Facial Hair
Facial hair is made by wigmakers, the hair being knotted onto hair lace and dressed. The hair is usually a mixture of human hair and yak hair, colours being mixed to give a natural effect.
The hair will lie in the direction of the knot so it is important that the lace is knotted in the direction that the hair grows.
A pattern for a moustache showing the direction of the growth
A pattern for sideboards
Applying Facial Hair
Moustaches are stuck down completely to keep them secure when the face moves. Most of a beard, certainly all around ...
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