WaWa Install

Oh that was interesting...learning how to re-create my loose curly goodness that I like so well! First I tried my normal curling iron that I use on HH....my 5/8 iron...whoa I ended up with tight spirals that would not loosen like HH and would not comb out brush out or wash out...LOL. The only way to get the curl out was to flatiron it out! I tried several sizes or irons and my hotrollers and couldnt recreate my curl. Finally I found that my 1 inch curling iron worked beautifully, I wet the hair to curl it. Take much bigger sections than I would with HH...hold the iron in the hair until really good and HOT...about 30 seconds. Then carefully slide the curl off the iron and clip it til cool....dont let the hot curl fall or straighten or you lose the curl. (I went out today and bought a professional iron so it wont take as long per curl.) But what I really like is that after I showered today I stepped out of the showere with a head full of curls! And thats after sleeping with my hair in pulled back with 3 scrunchies down the length. Those pictures above were taken today with only a brief iron touch up of a few curls here and there! LOVE that!

gsmile I have done bonded wefts so many times that I know exactly the size of each row. But if you arent exact you can always trim to fit. Just make them a little longer than you think you need....you may loose a little trimming to fit..but heck the wawa is cheap!

Ok....here are the install details:

I used WaWa thermal. In straight wefts. Color #613. I previously blended various shades of 613/27 into pretips for shrinkies which I shrinkied onto the wefts. The 613 alone is WAY to light for me, but with the blended tips added on it is YUMMY I love the color, it looks so natural, the highlights the lowlights....This was so easy...I shrinkied on the blended strands of prior to install. I just pushpinned the premeasured wefts to my cardboard and plugged away at the shrinkie installation while watching TV...man this is easy compared to doing it on the head! LOL

I did not use the sandwich technique this time except on the top row. LG/sandwich method lasts for approx 7 weeks on my head. (My last install, the RK hair was shot and my LG bonds were still strong at 5 weeks, and its harder to get the LG out when the bonds are still striong and secure)...so not knowing how long the wawa will hold up, I thought it might be best NOT to sandwich. Will be an easier removal if the hair only lasts a short time. It was about an hour and a half install....easy breezy. (although the shrinkie bit took a little time prior to install)

This was one full weft of the wawa plus about 100 pretips.