New technique! Install pics!

Amm told me that her "microbond weft" is the same as Wagman's "Premium weft." I ordered Wagman Premium Weft Indian Remy Natural Body which comes in its untreated natural color. This is a dark brown somewhere between 1b and 2 in the Elite Remy color ring, with some lighter natural highlights. I colored it to match the dark auburn I wear and it is GREAT!! SAME hair as Amm sold, just in its natural uncolored dark brown state. And very very easy to color if you're looking for a darker brown or auburn. I LOVE having more control over the color, actually. I just used the color I dye my own hair with (Schwarzkopf Igora 4-57) and 30 V. developer, wrapped in foil and zapped with a blowdryer for 30 minutes, to get a PERFECT match! I had my stylist trim my bangs and the ends of my lastest install today and she was blown away by how invisible this new technique is and how well the color matches my own hair.

Thanks, gsmilie! I think I can get so much hair in there because I have a HUGE head. My first install was 4 oz. and it was just so thin. I tried 6 and that was better, but I really like it with 8. I have almost no layers either--it is just blunt-cut around the bottom. With the current placement of the wefts I can easily get it into a middle-level ponytail. It really isn't long enough for fancy buns or twists, but if it were, I'm sure they'd work too. And yep, this Wagman Natural Body is the same as Amm's Elite Remy Natural Body. I love love love this hair.

    

Thanks, y'all, for the nice compliments! I love that pixie cut, too. I think it works well with my face, but not as great with my body. I'm a six-footer with a broad-shouldered muscular, curvy build and that little hair just looked a little silly on top of the rest of me. I've worn my hair really short for many years and have had to deal with being called "sir" in stores and restaurants lots of times, even when I was wearing makeup and more feminine clothes. It gets pretty old being mistaken for a guy after awhile. I think the longer, fuller hair is more feminine on me and balances me out better. And, I haven't been called "sir" once since I started wearing extensions!

Your short cut is Jazzy!  But I also love your extensions too!

wow nice job...love the hair before extensions xx

Yeah i think the pixie cut looks cute! Extensions are looking good though :)

Yesterday I did my fourth install, using my new "double sandwiching" technique. I've included pics of the wefts with the hair lifted up so you can see just how invisible and how high up you can get the wefts. I tested double sandwiching on some of the bonds in my last install, and was amazed that they lasted 8 weeks with no slipping!

Also notice in the pics that I've installed the top side wefts in a high "V" shape, intersecting with the top bond in the back. I have fine straight hair (as you can see from the "before" picture) and a funky cowlick in the back. Using this placement and the double sandwiching technique I'm finally able to hide the wefts and not end up with a bald-looking spot in the back.

What I've done is to use half Protac tapes, folded over and sandwiched as usual. The twist is that I then take an additional weft and, using a thin line of LG just on the underside of the weft, I glue it right above the Protac in the sandwiched hair. This combination locks the bond in without any slipping, and the covering weft totally hides the Protac, as you can see from the pictures. Removal was easy and fast using citrus remover.

The hair I've installed is Wagman Natural Body (formerly Elite Remy) 14", with 1 1/2" trimmed off, I'm guessing about 8 oz. I colored the Wagman to match my own hair using Schwarzkopf 4-57, and am happy with how well the color matches. I've also got two wefts of highlights mixed in all the way around. I'm wearing 7 wefts in 3 bonds on the left side, 8 wefts in 3 bonds on the right, and 10 wefts in 4 bonds in the back. I'm really loving wearing half Protac tapes--my head feels lighter and cooler, and with the double-sandwiching, the half tapes hold as well as full ones!

I also included a picture of myself last September with ultra short hair to show how much my hair has grown in 9 months. I noticed no damage after this takedown and am happy with the condition of my hair after wearing extensions with Protac for four full months.

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