Shrinkies still the favorite???

I also tipped my hair with latex. its simple really, brush it on the tips, set it aside and move to the next one. by the time your at about 20 tips or so, the first one has dried, then go back and roll it, square the tip, and I also layered the strand but its up to you, and move down the line till its all done.

some brands are a little bit thinner then others, but other then that theres not much of a diffrence at all, thats why I always got the cheap stuff.

Hi there guys I don't use anything else to tip hair now but latex I find it far easier and far less messy than LG. Even if you roll too quick and see that the tip has turned white, when you leave it overnight it always dries clear whether you've rolled it too quick or not, I usually tip 20 and then go back to roll them, I used proclaim and salon pro latex and I think it rocks, I leave them overnight to take their colour then I snip the very tips off to make them even and then put the nail glue over the whole tip. The only thing I would say is don't pile them together overnight because when you come to apply the nail glue the next day all the tips will have stuck together although you can pull them apart but its a pain xx

Jenny, the reason I suspect the sizzle may be related to the type of glue is that when I used the Doc Locks pretipped hair and shrinkies with the flat iron set to 25, I would count to about 10 and they'd start to sizzle. With the latex and nail glue tips and the same heat setting, I could count to 15 with no sizzle. They shrunk just fine, and I've had no slippage.

Of course, it's just a theory.

That's a good point, Sherrie. It'd probably be a pain to use Keratin then.


Leia, I've never "sizzled" with Shrinkies either, and I used Liquid Gold and the nail glue. I think I haven't been cooking them for long enough, though. :)

I used latex glue on human hair. I put glue on a few before I went back and rolled them to give it a little time to set (so you end up with less glue on your fingers).

Jenny, I think maybe Doc's pretipped hair has keratin or some other fusion glue. I just know that when I started installing the hair I tipped, I didn't hear a sizzle anymore. I wondered if the glue used to tip the hair is what determines the sizzle.

Emma, it was on synthetic hair. You just have to really let the latex dry first, much moreso than with LG which sets up much quicker. Just my (recent) experience.

leia1979 wrote: I used the Proclaim latex glue from Sally's (99 cents a bottle), let them sit for a day, then coated the tips with nail glue. I'm actually impressed with how well they turned out. It was simple, cheap, and non-toxic (or at least, the bottle didn't say anything).

You know, leia, I used it too when the LG I was using got too gummed up at around 1/2 bottle. I agree - the Proclaim tips turned out okay! It's kind of weird, tho - at one point in its set-up process, it separates into sort of water and white latex, so if you roll the tip at that point, the tip doesn't dry clear. I found it best to let the Proclaim practically dry, THEN roll, then dry, then coat with nail glue. But the tips turned out very nice, although not rock hard like LG tips.

Yes, Jenny, I do think that has something to do with it. Plus, my own hair is very fine so it adds very little substance itself. Plus I think the hair is just so-so - kind of 'yaki' in texture although not labeled yaki. And it's silky straight - bone straight. A little wave would go a long way.
I don't want to put too much more effort into this installation since I already don't like it. I did put a few microrings on the sides to fill in and help with the mullet effect.
Right now I'm reading an old thread about AMM's gorgeous DIY 'do and am getting reinspired!

I'm on day 2 with about 80 shrinkies. Only lost 2 strands so far. My only complaint has to do with the hair...it really looks unnatural. It's a synth I got at hairpiece - the one that cost $10 instead of $6. Its biggest problem is that it doesn't blend - the strands don't brush together to lay like real hair - the sort of separate into strands and it looks bad. That plus it's super straight and my hair has just a slight wave so the difference is obvious, at least to me. It was really long, but the next day I ended up cutting 6" off to nearly the length of my own hair, just so it wouldn't look so fake.
I think the main problem is styling. The girl who did me took about 5 hours to put in the shrinkies alone, so there was no time to actually "style" it once it was in.
The ends, when cut, are very unnatural looking. I think someone who knows how should do something to it with a razor - that's what either Prostyles or Dome's site recommends, I think.
This was my first experiment with both synth and shrinkies, and although I hate the results, I am learning about what will eventually work.
Shrinkies are good - they stay in well and are comfortable. I think they're not as invisible as microrings, however. The hair - well, just waiting for my Plastikhaar color ring to arrive. But yesterday I was so distraught, I was considering ordering some expensive cuticle to redo this mess right away...but today I'm better! lol

I think just about anything would be worth trying. I think the main key with this is patience. Do just a few and allow them to set up and cure until they're good and dry. And then test them to see how they do with a washing.

As far as Gorilla Glue goes, just when you think you've put on just the right amount, you've probably put on too much. Serious, the stuff expands while it dries and the end result is pretty hard. It can make a great small tip or a horrible one that's too large and hard to wear if too much is applied.