more confused than before...

Welcome, Heather! We've been chatting about your beautiful work for a while now so it's great to see you here. :)

justamom -

Hi, this is Heather...I just joined, so I hope I'm doing this right...

Sorry I didn't get a chance to call you back yesterday, I ended up working really late, but I left a message today.

Human hair generally matches the texture of your own hair best. Synthetic hair can be shinier than your own hair and tends to be more noticeable. If you want something more natural, I suggest human hair. The cost of human hair is not included in the price because it varies so greatly depending on length, color, etc... and it's near impossible to stock human hair because of all the variations.  I generally like to use hair from http://hisandher.com . I prefer to use the "50% Italian Mink" hair [it's 100% human hair, that's just a level of quality] over hair that's had its cuticle stripped. It generally takes 2 bundles of hair, how much hair you use depends on the length of your hair, size of your head, thickness, etc... I can go over all the details; different textures and qualities with you, if you are interested. I'm currently wearing a mix of recycled and new human hair. If you take proper care of the hair, it can last about a year.

You really don't want to wear *any* extensions for more than a few months. As the hair grows away from the scalp, the extensions need to be tightened or they can cause damage. Because my hair grows so fast, I need to have my hair tightened at least every 2 months, but some people can go longer.

If you have any questions at all, feel free to contact me :)

-Heather

 

I think to make this simple, the easiest thing to do is just order Bohyme or Extensions-Plus hair. Go to

http://www.ebonyonline.com/human.html

and order a Bohyme Color Ring for starters. Each Bohyme "weave" or weft is 4  oz. This should be enough to do your whole head.

Option B is to go to

http://extensions-plus.com/hsw.html and buy a color ring from them.

You can buy their hair  in bulk 2 oz. packs, which means you can choose *any* colors and mix them as you wish. Metalgirl says this hair is softer than Bohyme, but we haven't had any other reviews of it. I trust her though.

In the meantime, decide on your texture and the length you want. Both of these hair types come in Silky Straight or Body Wave (EP calls theirs "natural wave"). 

Good luck!










Edited by FinaFina

hi there -

heather charges $60/hr if you byoh (bring your own hair) up to a max of $400; both times I have brought in my own plastikhaar. she does use human hair too which she can tell you more about i'm sure. i think there is some individual variation with the hourly thing b/c it does kinda depend on your head size, hair length, how many rows you need etc etc. she can give you a better idea likely. i think it's 450 if she supplies hair and all ...she stocks synth which i'm pretty sure is prostyles/trimco? double check that with her...she pretty much keeps all colors (natural and funky) in stock on her little wall o' hair so in theory you could just walk in off the street and have it done.

hey fina - yep. i had them redone at about 8 weeks...mainly b/c i wanted a change. the takedown on the first set was painless and easy...i had my friend here do it; it just involved cutting the little string with a razor over the synth and it slips right off. my friend, ahem, chopped of a small amount of my hair before she figured it out. for me with the braids and my weedlike hair growth the braids higher up on my crown started to grow out and show. i like the look of the braid..that isn't a problem. it just got a little bumpy? an alternative would be to take out the higher ones and put in shrinkies, or just have the top braids tightened. the lower braids were in, buddy, i had no slippage and not one came out. they also didn't show or look bumpy or anything. as someone previously stated, you could still drag my around by the braids ..not that that would be very pleasant.

i can't wait to see yours fina! weeee! atlanta weather should be beautiful.

Justamom - actually for you atlanta is probably 7 hrs away? tennessee is such a long state, hmmm.

Hey Justamom and everybody -

yep. i'm in knoxville TN and drive to Atlanta to have heather do my pinchbraids. i actually just went yesterday and will post new pics tonight after work! ha! teaser! heather can do pinchbraids with human hair - she has that on her own head right now. i think justamom that you have plenty of options open to you and i think you are wise to get all your info, take your time, and ask your questions before you spend your hard earned money. everyone on here was so great in helping me figure out what would work for me..and i'm really happy with the results.

Cheryl

whoops - the link to heather's hairpolice site is http://hairpolice.com/zip/index.php?action=view&id=54

let me know if that doesn't work.

Edited by ccross6032

Hey JAM - (how do you like my abbreviation for you, justamom??)

First of all - WELCOME!! 

ccross6032 lives somewhere near Memphis. I'll PM her and ask her where she had hers done -- she had either heat seals or pinchbraids done and was very happy with the person.

Anyway - on a more adventuresome note - I'll be in Atlanta this Saturday getting my hair done by Bettie, who is awesome and very reasonable. She charges $275 for a full head if you bring your own hair; $350 if you use hers. She'll even install human hair using the Dome/heatseals method. In fact she's going to do a combo for me, using PlastikHaar, Bohyme Silky Straight, and some of Amm's American Dream.

I've had these in for 10 weeks now and it's time for them to go cuz they're loose and I'm really tired of the 28mm PH. But I will say that I am having *no* matting or tangling problems with the extensions themselves, unlike what happens to GL or other fusion after as little as 6 weeks.

Good Luck and maybe I'll see you in Atlanta! If nothing else you could get a consult and an earful about extensions!!

Fina

OK Update: ccross6032 is in KNOXVILLE and she ended up having her hair done in Atlanta also by a Hairpolice affiliate. She posted this link:

http://www.hairpolice.com/zip/index.php?action=view&id =54




Edited by FinaFina

Sounds to me like Justamom is blonde and wants to go from short to long. Completely do-able. Amanda's hair might be a good example - she went from shoulder length (I think..it was short, right Amanda?) to long, but only just below her shoulders using Bohyme hh - it looked absolutely stunning and totally natural! She wore it on her wedding/honeymoon trip to Mexico and went in the ocean, washed her hair every day, danced on tables every night...and she was very pleased with how the hair and her install hung in there.

Amanda!!! Can you post a before and some afters of your hair, please?

Fina's stylist is in Hotlanta, btw, and she did heat seals on Fina.

Edited by Syren123

Well I wouldn't go with fusion.  Not that there is anything wrong with fusion but its such a big risk on your fist time out.  Say you were to get pinch braids(hairpolice/string method).  two weeks in your discover that you just can't handle the maintenance.  You can remove them by yourself without destroying your hair.  Similar rules apply for heat seals (dome method) and not quite as much for microrings/extentubes/eurolocs/hairlocs.

Now onto trying to do a takedown and install all in one night!

Thanks for all the info, Jenny! You guys are so great. Any
recommendations on who would do the best job for my fine,
straight, short, chemically processed hair?    School gets out
in a couple of weeks and I want to do my extensions VERY
soon after. I can't get them done before school lets out- can
you just see all my kids saying to their parents "Mom, our nurse
had short hair last Friday but today she had long hair. How did
she do that?"