VERY VERY SELDOM you do see anyone on this board say "I want my hair to look like so-and-so". These ladies only want what looks best on them and I think their doing a d*mn good job of it too!!!
I tip my hat to the ladies on this board everytime I read it for their originality and common sense.
I want to be just like them when I grow up
SHE human hair blend, 18", #4 with Supertape.
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Another thing you should know about is that stylists in LA have a nasty practice of paying celebs to visit their location. Remember when I said celebrities trade on their name? They do. And command $10,000+ for a stylist to do their hair and take photos." What? A celeb getting paid to go to a stylist? " You may ask. Well, it happens all the time. They get $10,000 cash (not reported on tax returns, by the way), and the stylist gets her photos of the celeb in her place with her hair. The stylist also gets to pull in 250 more clients for that year alone, plus the oodles of word of mouth publicity, each paying $1500 + for their extensions. See where I'm going with this?
In LA, we call them "starf*ckers."
Gee Starlet...who do you think you're talking to? We're not exactly clueless about how it all works.
Unless you get famous and rich real quick, your hair ain't never gonna look like J-Lo, Britty, or Paris-Darling.
Oh, as if their hair is worth emulating! Take a look at the pix on this board if you want to see some incredibly hot hair on some gorgeous women. Then tell Paris and J-Lo to stop on by, too, next time you see them.
If you still want those extensions, I'd say get them once in a while for a special occasion when you're taking photos and you're all dolled up. Anything else is a waste.
Starlet, maybe you missed the fact that for most of us, hair is part of our lifestyle. The object here is to be creative and get the results we want without being taken or wasting money, not to look like some half baked celebrity for some special occasion. Our goal is to have every day be a rockin' good hair day!
Do you guys really think there is some italian russian or french lady out there growing her hair out and trying to catch and kiss some rich western type money dude all to cut it off and sell it for the equivalent of what must be 10 or so american dollars? These ladies that are in these low economic life situations with lengths of hair keep if for themselves!!!! and for the same reason we want to buy it....The fella's cant get enough if it!!!!
Nothing makes a party tight like Rapunzel in a G string!
and yes there are companies that use the hair of the yak in some of the extensions even if as fillers! why in the heck would somebody who knows even the derogatory popular terms used for hair that is not silky straight.... go off on their own and call the hair texture YAKY? If so they would just call it something like relaxed kinky, afro permed, or maybe even processed nappy....? no but who ever thought of it looked at this grazing animal and said "I know what I'll call the hair I'll call it Yaky" the Yaks underbelly and tail hairs are used in some of these wefts, all you need is a percentage of human hair in the mix to call it human! the hair is processed in the various acid and PH baths and on the wefts if goes!
there are far more ladies in asia who have given up or not feeling the mail order bride thing who are growing it and selling it for what converts to less then a few american dollars! not to mention these ladies that go to these temples thinking that if they make the ultimate sacrifice a woman can make which is giving up her beauty (cutting off the length of her hair) that the forces that be would look kindly upon her and her family situations etc.....
I'm getting off the subject....
what i wanted to say is real simple.....these services are very personal! I have a friend that if she even puts a braid in her hair it breaks and splits and sheds forget about growth....on the other hand I can braid my hair and get great health and growth from the process....find a great stylist who you can deal with that wouldn't dispute you if your unhappy or want your money back....do your own research! know your own hair and don't lie about its history!
better yet, be creative and do it yourself! I think one good rule for any successful style is....
IF YOU CANT DO IT AT HOME..... THEN YOU SHOULDN'T DO IT AT ALL, that goes for relaxes perms colors etc! if you have dark brown hair and want to go monroe platinum blond and it can only be done 80% of the time without incident at the salon but less then 10% at home without total hair loss or disaster then just don't do it! same goes for any service! we are all regular people here and do not have the wonderment of a stylist on call like the celebrities. The occasion will come up for you when you will need to do something to your style yourself! Have you ever seen these ladies when they think nobody is watching? Oparahs, j-lo, paris, brittney, leia rimini, miss jackson.....all of them.....look like who did it and ran, hotter then a hot mess and broke down from the floor down!
so keep it simple but make it fabulous!
thanks for letting me vent!!!
sorry so long!
again I love you ladies!
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Life is an endless struggle full of frustrations and challenges, but eventually you find a hair stylist you like. ~Author Unknown
Hair style is the final tip-off whether or not a woman really knows herself. ~Hubert de Givenchy, Vogue, July 1985
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Unless you get famous and rich real quick, your hair ain't never gonna look like J-Lo, Britty, or Paris-Darling. Apporach extensions with caution, and .... don't go to Kimarie.
If you still want those extensions, I'd say get them once in a while for a special occasion when you're taking photos and you're all dolled up. Anything else is a waste.
I've seen plenty of ladies on this board and others who's weaves look just as nice or better than Britney and Paris and them. Who ever is doing their hair is using the same methods that we've found out about and talk on this board.
I have seen with my own two eyes, Paris's bonds, and I've seen Britney's tracks so they aren't doing anything special that a DIY can do. Only we do it cheaper and look just as good.
And also, people should get extensions as they see fit. I don't endorse some methods like those that use glue, but I think it's up to individuals to decide how and when they get extensions. It's not a waste, it's a choice. There are some methods you can use that are not harmful to the hair.
I live in LA and I work in the entertainment industry. Just so you know, most celebrities trade on their image, which changes CONSTANTLY. This means many hair cut/color/length changes. Hairlocs, Great Lengths, weaves.... It doesn't matter if a studio is footing the bill for you to get your hair redone every 2 weeks. This is about a $5,000 bill, just for hair, per month. Not to mention flying out a stylist to wherever you are. So don't get too impressed when a company shows some big celeb on their website.
Half the time, the actors/actresses/performers have NO idea what is being used on their hair. In this town (Los Angeles, just so you know), the key phrase of the day is, "Just get it done." You need long hair by 6pm? Sure hon, we'll get it done. Need it out of there tomorrow, sure. Yea, whatever.
Another thing you should know about is that stylists in LA have a nasty practice of paying celebs to visit their location. Remember when I said celebrities trade on their name? They do. And command $10,000+ for a stylist to do their hair and take photos." What? A celeb getting paid to go to a stylist? " You may ask. Well, it happens all the time. They get $10,000 cash (not reported on tax returns, by the way), and the stylist gets her photos of the celeb in her place with her hair. The stylist also gets to pull in 250 more clients for that year alone, plus the oodles of word of mouth publicity, each paying $1500 + for their extensions. See where I'm going with this?
In LA, we call them "starf*ckers." In wherever else you're at right now, just call them excellent sales people or... well, crooks.
Unless you get famous and rich real quick, your hair ain't never gonna look like J-Lo, Britty, or Paris-Darling. Apporach extensions with caution, and .... don't go to Kimarie.
If you still want those extensions, I'd say get them once in a while for a special occasion when you're taking photos and you're all dolled up. Anything else is a waste.
Has anyone who has had a problem with a hairlocs stylist or the system called the company directly so that they are aware of these problems?
The owner of Hairlocs is aware there have been some complaints about one stylists in particular and is open and willing to hear what has happened to rectify any problems.
Please call, email, fax a letter, by whichever means necessary so that she can get details as to the problems occuring. These problems could have been caused by inexperienced or negligent stylists.
These problems need to be directed to the company so they can intervene and offer assistance to clients who have paid to have a high end service done.
Maria Arroyo, is the owner and inventor of Hairlocs and would like to hear of those who have misrepresented or misused her product.
Thank You Fax:818-506-0902 phone:(877) 395-6136 email: worldinfo@hairlocs.com email: hairlocsinc@aol.com
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Considering that Locks of Love receives probably 100,000+ donations of hair each year, while making 100+ wigs and selling excess hair, I'd guess it's a major source of European-style hair on the market today.
Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask?
Yaki Weave - A relaxed texture for ethnic weave styles. Named after the Yak (ox) because of it's crimped, coarse look.
Thats all I could find on the subject.
I know the hair industry isnt regulated in anyway but I dont see how they could get by with calling it "100% human hair yaki weave" if it was animal hair.
I have no experience with Yaki hair, except for a bag of synth Yaki I bought at the beauty-supply store once--that was synthetic, so the "yaki" part was just being used to describe the texture.
With human hair extensions, I thought the word "yaki" meant that the hair was just treated with a certain chemical process to create more a kinkier texture. In other words, if you order Bohyme Velvet Yaki, it's basically the same stuff as the silky straight, it's just treated with a different process. Are you saying these companies aren't selling human hair, but actually yaki animal hair?
Well, I agree with you that very few European or American women are doing this. So the idea that these companies are offering "European" hair is basically a scam--unless it's coming from prisoners (which apparently happens sometimes in Russia) or dead people.
Nevertheless, in India it's common for women to grow their hair long, and then cut it off either at their wedding (as a symbol of a "new beginning," starting married life) or as an offering to deities at religious temples. Hence, the term "temple hair." In addition, many Indian and Asian women collect the shed hairs from their brushes and then sell it. This hair is, of course, subjected to all kinds of chemicals to remove the cuticles and produce certain colors and textures.
I don't know anything about cloning, but I wouldn't doubt that it is done. But if they are cloning hair, I would expect the quality to be better, frankly.
I doubt anyone is "donating" their hair to hairlocs (which is a for-profit company), although many people donate to Locks of Love.
A couple of dollars doesn't seem like much to most Americans, but in some third-world countries, it can mean the difference between eating and starving, which is why many third-world people (and children) work for multinational companies like Nike for just pennies a day. Apparently, most hand-tied wefts are sewn in third world companies for just pennies a day, too.
hey guys i think im gonna get the third digree for this comment but those companys are lying. I cant say that all hair is cloned however all the hair that is sold in packages are cloned im so sure of this i would bet my life on it.. Think about it after all the work goes into the manufactoring of the hair.. the people that cut thier hair would only recieve a couple of dollars.. we all have long hair do u really think that they would cut it off for a couple of dollars. Im only saying this because i no how this stuff works. IVE BEEN TO a place that makes cloned hair.. it is made in almost a science lab its pretty cool.. And if u guys had a wholesale lic u would be able to purshase the hair from those people.. for almost 150% the marl up is crazy.. the only hair that really comes from humans is hair that is donated to like hair locs. or locs of love those kinda of places.. u can ask anyone that nos color. i hope i dont hurt any ones feeling but im just trying to share.THink about it would u grow your hair that long and then cut the whole thing off.. bold cause thats what u would have to do to get the 22" and longer lengths.. and then only get a couple of dollars...talk to u later
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