PH Pinchbraids Pix

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   Hi gals!  Update time.

Pinchbraid count:  Closest I can get is around 150, maybe a few more.  I lost count alot since many parts of my head are not installed in perfect rows but are scattered. Some areas are more densely braided than others, too. Hard to keep track but 150 + or - about 10 feels right. 

Pinchbraids feel fine.  I've only had one "blowout" and that was the night I got home...brushing hair and a strand just came right out.  Since then, some shedding is going on (which confuses me...how can the hair shed?  It's doubled over and braided in...hmmm), but the braids are holding tight as ever.  I cannot feel them pulling on my scalp at all - in that respect, it's as if they aren't there.  And talk about invisible!  Even though the braids are big by attachment standards (vs. say shrinkies), you can't even see them - my hair covers and blends with them totally.  There are some braids on the sides that are maybe 1" in from my hairline and you can't even see those.  This method really far less detectible than I thought it would be.  I think the dark hair helps, tho.

Monday I thought maybe the whole thing was too bulky.  Today, not so much. I think it's 2 things: getting used to the new attachment method, and the fact that it's 4 bags of hair!  Granted, a lot got cut off, but what's braided into my hair is 4 bags of PH!  Serina insisted that putting in all that hair is the only way to make it look natural and not piecey, and she's right. Once my own hair grows, less total hair will be necessary.  I've got to say...more hair means less mullet, and I have NO mullet effects.

$400 is a good price for a full head, amm.  After my install, I see Serina raised her price to $475 and up (not including hair) for a full head.  It's a lot of work for the stylist, so I don't think that's unreasonable, and therefore $400 is totally reasonable!  I say do it up there, save yourself some $ and a long drive.  The results will be the same and you will be stoked beyond your wildest dreams.

I can totally see this method staying in and looking good well into 2 months.  For me, that's an eternity and totally liberating.  Jacking around maintaining my hair gets exhausting, and when things start to fall apart and needing maintenance, it looks really bad. With pinchbraids, it doesn't deteriorate - just grows out over time.  I'm loving that.

PH so far is awesome. It acts much more like hh than I thought it would - I have to brush it through several times a day, it gets cranky like hh does by late afternoon, then after some tlc at home, it's beautiful again!  When I brush the underlayers, I brush it pretty hard like I do my own hair, and those pinchbraids don't budge.  I know I'd lose a few shrinkies or fusion bonds brushing like this, but not with PBs.  They are truly the answer for me.

So far, everything the PB pioneers have said is true.  They are great.

Edited by Syren123