HOW TO MAKE A HEAD MOULD (video
coming soon)
You will need: - cling film (cellophane),
large clear sticky tape, black permanent marker and scissors. You
will also need your hair to be a flat to your head as possible!
1) Firstly you will need to get your hair as
flat as possible. The hair must be extension free and you can either wrap the
hair and put a wig cap on top, or corn-row the hair to achieve a flat result.
Whatever you do you just need to make sure the hair is a flat as possible to
get the right size with the mould.
2) Then you will need to start to use the
cling film. What you are aiming to do at this stage is to completely cover the
hair leaving none of your own hair exposed. Using pieces of cling film that are
around 20” in length start just above your eyebrows and completely cover the
hair, pulling each section of cling film in close to your head. Work neatly
with the cling film and be sure to smooth each piece down firmly before adding
another piece behind it. It’s important to note that at this stage you want to
completely cover your hair and ears, you need to get the shape of the head in
the cling film as the excess will be cut away.
3) Now what you need to do is to use the
sticky tape to fix the mould into place. Using strips of tape that are around5”
– 10” in length start to tape directly on top of the cling film. I recommend
starting in the front section and applying a strip of tape that goes from ear
to ear across your hairline; then move on to the middle section and apply a
piece of tape that goes around the back
of your head from one sideburn to another. Then trace the back of the hairline and
going from one ear to the other along the back hairline. These three pieces of
tape will form the basis of your mould now all you need to do is to cover the
rest of the cling film with the sickly tape.
4) Now that your head is completely covered
in cling film and sticky tape you have in essence created your head mould! What
you need to do now is to trace your hairline with the permanent black marker
pen. The idea behind using clear sticky tape and cling film is that you should
be able to still see the hairline underneath, if you cannot see where it is
then lift up the wig and take a look. But it may also be the case that you wish
to alter your hairline slightly with the mould whatever the case draw in the
hairline that you want!
When drawing in the hairline bear in mind the
following points: -
Ø Do you want a straight or contoured hairline?
Ø Do you want a widow’s peak?
Ø Do you want the hairline to be unique to your own or
more standard?
When I did the mould for the below
wig, I deliberately didn’t draw it straight as I wanted it to look more like my
own natural hairline which is far from perfect! You can be as specific as you
want to with the mould and drawn on the hairline you want!
5)
Trace the hairline around the perimeter of your head; it may be a good idea to
get someone to help you do the back! When you are happy with it then remove the
mould and start to cut it out following your trace lines. The first time that
you cut the mould out I wouldn’t recommend going right up to the trace lines
just yet; at this stage you are just using them as a guide so I would leave
about 1cm between the line and where you will cut, this way if you want to make
alterations you have the space to do so.
Once
the mould is fully cut out try it on again, check if you are happy with the
shape it is taking. Now you can continue to cut closer into the trace lines if
you wish to get the perfect fit!
6)
Now think about parting and highlights. If you would like a parting on the wig
then please draw a line where you would like it to go, similarly with
highlights if you want them in specific areas then put little crosses on the
mould where you want them to go.
When
you have finished designing the wig you can go round the edge of the mould with
the marker pen and write your full name on it and your finished!
Not
too complicated! But I aim to have a video very soon to help you even more.
In
the mean time if you get stuck email me at louise@louisepierre.com
