Fina Fina is BAAACK!!!

Were all eager and waiting!

Hope your daughter gets feeling better!

OK. The process took 7 hours for her to install the hair. She put in about 4 bags of Plastikhaar. (Birke, Blonde, Platinum Blonde, and WinterBlond). So far it has not relaxed AT ALL and I've washed it twice. . .I put in a few strands of Wa Wa 613 but have been finding that it does *not* curl. I think I need to try the bigger barrel. Thanks Jenny for your experiments on curling.

I had to put shrinkies in around the front & crown to get it to get it to blend and I'm still working on that.

My befores are AWFUL (so bad I had to hide my face -- it was just TOO ugly) but I really want y'all to see the miracle of this:

Before - Back


After - Back (after being cut also)



Before - Front ( I am smiling because I'm about to get my hair!!!)


After - Front - Pre-cut or style or anything: (I left it like this for about 10 minutes...)



After - after styling, shrinkies, and washing:



This is *completely* wash and wear hair. I do NOTHING to it, just work with my own hair to get it to blend.

The stylist gave me a bottle of Pro-Hair spray. Apparently Pro Hair and Dome are the same, but the two founders parted ways. She used a macrame stitch and heat sealed it with a small amount of glue on the synthetic hair.

I'll write more later -- just wanted to get these out there!

A synth convert -- at least for now --

Fina

Oh. My. GOD! Gorgeous! It looks more like you than you do! Thrilled, are ya?!

Oh my gawd, you look so HOT!!! I absolutely LOVE it--amazing. I'm so glad you're back, Fina!

So that's the 28mm? And you've washed it twice and it hasn't dropped at all? This is so cool....

Did you wash it in cold water? If that's the 28mm, it's got much more staying power than the 50mm--which is good news for all you curly-haired girls out there.

When you get a chance, Fina, tell us everything, okay? I need to know what you're doing (or not doing) to keep it looking fabulous...products, heat, washing, brushing, the whole nine yards!

Horray for PlastikHaar!
:)

More details:

Yes it took two people. There is *no way* that Dome/Pro Hair can be done with only one person. Since my hair is so fine, some of the little tiny braiding points in the front can show pretty easily. But I really don't care -- I think they look kinda cool. . .It is AWESOME that you gals are taking the class. I highly recommend this method

The lady who did it left virtually *none* of my hair "sticking through" in the back. In other words my hair is completely in those braids. She said that would protect my hair which as you can see is QUITE damaged from the years of Great Lengths. She said that as time goes on and my hair gets healthier she would be able to leave more space/hair in between the rows.

Regarding washing - the reason I got that 28mm is that I wanted it wavy AND I didn't want to have to treat it with kid gloves. I LOVE MY HOT SHOWERS and I've washed it in just normal shower-temperature water. After washing I condition my scalp area/my hair with regular conditioner, and I spray a fabric softener/water mix on to the synth hair. Then I rinse the whole thing.

Pro Hair makes a "conditioning spray" that is supposedly also OK for real har, and I spray with that post-shower (I'm accustomed to some kind of post-shower treatment as we all are having worn human hair.)

I kind of comb the little bit of my hair that's visible, dry it, and let my scalp/synth hair dry naturally for a while. Then I dry my scalp with the dryer.

The synth hair dries quite quickly, and I kind of finger toss it, and brush it when it's dry. It is *VERY* responsive to brushing and just kind of twirling it around your hand or whatever. . . I didn't want it to be this curly forever but it sure is easy!!

Does this answer questions for now?? Bring 'em on!

-Fina

We seriously need a new icon for "sex on a stick"!

That's a good question: Are you sleeping with it in a braid or a bun?

Also, with the heat seals, do you have any idea how many were installed, or how many rows, etc., you have?

I cannot say enough about this haar--so awesome!!!

P.S.--Your before pic is exactly like how my hair looked when my fusion was removed, only mine looked quite a bit worse. :)

Fina Fina,

I LOOOOOOOOOOVE YOUR HAIR

That did it! I just ordered the PlastikHaar color ring with Priority (how many days will it take BTW?). I love the waves, I love how it looks on you and to me your picture does not look like you are wearing non-human hair; it just looks like really healthy shiny hair.


Jenny, what wave did you get?

Mine's the 50mm, which is looser, so you'll definitely want the 28mm. In fact, there are several curl patterns beyond those two, but I think you have to special order them.

I think PH priority is five days, but don't quote me on that....

:)

I just noticed that the weft did not have a curl option. I just emaled Sara to see if this is possible since I only wear clip-ons.

metalgirl, thats my understanding too, Prostyles is a 3 way braid and Dome is a four way braid. But Fina said that hers was done with a 'macrame' stitch and used a small amount of glue, so maybe Fina's stylist has modified the method with some of her own techniques.