CH 19 VOCAB

Head-shaped form, usually made of canvas-covered cork or Styrofoam, on which the wig is secured for fitting, cleaning, coloring, and styling

• Cap Wig

• Block

• Bonding

• Capless Wig

Method of attaching hair extensions in which hair wefts or single strands are attached with an adhesive or bonding agent

• Block

• Braid-and-Sew Method

• Fusion-Bonding

• Bonding

Attachment method in which hair extensions are secured to the client’s own hair by sewing braids or a weft onto an on-the-scalp braid or

cornrow, which is sometimes called the track

• Fusion-Bonding

• Braid-and-Sew Method

• Block

• Bonding

Wigs constructed of elasticized, mesh-fiber bases to which the hair is

attached

• Cap Wigs

• Capless Wigs

• Fallen Hair

• Fusion Bonding

Also known as caps; machine-made from human or artificial hair which is woven into rows of wefts. Wefts are sewn to elastic strips in a circular pattern to fit the head shape

• Bonding

• Block

• Cap Wigs

• Capless Wigs

Hair that has been shed from the head or gathered from a hairbrush, as opposed to hair that has been cut; the cuticles of the strands will move in different directions (opposite of turned or Remi hair

• Fallen Hair

• Turned Hair

• Remi Hair

• Shed Hair

Method of attaching extensions in which extension hair is bonded to the client’s own hair with a bonding material that is activated by heat from a special tool

• Cap Wig

• Capless Wigs

• Fusion Bonding

• Bonding

Hair additions that are secured to the base of the client’s natural hair in order to add length, volume, texture, or color

• Cap Wigs

• Toupee

• Hairpiece

• Hair Extensions

Small wig used to cover the top or crown of the head, or a hair

attachment of some sort

• Hairpiece

• Cap Wigs

• Capless Wigs

• Toupee

Also known as hand-knotted wigs; wigs made by inserting individual

strands of hair into mesh foundations and knotting them with a needle

• Hairpiece

• Toupee

• Hand-Knotted Wigs

• Hand-Tied Wigs