I just got a message from Aphrodite.. (checking messages while on vacation!!)
Here's the word..
E-mail from Aphrodite wrote:
I plan to address the shedding issue with my supplier ASAP....
...Please convey on the boards that I am aware of this, and am hot on a solution.
Please contact Aphrodite if you are having issues with the your diva hair.. Apparently my hair is part of a bad batch.. She's gonna take care of me.. Aphrodite is VERY cool, and I am confident that she is gonna make this right..
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It's a new processed texture that's some of the curliest Indian Remy I've personally seen. This is from the same EP supplier so I know they can get it. Maybe they don't have much demand for it or maybe they're lining up to get it?
I'll find out Saturday.. I'm going on another reconnaisance mission for the girls on BHM to checkout all the different curly textures..
amm wrote:
On the topic of wefting, I'm not a fan of the zig zag or hand-tied because of the gapping between hair strands
Amen.. I'm not fond of wefts you can't cut, but I have been reconsidering my position on this in the name of my "hair research"
amm wrote:
A well-constructed weft that needs no additional work is a beautiful thing. :)
You can say that again!!!
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Don't know what their replacement is for the softwear line..
They have a number of options ... like this:
It's a new processed texture that's some of the curliest Indian Remy I've personally seen. This is from the same EP supplier so I know they can get it. Maybe they don't have much demand for it or maybe they're lining up to get it?
On the topic of wefting, I'm not a fan of the zig zag or hand-tied because of the gapping between hair strands:
EP sealed that weft so there's little to no shedding but it needs to be doubled/tripled over for a full look.
The no-shed/no beard flex wefts (like on EP and Elite) have that full flow coming right out of it so you're wearing full hair from tip to end:
A well-constructed weft that needs no additional work is a beautiful thing. :)
here's a ?...i know over on the BHM boards many of the ladies who wear lacefronts use "knot sealer" to keep the LF's from shedding. i wonder if something like that would work on a weft? i'm not sure how it dries, i assume clear or it would show on a LF also? i don't know much about it other than it is a spray, not a tube of glue.
perhaps diva (or someone who is a member of both bhm and this board) could pose that question over there?
I posed the weft sealing question on BHM recently.. NO ONE suggested the knot sealer.. but I've looked into it myself because I was thinking the same thing.. The application would be difficult because it is a spray, and it eventually has to be reapplied..
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I to have purchase remy hair on the hand tied weft. The hair is simply gorgeous, but I will not be using the hair again. The hair matted at the root and it did shed a lot. The beard hair matted, the hair was unmanegable and very tangled. The hair is already thin , so I used 8oz and it still did not look full enough. I guess I was just used to the commercial hair. I changed my client's hair three times. I didn't order the hair from Aphrodite. The hair is beautiful don't get me wrong, but different strokes for different folks.
Don't know what their replacement is for the softwear line.. They've always had the Italian remy hair.. The first hair I bought from them was custom hair (color texture, etc).. The hair I JUST purchased is from their ready made line.. If they had had relaxed textured hair three years ago, I would have bought it instead of custom hair.. If your concern is weft bulk, don't worry.. The regular wefts are not bulky and lay very flat..
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I hear you on the EP! Gonna start saving now... BTW do you know what their replacement for the micro wefts is? Is it the Italian? Wonder why they discontinued the micro wefts?
Sewin in a track of my old Bohyme to Fluff up my weave as I type
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When you get to talk with her, please give me the 411. I chose to buy her hair (which isnt inexpensive by the oz btw) so that I could wear my weave a bit longer than the 3 wks I have been getting with other hair. At this rate of shed, I could have just as easily bought a POUND of Indianhairs for what I paid for this, and prolly had it last longer!
Im gonna be sad this lovely hair didnt last!
Absolutely.. I will keep you posted..
Honestly so far the ONLY hair I know of (and have worn) which lasts for YEARS is Extension Plus.. That hair BARELY sheds.. It is expensive, but if you consider the LOW shedding and the reusablity of the hair (due to the LOW shedding..) well it is worth the money IMO..
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here's a ?...i know over on the BHM boards many of the ladies who wear lacefronts use "knot sealer" to keep the LF's from shedding. i wonder if something like that would work on a weft? i'm not sure how it dries, i assume clear or it would show on a LF also? i don't know much about it other than it is a spray, not a tube of glue.
perhaps diva (or someone who is a member of both bhm and this board) could pose that question over there?
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When you get to talk with her, please give me the 411. I chose to buy her hair (which isnt inexpensive by the oz btw) so that I could wear my weave a bit longer than the 3 wks I have been getting with other hair. At this rate of shed, I could have just as easily bought a POUND of Indianhairs for what I paid for this, and prolly had it last longer!
Im gonna be sad this lovely hair didnt last!
-I used to have super powers but my therapist took them away
I asked Aphrodite what I could use to seal the wefts becuase in my past experience with zig-zag wefts the ends would shed where you would cut them. She told me to use fray check, so I applied it to one side of the weft and now I have a wondeful white line at the top, it did not dry clear like the tube says that it will. I have not cut anything yet, but I am wanting to trim the beard, as I am worried that it will get really itchy.
I am going to run the brush thru the hair right now and see if the shedding is any better after I fray-checked it.
I guess I'm spoiled after using EP hair.. I didn't have to seal ANYTHING.. and the hair BARELY sheds.. So I was willing to put up with A LITTLE shedding (like my current RK hair) but not shedding like this . I brush it, run my fingers through it, and keep hoping it's just the loose hair from the wefting process, and it will slow down.. So far this hair, while EXTREMELY gorgeous, doesn't look like it will last through the 2-3 months I normally wear my weave..
I would try sealing the wefts, but I don't like sealing wefts, and I don't think I should HAVE to just to use hair.. Takes too much time, and the success rates are inconsistent using the current methods for sealing wefts.. So far the most popular methods all have too many cons (turning white, not holding up if you use oil based products on your hair, cracking & peeling, not flexible, etc).
I did a side by side test of most of the suggested weft sealing products on some old His & Hers handtied hair I had lying around.. I got the most reported drawbacks using all of these methods.. I even tested vinyl glue because I hear that Bliss uses some sort of awesome vinyl glue to seal their wefts.. The vinyl glue didn't work.. It would get soft and sticky when wet, and the water seem to weaken it.. so imagine washing your hair with this stuff on the wefts...
I'm going to speak with Aphrodite.. She's really all about having the best products, and her customer service is ON THE MONEY.. I'm sure she will work this out..
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I asked Aphrodite what I could use to seal the wefts becuase in my past experience with zig-zag wefts the ends would shed where you would cut them. She told me to use fray check, so I applied it to one side of the weft and now I have a wondeful white line at the top, it did not dry clear like the tube says that it will. I have not cut anything yet, but I am wanting to trim the beard, as I am worried that it will get really itchy.
I am going to run the brush thru the hair right now and see if the shedding is any better after I fray-checked it.
gsimilie; It's nice to know someone else has a hairy floor. My problem isn't shedding wefts...I have no one to blame but myself...and maybe some expired monkey barrz glue.
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It looks amazing gsmilie!!! I just want to touch it!
Itgrrrl- sorry to hear about that. It looks really amazing though! I'm
wondering if we talk to aphrodite about it, maybe she has some
solutions? I hope the shedding stops! Not just a hair bathroom floor, but
it clogging your shower and sliding down your legs in the shower, eww....
Now I know about THAT firsthand!! (and so does my maintenance
man!! )
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Itgrrl, Did you Fray-check the whole length of the weft or just the ends where you had to cut it? If you did the whole length, did you do both sides or just one?
Oh, I hope the shedding ends soon for you!! There is nothing worse then having a hairy bathroom floor. I know that first hand!!
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no nits but shells- oh no way!!!
Ok, so I do know that nits and nit shells are the same thing, I was just typing really fast.
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E-mail from Aphrodite wrote:
. I brush it, run my fingers through it, and keep hoping it's just the loose hair from the wefting process, and it will slow down.. So far this hair, while EXTREMELY gorgeous, doesn't look like it will last through the 2-3 months I normally wear my weave..
