Information about the base, or foundation of your hairpiece or wig. This is the fabric or membrane to which the hairs are attached.

• In the CoolPiece.com shopping cart, some pre-selected recommended base designs are described in full. 
• If in doubt, choose French lace. Nine out of ten of all orders are all French lace!
• Your fully custom hairpiece can include a highly individual choice of combinations of materials, but we will advise and/or warn you if we feel you are designing something that will negatively impact your results and satisfaction. For example, for density below Light-to-medium, do not choose a combination of different materials in your base. What you can see on the bottom, can be seen from the top if you are wet, or have added texture products,and if your density choice is realistically and naturally lower. So we recommend all one piece of material.

We can make almost any design you want, but do yourself a favor and order what works. All lace is still the best choice for your base.

 Base designs .........

French lace is the most popular material for hairpieces and wigs. It is quite invisible, but is also strong and long-lasting. Use tapes and glue directly on the lace, no polyurethane tabs are needed. Heat and moisture go right through this fine polyester fabric.

Swiss lace is the finest material for hairpieces and wigs with density of light and higher. It's maximum density is just over light-to-medium.It is quite invisible, and needs to be handled carefully or it can be torn or ripped. Use tapes and glue directly on the lace, no polyurethane tabs are needed. Heat and moisture go right through this extra- fine polyester fabric. For a full wig, we would recommend French lace as being much less likely to be accidentally damaged by the user upon application.

The lighter Swiss lace. For orders with density up to just under light, we will by default use a lighter type of Swiss lace. It has a maxium density of just under light.

Bellacombo: Some users like to have the hairline and top and crown made out of this cool French lace, but prefer the properties of thin polyskin around the back and side edge. There are many many different ways to acheive this, but the Bellacombo gets it right. From the temples back the perimeter is a very thin skin, 2" wide at the back and around 1.25" wide at the sides. The seam is wavy making it less noticable if you get wet or have very light density.

Lace with PWG: Some users like to have the hairline and top and crown made out of lace, but prefer the properties of poly-with-gauze around the back and side edge.

RAGE is an extremely thin polyurethane membrane with hair attached by very tiny micro-knots. There are no dark black dots that other knotted polyskins suffer from. The front 1/8" of hairline is V-injected for a natural uneven ralistic look. This "poly-paper" is thinnest with lower densites but averages about 3MIL (three-thousands of an inch) thick. The appearance is very natural and due to the thinness, it can look superior to injected polyskin. The lack of thickness means that the hairline can be exposed with a back hairstyle. Unlike with injected skins, this material has no limits for density or direction and it is restylable, not fixed, and the hair does not look flat and lifeless, which can be a problem with injected polyskins. Similar products are known by names such as Bio-Skin and Mirage.

NG, formerly called Polyskin 3, is an extremely thin polyurethane membrane with hair attached by loops. A processed human hair goes in and out and exits one tiny perforation in the membrane, giving the appearance of single growing hairs. There are no dark black dots that some polyskins suffer from. Depending on your density the thickness varies between 1.5 MIL for extra-light and 3 MIL for medium. Maximum recommended density is medium. The appearance is very natural and due to the thinness, it can look superior to injected polyskin. The lack of thickness means that the hairline can be exposed with a back hairstyle. This type of unit may shed so if longevity is a concern consider a different choice. It is also possible to tear or rip this membrane unless it is handled with care.  Similar products are known by names such as New Generation and Next Generation.

In a Combination Lace unit, the main section is French lace and then a Swiss lace front is attached to it with a seam. This makes the back section stronger and the front section as fine as possible. There are downsides to this design. The seam can be visible if you have light density or lower, but it will remain invisible with light-to-medium density and above. We generally recommend all one piece of either French lace or Swiss lace as a superior choice.

Fully Custom Designs: We currently offer featured standard options for base design. But everything and anything else is also available. As an experienced wearer of hair you may have developed your own favorites from your extensive experience. We have all materials ever made from the olden days to the present, available currently for your custom design. If our featured designs are not your ideal pick, or you are relectant to change what you have become accustomed to, just describe, measure, send a duplication sample or a picture of the scalp side and we will make it YOUR way. The price is a tiny bit higher due to the extra complication, but you can count on getting CoolPiece quality in your old design with this custom order.

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