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Summary: Learn about the different parts of a wig and how to put it on in this free hair replacement and style video.
Gloria VanWoerkom is a professional wig stylist. She helps her clients selecting and styling wigs that fit their needs. She has been in business for 46 years.read more
Wigs have been use throughout history for many different reasons. The royal courts of most European countries used wigs as a sign of status and nobility. The Whigs were and still are political party in England. The name stemmed from the wearing of whigs by the nobility of England. Now wigs are used for a number of reasons. Some wigs are used for costumes and disguises, others are used for fun. Cancer patients often times wear wigs to help with the effects of chemotherapy. Wigs are also used for balding men and women.
Regardless of why you might use your wig, it's good to understand the basics of choosing and maintaining a wig. Learn how to pick a wig, put it on, trim the wig and style it in this free video series. Let your wig work for you, thanks to the experts at ExpertVillage.
"I'm here with Expert Village at Jean Pierre. My name is Gloria and I'm here to help my client to chose a wig. She has never wore one before so I am going to take her through the process of putting it on. We turn it from inside. We always put it on to the front to the back. The back has a tag so we are going to adjust it to fit her head. So what we do is we put it, put the little hook into the socket. If we want to make it larger we move it or larger you move them out. Smaller move it to the center. There a little tab on either side if you want to put your thumb there and feel that. It is like metal, just like metal and you put that on either side and then it goes right on your temple. Okay! So we would just show you how to put it on, just take like your forehead cap, pull it down. You fill those little slide tabs like that okay. So does that feel comfortable? It does. Get the brush and kind of brush it around a little."
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