playing with OPH again

I think I paid $12.99 for my pack.  Go to the Zury website's store locator.  The place they listed near me carried the OPH 18" weft in every color they make.  (Also, do a search on OPH and you should find my previous posts on the subject.)

After a week and a half, the OPH is holding up quite well. I lost one shrinkie, but it wasn't very well cooked.  (By the way, I used Doc's shrinkies, and now I really want some of Amm's black shrinkies instead.)  I don't do much to my hair by way of styling. I think I flat ironed it once because my hair had a few kinks in it.  I do wash it every other day.  The ends still look great.

The hair feels a little bit different than my real hair, but I haven't run into anyone with even an inkling that the front is extensions.

Unfortunately, I'm not a good guinea pig for the ladies who get a lot of use out of their curling irons.  And I've also learned that using products that are oily will make the hair very piece-y.  I like the Pink Luster Oil Sheen spray (it's called something like that).  My real hair absorbs it (and feels super soft!), but the OPH does not.  OPH just wants a little bit of conditioner to be happy.

Three week update!

The OPH held up well.  The ends were a tiny bit frizzy, but it wasn't enough for me to trim them or try to straighten them.  However, I am fairly gentle on my extensions as I do not heat-style.  It did tend to tangle more easily than my real hair, though probably not moreso than other synth hair.

Anyway, I decided to take them out because I have a bad habit of playing with the shrinkies.  I used my Pink's Luster Spray Glosser, which is mostly a variety of oils, to remove the shrinkies.  I actually discovered this by accident a month or two ago.  I saturated the shrinkies with the oil and worked them out in about 20 minutes.  (There were only 17 to remove.)  I shampooed twice, and my hair is now oil, shrinkie, and residue-free.  However, if I use shrinkies anywhere near my hairline again, I'm getting some of Amm's black shrinkies.

I didn't use any heat.  I had a couple of stubborn ones that I was about heat up my iron for, but then they worked loose.  I should probably also mention that I made latex tips, and the oil started to dissolve the tips, too, allowing more wiggle room to remove the shrinkie.  You really have to work the oil into each one, though.  I think it would take a while to remove a whole headfull.  Also, Amm's remover might work better, but what I already had got the job done.