Katie's Wigs & Co.

I spent a lovely few days with this lady, learning all about Canada 🇨🇦 and wigs.

Brooklyn had dreamt of coming to the UK to work in the film Industry as a makeup artist.

In Canada and the US, makeup and hair are separate departments, so although this young lady has many years of makeup experience in her home country, she has minimal experience with hair and wigs. She has spent the last 3 months completing her hairdressing and barbering qualifications and we were her last stop before moving North to find her new home.

We focused on the skills and techniques that would most benefit her working on a makeup truck in the UK.

During her 3 days we covered: clingfilming blocks, blocking of full lace wigs and hard fronted wigs, washing and setting of both real hair and synthetic wigs with rollers and bendies, finger waves, Marcel waves, Victorian hairstyles, breaking down of elaborate styles, single and double knotting, whipping and fixing of holes within wig foundations. Oh and I forgot...headwraps!

So yesterday, I went and collected a few wigs from a set nearby. They had a few wigs that needed hair adding. So this is one of them, you can see the difference in the 2 photos.
I had to find some hair in my stock that would blend into the existing hair, and row by row knot hair through the parting making sure there were no holes that didn't have a hair.
So from this you can see, that some wigs can be salvaged even when you think they're not use-able and refurbishment is alot cheaper than a brand new wig!


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We offer a number of courses from our small studio in Leeds. We cater for absolute beginners to the more experienced who wish to just refresh or advance their knotting skills. We are also happy to tailor courses to suit your individual goals. If you have a career plan and don't know where to start, DM and we will steer you in the right direction.

This is one of our many courses and the most popular! It gives you a taste of wigmaking and is the first step towards being able to apply for our more advanced courses.

We are aware wig making is not for everyone, even when you are sure it's something you want to pursue, it sometimes just isn't for you. So, we offer this taster course at a reasonable price for you to make an informed decision before making a big financial commitment.

First time at knotting and this girl smashed it!
✨️wig training ✨️An introduction to wigmaking

Today we are meticulously working through the front and top section of this client's wig. We are working a grey through to give it a more natural look and cooler tone. Due to the hair being a light blonde it is too risky to try lift the colour any further, so the best option is to knot the colour through.

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We have an Industry training programme starting March 1st.
These are just a few of our students who have successfully gone on to create their own wig companies after completing this course.

The industry training programme is an advanced course for those who have already mastered the knotting technique. It is 8 sessions face to face, in-between, you complete work remotely with our online support.

As part of the course, you will complete 3 different styled wigs so you will have the knowledge of the most common wig directions expected of outworkers working for other wig houses. You will also learn, knotting in peaks and rows, densities, natural hairlines, highlights/lowlights, crowns, parting as well as much much more.

Please message us if you would like further information or would like to book a place.

I love working with natural looking blondes. I actually get excited about knotting these wigs. We have designed this wig with a root to give it a super natural finish. I look forward to sharing this wigs progress with you 😊

Wishing you all a happy and busy 2024!
2023 was a really difficult year for many in our industry, due to the sagaftra strikes so let's hope 2024 is a good one xx

Students wig dressing skills from the Wig Maintenance and Dressing course.

In two days we have covered: blocking and washing of a full lace wig. Setting of human hair wig dressed into fingerwaves, traditional hair prep, Italian head wrap, clingfilm wraps, lace wig application, setting and steaming of synthetic wig dressed into this Edwardian style and set wig for our next 'the pompadour'.

We're so excited to be able to share this with you...We have been approved to be a skills training provider 🎉

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It’s 2023 and we are excited to announce our new course. Learn how to replace a lace front on an existing lace wig or transform a factory made wig into something beautiful.
To register your interest please email: [email protected]

Details coming soon...

All ready for my client. The way we are able to prep our mesh integrations means less time in the chair for our clients.

This colour just makes me smile 😊

Perfect first headwrap