QuoteReplyTopic: Questions about keratin bonding Posted: March 10 2006 at 10:46am
Hi there!
I bought a heat wand and 200 "u-shaped" strands of human hair on eBay
last night, and I'm all excited and nervous about trying it out.
But before I do, I have some questions I hope you can help me with;
1. I am going to dye the hair, both the "real hair" (my sisters own
hair) and the "fake hair". I would like to do so after I've installed
the hair (I usually do it before, but I think it's so messy), but is
that possible? Could I damage the bonds, and can I even color the bonds
at all? The hair is medium brown and I am going to dye it dark red and
maybe dark brown; will the bonds look strange?
2. After taking the extensions out, am I able to re-use the hair if it's still in good shape? How?
I would be deeply thankful for your answers!
All I want is all I need.
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1. Yeah, I have did it both ways. I never did fusion (I assume that's what
you are doing) I have dyed it with shrinkies and microlinks and had no
problems with the bonds, the only thing I can think of was one time The
hair was blond, and I dyed it red, but at the bonding site, the hair was still
blonde. But if you are doing brown and dark red, it wont be too much of a
difference, just try to keep the bonds small so you can color most of it.
2. Usually you can re-use the hair. I have been able to re-use all of mine,
except one, because the hair was so horrible!! What hair did you buy on
ebay? I've had one seller that was AMAZING hair, and the other looked
amazing, but was just cheap asian hair with tons of silicone on it (that's
the hair I threw away.)
I colored my hair when my megahair was in I went from bleached blond to dark brown and I put the dye all over my head including the bonds. My bonds became a little looser and the hair seemed to shed even more.
1. Yeah, I have did it both ways. I never did fusion (I assume that's what
you are doing) I have dyed it with shrinkies and microlinks and had no
problems with the bonds, the only thing I can think of was one time The
hair was blond, and I dyed it red, but at the bonding site, the hair was still
blonde. But if you are doing brown and dark red, it wont be too much of a
difference, just try to keep the bonds small so you can color most of it.
2. Usually you can re-use the hair. I have been able to re-use all of mine,
except one, because the hair was so horrible!! What hair did you buy on
ebay? I've had one seller that was AMAZING hair, and the other looked
amazing, but was just cheap asian hair with tons of silicone on it (that's
the hair I threw away.)
I'm sorry if I mixed up the terms; I am going to use a heat wand to
melt u-shaped hair (I presumed the u-bonds were keratin, but maybe the
aren't?). I know what it's called in Swedish, but not in English.
To be honest, I didn't search for super good quality, since I want to
try the method first (it would be a bummer if I didn't succeed, and
spent a lot of money on really great hair). The seller seem OK, though.
That's all that matters right now.
I think I am going to try to dye the hair when the extensions is
installed. After all; it's the method I want to try; how long it will
last I guess is up to the hair/glue, not the procedure? Or am I wrong?
Of course the hair will fall out if I don't install it properly, but
asume that I do that; would the bonds hold no matter the quality of the
hair? Sorry for the follow-up questions, but I just want to suck in as
much information as possible before I start.
I would say for some fusion glues, hair color can break down the bonds.
It's much easier to color the client's hair and the extension hair off the head. I do root touch ups on clients with hair extensions, but I am careful to keep the color off the extensions.
Hopefully you are only going to deposit a darker color or tone the extension hair, and not try to lift color (lighten it). Lightening extension hair can be tricky, and if you need to do that it would be much better to do it off the head.
metalgirl - I'm not going to bleach the hair, just color it darker/more red. :)
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But I'm still not sure how I can re-use the hair. I guess all the glues
comes off after you take out the extensions. Then I'm left with bulk
hair, more or less. So how do I re-apply glue to the hair strands, and
which glue shall I use? Is it time consuming?
All I want is all I need.
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Some of the hair is salvigable but most isn't unless the bond slides
out by accident, then you can reattach. In my experience when I use
acetone to get them out I can't really use much of the hair again.
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I would not try to re use pre tipped fusion due to the amount of hair that will be lost during the time you are wearing them and you will not be able to rebond then securely after the removal process. It is better to just use new ones each time
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Elio- Real thing really is the hair that I bought for my first extensions too.
He has 2 different suppliers, and that's from the other supplier. But, I
definately want to try that one, because the hair that I got was AMAZING.
Definately comparable to hair I have spent 3x the money on! The strands
are nice and thick, and it holds up amazingly well, especially for the price!
I e-mailed him a lot, and he said the second supplier (the hair you
ordered) is just as great. Let's hope, and let me know how it goes!
California- Thanks! In that picture I have Lush hair in, it wasn't my
favorite hair. It would look great (like in the pic) right after stying, but at
the end of the night, it wouldn't look like that!! Right now my favorite hair
is above from the eBay seller, and Elite Remy (which I currently have in)
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