Wefts: The good, the bad, and the shedding!

krimsa wrote: Do you know where the beardless wefts come from? I mean its not a deal breaker and Im afraid in order to make them beardless, they need to cut more of the hair. Thats why i just wanted to call and find out but need to know who makes the beardless wefts if Wagmen is only distributing them and such.

No I don't know, but I do know that Wagman is not giving this information out either.. (Many of us on BHM have asked..) Whoever they get the Perfect Tress hair from is a deep secret that they are not revealing to the general public.. Can't say that I blame them.. If I were in their shoes, I wouldn't tell either..

krimsa wrote: I was interested in the beardless weft that Wagmen has but do you think they would not be able to do that with hair you send them and it needs to be their own hair done there already?

The wefter Wagman recommends does not do those beardless wefts. (The wefter is also not an employee of Wagmans, he is an independent contractor) The beardless wefts come from another company. Wagman is merely a distributor of this companies product.

Tina helped me with wefting at EP, she's great. I think Shayne can help with that too.

I dunno about Wagman's wefter, but I've had quite a bit of bulk hair wefted at Extensions Plus over the last few months, and I have always been pleased with the results.. Ask for Marlene. (she's the one who handles custom orders)

Krimsa, I weighed the weft. It was .68 oz. So that's with the weft. I realize you lose hair when it's wefted but that much?? Also, for the price of that hair and the bloated price for wefting don't you think it's reasonable to get a full oz on the weft?

krimsa wrote: I dont know what is on these wefts either. I asked and was told "sealant to keep them from shedding". They dont shed one speck but are too hard. Im guessing it is some kind of waterproof polyester coating or something that makes them impervious to water, thus the stiffness.

This whole thing doesn't make sense because you can soak those wefts in
Hello Hydration and they will soften. How does that make them waterproof?

Why hasn't there always been a coated or non coated option? Until there was a big thing about those wefts falling apart there wasn't any coated or non-coated option. They were uncoated, end of story. Now they're coated with something that makes them stiff like a wire to prevent shedding?

The coating is not what should be keeping the wefts from shedding. If that's truly what the coating is for then it's a poor weft construction to start with. Now that there is a coating or non-coating option does that mean if you choose non-coating the weft will shed?

I certainly wouldn't want that hair shedding, especially when the price is what it is. When you order that hair wefted you don't end up getting the amount of hair you actually paid for. I weighed a weft and was short .32oz of hair. At over $100/oz that's not acceptable.

I dont know what is on these wefts either. I asked and was told "sealant to keep them from shedding". They dont shed one speck but are too hard. Im guessing it is some kind of waterproof polyester coating or something that makes them impervious to water, thus the stiffness.

Honey, Im broke and cant be spending a lot of money on hair that is just sitting around. Basically i can only save up and buy the hair i will be installing right then. The reason for that is I am trying to be a good girl and STOP using my credit card for hair services. GL nearly knocked me out.

I have been given some good tips on vendors that do free samples. Wagmen is one. Im gong to start ordering free samples of hair and wefts if they have that and see what looks good. Thanks for the help.

Oh lord, don’t get me started on ATM runs in casinos! I’m one of those types that will take X amount of money to a gambling establishment and then when that is immediately gone, start hitting the ATM and spend my rent! Lol.

Diva, I have read on forums that usually the machine wefts are bulkier and can not be made as small. That can be complete bologna but it’s been said a few times. So because I have a small head and fine hair, I thought it best to stick with the smallest weft I could find to make the tiniest track so that way my natural hair can cover it easily. So can you get a really small, flat laying track with a machine weft or is it always better to go with hand tied? Also, you hear the term "micro weft" thrown around a lot and that would seem to imply it’s a very small weft that is easily concealed. Is that not always the case?

Also as far as the wefts I’m wearing now. They are quite readily concealed and you can not see them. Even if I pin my hair up on the sides, I can easily pull my natural hair kind of up and over the weft line so it’s totally covered. In that respect I’m happy. But if you run your fingers through it, its like wires wrapped around my head. lol. It feels like shellac like Malibu was saying and too stiff.

Edited by krimsa - October 07 2007 at 7:57pm

Ms. Honey! You're the one who voted yes on ATM machines in casinos!! 

The sealant Krimsa and I are referring to reminded me of shellac.