wedding hair suggestions

hahaha, my wedding would be called off when i walked into the church

the hair color, not the actual hair

I ahve an elastica 28mm in vanille, platin and something else light light blonde on it's way for delivery in a 28 mm

and i also ordered

in t16/613 (which means a color change)

so i might be auctioning off my elastica if I decide not to wear it. We'll see when they are both here.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY, with out you I woulnd't have found this alternate piece and I really needed it. I was really frightful that the elastica wouldn't do it.

MUAH to my favorite hair ladies in the whole wide world.

Hey Mer,

I posted this on another thread, but I thought it might be helpful in giving you an overview of some of the different types of pieces and their construction. Good luck!

First off, I've never had any luck with banana-clip falls, because they slip right out of my hair from the weight. I bought a few and just ended up throwing them out because they were unwearable. And I've never worn the French comb attachments, so I can't comment on those.

I love jaw-clip ponytails, however! They're my favorite because they're incredibly secure in thin, fine hair and as long as the hair is decent quality, they always look good. All of mine are actually constructed as wefts mounted onto a hard mesh base (not flexible fishnet). The hard mesh is almost like the mesh of a strainer or sieve; the wefts are then sewn in layers onto that. My favorites were these 26-inch reversible ones I used to get off eBay for $19.99. The hair wasn't the best-quality (so not the longest lasting), but the falls themselves were full and gorgeous; I don't think the woman sells them anymore, though. They looked a bit like this one (a Jon Renau clip-on from IWig):


My second favorite is this one Mona Lisa "Jacqueline" one from IWig. It's not as full as the ones I got from the eBay girl, but it is fuller than it looks in the picture, and the hair is better quality:
Now, as far as drawstrings go, the ones I've gotten are pretty much like a cross between 3/4 falls and clips. People with medium to thick hair seem to like these a lot. I have this one, the String Fall DCL from New Look (also from International Wig):
 
Inside, the construction is like this, with layers of weft crisscrossing each other, mounted onto a flexible base, with a drawstring and top and bottom combs that secure the piece tightly around a bun. This is a decent piece, but the hair's not as high-quality, imo, as some of the other pieces I've bought from IWig: 



Then, for maximum drama, there are the 3/4 pieces, which are essentially wigs that attach about 2 to 4 inches behind your front hairline with combs on the top and bottom. The wefts are crisscrossed and sewn onto a mesh/lace base. I've got all these:

The Donata:
 

The Holly:


The Holly Layered:


The inner construction is like this (I forget which is which exactly now):



And I also have this, which I just bought and haven't worn yet:
Hmm...that's a tiny little picture. Here it is again:



These are mounted on string; I haven't had the time to figure out how to wear them yet.

By the way, I've bought lots of stuff from IWig over the years, and although I wouldn't purchase shrinkies or extension hair from them, they do have an amazing selection of pieces, and I've always gotten exactly what I ordered. I did have some difficulty recently with an order being delayed (apparently the shipment from the supplier hadn't come in), but they were apologetic and sent a few freebies with the order, so it all worked out. They are much better than most of the other eBay sellers; that's for sure. The quality of the Holly 3/4 falls, in particular, is amazing--they'll last forever. The Donata is not as high quality, as there's a bit of shedding from the wefts, but it's a good one, too (it's like 3 ft. long, so that might have something to do with it).

And here's the Elastica/Deluxe from PlastikHaar, which I'm sure you've seen before. It's an accordian attachment and the base does resemble fishnet or fencenet material:




The advantage of the Elastica is that it's a flexible piece that can be worn in a few different ways. Obviously, the hair is gorgeous, too, and you can customize it with whatever colors, texture, streaks, etc., that you want (which wouldn't be possible withthe mass-produced IWig pieces). You will probably need to bobby pin the Elastica, though, so it's not as secure as, say, the jaw clips or 3/4 falls from IWig.
:)
 

If you hair matches the color of the elastica fall well, you could place the fall fairly high on your head, leave the front of your hair out, pull it back to cover the seams and pile what's left right on top for tiara-height.  Kind of how that last picture above is, but a little more vertical.

Let me know if what I'm saying makes absolutely no sense.  =)

The picture with the red hair makes me drool every time.

Edited to add:  Mer, have you asked Sara for ideas?  She would have the most experience in using the elastica fall.


Edited by leia1979

will i be able to use my elastica like that clip on i posted above?

 

gracias to all

I like that about the nose ring vs strip club.

I can still make mine put up with the new piercings and new weird hair by taunting him with friends upcoming bachelors parties.  Don't know what i'll do once all of our friends are married.

So it's nose ring in pink hair out strip club in?

IS he against the hair the rest of hte year or just since this is a big formal event and hopefully one that won't be repeated?

uhm, the non pink is at the grooms request ;) hahahaha

he's having a hissy over the nosering lol, but i told him if he wan'ts to give up the strip club after the stag then i'll take the nose ring out and amazingly enough i get to keep the nose ring hahahaha

i'll write when i try more things, all the suggestions are greta... thanks for all the help..

 

mer

 

I think if you are definitely wearing a tiara chick you need some height on top of your head.  I went for a trial run at the hairdressers in Mexico and at the trial she didn't do my hair high enough and when she put the tiara in it didn't look right xxx

actually, make that the top one. Thats defo my favourite