Fullness

• 1). Put the wig onto a foam wig head and pin it down. You can use T-pins or straight pins with large heads. Place at least one pin at the back and temples. Use more if the wig lifts up or wiggles too much when you try to style it. Use a pin in the front, but if the wig has a synthetic skin top, do not puncture the plastic. This can cause holes that are hard to cover.
  
  
• 2). Separate the wig hair into sections. Use your fingers or a wide-tooth comb to remove any tangles. Use the pointed end of a rat-tail comb to separate the hair, and clip with top sections up or aside with hair clips. Leave a section exposed near the bottom in the back, from the left to the right side of the wig.
  
  
• 3). Pin a weft into place above the sectioned hair. Use more T-pins or straight pins. Fold the end of the weft over itself. Do not cut the wefts for this step; cutting makes hairs fall out because the stitching and the hairs themselves are broken.
  
  Wefts are sometimes sewn with uneven hair. The weft will appear one length from end to end, but with shorter hair on one side of the weft and longer hair on the other. This is meant to add body near the roots and hide the wefts underneath. If you are using one of these wefts, pin it with the shorter hair facing the wig head.
  
  
• 4). Thread a curved needle with thread that matches the hair of the wig. Knot the end of the thread. Stitch through the end of the weft and begin sewing the weft on to the wig. Loop the stitches around the weft and into the base of the wig. When you reach the end of the weft, knot the thread and cut it.
  
  

Up-Dos

• 1). Pin the wig to the wig head securely. Use your fingers or a wide-tooth comb to pull the hair into a ponytail. Once you get the ponytail smooth, secure it with a twist-tie or string. Elastics will undo your ponytail too much and may damage the hair, so tie the hair instead.
  
  
• 2). Sew short wefts into areas that show the wig head through the wig's wefts. Do not do the edges yet, but fill in any large gaps in the back of the wig.
  
  If you need to cut wefts, gently tug the cut or loose hairs out, then use a couple of stitches with your needle and thread to secure the new end of the wig.
  
  
• 3). Remove the wig from the wig head. Sew wefts on the underside of the edges where the wig was thin. You must use heat-resistant wefts for these areas, so if you are using synthetic hair, purchase heat-resistant fibers, and test them before sewing if you have extra weft.
  
  
• 4). Warm an iron. If you have an iron with temperature settings, do not go over 180 degrees Fahrenheit for synthetic hair. Fold the wefts you sewed in the previous step over to the front of the wig and iron the edge. Do not rest the iron on the hair. Apply the iron briefly and keep it moving until the hair folds over neatly and hides the edges of the wig. Add the hair to the ponytail and style your up-do.