Hair Police vs Dome Method

Oh yeah, I'd be terrified of doing heatseals on my own head! Um, I think heatseals might actually be -faster-. I've timed myself, and it takes less time to do one heatseal than to do a pinchbraid- though I don't really know if I'm doing it right.

Ooh, actually, Fina, could you post a scalp photo? I'd like to see how your seals look.

-Rae

Am I the only one with the heat seals ? ?

Here are my thoughts. With the heat seal, you *do* have a small portion (where it's sealed) that has an opaque-ish color to it. It's like 3/8" long at the "end" of the braid.  If you're to the point where a braid is showing, you're going to be seeing something *anyway*, so I don't really think there's a difference in terms of visibility.

As for wear. I've had mine in 5 weeks now and no signs of slipping whatsoever. My own hair is growing, of course, so the braids are growing with it, but they don't feel "loose" like they're going to fall out or anything. They do not look any uglier than the day she put them in nor have they been compromised by wear -- and I think I am the most frequent hair washer in this bunch.

I'm planning on going 10-11 weeks with this install, so I'll keep you posted.

Fina

I'd like to see some of bridget's work (is that boogiemama?).  However in this case I'm not at all worried about detectability.  I plan for the little braids to show.  I figure I'll need between 300 and 400 of them to cover every inch of my scalp.

I know that the thread stays fine in the pinch braids, but when it's not covered by other hair how do you think it will look after a few washes when it is exposed full time?  Of course I've never done heat seals so they could get really ugly or fall out depending on how I handle them.

Fortunately I have 8-12 weeks left on this head of hair before It becomes a serious issue.

Also as far as reusing hair.  I like to clean it up and put it intno fallsa nd what not usually.   When I was in process of removing my braid recently I ran around for about a week with the hair being super fussy at the ends from the crimp of braiding.   When it came all the way out I decided I liked the look and made two huge ponyfalls of fuzzy messy goodness.   That's so big ass hair!

Yup--but is that just because of Bridget's skill and approach, or is it true across the board? :)

I wonder how different these two methods really are. I know the differences in terms of the actual technique (the heat-seals definitely seem harder to learn and more time-consuming). But how to the compare performance-wise, in terms of slippage, appearance, other advatnages/disadvantages etc.? Any thoughts?

:)

I like them both. The only reason I don't offer heat-sealed is 'cause I don't think I've got them down yet (but I'm practicing). If I did them as well as I did pinch, I'd have a serious dilemma on which to use.

-Rae