QuoteReplyTopic: his and her hair!! Posted: March 13 2005 at 6:12am
ok i ordered 100% italiam mink in #4 for my client she gets her hair colored and hilited by one of the other stylists. the back has a couple of hilights now i assu,ed because it was human hair that did not completely have the cuticle removed that i could color and hilite it. when i opened the box there were these instructions!!
Hair Care Instructions
1. Keep the hair clean. We suggest that you wash the hair at least once or twice a week with warm or cold water. Please wash the hair immediately after swimming, spa, exercise, and etc. When dirt and sweat accumulate, hair tangles. Too much leave-in conditioners and other hair care products will create a build up on the hair and will cause it to tangle faster. If the hair feels dry or heavy with build up, wash it with good shampoo & conditioner.
2. Before washing the hair, spray mixture of conditioner and water and brush the hair from bottom up. You must gradually wet the hair down and brush it gently before you completely wash the hair. If the hair is very dry and a lot of water is added at once, hair will swell up like sponge and tangle! Therefore, it is important to gradually wet the hair and brush it.
3. After wetting the hair, add shampoo and conditioner and brush thoroughly. Be sure to wash and brush the hair in one direction. Rinse the hair completely with water and towel dry. It is best to air dry the hair but you can also blow-dry with low to medium heat.
4. Make sure you brush the hair daily and apply some leave-in conditioners so that the hair is soft and moist. A good leave-in hair treatment can keep the hair from drying. But remember not to put too much otherwise there will be a build up and make the hair feel too heavy. If the hair feels too dry or heavy with too much hair care products, you should wash the hair completely by following steps 2 and 3.
5. When swimming, always wear a cap to prevent prolong exposure to chlorine or salt water which causes the hair to tangle. Always wash the hair right away with shampoo and conditioner after swimming in both types of water. When going to the spa, the hair should be brushed out completely and should be wrapped in a cold wet towel.
6. Make couple of big braids when going to sleep, swim, or exercise (please untangle the hair before making the braids). NEVER SLEEP ON WET HAIR. Make sure the hair is completely dry before going to bed.
7. You can also make a leave-in conditioner at home by diluting conditioner (10%) with water (90%). Apply the mixture lightly onto your hair and brush the hair from the end to the top near the scalp. Although it is important to apply leave-in conditioners to keep the hair from dryness, it is important to keep the hair clean by washing the hair about twice a week so that it will not create a build up.
8. It would be advisable NOT TO TINT, COLOR, PERM OR DO ANY EXTRA CHEMICAL PROCESSES because it has already been treated. Please be extra careful with blonde and other light colored hair. They are more chemically processed than the dark hair. Therefore, we will not be responsible for the outcome.
9. Please check the hair before you use the hair. Be certain that the hair texture, color, length, and quality are what you want. We will not be responsible for the hair if it is not in original condition. For the WET & WAVE hair such as the French Refined and the European Wave, you may test the curl by wetting a small portion away from the rest. Place the hair on a desk, pull a small portion away from the rest, spray some water, and let it soak for about 15 seconds. Hold the top of the hair while it is on the desk and gently brush the wet portion from the bottom and watch it wave. Towel dry and scrunch it to wave up more.
10. Some hair comes out form the wefts easier than others (e.g. silky hair). In cases like this, you may glue or reinforce the weft before putting it on. We can reinforce the weft with $5.00 extra charge per each 1/4lb of that you buy from us.
read #8 so now i dont know if we should try hiliting i told her we could!! if its human hair it can still be colored, but i dont want to attach the xtensions and then be unable to hilite. should i test strand ?? but then i cant send the hair back if it doesnt hold. help...lol
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They probably wont take the hair back unless it is in the same packaging etc as it came. Take a small piece from a bit they wont see and try highlighting that. They may just have all that aftercare so there is no come back for them.
I wouldnt dye the hair though as i done that with the bohyme hair only Friday there and after only 5 mins with a bleach shampoo the hair went like straw and even more tangly than my �20 hair.
Well, I don't think any hair seller is going to recommend that you dye their hair. In general, it's not advisable, especially if you're trying to lift or bleach. It's done all the time with raw/unprocessed hair, but that's a whole different animal.
That said, sometimes you're left with no choice--if the hair doesn't match, it doesn't match. I've never had human hair that exactly matched my color, so I've bleached lots of batches, with varying results; some held up much better than others. The only hair I ever fried to the point of unusability was H&H Regular Weaving (not the Cuticle or Minx). It was like spaghetti by the time I was done, but it was really my own fault--I "hit it too hard," as they say. I bleached it twice in one day, had it all wrapped up in aluminum foil, and didn't check as often as I should have....
If you're going to lighten this hair, make sure to watch it like a hawk and immediately rinse the bleach out once you've achieved the desired color. Sometimes, it can seem like extension hair is resistant to lightening (it's a lot more resistant than my own, I can tell you), but it's also a fine line between success and disaster. I've also had more success using bleaching kits (such as Feria 200, or whatever) than a bottle of developer and a bag of bleach; I think the kits are a bit gentler, so there's less potential for frying.
Even a successful lightening will compromise the quality of the hair somewhat, though.
i snip a piece where it would be unnoticeable and used 30 vol vlights(matrix) and i lifted didnt seem to fry it though so im in luck turn a golden blond but i can tone with blue to kill out the gold tone. so there lol
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