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Summary: Turning a wig into a hairpiece is easy with the use of red tape, blue tape and a razor. Remember to protect the hair when using a wig as a hairpiece with help from a barber and salon owner in this free video on personal grooming.
Sophia Karimkhani is the owner and operator of Sophia Beauty and Barber Salon in Austin, Texas. Karimkhani has more than 28 years of experience in hair, skin and nail care, and is...read more
"Hello my name is Sophia. I have a salon in Austin, Texas, Sophia Beauty and Barber Salon. Today we talk about how to turn a wig into a hair piece. This is very easy and the Hollywood way and most movie stars they use that and this is all of the precut. I already cut this one up with the line, we mark the hair and then we cut it with a razor over here, then this is the wig, used for the wig. Then we apply, first of all we apply all the time red tape on the front, red tape on the back and then red tape all over because that is easier to remove, red tape is not much messy and on the top of the red tape we have to put the stronger tapes they call toghair tapes on the top of the red tape and in the middle we are going to tape and another tape is the blue tape. It has a hole on it that the skin could get a little bit of air or oxygen, it doesn't block. Before that we have to protect the hair with some kind of product, the head and we have to shave it the hair, the hair with the razor first, the natural hair and then later on we have to take, this is like a person and when we put all the tapes on we put with a marker to the hair line over here then gradually we have to pull the wig like a hairpiece it is ready for a hairpiece and gradually just with your hand, whole hand is to go back like this. Then the hair you could turn the wigs to the hair piece. This is very easy and natural and later on the people could style it and use a styling gel. This is the way to make the wigs into a hair piece."
eHow Article: How to Turn a Wig Into a Hairpiece