Blond fusion install *pics*

This is what I did yesterday. She had sooo thick hair that I really had trouble blending it, but I think it was ok in the end.
I would have liked to worked with it some more, but it was allready late and she had 5 hours of trainride home, and she was tired (so was I, this install took 6 hours. Danm, I gotta work on my speed).

Do you have any comments on this?
Anything I could do better?

I know i doesn´t blend well in the front, but her hair was damaged and frizzy from colouring and the extensions are soft and shiny.

And she wouldnt allow me to razor it much beacuse she wanted as thick hair as possible.
I put in over 200 strands of hair, and I could have put in more, but she wanted to go home.

I hope it will blend better after a few washes. She lives 5 hours away from me, so I don´t think I will se her untill she is having the next install (if she wan´t me to do it ofcourse ).

The closer to the scalp the better.If you start with too much space then thats less time you will be able to wear them..And I agree I am still fascinated by fusion.Always wanted to try it,but I always chicken out.Fusion glue seems alot harder to get out than shrinkie glue,lol.

What a pretty girl.the install looks pretty good.Maybe since she lives so far away,and wants fullness faster put in wefts with either LG or protac.You could get alot of hair in quickly.Strand by strand is hard to blend with short hair.You really have to go up as far as you can.I know since my hair is the exact same length as hers.Me and hubby used 300 strands last time.which was down from the 400 we used before that,lol.Another thing Curling it will make it look loads thicker.

Great job,by the way.I didnt even know  you did extensions.I blame my horrible memory.Good luck.I bet you'll have many happy customers.

Longhairdreams wrote: Maybe since she lives so far away,and wants fullness faster put in wefts with either LG or protac.You could get alot of hair in quickly. [....] Curling it will make it look loads thicker. Great job,by the way.I didnt even know  you did extensions.I blame my horrible memory.Good luck.I bet you'll have many happy customers.

I´ll try suggesting wefts if she comes back (I think she will. I got a message from her, that when she went to work that night as a bartender she got a LOT of tips ).

I have made extensions for friend for some time, but now I have just started out doing it for others.
This first month my costumers only pay the price of the hair, so I can get pictures in my galleri fast. I havent desidet what to charge later.
I am a terrible buisnesswoman, I allways ending up giving everything away .

Edit to say that i tryed to talk her in letting me make curls on her, but she refused. She liked the straight hair. What a shame , I really think it would look god on her with curls.

I'm not suprised she got alot of tips.You did a great job with the little time you had.

And I understand.Stick straight hair is very popular.I rarely see people with curly hair.And if I do its only because its natural and the person doesnt care that day,lol.

Was that hair alrealdy tipped. It looks really thin. You did a beautiful job. And don't shoot yourself down, your doing a good job by trying to becoming established. In the area where I live,a small town, I will probably charge anywhere from $250 and up. I have been advertising on the radio for the past two weeks and I haven't gotten any responses yet, just questions. I just started promoting hair fusion in my salon. It takes time. Maybe you should charge half of what someone else in your area would charge.

Shiry

Shirilyn wrote: Was that hair alrealdy tipped. It looks really thin. You did a beautiful job. And don't shoot yourself down, your doing a good job by trying to becoming established. In the area where I live,a small town, I will probably charge anywhere from $250 and up. I have been advertising on the radio for the past two weeks and I haven't gotten any responses yet, just questions. I just started promoting hair fusion in my salon. It takes time. Maybe you should charge half of what someone else in your area would charge. Shiry

Thank you for your feedback, I apreciate it .

BirdOfEden wrote: Synne wrote: BirdOfEden wrote: Actually, it is not good to put the bonds too close to the scalp.  For one, it causes the bonds to stick out instead of lie flat which in some cases can make them easier to spot (especially if you have thin hair or haven't washed it for a few days).  There is also less ease movement so when you do ordinary things that might cause the bond to need to move (like brushing hair, laying down on your pillow) when the bond moves it becomes painful and actually pulls out pieces of your own hair.  Its best to have the bonds installed at least 3/4" That is funny, because my experience on my own DIY installs, that it have been the bonds that are longer from the scalp, that I lost and that have my own hair still attached to it. The ones close to the scalp stay put. I wonder why that is? Probably because when your hair grows and bonds are further away from the scalp, it's easier to get the bristles of your brush stuck between your hairs and it breaks them.  That's probably why you see damage when the bonds are further away from the scalp.  It's easier to do.   However, when the bonds are too close to the scalp it creates a constant tension on the hairs that are being pulled together so tightly.  Then when you lay down on them, or pull them in any direction while stlying, there is no "give" for them to change directions and your natural hairs pop right out of your scalp.  Whereas, if you had placed the bond a little away from the scalp, there would be room for the bonds to be moved without creating too much tension and pulling hair from the scalp.  It's difficult to explain without being able to visually illustrate, but I wore fusion for a year and have experienced firsthand the effects of bonds close to the scalp as well as bonds further away.  I think that actually wearing extensions, you notice many things that might normally go unnoticed.

I know exactly what you mean , but this experience I had with the bond far away from the scalp, was a freshly installed fusionbond, that had slidded down while I was installing it , at then I was to lacy to do it over again (is was only my own hair ).
One day, a few days later, that bond was in my brush when I was brushing the lengths of my hair, and it had allmost all my own hair still attached to the bond .

But I hear you about the pulling isue. I will deff. make them a little longer from the scalp next time. Thank god my "costumers" are aware that they are used as models and getting-better heads .

TanglesRC wrote: i would suggust making the sections real clean and square so that there are no stray hairs pulling from either direction which could cause breakage.

Square sections .. tjeck .