Before the wig can be placed on your subject, it is important to know where the center front of the wig is.
■ Standing behind your subject, place the center front of the wig onto the forehead just below the hairline.
■ Carefully set the wig down onto the head and gently shift it into place.
■ Use the sides of the wig by the ears as a hand-hold to adjust the wig, making sure that it’s properly placed—centered and even.
■ Secure the wig with hairpins, medium pins along the front hairline, and large pins toward the back. Until you get adjusted to the feel of a pin pushing through the wig cap nylon mesh, ease your hand under the wig at the spot where you are placing a pin, and push until the pin touches your hand, then remove your hand and gently push the pin into the hair (pin- curl). If pinned properly, the wig should be secure and not come off until you take it off.
To remove the wig, first remove all the hairpins, then take the back nape of the wig in both your hands and carefully lift the wig up and forward. To store it until the next application, place it on a wig form or malleable wig block.