I looked at the vid in the newbie links before ( page not found now) & know about the wet/comb seperate/go SLOW/cuticle scissors thing.
I want to know how you put your template and mark the cut pattern to follow? Do you put ii under the lace and mark the inside of the unit, or on top?
I got two pieces cut in, and the one I left with ( fully attached), benifited from a full styling. The first one ( the back up piece) I went to rotate out with on Sunday. When I dettached after my Got2b experiment, I put my template under it & it was way long! It also had some excess along the left side. I, being a rookie, didn't notice during attachment......thinking I just lined up slightly off. After the Wax Works, it looked pretty good, so I went with it.
But now that I have the primary back on & see how good it looks, I have to cut the other down to size.

put the hair piece upside down on a styro head, pin the template right to it...and cut around it. easy peasy.
DebbieS.