You know Jenny, after sitting here thinking about it, pretipping with the keratin might not be such a bad idea, but to get the tips right Id think you might have to dip them and roll, then reheat them to squeeze out the extra glue and reroll them tight. But I think it would take alot less time since the glue sets up so fast. You wouldnt have to wait for the LG to harden and cure. Id still use the nail glue over the tips though. Im gonna try some to find out how it works out!
Jenny, the reason I suspect the sizzle may be related to the type of glue is that when I used the Doc Locks pretipped hair and shrinkies with the flat iron set to 25, I would count to about 10 and they'd start to sizzle. With the latex and nail glue tips and the same heat setting, I could count to 15 with no sizzle. They shrunk just fine, and I've had no slippage.
Of course, it's just a theory.
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Sounds like "shrink time" may vary then on a few things. Like what tool is being used to shrink, the size of the tips and the type of glue that we've tipped with. Maybe the key here is just finding the correct timing for each individual.
Hi there guys I don't use anything else to tip hair now but latex I find it far easier and far less messy than LG. Even if you roll too quick and see that the tip has turned white, when you leave it overnight it always dries clear whether you've rolled it too quick or not, I usually tip 20 and then go back to roll them, I used proclaim and salon pro latex and I think it rocks, I leave them overnight to take their colour then I snip the very tips off to make them even and then put the nail glue over the whole tip. The only thing I would say is don't pile them together overnight because when you come to apply the nail glue the next day all the tips will have stuck together although you can pull them apart but its a pain xx
I also tipped my hair with latex. its simple really, brush it on the tips, set it aside and move to the next one. by the time your at about 20 tips or so, the first one has dried, then go back and roll it, square the tip, and I also layered the strand but its up to you, and move down the line till its all done.
some brands are a little bit thinner then others, but other then that theres not much of a diffrence at all, thats why I always got the cheap stuff.
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