question for jenny...

Hard to say. Some companies overestimate their lengths, while others are pretty true to spec. When I ordered this H&H cuticle, I do think the length was pretty on the money at 28".

With some hair, the last two inches are a bit crappy, so they say 20 to 22, but you're really going to have to cut it to 20 anyway. I didn't find this with H&H though.

Ideally, the hair should be 26 to 28 regardless of the texture, but again, one never knows. Do report back and let us know, and good luck!

:)

Your right Kalika, a lot of extensions are dyed with fabric dyes. When I do the 15-20 day depigmentation testing, I was going to look into fabric dyes to pigment the hair again. I am wondering if the colors are going to bleed at all.

I am not an expert on clip in extensions, but if you do decide to cut the weft just put a dab of nail glue or super glue on the end that you cut to stop the weft from fraying. Someone correct me if this is a bad idea. But I know that some people put glue on wefts before weaving to eliminate the shedding. Thats what they taught me at Hairpolice anyway, but I don't do weaves.

You could dye your hair black. But you can still send that hair back to H&H as long as you don't do anything to it. Did they have 26" black in the 50% Italian Mink available? Maybe they can just switch it. I have never had a problem with the 50% IM, but some people have, since you are just sewing them onto clips and not washing them all the time, you should be fine.


Bridget: I think she means her mom is going to sew over the weft to make it thicker. To lessen the shedding?

OKay now who's on crack?! 26"...not 36".
Duh.
Still. Don't dye it however long it is.

You want 26" hair? Are you 7' tall? That's mighty mighty long.
In the name of all that's holy, don't dye your cuticle hair. It may not totally wreck it, but it absolutely will compromise the integrity of it and it will not last as long nor perform as well as it would if you left it alone. (jinx, Juliejetson!!)
Amy, why don't you order some really gorgeous high quality synthetic in the exact color you want- Plastikhaar or Dome or Trimco or that curlable Freetress Futura in #2 (does it come that long?!) - and start there. You can make it as long as you want and do whatever. That way, you're not out $200 plus right off the bat. You can always order cuticle when you're more sure about how those long extensions work for you.

The bliss hair I don't think is already chemically treated like the H&Hs is. The H&H has black hair color on it, so to get that off I doubt hilift color will work, you might have to use bleach and then put a semi-perm color over it. You would compromise the integrety of the hair and possibly trash it. I would send it back and wait for your color to come in or just buy it from somewhere else, try the Bohyme.

not even if i use the highlift color like someone here did on bliss hair? Its only like a shade.

this is the color i wanted to lighten it to. Do you think it is possible to achieve without damage?? As you can see, its not much lighter, but i am not sure how dark the black comes.

Oh, Amymusic, no no no.... so many bad things can happen. I have tried to lighten the medium brown and the light brown (hisandhers), both with tint and bleach and both times the result was disastrous. I may as well have had a bonfire with the money out back. Please do not waste your time and money like this....honestly better to experiment with cheaper hair in the color you want. I think we've all gotten lucky once. Big respect and apologies for butting in. christina