How To Ventilate A Lace Wig

Hey it's Marquetta Breslin and I'm back with another video.. So in this video I'm going to be teaching you how to ventilate a lace, wig., (, upbeat, music, ), ♪, Breslin, Breslin, ♪, ♪, Author and the speaker, ♪ ♪ Master stylist, using every gift. I got to teach her ♪ ♪, Just wan na reach her ♪ ♪. When life changing motivation is his key ♪ ♪. You can look wealthy ♪ ♪, But no the greater is he ♪ ♪ It's Marquetta B, ♪ ♪ Breslin, Breslin, Breslin ♪, But there's some things that I want you to understand. Number one. I don't have enough time to sit here and teach you all of the intricacies of ventilating a lace wag., But I do have time to teach you the basic skill of tying a single knot.. Now there's multiple different knots with lace. Wigs. There is... That was my rice maker or something going off downstairs. If you heard that noise. Okay, there is the single knot., There's the double knot., There's the split knot. There's the double split knot. And there's cross knotting now cross knotting is not a different type of knot is just the placement of your single knots.. So, there's a lot that goes into ventilating a lace wig., But what I'm going to be showing you in this video is how to tie the basic single knot.. Now, the other things that you need to consider when making lace. Wigs is your directions for ventilating.. All of this is covered in my list with training system., But I've seen a lot of content about ventilating, but I wan na show you how to do it. The right way., All right., So the things that you're going to need you're gon na need some hair you're gon na need some lace and you're gon na need a ventilating needle.. All right, you may need some clips or something like that.. This particular piece that I'm working on was started probably about a year ago and ( laugh ). It has not been finished yet., But it's a perfect Canvas for me to show you how to tie the single knot.. So let me give you a little bit of disclaimer.. I have been washing my hands like crazy, because we're quarantine from the Coronavirus and my hands might be a little bit ashy, but it's okay. All right. So let me do this. Let me grab my ventilating needle. I am using a size three needle okay. This lace is a very very thick lace is not my lace is the lace that came from the manufacturer., So I can use a little bit of a bigger needle.. Alright and the hair is the hair that matches this texture right, here. All right, so you just want to pull off a little bit of hair at a time. And I'm also going to grab my glasses and I'm gon na go off camera real fast and put Some lotion on my hands because this looks trifling. I'll, be right: back., Okay, so before I get deep into the video, let me just explain a couple more things before.. I know I said pick up the ventilating needle and the hair.. But let me talk about a few more important things before I actually start ventilating.. Okay, the first thing you need to make sure you have is you need to be working on a Canvas, wig block.? It doesn't have to be canvas.. You can also use something like this.. This is a Styrofoam wig block., It is a holds. The shape very very nicely is true to form.. It has the occipital bone in the back is flat here. This approach.. And it's very, very light.. This I purchase from Atelier Bassi same place where you can get your Canvas. Wig blocks from your Canvas. Wig blocks are stuffed with sawdust and they're covered with a canvas, but there are also other materials, but you wan na make sure you're working with the proper types of materials.. You don't want that traditional Styrofoam head that you can buy from Sally's.. That'S not what this is for., When you're, making wigs and working with wigs you wan na make sure that you're using the right, materials., Okay! Next, I'm gon na talk about lighting. Lighting is very, very critical, because if you can't see what you're doing you're not gon na do it. ( laugh ). It'S just that. Simple. I've been teaching this skill for over 10 years and having people come out to my seminars and all of that good stuff. To learn this skill of ventilating. And one of the number one things that is always a deal breaker could be a deal. Breaker is lighting., So I always bring in additional lighting into the hotel rooms in the meeting spaces.. But what I highly suggest is that you purchase an LED light, something like a ring light I'll link you to something on Amazon. I'll, give you an Amazon link in the description box of this video, depending on where you're watching the video at there will be a Link somewhere to a light that you can purchase that will be an Amazon affiliate link.. So I will get a small commission if you purchase it.. If you don't want me to get the commission, not a problem at all., Just Google, whatever I'm going to put in the description box, so you can find it and purchase it on your own.. Okay, now I talked about lighting. I talked about the Canvas wig block.. I feel like I'm missing something, but I don't think I am. So oh your chair., That was the other thing.. You wan na make sure that you're keeping your proper posture and that you're not bent over and slumped over, like this doing that for multiple hours will cause some issues. Trust me been there done that using a bad posture during this process.. The other thing is, you want to stop every 45 minutes or so to give your body a break to stretch., Not work out, but to stretch your arms and all of that stuff, because this is a long and tedious process and you don't.. Just hit the camera. And you don't want to overwork your body or be in the same position for long periods of time. All right now, your site. Not only do you need good lighting, but sometimes you may need to use a reader or some sort of magnifier to be able to see the tiny holes in the lace.. What I'm wearing right here is these are prescribed readers. And what I mean by prescribed readers is this. These. I cannot go into CVS or Walmart or Target and buy these off of the shelf, not because they were sunglasses and I turn them into readers, but because I have a specific reader prescription, specifically for wig making.. So when I went to my doctor I said `` Hey, I do a lot of working with tiny little things'' and making wigs and I need something''. That'S gon na really help me to zoom in'' and it's not gon na, be too strong.''. That'S not gon na. Be too light ,'' but still allows me to see what I'm doing'', So he prescribed me a reader that works amazing.. This is first time I've ever had a prescribed reader.. Now I do wear no progressive bifocals, so it does give me a little bit of that. Magnification at the bottom, but not at this level. So I have one eye - is weaker than the other., So I have one prescription in one eye and another prescription in another eye.. This is amazing, I'm not telling you to run out and do that because not everybody has seasoned eyes.. I don't have all eyes they're, just seasoned., Not everybody has seasoned eyes like I do., So you could get away with just getting a reader or maybe just wearing a small, magnifying lamp or glasses, or something like that.. Alright. So now we can get it started.. Alright! So I'm gon na put my readers, my wig, making glasses back on and that helps so very much.. I can actually see if I do like this and I'm trying to just look at it with the naked eye.. First of all, I got to adjust because that looks like a bunch of fuzzy mess.. So if I push my head back a little bit, I can see those knots, but not the way I can, when I put on my wig making glasses. So now. I can really see exactly what it is: I'm doing. Now, when you're working with certain types of hair, you will find that some hair is a lot more slippery than others. And if you run into that, where you're working with slippery hair, all you have to do Is add just a little bit of water to the hair and you should be fine.. Water helps maintain the control, helps the hair stick together., Some wig makers. I know this is gon na sound disgusting.. You don't have to tell me in the comment down below., But some wig makers will chew literally chew on the hair, because it breaks the enzymes in your saliva breaks down some of this hair and they'll chew it and use it.. I know it sounds nasty, but I'm just sharing with you this information. All right. So the first thing you want to do is we are looking at the holes in your lace.. You want to find the single hole first before I get into that. Let me tell you how to hold the hair. Alright. So what I have here is this is Cuticle hair, I'm not gon na, say Remy hair'cause, that's a whole nother video breaking down what Remy hair truly is.. So I'm just gon na say that this is Cuticle hair. The hair is still intact., So with Cuticle hair. All of the cuticles are unidirectional they should be, which means all the cuticle should be laying in the same direction.. The reason why that matters is because, with Cuticle hair, if you mismatch the cuticles, it will cause severe tangling and matting, because what happens is, let's say the cuticles. My fingers are cuticles right, So the cuticles are here right And if I mismatch, hair and put cuticles here, what's happening is locking up.. This was gon na happen. Is the hair is gon na lock together and it's gon na cause severe tangling and matting.. So when you're ventilating, you do not want your cuticles to do that.. So where are you fold? The hair is called the Turnover.. That'S where you turn the hair over to ventilate.. Now I know you guys have seen these manufactured wigs, where you have these long turnovers. That look like they're about three to four inches.: That's a no no. In the wig making world. True wig makers, you don't go any longer. You should not go any longer than somewhere around a two inch turnover.. Now you can go back and cut your turnovers out. That is a thing and I'll show you how to do that on a whole nother video., But in this video we're not doing that., I'm just teaching you how to do the basic single knot., All right, So you're gon na turn your hair over and then I Like.. Everybody holds their hair different, so ventilating is just like braiding hair. People may pick position their fingers different, but you get to the same result.. So what I like to do, after I fold the hair over, is I just like to twist that hair in my pointer finger and thumb that's very important. Okay.! It'S not sticking out from the sides is sticking right out from the top. Okay. So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to find the hole in my lace., I'm gon na insert my needle wave that hair across. Use my middle finger for tension., Pull that needle back through rotate 180 degrees and pull through.. Okay, I'm gon na. Do it again. Insert your needle. ( light upbeat music ) Insert our needle wave the hair across. Little finger for tension. Rotate down, pull all the way, through. ( light upbeat music, ), Alright! So I'm back, we just switched the cameras out to give you an even better look., So it might look a little bit darker, but you'll be able to see my hands a little bit better.. So again you want to insert your needle into the hole. A lot of one of the biggest mistakes that people make. Is they go into two holes ,'cause, it's hard to see.! That'S why lighting comes into play and your glasses., So you wan na make sure you're not going through two holes.. You wan na make sure you're only going through one hole at a time. You're gon na just wave that hair across. ( light upbeat music, ), Okay, Use your middle finger for tension., Rotate down and pull all the way through. All right. Let'S do that! Again. Insert the needle. Wave that hair across. Use that middle finger for tension. Pull the hair back through rotate down, pull all the way through.. So when you wave the hair across the hair is getting caught on the Barb., The Barb is the tiny little hook on the ventilating needle.. It is designed to catch that hair. The size of your ventilating needle tells you how many hairs it is designed to pull.. But what you're seeing me do is only pull one hair at a time.. That'S because I have control and it's easier for a little bit easier for you to see what I'm doing. If I just pull one hair at a time.. So you're also notice that I'm sitting in front of the wig block and I'm pulling the hair away from me. You. Never I see people do it all the time and I always teach my students. I make them change the way they're doing this, because it's so dangerous to ventilate and pull that hair towards you, because this is a hook and it is sharp. And it has been stuck in my lip before it's been stuck here before from students.. It'S been stuck. Some of everywhere, so you wan na, be extremely careful. And when you're ventilating you wan na make sure to pull that hair away from you're watch.. Okay, I'm sitting here, I'm pulling the hair away from me in the direction. I want it to lay in. Alright. So I'm gon na do it a couple more times at regular speed.. Just so you can see what it looks: like., (, smooth upbeat, music ). So the reason why I have this tiny little piece of hair sticking out is because I accidentally splitting on it that here. So there's multiple different ways. I can take care of this., I can pull it out or I could just leave it., I'm very meticulous. So I just pulled it out.. I don't even know if I said that right. I'm a very detail, oriented person and a bit of a perfectionist. So I don't like those little short pieces like that., So I pulled it. Out. ( light upbeat, music, ), Okay, the key to ventilating is control.. Now, sometimes that happens and you actually pop the hair. It actually happens a lot when you have, when you're working with synthetic hair, it's easier to pop that synthetic hair. And with certain types of human hair. That is the case as well., So you just wan na be mindful of that.. It happens. I don't care how long you've been making wigs. It happens there. It is., I just popped that hair. And that's okay., You just pull it drop it and keep it moving.. ( light upbeat music, ), Okay. So I'm going back in gon na insert my needle wave that hair across rotate down the hook, ( light upbeat music, ), Now you'll notice that I see some people.. I see some people do some of everything. I've seen them wrap like this.. It should be a fluid movement. The rotation of your needle should wrap the hair around the hook. I'll. Show you what I'm talking about.. When I insert my needle pay attention to my right hand, that's holding the needle holder.. Okay, that hand is not moving barely once. I wrap and rotate it wraps around the hair catches on that Barb and I pull right back through that hole. All right. You just want to make sure you're paying attention to that. ( light upbeat music ), All right, so I'm just gon na place a couple more knots. And these again these are single knots.. This is the base.. So what happened? There is my hair just got a little bit too messy., So when that happens, most in.. A lot of cases is because you're holding too much hair in your hands and sometimes with longer lengths of hair. It just happens., And so what has happened here is. It has gotten completely.., You probably can't see this'cause, it's only a few pieces, but it's completely messed up.. So I'm just gon na grab a tiny bit more.. I'M gon na go at regular speed and then we'll end. The video off. ( light upbeat music, ). Okay, This is one of the things that most of my students get the most intimidated by, because it is something that's foreign., It's not like braiding hair, where you have an idea of how to do it.. This is something that a lot of people have never even attempted to do so they don't even know where to begin.. So just take your time and be patient with yourself.. I promise you when they say patience is a virtue that is the truth.. So what has happened here is my turnover was super duper short.. Now I can handle this in multiple different ways.. I can just pull this out and regroup, or I can still make that knot. So to make that knot. I'M just gon na press that hair down. Pick both of those pieces up rotate and pull through all right, ( light upbeat music, ) Now ventilating is a skill that is very time consuming., But you can do a lot with that.. A lot of people think that, just because you learn how to ventilate now, you're gon na sit there and make lace wigs all day long., But that's just not the case.. You need to learn how to do this skill if you work with frontals and closures, because you need to know how to repair them.. So this is it.. This is how to ventilate a lace wig.. I just showed you how to tie a single knot.. Remember there was multiple other knots to tie and then there's directions, but the thing you have to master before you get into anything else is the single knot.. So do me this favor. Now that I've taught you the correct way to ventilate? I want you when you try this. I want you to go. Follow me on Instagram and tag me # MarquettaTaughtMeHowToVentilate. (, laugh )! Alright! Thank you guys. So much for watching and I'll talk to you soon. ( upbeat music, ),