Lace Guide

Last updated 20 October 2026

The three-second test

Show a photo of the hairline to someone who doesn't wear wigs, for three seconds. If they can point to where the lace starts, it's not good enough. That's the standard we hold our product photography to — and the one you should hold us to.

What actually decides whether a wig looks real

The hairline — not the texture, not the length. Three things:

1. The lace edge

Machine-cut lace runs in a straight line across your forehead and reads as a visible film. A zigzag cut follows the natural irregularity of a hairline and disappears. Check how the lace is cut before anything else.

2. Lace tone

Lace comes in transparent, light brown and medium brown. "HD" simply means a finer denier — it melts into deep skin tones beautifully but tears more easily. No single tone suits everyone: on deeper skin, a medium brown often blends better than transparent, which can read grey.

3. The knot line

Each strand is tied through the lace, leaving a small knot. On darker units a dark knot line can read as dots along the hairline; lighter or tinted knots blend away. How a unit's knot line is treated is a factory-level detail — we state it per style on the spec sheet rather than claiming it here.

Ask us for a photo. Email support@auvelyne.com for a daylight photo of the actual unit in your order before it ships. If it doesn't look right, cancel — no argument.

Constructions we sell

TypePartingBest for
13x6 frontalEar-to-ear, deep free partingStyling flexibility
13x4 frontalEar-to-ear, standard depthEveryday wear
7x6 / 7x5 closureCentre or slight side partFast, glueless install
2x6 / 5x5 closureDefined parting zoneBobs, minimalist look
V-partV-opening, shows your own scalpNo leave-out blending