Hairlocs certified stylists...

Do you have to be certified to perform the hairlocs or eurolocs method?

Which method is better?  I've had shrinkies done on my hair and it has been a nightmare.  My hair is choppy, not balanced...just horrible looking.  Yes, after the first day, it looked beautiful, but as soon as I washed my hair for the first time and tried to style, it just wouldn't curl or do anything...this is also bohyme hair.  Was very dull and straight. (paid around $300 for the hair)  The stylist says she'll do a re-application but I still have to pay for the hair...is this fair?  Since the first hair I bought was horrible, now she's offering me russian virgin hair that she claims only 2 manufacturers in the world sell authentic patented russian hair and would now have to $500 for it.

So I told her that I am not interested in doing the shrinkie method because my hair did not respond well to it.  I asked if she can do hairlocs, and she said yes, but I would still have to pay for the hair.  Well, on her website, she never states she is knowledgable in hairlocs or even offers it as a service...what should I do.  I'm losing faith in this stylist and now feel cheated and unable to leave the house because of my hair!!  Not only that...she used my before and after picture on her website without my written permission.  Not to be conceited, but my hair looked great the day of the service, so she actually put my picture on the first cover of her site. 

Please any advice would help.  I'm new here and heard great things about this forum.

 

what do you mean that your hair is choppy, not balanced?

Anybody??? Tangles?  Your input highly appreciated!

Thanks everyone.

Exactly...I paid over $1000 for this to at least last 4 months and she stated it would last for 6 months...

And, no, my hair was not cut, layered or anything...she just did the extensions out of a salon shop that she rents a station from.  She never even suggested for my to get it styled or cut afterwards.

What do I do about my pictures on her website?  I never gave any permission to do this...I'm just a private person and don't want my pic posted on the net w/o my consent.

Gosh, I need help.  Thanks for your input, Sherrie215, but looks like this is beginning to be a pain in the a!@@...    I don't know how to proceed..

Oh and by the way....any individual strand method should be left in the hair NO LONGER than 3 months top. Anyone who says they last longer is absolutely nuts. You risk serious damage to your own hair if they are left in longer than 3 months

oh geesh- here we go again-it burns me up when people dont know what they are doing and go and install extensions...Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

far as liscensing goes-depends on what state u are in. I am in so cal and in the state of california- ANYONE working in a salon on hair, HAS to have a liscense. We cant even have anyone shampoo hair without a liscense. My personal opinion is that if someone is charging for any type of hair service they should be liscensed and certified in at least one extension method. That is my opinion and i stand on that. I would never allow anyone without a liscense to touch my hair, espicially when i hear stuff like you are going thru.

 In order for anyone to do Hairlocs, they HAVE to be certified and gone thru their training.And the only way to purchase from Hairlocs is to be certified.

Alot of people have coppied the loc method, so if there is no certificiation from Hairlocs themselves, then chances are they are not doing hairlocs.

Pictures- if you have not given her a written permission to use your pics, then legally she has no right to use them.

i will pm you some more info.

I was told it was Bohyme hair...who really knows.

I did everything suggested to care for my hair, but the bonds just would not stay in.  Oh, and the shedding....horrible shedding. 

Is there a hair locs method that stylists can use that is similiar to hairlocs without being a certified hairlocs stylist?  She says she was going to use a similiar method, but only after I approached her and questioned if she was a 'hairlocs certified stylist'.  All of a sudden, she says she onlys used the word 'hairlocs' as a term of reference.  Anyway, I specifically asked her if she does the hairlocs method, not if she does anything similiar to it...I just do not trust this person...

I wish there is a place where people can hear this type of testimonial!  You don't usually read what happens to us victims of bad business practices! 

Thanks for your input ladies!

yes there are similar methods u can do, just the fact that they cannot purchase from hairlocs and are not certified.

i did notice on her site she has a pic of the microlins wefts she does, its the same one taken from i think quinsters boards.

you can also invite her to come on this board- tell her you were searching on the web and came across some great info on hair extensions and was sharing the problem you were having with her w/o using her name YET.....

that is the main reason i first came to this board- to hear from "people" as to what really works what doesnt, and to participate and help others here. i think stylist should come on boards like this to hear stuff like this- makes for better pros in my opinion!

dont worry gator it will all work out

The black rubber pieces are shrink tubes, but in my opinion, they are not as good as the clear, adhesive lined shrinkies.  I have found that the black shrinkies have thicker walls, thus needing more time to shrink down to properly stay in place.

There are shrinkies on the market that do not have the adhesive lining, and those are terrible because they do come out of the hair prematurely.

When I install shrinkies on anyone, to make sure I'm heating the bond long enough, I count to 10 with each one.  That seems to work very well, and it's not a problem for them to stay in place for 12 weeks.  I have been doing installs with  shrinkies for probably about 8 years now without a problem.

I do also like the microlinks , particularly the new silicone lined microlinks or the protubes.  You can find all these products on www.shrinkies.net.  If done properly, these methods should also stay in your hair the duration of 12 weeks.

Now, for the imfamous 'mushroom' head problem, to me that's the tell tale sign of a stylist who doesn't know what he/she is doing.  Anyone experienced with the application of extensions knows that in order to avoid the mushroom head look, you need to install enough hair, it needs to be installed high enough on the head, and it needs to be properly cut to blend in with the natural hair.

With Shrinkies the mechanism that adheres the extension piece onto your hair is the shrink tubing , and the microlinks, hairlocs, eurolocs, microrings, whatever you want to call them, is where a small metal crimping bead is used to adhere the extension to the natural hair.

Good luck!

 

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Microring, microlinks, and hairlocs are essentially the same in application.  Eurolocs are a metal crimping bead, but it's a little different.  I am certified in Eurolocs and I did them for over a year, but I started to see damage in my client's hair, so I don't offer them anymore.

What's different about Eurolocs is that with a special tool, the metal link is actually crimped twice, unlike the other link type extensions.  With Eurolocs, you crimp the bead flat, then with your tool, fold that flattened bead like a book.  The theory is that the extension will stay in better than links that are only crimped once.

While the Eurolocs did stay in quite well, the problem was in the removal.  To unfold the 'book' crimp you made, you use this pincher type tool that has two very sharp pointy ends.  You insert the pointy ends into your crimped link, jiggle it around, and it prys the link open. 

 Well, that worked great, but I think many of us came to the consensus that those pointy ends really sliced and cut the natural hair.  The breakage I saw on some of my clients was horrifying.  Once I figured out what was going on, I stopped using the system.

I am a big fan of shrinkies and the silicone microrings or the protubes.  You can get all that stuff on shrinkies.net.  I use these methods in my full time extension business all the time and they work very well.

My favorite method right now is the silicone lined microrings, the 2mm diameter size.

I personally am not a fan of fusion extensions, but some people on the board like that method and are quite successful with it.  I don't like dealing with all that glue in the hair.

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