Well, I get pinchbraids, but you can use virtually any method with it:
heat-seals, shrinkies, or extendtubes. Whatever you prefer. If you're
getting them done in a salon, I would opt for pinchbraids or
heat-seals. If you're DIY, I would order shrinkies or extendtubes.
:)
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thanx for the info =). Also, I prolly sound stupid again btu how did u install the PH? what method? Im clueless, sry if u hav answered this b4. thanx =)
Shel: Actually, when I said "blow out," I was just talking about
blowing the ends of the synth hair smooth, which is really easy and
you'll probably find helpful at some point while wearing synth. Doc's
tutorial is excellent: http://www.drlocks.net/straightsilkybraid/index.htm
Alexia: It's 50% Dome and 50% PlastikHaar, although I just got a new
install yesterday of 100% PlastikHaar (will post photos soon). My real
hair is a total mess: It's anywhere from 2 to 6 inches long, depending
on the part of head, but I had massive damage after hairlocs and GLs,
and now my hair underneath the braids is growing out well. (The hair on
top of my head has always been much more prone to breakage and is a
nightmare.)
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Gosh! Im so going to install PH in my own hair! I can't believe how beautiful the hair looks at 9 weeks as its much better than standard HH would look like around 9 weeks.
Only 1 thing. Whats involved in a blow out?
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I know I sound really stupid for asking because it was probably already answered =P but what type of hair do u have in in these pictures and what methods, etc. =) I would really like to know it looks AWESOME =). Im experimenting with extensions and wanted to know what you had because my results from experimenting are nothing that great. So anyway it would be wonderful if u could help =) oOo, I ddont want u 2 answer if u dont want 2 and also where does your natural hair fall? This is the best install Ive seen and I cant even tell slightly where your hair might be. Thanx, AlexiA
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Also...keep in mind that everyone seems to do their own different sizes on pinchbraids, box braids, etc. You can ask to have them made smaller and your stylist should be able to make them as small as you like...it'll just take a bit longer. I'm sure if you ask, your stylist would work with you to figure out what works best for you...pinchbraids don't have to be big. :)
Jenny, your hair does look great and Issac is awesome!
But, I have to admit that I'm not a big fan of pinchbraids. They are too big. Bridget used to do my hair years ago with loose human hair using the 4 box braid, spirit gum, and heat sealed it with synth. Then I got my hair done by hairpolice and I'm not as crazy about string as much as I am with the heat seal.
Jenny, the upside is that pinchbraid is retightening and reusable; whereas heat seal is disposable hair. So basically it is what's most important to you.
I vote heat seal over string {my hair, my opinion}. Plus synth hair is soooooo cheap!
Right now my two bottom rows are weaves and the rest are pinchbraids. The only reason I have weaves on the bottom is for the extra length on the human hair and because I have this habit of constantly picking my hair out of my pinchbraids. I agree with all the comments about weaves damaging your hair more and also being more difficult to style. I still wear my hair in pigtails and ponytails, but I'm not really concerned with concealing my extensions, but I do prefer pinchbraids showing instead of wefts. Even with the HairPolice technique, where extra hair is added to the cornrow and it's anchored in spots, it can still cause damage...especially on bleached hair. Personally, I prefer the piecey look on myself...I get frustrated when the weft parts wont separate like the rest of my hair.
Jenny: I think your hair looks great, and I agree that making the braids smaller would probably help. :)
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Well, you wouldn't necessarily have to have them be heat-seals; my
point is that they're so un-piecey because they're so small.
Teeny-weeny pinchbraids would have the same effect.
Also, here's another monkey wrench to throw in the mix:
I think Rae mentioned that the reason Boogiemama's installs look so awesome is the heat seals method she uses makes the connections VERY very small - maybe that would work for you? The problem is finding a stylist to do it and that would mean leaving Isaac, which is almost unthinkable. But...an idea.
Yeah, like everything with else, the wefts seem like a trade-off. In
general, I do love the pinchbraids; my only complaint at this point is
the pieceiness, and perhaps that's just unavoidable. I counted, and I
have 100 PBs. I wonder if 150 slightly smaller braids would work
better.... It is much better than last time, when I only had 80 of
them. And it wasn't too piecey until fairly recently. I think they
become more piecey as the hair grows from the root (as you can see,
there's no pieciness when I'm holding the hair in a ponytail).
Again, this PlastikHaar is phenomenal. For my new install, we're using
Perlweiss and Gwen Blonde (a custom mix of Perlweiss, Seiden, and
Vanille). Yummy!
:)
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Jenny how does your hair take to microrings? I'm wearing
microringed tracks right now and they are so flat. I know you had
hairlocs (eurolocs) issues but all squishy metallic rings are not
created equal. Anyhow, you could always do two layers of tracks
but have them split down the middle if you wanted to be able to part
your hair down the center (I think I may try this in the future).
so
so the umm lines are tracks and the x's are pinchbraids.
though I don't think there is anything at all wrong with your
hair. But I understand that you notice a lot of things others
won't and you want to feel the best you can about your hair so you will
keep trying different things til you find perfection in your
opinion not just ours.
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Syren: I have no idea. But yeah, I would imagine cornrows. I love the pinchbraid method, but the pieceiness drives me batty. I wonder if a track or two, combined with pinchbraids for the rest of the hair, would fix the problem. Again, it wasn't too piecey for the first month or so; it gets worse as they grow out.
Anyone else have these issues with strand-by-strand methods?
:)
Jenny-
I would discourage you from getting wefts for a number of reasons. Yes, PB's can look a little piecey if too much hair is used per braid or there are simply not enough braids. I think your hair looks fabulous and IMO you have virtually no pieceiness. Your hair already looks as full as it would with wefts, so why mess with a good thing? Wefts are soo much harder to work with, they itch, they can smell, they look a little funky if they are "peeking through," and I also think wefts can look a little too "wiggy". No to mention they limit your styling options. I had wefts combined with PB's about five years ago, and even with the microwefts I could not wear two braids or pigtails, basically any style that involves a part down the center of your head. At least if a PB shows, it looks cute and funky, not so with wefts.
I do not care what anyone says, I feel wefts do damage your hair more than PB's. I thought I would be able to grow mine out by wearing extensions. Basically, I gained no length at all after wearing wefts for a year (I even had it tightened every 10 weeks to avoid matting) so I had Hair Police take them out and cut my hair to my shoulders because it was definitely thinner after wearing them for so long. On the other hand, I have worn a 3/4 head of PB's for a span of a year or longer, with no adverse effects. I was actually able to grow my hair while wearing them. Just my two cents, I think your hair looks beautiful as is.
2C-Fine-Normal, 23 inches wavy Base of ponytail circumference: 4 inches
Goal: BSL, Approximately 2 to 3 inches from current length
From what I've dealt with wefts, I think I'm completely over it. Like Scoth said, they feel like a huge mass stuck to your head, and they itch like crazy!!! I'd only use it for like someone for prom or whatever, not longterm.........
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; whereas heat seal is disposable hair. So basically it is what's most important to you.
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