Had my Consult

hi guys,

I had my consult yesterday for Great Lengths and am getting them put in next Monday!!.  The extensionist was wonderful and her before and afters were impressive.

 She is going to use 16' hair in three different colors.  The total will be $1800 but i feel it is worth it. 

She said because of my a-line bobbed cut she will use about 7 bundles to blend it in and may have to cut some of my own hair through the sides a little to blend.  She said she also breaks apart some of the strands so it is not so thick in certain areas of my head.

I get all of the Great Lengths hair products included.  I noticed the brush was boar bristle, don't I need a special looped one? And I also forgot to ask her how to wasg my hair before the install?  could someone please give me some advice on this?  Also , is the Anti tap a must do after each wash? Does it really make a difference? I have a water softener installed in my house..just curious

Thanks,

 

K

1800 is cheap for Great Lengths I was quoted $4500 for a partial.

Metalgirl there should be more people like you in this world. I mean extensionist are ripping people off every day. I went the a salon in my area about 2 years back and was quoted 400 for a sew-in, and that's NOT with the hair.

Why is it so bad to leave the extensions in for 6 months?  I mean what would it physically do to my own hair?  She told me 4-6 months for sure.  She has them in her own hair and they have been in for 5 months.  I didn't think they looked bad at all.  Please advise..

thanks girls , this board has been so wonderful .

 

PS  I definetly will take b/a pics to show.  It is fun watching others post theirs as well.

K

pinkplatinum wrote: The total will be $1800

DAAAAAAAAAAMN
that's like a car.

Edited by AmethystKat

I have great lengths as well and six months is the maximum you get if you care really well for your hair... at least that´s what my hairdresser says. of course the bondings grow out and it depends which ones you have... GL has different ones corresponding to fine and thick hair. the ones least visible are the ones attached to fine hair and they are tiny if you cut the bonding in half (my hairdresser did this on all-ask-maybe she does it for you or you can do it yourself). then it depends how much hair covers the bondings, if it is very little - which will probably be the case since you have rather short hair - they can be seen more easily... so it depends on the styling.

one problem you have if you keep the extensions in too long: the hair above the bonding gets thinner with the time plus the weight increases only because the bondings are further away from the hairroot, so the more time you have the extensions in the more weight the bondings have to carry. you need to keep your hair really well detangled for this to work, because with tangles you rip out more hair. never leave cour hair around the bondings airdry, because this is the way you get most tangles. think about good conditioners, if you don´t want to use the GL stuff-for me the kerastase deep conditioning works well. also from time to time look at the bondings and if you find some where the hair has really gotten thin above the bonding have it removed by your hairdresser or you will risk having it pulled out.

last go for cleaning cuts every 6 weeks or so... that way hair gets less tangled as well and you don´t rip it by brushing.

about the brush... the one you have works good for me. always hold you r hair though when you brush it, so no pressure comes on the bondings...

sorry about my english, I´m from Germany so I´m fighting a little...

have fun with your extensions and please post a picture-I would love to see how it turned out as I have GL myself.
pat

aimee wrote: how can the prizes be so different for the same thing

Comission! If someone is working in a salon that is based of comission(let's say 50/50)...they have to mark up in order to make it worth their while. If they charged $400 dollars for labor, they would only get about $200 for their labor...which is ABSOLUTELY not worth it! In that amount of time, generally 4 hours, you would make more doing cuts or color services...plus more heads= more tips!

That reason is why I left my last salon of 5 years to go solo...booth rent. I know for a fact that my old salon will mark up GL hair 100% and he still takes his %55! How's that for rape? Damn bastard!

Do NOT leave any kind of extensions in for more than 3 months!

Our natural hair sheds every day, we all know that because we see the hairs in the shower drain, the hair brush, etc.  Well, when you have hair extensions in, your natural hair within the bonds still sheds, but can't fall away, since it's bonded with the extension hair. This will cause 2 things to happen if you leave in extensions for more than 3 months:

*Those naturally shed hairs that are caught up in the extension bond will start to form a dread at the root area

*The extension bond after 3 months is now hanging by many fewer hairs per bond because of the hair that's been naturally shed.  Let's see, heavy bond dangling by a few hairs, sounds like a good way to get breakage to me...

Your stylist told you the same GL LIE that the company GL trains their people to say, that you can wear these things for a period longer than 3 months.

  You see, GL just wants to be able to  over charge innocent consumers like you, and the only way to get people to pay these ridiculous prices is to tell them they can keep these extensions in longer than what 'professional' , non GL extensionists agree is safe for the natural hair.

If you wear these things for 4 months, you will see some damage.  If you wear these things for 6 months, I'd bet dollars to donuts your natural hair will be a disaster.

Procede with caution!

Edited by metalgirl

well, makes complete sense that no one would sell them as "ok, total price is 1,800.00, and you can only have them for 3 months-at best- then you have to come in and pay me almost that much again to redo them. See you in a few weeks!"  The company wouldn't make quite as much that way I assume.

thanks for all your input and advice everyone.  we will see how the hair does after three months.  I don't want my hair damaged in any way. 

She called to tell me my hair arrived today.  I asked her about washing it before the install.  she said she would do all of that for me.

i also ordered one of those looped brushes from haircandy.com , just in case...

i will post b/a pics when i get them in. i'm so excited about monday!!!!

 

k