Install of Elite Thermo

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   Hi, I thought that I would post my Elite Thermo instalation that I did last Monday.  I used the 5/27/33 blend.  When the hair arrived I had a hard time believing that it really was "plastic" hair, it felt so soft and "REAL".  The weft it's self is very small and thin with no beard.  I washed the hair before I installed it just to see if it would get all "yucky" before I put it in and to make sure that nothing was on the weft preventing it from sticking to the pro-tacks. 

Anyways, instalation went very easy.  I did notice that the tapes did not want to stick to the hair it's self and I was worried that after my first washing it would all slip out, but surprisingly it did not.  The tapes are really secure to the weft.  I also found out the hard way that this hair is pretty fine, meaning you have to double up the wefts to get the hair to look natural.  I relized this after I had installed the hair, I did not double up any of the wefts.  I also felt that this color was a little too dark for me, so I took a weft of some indian hair that I have, in a reddish, copper color  and added that at mid head point.  That did the trick for creating fullness, but I still think that the color is just too dark for me.  Anyways, here is a pic of what I ended up with.

So I cut about 4 inches off the length, and it falls just at my bra strap.  I have tried a couple of different ways to curl this hair and I am still trying to figure it out.  At first I sprayed the length and wraped it around my curling iron barrel, well that didn't work work beans!!  I ran out of time so I just tried to curl the ends under and that seemed to work out just fine.  The next day I had a little more time and tried the barrel thing again and that worked better if I got the hair really wet, but it caused the curl to fall quickly.  So the Third day, I added the indian hair and took the Thermo hair and twisted it in small sections and ran my flat iron over the small twist, that worked out great, it looked like I had a really loose perm and the texture matched the Indian hair great.

Well that didn't last too long as the ends started to get really dry and frazzeled looking, so I had to spray those and curl them under, which caused the hair to loose it's "permed" look, but it still looked ok.

So after wearing this hair for a week, I am ready to take it out and put my Indian back in.  It is alot of work to keep it looking good.  What I am finding is once you brush it, it looks beautiful and shinning and soft.  But after a few minutes of normal walking around and just "living", it seems to seperate and get really dry looking and feeling.  I have tried using lots of Velvasil and frizz serum, I have tried using less product, but the results are the same.  Here is a picture of my hair after I have brushed it and then walked around my house and put groceries away.  I came back, didn't touch it and then took a picture.    

So I am feeling pretty self consious when ever I go anywhere, and I am always smoothing down the back of my hair.  Here is a side view, as you can see you can see where my hair ends and the extensions start.

 So, its been a short run, but I am ready to go back to human hair.  For me it just seems to be less fuss.

Edited by gsmilie - October 29 2006 at 3:53pm