Ready To Wear Smart Lace Fronts - All You Need To Know! + Trimming Demo!

Everyone welcome back to fabricating French today, I'm going to do something a little bit different, we're going to touch on some tips and tricks and some education regarding alternative hair. Let'S talk, lace, fronts, okay, so the lace fronts I want to talk about is your ready-to-wear pre-cut, welded lace, fronts, there's a lot of brands that have ready-to-wear synthetic and human hair. Wigs available on the market, and particularly Jean Renault, has an incredible smart lace front. That is ready-to-wear and it's a wonderful wonderful product. Let'S touch on this ready-to-wear welded smart lace front talk about what it is and some of the concerns and solutions with those lace fronts. I think it's really smart to know what smart lace is, so that if there are concerns, if there are problems, then, if you understand how smart lace is made, if you understand what exactly it is, then you can target why it might be acting the way that It is or why there might be problems. You know, there's a lot of questions concerning lace, fronts, and so I hope to go over some of those causes and solutions, maintenance and some of those questions regarding lace fronts. Yes, we are talking about Jean Renault, smart lace. However, oftentimes a lot of these things can be utilized for other brands as well. However, if you have any specific questions, you can reach out to those specific brands to ask they're, you know individual advice or their line of hair. So what is smart lace? It basically is your wigs or they do have a top smart topper with lace front, and these are your wigs and toppers that are ready to wear straight out of the box, whether it is synthetic, HD, synthetic or human hair. What makes this smart Leigh smart is because it is ready to wear it is pre-cut. You do not have to do anything to the lace. You know it's ready to go oftentimes on social media in photos on other people, or maybe perhaps you yourself have tried other wigs that is made with other types of lace, whether it be French or Swiss and a lot of times when you get those wigs. You have almost a veil of lace that kind of extends over your face, and that basically means it's not ready to wear. That lace is meant to be cut when you receive it. So those other wigs that have those different types of laces. They need to be customized by the stylist by the person who purchases the hair to fit the head or the client that is going to be wearing that unit or that wig. The difference with smart lace is there is no need for customization. That'S why it is smart and that's why it's ready-to-wear all right. So here is a smart lace front and do to the edge of the smart lace front. No trimming of the lace is required prior to wearing the system. Nice thing is: is that with a ready-to-wear lace front, it allows for off the face. Styling, like you see here. This is also a smart lace front on the John Renault Rachael in Laguna Blonde. This is Jean Renault, Heidi in shaded praline. It'S just amazing, because you can definitely wear it off the face and have the option for multi directional parting. How is smart lace different other laces? Well, smart lace is what they call a welded lace front. Well, what does that mean? What that means? Is that think of like hash tag, kind of like this and don't mind my chubby fingers? What smart lace is is it's two layers of monofilament that are essentially overlapped over each other, creating a hashtag appearance. They are ultrasonically fused together, and it creates that crisscross appearance here I'll try to show you guys really close up. Those two layers of monofilament are overlapped perpendicularly and then they are ultrasonically fused. This offers a lot of durability over other lace fronts, even though you're smart lace, you're welded, smart lace, is very durable. It'S still very delicate, it's not as delicate as your Swiss lace and some of those other laces that you hear about, but you still want to handle it with care. Unruhe know actually does have a Swiss lace line is their evolution, wigs and what they have there. I don't even have one so I can't show you, but it's almost a honeycomb pattern in that lace and it's not doubled up. It'S a single layer. It'S a lot more delicate and you actually do need to trim that up, keep in mind with smart lace, even though it is more durable than some of your other laces that you hear and see and maybe have tried that are available out on the market. They are still very, very delicate anything that looks very real anything that gives you that very natural appearance is going to probably most likely be a lot more delicate, so you definitely want to handle that lace with care and gently. Let'S now talk about some of the common concerns regarding your ready-to-wear lace fronts, a lot of the time people will start talking about fraying. What do you do about fraying, and why do you experience frame oftentimes, it's improper fit having your wig fit too tight can cause that smart lace to stretch and start fraying, I'm actually going to add a link below. So you guys can see a video that I did almost a year ago and it basically tells you how to measure head for the proper size of wig. So you definitely want to make sure you're wearing the right size, especially if you want to avoid the sigh of your wig being the factor as to why your lace front my be fraying or looking a little damaged amazing thing about this genre. No smart lace is that this smart lace is included in the circumference of this wig. So when you put it on and you feel that tight nice perfect fit because you get that circumference tension and you know you want to feel that tight feeling. But if it's too tight, then you will definitely start seeing the wear and tear a lot quicker, you're wearing a wig and your head is too large and although it feels great it's tight, but every time you put it on it's stretching out that lace, the circumference. Those bonds that hashtag appearance, where you know the crisscross pattern is just constantly being lifted and separated apart and then eventually will start spraying. One thing that you can do to help with avoiding that is: choose a larger size if you're dealing with having it be really tied and you're constantly dealing with lace, front issues because of that then move up a size. Another reason why you might be dealing with frayed lace is because of improper removal. It also could be improper application of your wig. Remember to always use your ear tubs when you are taking off your wig and then look so wonderful when you put on your wig use, your ear tops and your nape figure out where you want that lace front. Grab your nape pull it down and then use your ear tabs to adjust. Where you want your wig to sit by avoiding pulling and tugging and using your lace front to adjust, you are going to help that delicate lace front from going through any fraying, rips tears and premature damage. Lastly, another thing that can really affect lace-front and cuss praying is improper tools, only use your white tooth comb on your synthetic fiber and then on your lace fronts with human hair and use your paddle brush. The reason why is because your paddle brush and nearby tooth comb have very soft ends and very soft bristles. This isn't going to affect your lace front, but even if you do get close to that lace, front be mindful of that area who are going to be using a boar, bristle brush like this, let's say when you're blow-drying, your human hair, just be very mindful of Your lace front and any of those delicate base materials, okay. So what if you're already dealing with the frame? What do you do? What do you do from here? What is the solution? Well, the solution is at that point. You can trim your lace front if permitted. Another thing you can do is request a lace front repair, but take note that this is only good for human hair systems. Another really common concern about your smart lace is discomfort. So what do we do? Let'S talk about prevention, let's talk about causes and then let's talk about solutions, first off improper fit either it could be too loose or too tight prevention, for that would just to make sure that you have proper measurements like before. If you should be wearing a petite wig and it's large, it could be moving, you could be scratching, it could be shifting, and that can cause a lot of discomfort. So that makes sense to have that itchy scratchy feeling, if you have a wig, that's too tight that also can cause. You know discomfort. So size is a really really big deal. Another cause is sensitive skin. Some people just have a very difficult time with lace. Friends because they have sensitive skin, you can lightly dust your hairline with translucent powder that might help to give yourself a little bit of a barrier. If you can't come to a solution for that, then, if permitted you can trim. So another reason for discomfort is that your lace front is moving and shifting around first tip is make sure that your hair is wrapped around properly. I will also have that link down below it's included in the same video about how to properly measure your head for a wig. It also talks about how to properly wrap your hair for a wig as well. You can also use adhesives. I highly suggest the Walker, blue liner tape and then always always always remove with lace. Let go if you use something like lace. Let go along with a q-tip, that's going to help prevent the frame and the damage on your lace fronts, because, if you're simply just going to pull away at your adhesive without loosening that bond, then what you're going to do is you're actually going to break the Bond of those points of connection on your welded lace front and over time, you're going to experience premature fraying. Another solution with your discomfort and any damage is to have a lace front repair. But just remember, like I said before. That is only good for human hair units. Another common concern is not laying flat. Why is my lace front not laying flat, so the answer to that is again in proper wig fitting and do take note that your wig can fit differently depending on your bio hair. If you have bio hair, if your bio hair has been shaved off, if you wrap it under a wig cap, and then you decided to use a wig liner or a wig rip so depending on what you use underneath, can decipher the size and fitting of your Wig so again, the prevention, for that is, make sure you have the proper measurements, and you know the correct size of what you should be wearing. Another concern for your lace front. Not playing flat, is improper storage. Make sure your lace front is laying nice and flat when it's being stored on a block head or a wig stand, so it doesn't get creased and folded. Another reason why your lace front might not be laying flat is because you're not wearing it properly when you're wearing it just look at it really closely and ensure that it's not rolled under and it's nice and flat a solution for your lace front. Not laying flat is you can steam that lace front? Just like you would the hair and another common concern? Is your lace front is visible, it causes some people feel like the lace front is too shiny or they feel like the lace front. Color doesn't match to prevent that you can use a face powder to blend your lace front to your skin, so there's a seamless line that is a great weight of prevention. If that's not working for you, then you can resort to trimming that smart lace front with pinking shears. So what are pinking shears? I just brought up pinking shears, but what are they well here? They are. These are pinking shears. I remember seeing these pinking shears, my mom has a pair. She has a couple pairs, she's a seamstress, and we used to steal her pinking shears to cut paper and me and my sisters would get in really really big trouble, because these puppies are not cheap. They'Re. Very heavy-duty they're, very high quality and they're meant to cut material. Now. These are John Renault pinking shears, specifically created for wigs, and these are available for the evolution line that we talked about earlier with a Swiss lace that needs to be cut. However, there are some times where even your smart lace fronts do need a trim because of damage and other things that we discussed. So these pinking shears are specifically designed to trim the lace front material and create a diffused edge, see this blade pattern right here that allows the material to be cut without disturbing the connection points that we talked about of the welded lace, this minimizes the potential of Future fraying now I want to point out something: that's really really important. If you ever do cut your own lace front, you never ever ever want to cut your lace front past. This point see this velvet area right here and right here on either side. Don'T cut that lace front past that area doing so will create an unnatural hairline and lace will not lay flat. It will also cause more fraying and just more damage. So the reason why I'm talking about this is because there are times where cutting your lace front is something that is needed. We talked about the prevention, we talked about preserving your lace fronts. We talked about why there is a lace front, it's ready to wear, it's not meant to be cut, it's meant to be. You know, ready to wear straight out of the box with no customization, but there are times where it's needed. There are times where individuals need it for their own individual reasons, and if that's the case, then oftentimes people need to go and have a professional and take care of cutting that lace front for them. It'S just like cutting your own bangs, cutting your own hair or you know going and trying to cut your own wig. It'S something that you have to go ahead and do at your own risk, because there's no going back once you cut, you can't add it back on you. There'S no backtracking, cutting the lace front. Wig is something that the genre, no educators teach extensively to their clients. At the genre, no core master class, so this is a service that a lot of retailers offer. So if you are wanting your lace, front, cut or trimmed, and you are nervous - and this is something that you don't feel like tackling on your own. However, you do see some damage or there are some concerns that you have, and this is something that you would like to explore. Then you can get on the Jean Renault website and look up the store, locator and find a store nearest you and see if one of those stores can take care of that lace front for you now. This lace front looks amazing, but I do have a few older wigs where the lace front has some lift and the pinking shears are nice for catching that and trimming it before it graduates into something further. I am NOT going to cut this wigs lace front because it looks amazing. Do take note that if you do plan on cutting your lace front, you can save your lace front. You can, you know, keep it from continued frame. You can make that lace front. Feel more comfortable, there's a lot of reasons by trimming that lace front can be a great thing, but also take note that these smart lace front wigs that smart lace is part of the circumference of the wig. So by cutting you potentially could be affecting the circumference fit of the wig. Now, if you use adhesives - and it doesn't matter - then you're good - to go it's kind of a preference here. I can say that I don't cut a lot of my lace fronts, but there are a lot of times where some lace fronts are quite long and people just don't like that. So you know there's it's all kind of to each their own type of thing. So the best thing that you can do is have the knowledge why we have these smart lace fronts, how they're created how to maintain them, how to prevent damage? And then, if you come to damage or if you have issues how to properly cut that lace front all right, you guys so I'm gon na put on this wig that needs to be steamed. This is like my experiment, wig and that's why I think I'm gon na go ahead and cut the lace front to show you guys how to do it, don't make fun guys. I look like I'm from the 80s. Oh geez. What did I do here? Oh, I crimped it okay, so this is the genre no ho and I decided to take a crimper to her. That has nothing to do with this lace front thing, but just don't look at the style. Okay, she needs some. She needs some help. Okay, so all right what you're going to do? First, when you want to trim this lace front, is you will first pin the hair back away from that lace bra? So you can see that lace front very visible right there. This lace front is very invisible. I actually think that it looks fine, it doesn't need a trim, but because this is my experiment, wig - and I want to show you guys how to trim a lace front, I'm going to go ahead and do it. I don't think that it's necessary to trim this lace front. The lace front feels nice and flat. I don't feel any big bumps or lifts. It looks invisible to me. It feels nice and tight. The wig fits fantastic. So really this this lace front does not need to be trimmed in my opinion, but for you guys, I am going to trim it to show you guys the proper way to trim it. Oh doing this on your head allows you to basically design it, so it fits your needs if you're going to be customizing your waist front to your hairline figure it out, while it's on your face, your head, okay, so this is the John Renault tracing pencil. I don't know if you guys can see that and I'm going to use this pencil to outline where I want to trim that lace. It'S really similar to an eyeliner, it's very soft and it can rub off of that lace really easily. Oh I'm creating a line, and there is not a long lace. It'S not an extended lace on this wig. There are some wigs that I have where the lace front is quite long. We do not want to cut this lace past the top of that ear. Top. Don'T go past this ear tab, because you will no longer have the tension to keep this wig, nice and flat you'll, not only compromise the circumference and the fit of your wig, but it's not going to look natural either. So if you were sitting in the chair at a salon, what would go on is you know, you'd have the wig on the stylist would trace where you want that trimmed and then they would take it off and then what you want to do is you want To turn it inside out keeping the clips on to keep the hair away, so you don't cut a chunk out this week, really doesn't have a lot of lace to cut it's. It just does not mean a trim. Oh look. That'S cute make sure when you trim that lace front, that you line up the pattern, so you don't have a funky edge. You want to make sure all those zigzags are nice and lined up. If I was doing this not in front of a camera, then I would definitely be sitting down and I would have this on the countertop, but because I am doing this in front of a camera, I will try my best to have you guys see it. This might be a little difficult, so bear with me be mindful of the hair. Now this is so close to that edge. Really there's like just the most minimal amount that needs to be taken off, but I am looking now at this edge and it does have a fray, so I don't know we'll see. What we can do here goes. Nothing guys here goes nothing. It'S like the tiniest little edge, I'm cutting off remember measure twice cut once can't go back. Follow that line. You guys, probably can't even see what I'm doing here, make sure the hair is pulled away, so you're not cutting chunks, making sure you're not cutting a fringe. All right there she is little chunker teeth. Now I have a confession to make you guys when I first started wearing Jean Renault wigs - and I was not me a wig - it's not new to toppers, but you know not really smart when it came to smart lace and welded lace and what you needed to Do in those connection points I actually cut another Hope wig with inline shears, just straight shears and that's like a really really big no-no, a really big no-no. Look at that look at that shoddy job right there. I think this one actually did have a longer lace front. In all honesty, the zigzag does blend pretty well and doing a cut with an inline chair actually breaks all of those connection points with those fused ultrasonically fused crisscross patterns. So when you cut across that crisscross pattern, it's breaking all of those points, whereas when you're cutting with your pinking shears with that zigzag pattern, it's only breaking up every few points. It'S not going to cause an excessive fraying, so it definitely that's why people use it with sewing and stuff because it eliminates framing with fabrics and other materials. So having that zig-zag pattern actually creates the same durability. When you trim your lace front oftentimes, you will get some hair that comes loose and that's very normal, so you can go ahead and comb through your wig and remove any loose hairs that might come out now. I am gon na put this back on not to wear, but to show you guys that lace front now that it's trimmed she does need. She needs some help. The style needs some help, don't mind the white that you see clearly, but without that white there. The nice thing with the zig-zag pattern is that it does have a very diffused pattern rather than very stark and straight. It doesn't cause the eye to just focus on that straight line, because we are drawn to those straight lines. A very stark straight line. People would focus on, but with a zigzag pattern, it's it's actually very diffuse and blends in quite well. So there you have it right there little little little shark teeth just make sure those teeth don't bend under and you should be just fine. No yes, this wig does need some help, but the steamer will do that right. The steamer, the curling iron. This is an HD synthetic. That'S why I tried using the the crimper, honor and whoa Nelly Wow right. I think this whole wig for allowing me to experiment on her okay, everyone. Well, I just switched into this cute, Heidi wig in 12, FS 8, and that's the beauty of these beautiful smart lace fronts. They are without ready to go ready to wear, and I love that they're so convenient, there's no customization, especially with the synthetic wigs, its shake and go wham bam. Thank you. Ma'Am. That'S one of the amazing things about these ready-to-wear smart lace, wigs they have the convenience and the flexibility in mind for all of us and wears. If there are concerns, then there are a lot of ways to prevent things, and there are things that you can do to find solutions. Now, if you do end up getting to the point where you need to cut know that there are professionals who can do that for you, but if you did want to get brave and do that for yourself that is available and many people do do that. I hope this was helpful for you. If you guys have any questions. Let me know just comment below. Thank you guys so much for watching and until next time I will see you later bye.