I can't cornrow worth do-do, but I have been using my new Cindycut electric cable weave machine to make tracks. I'm still practicing with it, but at least on the doll head it makes beautiful, small, flat tracks. I'm going to try it next week on a few clients and if it goes well, I'll post pictures.
Sounds cool metalgirl, I've never heard of such a thing :) Very interesting!
I got my first set of sew-ins today. We put 11oz of hair (bohyme
again, I swear the 11oz is less length weftwise than I usually have
with 8oz of other hair since the hair is soooooo long) onto 8
tracks. The stylist was awesome, and I'm so sad that she is
moving to Texas next week (go figure, always happens to me lol).
I'm really excited, mostly because this method hides most of my natural
hair, which gets really frizzy and sticks out in a "fro" in the
summer.......I have zero blending issues :D
Wearing 22" 8oz Tease I tips installed with silicone microrings.
theres one on the hisnher website.. i've forgotten the exacts address tho lol
Here are their two tutorials on track weaves.. One shows the method using cornrows to lay the tracks. The other shows the method using a track machine (like the one Metal describes)
There are great BASIC tutorials, and they are good tutorials if you have clients who will be leaving out 40-50% or their hair. Weaves using only horizontal direction tracks do not lay flat or look natural if you are wearing only 20% or less of their own natural hair out. The biggest key to mastering this technique is learning which direction/patterns to lay the tracks to get the most natural finished look possible.
Edited by Divavocals - June 04 2006 at 10:06am
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Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com
Diva, that HisnHers demo is exactly the one I was after. I searched thoroughly believe it or not and clearly failed to find it!
What's the difference (apart from the obvious) of vertical or horizontal tracks?
Thanks guys.
It's about the finished look actually.. For ladies who want to add a little volume and/or length in the back of the head, the horizontal braids will do the trick, and blend natually because more hair is convering the tracks.. I used to do this too when I wanted a little sumthin' in the back for length...
BUT if you are wearing more than 80-90% of your own natural hair braided up, the vertical braids (with the weft sewn horizonally across the braids) actually gives a flatter more natural finished appearance than horizontal or circular braid patterns would.
Edited by Divavocals - June 04 2006 at 10:33am
Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html
Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com
Since you say your natural hair is frizzy and tends to stick out, next time you get a weave why don't you try a full weave instead of individual tracks? If you just left a little hair out on top to cover and have a natural part line, you may find it easier and not have to worry about your natural hair.
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