hair at the roots. It'S also a good way to die too. Like if your uh Toni like something blonde hair, anything it's a good way or even dyeing the hair, it's just a good way to apply it, so it don't get all over the lace as well as far as the color. So after I do that, I leave that on for about thirty minutes or so and then rinse it off and proceed to construct my wig okay. So this is the closure. This is a six by six closure, so you'll have six inches above parting space and six inches in depth. So the first thing I do is just use a little bit of foam lotion. Um, it's the Nairobi foam lotion. I really don't matter what foam lotion you have or you can use water if you like as well. I just use the foam lotion to put in front the closure before I pin it down so that way all the baby hairs flyaways, whatever it's. Basically, out of my way for when I go ahead and pin it and begin to sew, so when i measuring, when you're gon na pin it um, I am gon na be doing a middle part and basically, I'm gon na install it directly in the middle um. The closure is really big, so if you still want to achieve like a deep side, part and everything else, people just move it to where you want, if you had a small enclosure. But at this point it's a six by six. So it's basically hitting like temple to Temple, so you really don't have to shift it unless you want to but um. Initially I'm gon na pull it down about a half inch in front of the cap as you stitching, so it will go back. Some. So don't think too much into it about. Are you actually painted? I do these a lot, so I'm okay with just eyeing it and petting it, but you um. If you need to measure it just go ahead and use a measuring tape, which is perfectly fine yeah. So I'm just gon na take some t, pins and pin the closure first in the front and then I'll go all the way in the bag directly in the middle and pin it in there you. So I go ahead and take needle and thread I put the needle through the closure and through the actual mesh cap I don't go through the band. I just sew on top of the band and I place the needle through, so I'm gon na show you right here, I'm trying to keep up with this y'all so stick the needle through the leaves and then through the mesh cap. I wrap it around twice. You now go ahead and pull it to make sure that it locks make sure you pull against your stitch to make sure it locks it in place there for your wig will last longer. So basically, I do the same thing over put the needle through a wrap around twice and go ahead and pull it. My um the strings on my needles are very long, so you know when I go ahead and throw those before I start so um. That saves time as well just FYI, but also when you're sewing down, make sure that if you can't because I know I try to make sure this was beginner-friendly, but at the same time I'm so used to doing this. To where I realized, I did some things that might now look at that beginner-friendly but, as you see me, pulling on the closure and pulling it towards the back, I'm just making sure that it's still up against the canvas head, because what you don't want to do Is if so and and then once you finish, you realize that, like it's popcorn and stuff, so you could just go ahead and place T pins everywhere that you needed to make sure your closure actually stays down. I just didn't do that, but you guys don't you know. I'M follow me. Also one more thing about this um that I wanted to say is when I initially did this six by six closure, um constructing a wig on my own. It took me four times of so on this closure on before I got it. It is not as simple as stitching before before one because you have so much space, so I realized that I sold on one side and went to the other. It was Puckle II. So just know that if you mess up it's okay just go ahead and start all over again. So right now, I'm just gon na continue doing the exact same method. I don't want to talk too much, but I want to make sure you guys get it um. I'M just gon na make sure that the closure is flesh flush up against the canvas head and yeah. So I'm just gon na continue to stitch along the line. Um you want to make sure that as you're stitching, that is not puckering. I'M not saying like a little bit of poplar or something but just make sure for the most part. That is actually straight and as long as you're uh, you know, you got ta realize that one of these sides will be your actual base side, because once you get to the other side of the closure, we're going to be pulling against this stitch to make sure That it's absolutely flat you so just continue to stitch, and I'm just gon na give you a close up one more time of how I'm stitching I'm holding the back of the closure down up against the cap to make sure it's straight and already flat. I'M gon na go through wrap it twice and pull and make sure the stitch is locked and I'm going to do this all the way until the end of the closure on one side and then we're going to get to the other side you, okay, now this Side is sewn down. You can see that these stitch is straight down. It'S totally flat right now, on this side, now we're gon na start with the other side, the exact same method. The only thing I want to make sure you do is that you pull make sure you are pulling your closure as you're stitching, because you want it to be tension going across that way. It doesn't leave any room for error to where you have. You know extra light closure, the middle of your wig, where it's all bunched up, so you want to make sure you are pulling it. The stitching will be the exact same way. We'Re gon na go through the cap, the lace, the cap and you're gon na just lock your stitch by making sure you pull it and also you're going to make sure that as you go through it that you're actually pulling against the closure. If you see that when I stitch I'm kind of going down a little bit on the cap, so that way, when I pull to lock it, the closure is going to stretch across as well. So it's kind of like having a tug-of-war between the two sides, but you want to make sure it's some tension on it, because you want your closure to be flat at the end of the day. This part right here is going to be the process that will make or break your closure, because if you get ready to sew the back on the back down and it has any Puckle in it, then you will have to cut one of your sides and start Reese stitching because you know, in order for your closure to have a faultless install, it has to be flat, and this is the part of it. They kind of messed me up when I first attempted to use a 6x6 closure. So, like I said, don't be discouraged. If you know it actually don't fit right here, if you go ahead and put your hand up under that closure, it should be really tight and that's what I'm showing you right here. You should feel the tension of your finger going under. If you just have a lot of space to put your finger right there, then something is not right, because um, it should be very tight. So after I go ahead and stitch these sides what I speed it up a little bit, because this video - it's already very long - you guys so just put some T pins in the back, and if your closure is too strong correctly, it should be fine. It should be like you should see it at how you see right now, how is laying like, literally flat across the back of this dome cap, that's exactly how your closure should be, laying if you have any type of lumps or bumps right there, then something is Wrong with one of your side's take one of them off and start all over threat is not that expensive. You can get a really large spool for five bucks. So don't worry about wasting thread just go ahead and you know does yourself off and try again. So I'm gon na continue to stitch the exact same way in the back as well, which is you know going through the lace through the cap. You know, wrap it twice and go ahead and pull it and lock up the stitch in and you're gon na. Do that across the entire closure, and that will be the end of it and we will not deal with this closure until we're actually ready to style, because right now, we're gon na start sewing the bundles on you, okay, guys! So for this install I'm going to be using a 22 822 20 and 18 inch bundle of my resilient body wave hair. So the first bundle is a 22 inch that we're gon na start selling, and what I want to say about this is that I initially was going to make how to make a video using a sewing machine, and I figured I might as well do the hand. One first, so this first bundle that I'm showing you it's already like double because I doubled it on a sewing machine but yeah I didn't want to throw it away, so I'm gon na use it I mean yeah. So you won't see me actually, like you know, sewing a bundle and that's a part, at least for this first bundle, but the other two bundles are not doubled. So you will see what I do so. The first thing I do is - and I guess it's a good option to if you wan na Dobie tracks on a sewing machine, I'd double them sometimes just depends. So the first thing I do is take my needle put it through the mesh cap. I do not put it through the Vande when I'm sewing by hand, so it's just so you know I put it through the track through the cap and then I'll go ahead and basically so the same way. I always stitch, which is put the needle in between and I'll go ahead and pull it to lock that stitch in anytime that I'm very first putting a trike in the very first. What am I trying to say when I put the very first stitch in I go ahead and stitch it in that same spot? I wrap it like three or four times just to make sure I lock up this stitch in what I didn't mention is that I did put a T pin at the bottom, like for the nape of my neck at the bottom of the dome cap. It'S not in the measurement or anything I choose to go ahead and stitch at the bottom. Okay, I just pull it down so to go ahead and make it easier to sew. I would suggest that you put a T pin on the other side of your track, where you're going to stop it. So that way, it's a ready place against the cap and it won't be that hard for you to hold the track while attempting to attempting to stitch at the same time. But of course, if you can it's okay. So when i zoom in right here for you guys to see and basically do the same thing again, which is showing you how I stitch be careful because you know if you're Webster, your tracks are double left and stuff. Sometimes it's really hard to get through the tracks. So I stick myself a lot so anyways. I just go ahead and do the same thing. I told you guys before, which is put the needle through the cap, and I you know, go ahead and lock it wrap it around twice play through make sure the stitch is locked now for cutting off the end of the thread. You can do it when you're finished with the wig if you like, but I would suggest until you like in the hang of it, cut off your strings as you go so at the end, you know you don't end up having strings hanging out from your wig And I mean it's just you know it's just a little tip. It'S not really that big of a deal to cut it. Why are you going even when doing it on a sewing machine but um? Okay, so I'm just gon na go through the track once again wrap twice and pull through the thread and lock the stitch always make sure your stitch is locked. So that way, you don't have any slacks or lumps or bumps in your um your actual week and then your stitching, because you want your stitching to be um, nice and consistent as well as secure now for me personally, I'm not really like a tiny little blanket Stitch or anything for the purposes of doing the closure, or until I make sure I stitched that super close, but as far as the tracks, I'm not gon na make like really really tiny stitches, because, like honestly as long as the stitch is not super wide, whether It'S smaller, if it's wide like this, the the actual thread will hold okay like it will hold it. It'S not going to wear unless somebody cut it out now, when you're sitting there talking about oh well, my wigs has been staying together for two years. Okay, at that point says if it starts to fall apart. Well, you got more than enough of we're out of it and it's okay to go in and retighten your stitches okay at two years at this point, but this is the way I stitch on my clients. Heads as well like on the brain foundation or like a net, and it's always worked whether I have a client with one inch of hair or eighteen inches of hair. It works the exact same way. It does not come out unless they cut it out. In most of my clients were there so in about two or three months and yeah. So just continue to do the same thing. I don't want to keep talking because I'm just doing the exact same stitch, but I just want to make sure you guys get it, and so that's why I didn't like speed up a lot of the video. So once I stitch across and you guys you can also when you're stitching, you can move around your mannequin, I'm not moving around it and I'm turning them. The actual cork head is because I have my camera set up right there, so I don't have to go around the camera and everything to go back and forth and then get into view, but anyways, so we're gon na do the same thing. You know just continue stitching. You guys continue to stitch. I wan na say right here on the end, when you actually go and stitch into the very end of the track. I normally like, I said, we'll go through that about four or five times just to make sure I lock the stitch in and it's right there where the t pin is. After that I go ahead and I cut the track. I know some people feel some type of way about cutting their tracks and it's really a personal thing. I'Ve made a lot of ways before why I didn't put the tracks and that make someone I do on this particular wig. I am going to cut the tracks because I just prefer to cut it. It'S not a big deal for me to work with tracks has been cut, and also this is my wig as well. So you know it's okay, and so I'm just gon na show you right here what I do, which is go through the cap and you know, go ahead and wrap it a couple times and I'm gon na lock the stitching once I lock that stitch in you Guys um, the very last stitch, like I said, I'm just gon na make sure it's super tight and yeah. I'M just go ahead and make sure I wrap it a few times so that way it's locked in and then cut it you so this next part. What I do is is that when I have thread, that's still basically left over from the previous track. I don't cut it okay, so what I'm gon na go ahead and do which is show you that I still have the needle basically in trafficking, but I'm trying to say, but I still have the needle from before, and what I do is is go up. A little bit where I'm gon na place the next track and I just moved the needle, so all I do is just pull the thread, make sure you hold it 32. So don't take a look like you just almost try to do with me. So I just go ahead and pull the thread up along the dome cap. If that make any sense, but you can see what I'm basically doing. I just stitch. You know just stitch along the cap to where the next UM anchor that I want my track to be. What I went ahead and did was because I was like I don't want it to be confusing. So, just in case, let me just go ahead and show you know I went ahead and took the the double stitching apart and so the trikes are not together anymore. I just wanted to use those same same rip and just ripped it off. So what I would do is place the tracks, on top of each other, the same way that they were previously and insert the needle. Once I start the needle in both of the tracks. I'M just gon na go ahead and pull it. So I pull it and hold my thumb to put my thumb there to hold it in place. Once I go ahead and go through it, I'm just going to wrap. You know, wrap the needle a few times like I said three or four times the idea of it is just to get it to lock in so anytime, you're. First adding the track. I'D recommend that you, you actually tighten in a few extra times than what you would normally do, just to make sure that that stitch is actually locked and then from there. I'M just gon na continue to stitch the way that I normally do like. I said to help you stitch: if you need to place T pins throughout the weight making process, then go ahead and do it if you maybe need to draw lines on your cap to know exactly where to place your track. You should do that as well right. There I'm just showing you that you can use a sharpie. This is a metallic sharpie marker, that's the mark. I normally use when I'm stitching on the sewing machine, so you can use that and it basically shows up really nicely. So I'm just showing you how it looks so that way you can see it, but if you need that by all means do it it's just that I found myself sometimes not really uh actually doing that because you know, like I said, I'm used to stitching. So I just placed my thumb on the track: put the needle through the cap, go ahead and wrap it twice and pull the stitch and lock it in place. You want to make sure you lock the stitch if you go ahead and make a stitch. If you go ahead and stitch and you don't lock, it you'll see exactly what I mean because it won't, it won't, be secure, it'll, be it'll, be kind of loose and you know a little saggy. So that's the reason for making sure you definitely pull every time. You stitch no matter how many times you wrap it just to make sure that you actually pull and just lock your stitch. Not only will it be secure, but it also gives it a better looking appearance as well, because you want it to appear to be neat because you know we are YouTube professionals around here. So I'm gon na go ahead and continue to stitch this. But I'm gon na got ta go ahead and put music on, because I want to keep talking to you guys and doing the same thing. But I also don't miss, beat the video the video of too much so that everybody can. Basically, you know follow along and you can actually see what's going on you, okay, so right here, I'm just showing you guys that um this is after I did the second bundle. You see that track, that's not regular in the middle! That was the last piece that I had left on. A 20 inch bundle so whenever I have a little piece left over I'll, go ahead and place it in the middle. So that's why you see that little piece of track sitting right there in the middle um. Now I'm gon na move over into this 18 inch bundle um so so far. Miss wig is just two bundles of 20 20 20, and you can see it's not that much space left but we're gon na fit this whole bundle in there. My bundles are really full, though they're really full and it's some really great hair, and you guys should check it out on triple diamond here. Calm. So I just wanted to pop in and let you guys know that um and I'm gon na continue to do the exact same thing that we've everything that basically we've been doing the entire time, which is you know my stitching, won't change. It will be the exact same way and I'm gon na continue to do that until I get up to the closure, and so I'm gon na. Let this like speed up a little bit because this video it's already at 40 minutes and I think, as far as the beginning part, you guys basically caught on to it. If there's any other questions or anything that you have, you know just let me know okay, and I appreciate this video y'all, because let me tell you it was so long. I must have watched hours of footage like like so many hours of footage. Just so I can like get, you know straight to the point cuz. I don't really like to you know just play around with the videos or whatever but yeah. I really wanted to do this and I just want to make sure it was nice and clear and you can see everything and so yeah this week, I'm gon na hope and pray that this week I won't be able to do the sewing machine video. So that way, you guys can you know see how I go. I am going to attach the styling video for this wig, I'm gon na. Do it on another video. So that way, this video end up being like an hour and a half so yeah. So after I just stitched this I'll float a video later on, showing you guys how I style it, I'm gon na go ahead and flaner it first and like do like a little silk price before I go ahead, and you know curl it again and everything so Yeah and as you're stitching, if you could tell right there, just like a little quick thing, you can see how it kind of looks like the closure. It'S like buckling, a little bit from the back. That is showing that way because we're constantly pulling the cap, you know what I mean like for constantly yanking on the cap as as we're stitching, but don't panic if you see that happening because it will not affect the closure. Our promise it'll be perfectly fine, and thank you guys for watching this video, if you haven't subscribed to my channel yet please go ahead and subscribe for me as well as thumbs up the video. So thanks for watching anyway, and you guys - let me know if you have any questions below, I will definitely answer them for you. I read all my comments. Um like every other day, so thank you for watching again and you guys have a great week. You