How To Make A Glueless Lace Front Wig + Measurements + Elastic Band Method For Beginners | Hand Sewn

Hey family welcome back to my channel today I will show you how I make my lace frontal units. Okay, so here are all my supplies. I have a 13 by 4 frontal in two bundles in the texture, sassy wave. I have a measuring tape to measure my head and then I have two pairs of hair scissors because I always lose one. Then I have my stretchy black dome cap. My pins depend the tracks into the dome. When I'm sewing. I have my Demi brush to brush through the hair and I have a wide toothed comb to comb through the hair and a rat tail comb to part the hair. I use the benefit highlighter pencil to draw my measurements onto the cap. Here'S my thread. My elastic band and also here's a hammer to hammer the pins into the dome. Then I have some clips to clip the hair away and a water bottle to spray down my flyaway hairs. Here'S the black dome cap, and here one of my bundles up close. I got my bundles in the lengths of 14 and 16 and because I'm sure I don't really like to have my hair too long, this actually comes down to like my lower back - and here is my frontal. It is transparent lace and isn't the length of 14 inches and the frontal comes pre plucked circumference of my head is 20 inches in my dome is 21 inches. So I find it helpful to measure your head before you make your wig. That'S the circumference and then temple the temple and then ear to ear. I draw like a little ear marking and that will be important later on to reference, and then I have my nape and the back where the mark was crooked. It was supposed to be my front to back measurement now, I'm just putting the dome cap on to the dome and I'm getting my thread ready for sewing. So that's nylon thread and this curved sewing needle that you need and what I found is with nylon thread. You it's not really easy for you to roll it into a ball with your finger, so you just kind of have to tie it like a shoelace and then try to make a knot with it. This marking is from my front to nape measurement. So what I'm going to do is I am going to line that up with my nape to nape measurement in the back of my head to make sure that the tracks are, even as I sew them up the dome cap, because you want to make sure you Have the right amount of hair on both sides of your head? You don't want it to be like thin on one side and then really full on the other. So this is a good way to make sure that you are placing your tracks evenly along your dome cap. Okay, now I'm just pinning the track in place so that it doesn't shift when I start to so in order to secure the width in place. What I do is I go through the width and then go under the dome cap, and then I loop the thread around at least once or twice, and then I pull the thread through and the way I sew it is I go under and over and I Knot it every time, so I only lay down the first whiff to make sure that my wig is even and then I lay down the frontal, but I'm not going to sew it down. Yet I'm just putting it in place so that I can sell the remainder of the widths and I'm making sure that the frontal is in the exact measurement of the middle of my head. So that everything is even like I mentioned. The circumference of my head is pretty small and I also prefer to have a decent sized forehead. Since I am bald, I don't have hair under my wig, so I don't need additional space and to make my wig bigger, because I don't have any hair to account for most people when they're making their wigs. They move the frontal down about two inches from where the dome cap starts. I actually don't do that, because the wig would be way too big for me, so I use the circumference measurement marking that I have to show me where to lay my frontal, I lay the baby hair directly where the dome cap starts and if I did it Right then that means the marking should be where the rest of the hair starts. It is important that when you are pinning down your frontal, you make the shape of an M. If you don't make the M shape, it won't fit it's because our hair lines are not perfect. Semicircles hair lines are kind of in the shape of an M. So when you do this, it helps mimic the way your hair line is structured. So it's very helpful to draw the shape of your ear, because when you're laying down the frontal, then you'll know where your sideburns are supposed to begin. As you can see, the temples do line up so again. Making your measurements prior to constructing the cab is so helpful. I'M just checking the front to nape a measurement again, don't mind that little mark it was an accident. So now I'm starting to pin down the frontal, so I can start sewing the rest of the width. It'S really important that when you're pinning down your frontal that it is as flush as possible, you don't want the frontal to buckle at all, because then it won't lay flat on your scalp. Now I'm just spraying the frontal, with some water to make sure that the flyaways are pinned down and the water spray bottle really does come in handy. Because you want to make sure when you're sewing that you don't knot up the hair by getting it caught in the thread now, I'm just tying the hair up. So it's out of my way when I start sewing on the width. You definitely want to make sure that the stitches are as close together as possible to help make sure that the width is secure. So I would suggest not stitching further than a quarter of an inch apart. So here's a close-up of what I've sewn with the under and over method. Don'T forget that before you pull it through to loop, the thread around at least once or twice to help secure it and also don't make your thread too long. It makes it harder to pull it through, which is what I did and maybe have like multiple needles, because that would be very helpful. You can just continue to sew and don't have to stop and rethread your needle. Also. I gave myself some space and that's helpful between the track and where the dome cap begins in the back of my head, because it's easier to put your hair up when there's a little bit of space and as I sew, I just remove the pins and yeah. Just keep sewing just keep sewing. Just keep sewing sewing sewing. This literally took me like six hours to film when normally it takes me only three hours to make a wig, but it was because I had to keep stopping and just checking to make sure that what I was doing was visible to you guys. So I definitely do apologize if there's anything, that's not clear, definitely comment below and let me know if you are confused about anything. I am happy to help you and I'll do more videos like this in the future. It'S just my first time, actually filming myself doing it. So it's definitely a learning curve you so I'm actually just wrapping around the width, I'm not cutting it. I try not to cut it because cutting it increases the odds of it shedding. Just like I said earlier, if you sew through the width, it increases the odds of it shedding. So I limit the amount of times that I have to cut the width or so through it so that my hair doesn't shed - and Here I am just continuing what I was doing and just sewing again - looping. It looping the thread around the needle, at least once or twice to help secure it and right now, I'm using the nylon thread, but I actually do switch to the cotton thread, because the nylon thread was creating a bunch of knots and tangling for the hair. I didn't really experience that before with cotton thread and people were telling me that nylon thread is easier to sell with. But honestly I don't find it easier, so I definitely suggest using cotton but of course whatever you prefer, a cool trick. I learned is also to leave some space between where you place, the width and your ear. If you leave space, you can put your hair behind your ear and your ear won't protrude. So it won't look. Unnatural also leave about a half an inch between each width when you start to get up the nape of your head, so that your widths will lay flush to your scalp. If you put them too close they'll start to bump up as your head has those like little divots in it. So definitely leave space. You I'm just unlucky today with the thread. I think it's just. I don't know what it is, but it keeps getting tangled in the hair and you definitely want to remove any tangles, because your hair will pop out of the width and you don't want to lose hair before you started wearing your unit. You want to keep as much hair as possible for as long as possible you now. I am running out of thread on this needle, so I loop the thread around the needle and then I part the thread and put the needle through it to make sure that it's secure and then once I cut it, then I tie it like a shoestring tie And then cut it as close to the nut as possible without accidentally cutting the nut, because I've done that before too, but that sucks and now I'm just rethread in a needle sorry. I realize I didn't show you guys how to do this in the beginning, but basically what I do is I take the end of the thread and I roll my fingers and create a knot. I learned that in home egg, so maybe you guys have learned that if you had to take like home ik in high school, how to thread a needle and knot it and see when I pulled it through this, like bulky knot. Is there so? Basically, what I do is I just tuck the knot in behind the width and then I sew through the knot to secure the knot, because I don't want to cut the knot off because then the width would become loose. So, in order to keep the knot there, I just hide it. You will find your groove when you're making a wig, I mean I had to learn all these different things to do to make sure that the wigs fit me because I watch endless videos and my wigs still used to come out too big or too much like It'D be too much hair. You know a lot of people put 3/4 bundles on their unit, and I mean that's cool and all. But for me, my head, so small that it just I don't know would weigh my head down. So I learned that, like normally as long as the bundles are about 3 ounces, I only need two and I don't need them to be longer than 18 inches because 18 inches pretty much hits my my waist. So it all depends on what your preference is for. Hair and how full you like it to be, I definitely love making it full in the because I just love hair. That'S full! That'S one thing that I do prefer over lace: full lace, wigs full lace, wigs it kind of thins out like normal people's hair, does as it gets closer towards your nape. While your but your units, you can actually fill with bundles. So you can make it as thick as possible and you know kind of customize it to your preference. So there is an advantage of creating your own units now I'm getting closer to behind the ear. So I'm just giving myself about a half an inch of space between where I lay the track and where the top of my ear would be so that again it's not bulky. When I put my hair behind my ear, you, okay, so now I'm getting closer towards the frontal and I'm gon na sew as close as possible to the frontal, but I'm not gon na sew through it. The reason why I'm not gon na sew through it is because you're frontals get old, you know they'll go bald after a certain period of time. Some people can repair theirs and some don't know how to sew it's easier to just take the frontal off and add another frontal to your unit. Then you'll have a new unit and you can just keep adding new frontals. But if you sew through the frontal, then you're gon na kind of have to take some of the wig apart, like you're gon na, have to on stitch the tips of all the widths, and that just makes it's like a big mess. I mean I've had to do it before and it's definitely something that you want to avoid doing so, don't sew directly into the frontal. I know a lot of people will advise you to do that. But from my experience, because I do wear my units as my natural hair, they tend to go bald a lot faster, well, the frontals anyway, and I ended up replacing the frontal and it's so much easier and cost-effective to replace the frontal. But it just is a headache if you've sewn into it, so don't sew into the frontal. So here I am just going through the width only to secure the tip of it and then I will just go under the width. I won't go through it for the remainder of the sewing and I left about a good inch and a half or maybe two inches between where I laid the first width and my ear and I'm leaving about a good two inches in between where I lay the The two widths when I get closer to my crown, because I don't want again my hair to bump up now - I'm unpinning the frontal from the dome head and I'm going to do a size check to see how big the unit is and if it fits my Head so this is a great tip for anyone who has a small head or who's bald. So I pulled up the additional dome cap material and I pinned it and then I did a marking of where I want the frontal to be so. I know how much hair to sew on and where to lay my friends'll. So again, here is the marking that I made with the brow highlighter pencil, to show me where the frontal should begin and the space in between where the frontal is and where. My last with is, is where I need to fill with widths. So again, you can just see all the measurements that I made my ear tab, then my temple tab and then just the circumference of where I want the frontal to be laid so that it's not too big and also that my forehead is not one inch big, Because that look with having your forehead be one inch is not cute to me now. I am laying down the frontal to be as close to the widths as possible and pulling it taut so that it is flush to my scalp and just sewing down the frontal and you sew down your frontal. The same way you sewed on your bundles, except for I would suggest the stitching to be way closer. I wouldn't put any space between the stitches because you want the front holds, who lay as flat as possible. So if you leave too much space, then it'll cause bunching up, and you don't want that off-camera, I add it to more widths, and now I'm done yes, lord thank you for seeing me through, oh my god, okay, so I'm just gon na show you some of The stitching on the inside and see how I gave myself some space and now it's time to cut off the additional material from the dome cap. And if I were you, I leave about an inch between where you cut in the frontal. Because you want to make sure you don't cut your frontal, because then you would have to research, everything and that would be very annoying um, so yeah leave an inch of space, and my little measurement is a great guideline for me. So measuring does help in so many ways. I would suggest saving this material because you can make an elastic band out of it. I don't need to because I actually have a piece of elastic, but if you don't, you can definitely make an elastic band out of that band and now it's time for me to cut the lace, so I'm just spraying down the baby here with some water. So I make sure I don't cut any of the baby here off. You definitely do not rush. This part like take your time and you know, be as precise as possible, because the hairline is everything, and especially when you pay extra for a pre plucked hairline, you don't want to end up cutting it off because again, that would be annoying. So what I do is, I do kind of like a zig zag pattern when I cut - and I always put my fingers in between - might not be as safe, but I put my fingers in between just to make sure I can see how I'm guiding the scissors And making sure that I'm not cutting too close to the lace, I tend to leave about a quarter of an inch of lace left on the frontal so that it's it makes it. The Front's will look a lot more natural. If you cut directly to where the baby hair starts, then it looks kind of block -- is --. Leaving some lace on definitely does give it a lusion of a natural hairline. I wouldn't leave more than that, because then it's easy to identify the lace, but definitely leaving a quarter of an inch. I think is probably best and, as you begin to wear units you'll see what you feel comfortable with. And you know what looks best on you. But definitely just be careful, that's all I could say be careful you as long as you're, going with the shape of the hairline when you're making the zig-zag pattern. It'Ll look as natural as possible. So don't worry just take your time. Don'T rush this process just make sure you're in control of holding the lace, steady and just being precise about where you're cutting. If you need to take a break, take a break sis, but definitely don't rush, cutting the lace, because you know cutting too much lace is just it's tragic. So I actually don't pluck my hair lines as long as I buy them pre plucked, because I feel like they're gon na go bald so fast and since I have to ventilate them to repair them, I'd, rather just kind of keep them as full as possible. As long as it looks good like I'm, not gon na leave a block hairline, but I definitely don't pluck it or over plug it if it's already been pre plucked by the manufacturer. I think that this looks really good, as is I don't think it requires any additional plucking off-camera I sold my elastic band on. I saw it in kind of like a diagonal L shape and I sell the elastic band to the dome cap. So I don't leave any space when you attach the elastic band to the dome cap. It helps the wig fit more secure and it almost fits like a hat, so you don't really need any glue. I still do use gossipy glue gel, but that's it. I love her. Yes, these curls are so gorgeous. Oh, my god. I love them. I'M just so happy that I finally finished this hair line is gon na be perfect. I just need a little bit of foundation to hide the knots, but wow these tabs are too long. The fronts will measures 13 inches and my head is 11. So here is the markings of where I need to cut the cyber and so that they fit my head, be very careful when you do this, don't rush it just like cutting the lace. You want to be precise because you don't want to cut off too much hair and if you cut too little, you can always go back and do it again, but I normally have to do this with every wig I have because unless it's custom it never fits. My head, I'm always tweaking a wig, no matter where I get it from no matter how expensive it is, I'm always tweaking it keep that hair. Don'T ever throw that away, because when you have to fix it and ventilate, then you have hair left to fill in the bald spots. And now I'm just doing the other side and making sure that I cut just enough to have beautiful, Sai burns. Oh and make sure you sketch out where you want the sideburns like precisely, maybe even do it on your head and then like kind of peel back the sideburn and just keep matching it to the side of your face. While you make the marks, if that makes sense, you Oh kkkkk, yes, she fits perfectly. I love her. I just can't deal Wow such a good job six hours later, but I definitely will be using some God's to be glue gel to gel down my baby. Here. I don't cut baby here, I just kind of like swoop it with a toothbrush to help disguise the lace but um. I love her. I think she looks perfect. I can't wait to wash her. I don't know if I should Dyer I'm allergic to PPD, so I can't use regular hair dye. I can only use rinses and since she's a natural black, I got ta. Think of what color will show up on her. Besides black, I don't know. Maybe I'll do like a red, a reddish-brown or something so it looks really pretty and the Sun look how she just is measured. So perfectly see you guys, that's why you need your measuring tape before you get started. It really does take a lot of the stress away. I used to put a wig together in like three hours and then be taking it apart for another hour and rebuilding it for another two, because I didn't measure my head beforehand. So I had no idea of like where I should be placing the frontal how many widths I should be, adding where I should place the width. You know it's really important to definitely measure your head first, I just can't help myself. I just have to keep touching it because she's so pretty. I love this unit. I just can't guys who I'm gon na show you what she looks like when I get dressed so cute.