weaving hair

I haven't done it myself.  But you seem to have the basic premise correct.  cornrow tracks and then sew the weft on.  The other thing you can try is Docs method of sewing a coulpe of microrings to the weft and then attaching the weft with the rings.  then there is no need for the track.  She has demo of it on her site.  Well there was before the site overhaila nd I assume its still there.

Causcasian and Asian women seem to have mixed results with weaves. Generally smooth, silky hair doesn't cornrow as well and, as such, the wefts have more of a tendency to slip; also, a lot of white women (at least in the U.S.) wash their hair very frequently, which can also affect the hold.

Nevetheless, I've heard it works wonderfully if some synthetic hair is incorporated into the cornrows. Metalgirl has had a lot of success with that method, and I'm sure she can provide more details. :)

Edited: Hehe...I knew she'd chime in.

Edited by Jenny_RR

I do weave's Kirsty and i agree with Jenny, some hairs it can slip etc and also it is more for Afro hair types as there hair generally hides it better.   With silky straight euro hair when the wind blows it can look like your wearing a wig and for some you need tons of hair spray to stop your own hair from showing the weave in the wind (lots of wind in Scotland)  It also has to be tightened every month or so.  Some of my clients prefer weaves over fusion and i do them tiny and only a few rows with some bonding on the top (so the leaves dont go up to high.

The pain about a weave is when its growing out as its quite lumpy in your hair.

Edited by shel221

Not really as its pretty quick to do and most of the stylists just re-use the same hair again unless you specifically want new hair added and it only takes 5 minutes to remove 1 weave row.  You should get some quotes from people nearest you and make a list of the difference ie. initial application, maintenence / touch up's and removal and work out from that what would be better from you. Alot of salons offer a free consultation where you can discuss all your needs and have no obligation to go ahead.

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