Quality Hair? Bohyme? Extensions Plus?

Just curious, what is the texture of your natural hair? You say curly but I mean is it softer curls or a courser texture? You say you were wearing Indian hair before and that was a good match? I imagine then you have softer, lighter curls? Just curious. Indian hair is still pretty soft but yet not quite as soft and silky as European. Its in the middle. Its slightly more durable especially when its virgin.

Oh its definitely a FUN site to look through no doubt and I find myself perusing adds for hours if I dont keep an eye on the time. lol.

Good to know Rocket and thanks so much for all of your help with this. I can understand where it might be really scary because you dont always know exactly what you are getting or how it will be prepared from individual sellers cutting their hair.

That is one good thing about just buying pre-made wefts or bulk hair from an established vendor online. Most of the time they will have some kind of return policy. They vary. I found one website that is actually offering a ONE YEAR Guarantee on their virgin Indian.

I thought that was too good to be true so I emailed and they were very hesitant to lay down details. That sent up a red light.

But aside from that, most sites will allow you to immediately return the hair if you dont like the texture or there is a problem.

First I would ask if hair is still available.  then make sure you get plenty of photos of hair before cut to make sure it's something that would work with your texture..  if hair is already cut make sure you get a photo of the cut ponytail or braid and still get photos of hair prior to cut...     My  first batch I bought I didn't get photo of the braid and it was a complete mess, he (yes he) shaved his head and the top part of braid was a matted mess, If I had received photo of the braid I wouldn't have bought it, and seller was not helpful at all!!!!  ...   I could have filed a claim but decided to see if I could make it work..   I had to cut several inches off  the top and long story short it turned out to be beautiful hair but shorter than I thought.    always and I mean always use paypal!!!!!   Never send any money western union or cashiers check... that just screams scam!!!!    with paypal if for some reason they don't send it or it's not as described  and the seller wont work with you ,  you can file a claim.. 

Edited by Rocket22 - October 28 2009 at 1:38pm

What kind of research would you do?  It seems so anomynous...  What steps do you take before e-mailing an offer?

krimsa wrote: That hair you are buying looks nice Rocket. I bet that was expensive though. How much length is she cutting off? I think I will just go with some Indian virgin from that World Hair Traders site primarily because the hair that looks very nice on Hair Trader and is the length I need, people are offering like upwards of $1000. I cant go that high lol.

Yes the Indian texture is not to everyone's liking. I find Virgin Indian to be very silky and if I flat iron it, it matches my own passably. Brunette shades tend to hide extensions a little better also so you can conceal your own hair on top a little easier if its all dark and uniform. Since you like to flat iron nearly daily, then the Bohyme is your best bet because that Asian hair will hold up to heat better than any texture. That would destroy Indian or European pretty quickly I think.

That hair you are buying looks nice Rocket. I bet that was expensive though. How much length is she cutting off? I think I will just go with some Indian virgin from that World Hair Traders site primarily because the hair that looks very nice on Hair Trader and is the length I need, people are offering like upwards of $1000. I cant go that high lol.

Oh I hope so  Frenchie... I'm not buying anymore!!!!   I really mean that  hahahahaha.....         batch #3 is 24"  and she just cut it today!!!  looks like my mix of not too fine but still very fine and soft and fluffy!!!!  I'm excited...

Edited by Rocket22 - October 27 2009 at 5:35pm

Yeah i could see if you flat iron your hair daily how you might want the thicker strands, also you will maintain the fullness even with it ironed.   If I flat ironed my European every day  it would feel much thinner to me.. I like to wash and wear and I don't put that much in (usually 3 oz )  , I don't like to use products or have to curl it to take out the friz..  I always say I'm a lazy extension wearer

Edited by Rocket22 - October 27 2009 at 6:07pm

Oh & Krimsa- I wanted to add, Singer has a new technique for wefting your own bulk hair, where you apparently lose a minimal amount for wefting. It uses a special kind of tape, and the result is close to skin weft apparently.