Pre-Tipping Going Sloowly

That makes sense. I'm sure the curly hair is harder to handle.

Glad to hear it's going more quickly now, though.

Hang in there--you'll be done before you know it! :)

Dont pour out the LG, it hardens really fast and youll just waste it.

When I did mine I used a spare piece of poster board. One side is shiney and one side is dull. I cut about an 8 inch x 8 inch square, I cut the hair from the weft, pulled out the short hairs, then I fanned it out, then I rested the fan on the poster board and painted on the LG, that should keep the hair from moving up on you.

I blew on it for a few seconds then I rolled it between my fingers. Its still a bit tackey so I set it aside on the unused side of the poster board. Use the shiney side of the poster board, the LG dosnt stick to it. When I got about 12 tips done, I would roll them one more time to make sure I had a nice uniform tip and then I would set them aside.

Rose, I Feel your pain!!!! LG is messy. The brush and bottle got all hairy and funky(eewww That sounded really gross) It took me 6,not consecutive, hours to do 150. I learned a lot...however, Next time I use it I'm going to try pouring it into a wider but shallow glass jar and use an orangewood stick rather than the brush-it was to limp for my liking. Yes, I used the "popsicle" stick to smooth through-that works great. It still took for ever! The entire time I kept thinking..."There's got to be a better way!" If I answer that Q... I'll be sure to share!

Obviously, you already realize this, but 15 in a couple of hours is really slow.

You said, "I would get the amount of hair I'd like to tip, then holding it firmly, cut it from the weft. Then I'd paint on some liquid gold, some hairs would move up and I'd try to pat them down, pulling out more hairs, then I'd try to put it down and it would stick to my hands...."

I'm a little confused as to why the hair is "moving up" a lot. When I pretipped mine, I'd hold the ends together, brush on the liquid glue, and it would start to adhere almost immediately. Then, I'd just roll them a bit while they were still tacky, but the hair didn't move up or down much; the ends of the hair sort of bunched together with the glue.

Just let me know if I'm misunderstanding something here. :)

So, has anyone made a tip too big then cut it in half?


I just ordered a jar of microrings from DrLocks and another jar from hairpiece. We'll see which one gets here first.

Oh and some more on sale hair from superhairfactory, same colour (31) and a bit of strawberry blonde for hilights.

I am trying to think of a way to streamline the process. I think I need to get a popsicle stick so Im not getting so much hair on the liquid gold brush.

I also was able to straighted out the deep wave with my straightener.

Woo.