pinchbraids are very secure although the method does require some practice. Hand fusion works for some people, although many people report a lot of shedding with that method.
I'm not sure about the pinchbraiding, my natural hair is very thin and the extension bonds poke out a lot, I think braids would be even more obvious! I'm going to try to pretip with adhesive lined shr*****s. Hopefully that will take care of the shedding problem!!!! Thanks for you advise!
When using wefted hair there's a trick for disguising extensions by coloring the roots of the extension darker. I really prefer using wefts for fine and thin hair. You can move them down below the occipital bone and that leaves a lot of your own hair to cover. Sometimes strand by strand is the best pick, and other times wefted works best. It depends on the stylist (extensionist) and what she feels most comfortable with, and what she belives will work best for you.
I think it is REALLY important to let the extensionist pick the best method for her client. I used to let people tell me the method they wanted. Then I realized clients get just as pissed off if there's a problem no matter who decided on the method.
mokipono, what do you use to color the 'roots' of the extension hair on wefts? I have tried doing this with several brands of dye and fabric dye, and can never get the track to accept the color.
I think I will be pretipping myself. The problem is the girl who does my extensions doesn't have any experience with wefts. Plus the hair I have is bulk russian hair so I wouldn't want to through it away, but I would need to get it micro wefted.
Also, my hair is naturally dark brown so when it grows out, I don't have the problem of my roots showing, although I would love to go blonde again! Do you dye the wefted part for blondes because their regrowth is darker?
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I just had my extensions intalled. I pretipped it myself with an extension wand and keratin glue, it was sooooo easy! I just dropped a pellet on the wand and it took about two seconds to melt. Then I took the strand of hair and clamped the wand down on the root end. I made sure the glue was saturating all of the strands.
I have not had one hair shed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sooooo excited to finally be able to have my hair stay as full as the day installed. My husband is happy because there is not hair in his food, on the floor, in our bed, clogging the drains........
Yes-- Heather is our master pinchbraid artist for us east coasters! She travels to NYC quite often and sometimes Vegas. Google Black Cherry Salon in Atlanta and you will find contact info. Pinchbraids are great...especially if you have bulk hair to install. But it is IMPERATIVE that you find a really accomplished pinchbraider. Otherwise, the braids will slip out by the tons. The first install is somewhat painful....lol. But after that, they are a breeze and I simply LOVE them!
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