Tara Outre Velvet Remy #2

Hello and sorry for being MIA for two weeks. In one of my other post I know I stated I had been on the search for a wig cap, and I still am. I have ordered wig caps from China and have not utilized them on my clients yet. I will be working on the one I want to use, but in the mean time, the cap I used was from his and hers. The cap is sturdy, but it has to be customized, meaning, clips may have to be added, cutting the cap, ect.

I made the wig with my sewing machine and will be purchasing it again because I love the bump in the hair. Here is a quick video of me utilizing my sewing machine making the wig.

The wig cap I used I did not like because I don't like the straps on the back, when pulling them out the straps can be seen to me, maybe not, but I just don't care for the straps. Anyway, the hair is beautiful. Outre Velvet Remy is not to bad of hair, I will be using the Velvet Remy Duby and making a bob with a closure.

 If you would like to order this wig please view my wig measuring page please click:
 Head measurements page.

Here are photos of the wig:

My first customized wig

So I have been playing with wigs for quite some time, but I decided to start customizing them to my liking. In 2015' I plan on selling them, but since I still have quite a bit of training to do, I will updating my blog along with youtube videos on my progress on any future projects.

My wig that I made was with my Mayvenn hair. I love the wig I made, I have used it on two wigs and the second one I like better.

Here is an up close look of the closure:

Customizing my wigs is something I love to do. It could be as simple as shampooing and molding the wig and drying it. Even the mixed fiber hair is participating. The wig making is coming along beautifully, just customizing caps and its working out fine so far. I may have to customized the wig caps because they just don't work for me.

The video above briefly describes what I do when I make my wig cap. The wig caps in beauty supplies are thin and crappy. I won't stop until I make one I like.
Thanks for stopping by!!

Wig caps

So I have completed the following things

• Ventilation
• Sewing machine

Now I am working on customizing my wig caps, and the reason why I chose to make my caps is because the wig caps in the beauty supply:

• tear easily
•  they just don't fit at all
• they fit too tight, cutting off blood circulation

The ones from China, well for one I don't want to pay DHL $30 for shipping of one item. One cap may cost $8-$12.  I came across a couple of videos on YouTube that were helpful and the video I shared is what helped me a great deal. Enjoy!!

Frustration is a good thing!!

So the first you have to do with a sewing machine is learn how to use it right well I did that. I learned how to thread the bobbin, thread the machine and pick the thread out of the wheel to began sewing. That took a total of a day. The next step is learning the stitches and understanding when and how to use the stitches. I do know that when sewing on certain materials, you have to use a different stitch. So frustration paid it forward. My battery is about to go dead on my laptop and I have to go to work, its ThanksGiving weekend. Will chat with you later....never give up....

How to use a sewing machine + Sewing Tips! (Easy for Beginners)

Learning to sew is not as easy as it looks. I had no idea how to thread a bobbin, better yet, I had no idea on how to even sew. The manual that comes with any sewing machine looks  kinda confusing, but to me it's always better to have a visual view of what you are trying to learn. I guess I have to see it over and over again, before I pick it up.

Today I learned how:

• thread the bobbin on machine
• load thread into bobbin
• pick up second thread from bobbin

The mistake I made was I didn't pick up enough thread from Joanne's so I will have to pick up more tomorrow. The sewing thread is so much thinner than I am used to, but it will take some getting used to. The next step is learning what the  sewing stitches  mean and what patterns to use with the stitch I will be sewing my wigs onto wig caps I have to know what stitch to use and what cap I prefer to use.  Until next time, thanks for reading and see you at my next blog post!! Stay warm!!

P.S. I have come to realize that when you become frustrated with anything, pull away from it, then come back with a refreshed mind. 

Ventilation Progress- Day 12

So if you have been following my blog you already know how frustrated I have been First you must realize that ventilating  is not easy to began learning. It requires patience.

The photo I posted below is a photo of a closure I purchased maybe over a year ago. The site that I purchased it from no longer exist anymore. I wore it until the piece  started loosing hair in it.  I just got a sharpie and colored the bald spots, lol. I had no idea years later that I would be ventilating.

The good thing is, I didn't throw it away, and I'm glad I didn't. Now I don't know about you, but I think I did pretty good for first time ventilating.

Day 9- Ventilating-Do's and Don'ts

So here is another day of ventilating, which is something I had never wanted to began, but since I am getting more into wearing wigs, and purchasing some for women with hair loss I decided to learn this process. I can't even began to add up the amount of money I have spent on training, and the number of hours on YouTube and on the internet seeking training. As I stated in another one of my post, I am still learning and doing this at least 2-3 times a week in between working in my salon.

I have only been practicing about a week in a half, and here are my suggestions if you want to began making wigs.

• Seek training that is affordable
• Begin practicing before  your training 
• Began ventilating with synthetic hair
• Began ventilating with Tulle or black weave net from Joanne fabric and beauty supply
• Have plenty of light
• Purchase a magnifying lamp and mirror
• Pillow for your back
• Purchase things a little bit at a time
• Blog about your journey and take photos of your progress
• Eventually do YouTube videos if you are promoting a brand or service

and last........
BE PATIEN.........THIS IS NOT EASY.

So I began ventilating with black net, then I graduated to tulle and finally a small piece of lace. I am still having the following issues:

• Tension
• Looping hair
• Single knot with one hair, which is the easiest to do
• Loosing excess hair
• Being able to see the holes

Here is progress this far:

My parting I still need to work on:

Pinning is not correct

"DON'T"

The photo above shows a semi-finished part, but the pinning is not correct. When pinning is not correct, the lace is easier to tear and you can't apply correct tension to make knot.

Will split my days up 6 hours a day, 3 hours ventilating and 3 hours learning sewing machine!!

Thanks for reading my blog, see you later this week...share your tip below!!

My new helper-Singer 2259 sewing machine

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I decided to purchase a sewing machine. I have not used one since high school. I am going to use it to sew my wigs and wig caps. Excited and ready to take on my new journey!! I don't know if I will be doing clothes or any major projects, but who knows. I'm expanding my hobbies and loving it. I think everyone should have hobbies, it relieves stress.

 Will keep you updated!!

Now its time to watch more YouTube video tutorials....

Day 8-Single Knot ventilating

Hello and thank you for coming by to read my blog. Well I finally decided to come back and share what I have been doing the past couple of days. I have studied this one video from YouTube over and over again. It has helped alot. I started ventilating on lace, not the black net I began with. At first I really had a time understanding the lace situation, but I figured that I out. Turning the needle helps to maneuver the hair through the loop.

I thought I wasn't going to like it because it was so tedious, but I actually enjoy it. I am also going to make my wigs by sewing machine instead of sewing. I am going to purchase more synthetic hair and practice with it. Here is the video that helped alot.

Here is the video

Here is what my ventilation looks like so far.

The supplies I purchased:

Purhcasing this next!!

See you next time!

Wig Training goals

Hello, and thanks for reading my blog. I have not done anything within the last time I posted. I apologize for it, I've had a death in my family. So out of respect for my sister I decided to help her.

So in my other post I was talking about training on wig making and I am still up in the air with what I am going to do. Marquetta Breslin is offering a Lace Wig making course from home. I still am not a fan of flying, but when I purchase this I will will began my training and be successful from it.

The thing I won't do:

• I don't think I will be making full lace wigs

The things I will do:

• Make lace frontals
• Make lace closures
• Make mini closures
• Make traditional (hand) sewn wigs
• Make sewing machine wigs
• Make my own wig caps
• Repair lace and traditional wigs
• Sale my wigs
• Sale hair

Some of my supplies I've been adding to my collection:

I have been adding supplies to my wig making collection, buying items as I go. I am also making space within my salon and at home to do quick repairs. I think once I get started with this it will be therapeutic and profitable. I had been searching for ways to make extra money online and this is going to do it.

On November 9, 2015 I will be traveling to Atlanta to take a class on hair replacement from Toni Love, excited I am!!  Until the next time, thanks for reading!!

Day 2 of Ventilating

The thing that bother's me the most is I procrastinate so much and I need to do better. I know I was suppose to do some ventilating yesterday and I didn't. My thing is, don't get to frustrated. Walk away and try it later, and try and not work on it when your frustrated.

Today I did better than I did yesterday, I could not figure out how to loop the hair or even hold the hair correctly, or loop it. I still have problems with the amount of hair I'm pulling away from my looped hair. I will work on that tomorrow. I have included some photos of what my work has looked like thus far, don't laugh, but here is day 1:

Day 1

Day 2 (frustrated)

Later that evening on Day 2

I decided to use a bigger net so that I could see the net. I already had a hard time pulling the hair though the net with what HisandHers sent me. I am going to have to purchase some more bulk hair because I use a lot of hair. See ya on the next post!!

Ventilating Sucks!!!

OMG!!!! I was so excited to receive my kit from http://www.hisandhers.com. I paid $109 for the kit and I received the following items:

Hair

Ventilation needles (2)

Lace

Duckbills

Comb

Canvas head

Wig stand

DVD

Now, when you receive your kit, you are really excited because your on your way right? Well, let me tell you, normally I can catch on quickly, but this old brain of mine gets scrambled, lol. My frustrations were:

The lace was hard and very small, and my hook was getting caught on it.

I could not see my knot to pull hair through knot.

And  I wasn’t pulling correctly.

Nor was I applying enough tension.

I am giving myself all this week to learn this, meaning that I will spend hours during the day trying to learn this technique on my own. To prevent any frustrations I will watch video, then try it again or I will just walk away from it and start over. I wasted too much money not to just learn this technique.

I have come across some trainings I’d like to attend, but guess what? I don’t want to fly, but here they are:

Lacewigtrainingcenter.com - $1200 (training located in hotel, no shuttle to hotel)

Amariefulllacewigs.com-$1300 (Skype training, one on one, shuttle from airport and hotel)

Learnelacefront.com-$2500 (no extras)

dresdreams.com-$2500 (no shuttle, two hours away from me)

As you can see the training is very expensive, but I am adding on to my business and I see something big for it. The thing about being a hairstylist is you have to constantly promote yourself and also educate yourself. You cannot get to comfortable because if you do you will get stuck and you won’t grow. Those type of things are the reason new hairstylist can’t make it within the industry because those are the most important things. Money comes later….

Since I decided to share the places I want to receive my training, I won’t disclose where I got my training. I have not even decided yet on what I am going to do……I know I am going to have to have some hands on though, the skype sounds great, but really truly that’s not gonna work for me. I am a visual and hands on, and I can’t ask a video questions,lol. I will hit my DVD again tomorrow. I will post about my progress. Until then, see you on my next blog post.