Lace fronted wigs must be blocked before washing, setting and dressing. The hair is attached to the malleable head block. The wig needs to be applied straight on the block as if it is wonky it can make it look wonky on the performer.
Preparing a malleable block
- Malleable block
- Wig stand
- Cling film
- Cellotape
- Place the malleable block on the wig stand
- Wrap the entire surface of block with cling film
- Apply strips of sellotape to hold the cling film in place
Step by step
Equipment
- Wig
- Box of large pins and small pins
- Blocking tape
- Prepared malleable block
- Turn wig inside out
- Locate the centre point of front hairline and place on centre of block
- Turn it back to the normal and check if its positioned properly
- Apply blocking tape along the edge of the lace and pin the centre points of the hairline, the temples and the ear points and push the pins in tigthly
- Pull the nape of the wig downwards tightly removing any slack and place pin on both sides keeping tension between the two points
- If it is all straight and even apply pins in a zig zag way all the way
- To remove the wig just loosen and lift the tape
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