I bought this book from the site and the copyright laws state that it cannot be send electronically aswell as all the other ways photocopying etc...... be careful
Hey everyone take a look at this I found it on the web then someone sent me an email about it!!
http://www.hairxtensions.cjb.net/
I have the Hair Additions book, and it's pretty good, but a little dated. It has a lot of info, but it doesn't list anything about shrinkies or any type of micro ring application. I think it was written in the late 80's early 90's. (all the models have 80's hair dos!- There's even a guy that they bond wefts onto and give him a mullet!)
Seriously! The same one that's in your sig. I read it and wa slike, "Where have I seen that before? Oh yeah!"
Oh, and Kate, I didn't buy that book- I forgot the name, but you know,
the one you posted on the hairboard. I thought I was getting it for my
birthday but then got something else instead! I still want it, and will
get it once I've got a bit of money (or when the pound stops kicking
the dollar's ass).
Another great book- mostly for stylists, but it explains a lot of
techniques in great detail, so would be good for the curious customer-
is the Pivot Point Hair Additions book. It's meant as a textbookfor the
extensions course at the Pivot Point beauty school, and it's super
in-depth and has nearly everything photographed in great detail and is
generally awesome. It covers every single form of braiding, latex glue,
fusion, I believe heat-sealed, and a bunch else. The only thing it
doesn't have is pinchbraids, but I forgive them. :) You can usually
find it on eBay, or I believe his&her has it in their Books and
Videos section.
They list my website under the 'websites with good info section?' That's a shocker to me! I never even heard of the book until that client brought it to the consultation. I just had the book forwarded to me, so obviously I'm going to check that out!
I guess I'm glad that they think my website has good info, though, because I tried to put a lot of info on it.
I just forwarded a bunch of copies out to you all. I think that I missed someone, Sansconformist? Where do you want me to send it? What about you, Metalgirl, it was your topic..
And boy, am I glad I didn't pay for this. It's poorly written (two
sentences about "infusion" in the second paragraph of chapter 2 which
contradict each other), inaccurate (toyokalon is NOT higher quality
than kanekalon, and they have shrinkies and microrings confused as if
they're the same thing), and the chapter on attachment exhibits a sheer
lack of comprehension on pinchbraiding- they call it the "filament
string" method, and say it's done by attaching the extension hair to a
string, and the attaching the string to the hair. Aside from
being wrong, their explanation doesn't actually tell you -how- it's
attached...despite mentioning Melissa from Hairpolice in the credits.
Oh yeah, and they make the skin-weft/invisible weft method sound like a
surgical skin graft, instead of sticking some tape onto your scalp. It
also claims that the ChrissyV system can last for up to a year. I think
they confused the -hair- lasting up to a year with the extensions
lasting that long.
The book also validates some of the untrue claims that various
companies make. They profile about thirty companies who produce
extension materials, and of the fifteen or so that do fusion, they say
things like "causes no damage" or even more hilariously, "non-glue".
Now, I know many people do use fusion successfully withno damage, but
many also have serious damage form it, so it's incorrect to say it
causes no damage. And to say that fusion isn't glue...well, that's just
falling for the companies' sales gibberish.
By the way, metalgirl, you're listed in the "websites with good info" section. Small world!
To a complete newbie, I think this book would be valuable in the sense
that it has a lot of information concentrated in one place. But the
information is nothing that can't be found for free on the web. The
Extensions 101 thread, in my opinion, rivals this book in its
informativeness. Were the book free, I would think it was a incomplete
source, useful when combined with the input of other pages and forums.
But charging $10 for it is like selling ice to an Eskimo.
Sorry ladies, I wasn't online since yesterday morning. I'd be happy to email it to anyone that still wants it. I know Elvira offered before, sorry it took so long to respond.
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I just forwarded a bunch of copies out to you all. I think that I missed someone, Sansconformist? Where do you want me to send it? What about you, Metalgirl, it was your topic..
Seriously Sherrie, you are so right. Did anyone end up buying that Xtensions book that was for sale at Amazon that one of the U.K. girls was talking about?
that was me, and i think rae bought the book. Its really informative, the lady who wrote it was working at antenna where hair extensions were first done. It has picture diagrams of where to place extensions and stuff.. i have nothing to do tonight so if anyone wants to know anything in particular i will scan that section and post it :)
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