Creating a Moustache & Applying Fake Hair

In our lesson with Helen, we had a guest speaker who works making wigs. We are unfortunately not able to make a wig ourselves because we wouldn't have enough time to complete it, so instead, we're making a moustache! The guest speaker showed us some of his work. He showed us a blonde wig that costs around £3000, and also a bread that he made himself. 

Firstly, we had to cover a square piece of cling film in celotape to make to stable and stronger. We then put it against out models face and marked out the desired moustache we wanted. 

We then had to stick this onto our head. After this, we had to place a piece of lace over the stencil and secure in place with some pins. 

This is when it got tricky, we then had to learn how to knot the hair onto the lace. We were given a needle and a bundle of hair to do this. A tip with with is to knot the hair diagonally. I did have a video of Helen teaching my up close, however, for some reason I can't upload it onto my blog. Once you get the hand of it, it's rather easy to work with. Collect a small bundle of about 10 strands of hair in your hand and make it into a small loop. You put the needle through one of the holes, and catch one of the hairs onto the needle. Pull it through the hole, then leave some slack so the loop comes off the catched bit and moves up the needle. You then need to catch the remaining two end of the hair that are still in your hand, and pull them through the loop to make the knot. You then need to give it a small pull to make sure it's tight. 

Over the weekend, I was able to sit an concentrate on making my tash. It was tricky to start with, but as soon as I got comfortable and had the time to practise doing it properly myself, I was able to get the hang of it a bit more and this meant to it started to be done quicker and neater. Here how the process went.

I've really enjoyed making this moustache and can't wait to learn to style it, cut it and apply it to the face. It's going to look so strange! Hopefully I'm able to make something else to go with it, like sideburns, eyebrows or a beard of some sort. 

During lesson with Lottie, we learnt how to apply fake hair to the face and hands. To get the hair for this, we chopped up little bits of hair from the section of hair that we got to create our moustaches. To create this look, you need to use spirit gum and an old brush. You first start by selecting which area you'd like to cover, I chose the hand as it was easiest. You then apply the spirit gum to where you'd like the hair to stick. A lot of us chose to cover the naturally already hair parts of the hand to make it look more realistic. To get the hair onto the desired area, you need to dip the brush into the hair so it only gets the small bits of hair. This is where it went wrong for me as I believe my brush was too large, so it didn't come out the way I was expecting. All the longer bits of the hair stuck to my hand so it just didn't look too real. However though, I now know how to create this look so I'm pleased about it.