I was away this weekend and like the hair addict I am I had to check the board before bed - LOL. I just LOVE YOUR HAIR GIRL!!!! You are also much sexier than I tought so get rid of the Debbie Harry picture and put yours up (plus BM one without the white out too Is like everyone blonde on this site? I feel left out around here - OK brown girls out there show some pictures.
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Mmmm-hmmm, of course all of the celebrities endorsing hair products are wearing someone else's hair. Somebody tell the FTC there is no truth in advertising.
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Jenny, looking at your pics, I think of Gwen Stefani meets Portia de Rossi. Hmm, I wonder if Portia's hair is all hers.........
NO IT'S NOT!!!! Years ago, I saw her going into the place where I used to get mine put in - on Third St in LA (can't remember the name) and her hair was long, but not THAT long and not so thick. No way it's all hers.
No problem, Kristin. Just BM me your address (I don't think I still have it), and I'll send you a sample of each--the Dome and the PH.
They've only been in since this afternoon, and I'm expecting that the wave will drop considerably in the next few weeks. So we'll see.
The hair was $13 a bag for the PH and $28 (I think) for the Dome. Then, there's shipping and everything, but I think the total for the hair that was actually installed (cause I ordered a bunch we didn't use) came to less than $100 (this would've been less, though, if I had done a full head of only PH, which probably would've totaled about $65 or $70). The application was $350, which is quite reasonable, imo, especially for New York.
OMG!!! Jenny, your hair looks awesome!!!!! How long have you had them in? how much did it all cost? I can't believe it's synthetic! HOLY MOLY, Wooooo Hoooooo!!!
Great job Isaac!!!
Hey Jenny any chance you might have an extra streak lying around of the synthetic stuff you could send me? (Hopefully that doesn't start an asking trend)
Leia, I've wondered about Portia's hair, too. It's just so gorgeous and always has been. I believe she's from Australia, and I think extensions are quite big there (not that this means anything...). :)
Katherine, I agree if you just want some streaks, some pinchbraided synth would be the easiest and safest for your hair. (Bleach is eeeeevil, and I'm trying really hard to quit, but it's difficult. I think I have a hair addiction.)
Jenny, looking at your pics, I think of Gwen Stefani meets Portia de Rossi. Hmm, I wonder if Portia's hair is all hers.........
Oh, one other tidbit about pinchbraids and synth that I learned today: With human hair, the braids tend to expand over time a bit. When they're first put in, they're supertight, but they loosen up a bit and become bigger. According to Isaac, the synth doesn't expand in the same way, so the braids stay smaller, which, of course, would be a plus. :)
Well, especially since your hair is so nice (and you want it to stay that way), I think pinchbraids would be a good option for you. Also, since your hair is so long and full anyway, they'll blend in with your hair no problem.
As far as the texture, I'm planning to post follow-up pics so you can see how the texture turns out after a few washes. :)
Thanks for the compliments, everyone. I really like the hair so far. I don't know if I'll be able to deal with this length indefinitely, but it's fun for now, and if I have to cut it a bit, that's no big deal.
How did Issac blend the colors? Good question.... He separated the hair two handfuls at a time and started shuffling it like a deck of cards. I was like, what the****? There's no way I could do it myself or explain it to anyone else--LOL! He acutally used a hackle to brush the hair a bit, but he said with the hair being that long, it was just easier to blend it with the "shuffling technique" (my name for it).
Syren: Yeah, it's quite Gwen in color. I've always loved white blonde, but it really takes a toll on your hair. I have A LOT of damage, much of it caused by previous forms of extensions I've used, but the trouble on the top and crown of my head is not from extensions. It's a combination of crappy genes and overlapping bleach, and I've also had some thinning caused by stress or some sort of vitamin deficiency. That's my theory, anyway. Before I ever started with extensions, I had very long hair in the back, from the ears down, but the hair on top of my head and at the crown was quite damaged. I colored it and treated it all the same, but that's the way it always went for me.
Leia: I'm definitely gonna try to shine up my real hair a bit to match--at least use a lot of product--and hopefully the synth shine will tone down after a few washes. The shine is pretty evident in some lights, but not so much in others.... My real hair is pin-straight, by the way, as you can probably tell from the photos.
Oh My God!!! Absolutely GORGEOUS! Now YOU are sex on a stick!! The colors are fantastic and the wave is beautiful - the whole look just ROCKS! And you know... you look a lot more like Gwen Stefani than that old Debbie Harry picture! Ohmygod... So are you happy with it? Is it what you wanted and expected? People are going to get whiplash when you walk down the street!
Bellissima! That looks so awesome (somebody slap me, I'm starting to talk, er type, like my boyfriend).
I can tell the front is your real hair because it doesn't shine like the synth. It may not show up so much in real life, though. Or a little dab of shiny stuff on your real hair would fix it up.
Your (fake) hair is sooooo pretty. I wish my hair would do the sexy wavy thing. (I'm not sure if it holds a curl anymore after chemically straightening it this week...I gotta test that.)
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