QuoteReplyTopic: Platinum in Dallas Posted: April 27 2007 at 12:45pm
Somebody help! Ok, I guess there are not so many Dallas women doing their own extensions and I am soooo frustrated. After years of having my extensions done, I am now doing my own. Big problem I am having is finding quality hair with a quality bond in the lightest possible platinum color. THAT is the hard part. Usually the 613 is way too gold, and I am a very light ash platinum. I do use the 613 to mix but predominate with a very pale ash. I used to have Great Lengths put in, but am not able to order those since not a professional. There are not any stores in Dallas that you can buy pre-bonded extensions, especially in my color. I have ordered from several suppliers and with the no-return policy, not sure where to go from here. I have done the nail tip fusion method but am now doing the shrinkie method, so I need the i-tip. Any suggestions of where to go that is nearby or a website that would have what I am looking for? Very frustrated with all the hair I have; it looks so different with the lighting of a website but online shopping is the only option I am aware of in my area. Any suggestions would be so helpful!!!!!!
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i have exactly the same problem! my hairs gwen stefani platinum blonde though, its sooo hard to find a NICE quality that is this light!
i know its from england, but they do post worldwide, American Dream do the NICEST one ive ever found, in pure blonde colour 60.
ive been doin hair extensions for 5 years now, and its taken me this long to find hair like this
the one i buy is called Platinum Extreme, its cuticle correct, and stays feelin and lookin lush for ages...
colour 60 is the lightest lightest ash blonde/platinum blonde colour they do...
you can get colour 60 from other hair extension retailers, but it has a bleached look/colour to it, and is usually awful quality...
but from what you've described this hair sounds like itd be a PERFECT hair colour for you...
i even bleach it to get it to go my 'bleached' hair colour look, but it SURVIVES 12% peroxide and still feels amazing. its �56 a packet, im not sure what that is in dollars :)
its so hard to find pretipped using a good quality lasting glue...so i pre glue my own
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hey kttenface, hows the customer service with AD? There used to be alot of chatter here about AD and then customer service went to HELL. No email responses, no service, never had anything in stock that people wanted to order. Last I knew they still didnt have an online shop to order from. But everyone was in love with AD's thermo and wanted to get their hands on it.
Sherrie, you are right. No hair to order! I hear you are the expert, but i went to your site and found the same problem. what's a platinum blonde to do? Any suggestions?
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Guess what. . .*I* am a DIY'er here in Dallas! AND I used to get Great Lengths done til it broke the bank, AND I have color rings from most suppliers AND I know how to do pretips AND can do fusion for you AND I can also do pinchbraiding. . .etc etc etc!!! I'll PM you with my info. WOO HOO another Dallasite, finally!!!
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I actually buy the Bohyme Silky Straight in #613..and yes it is WAY to gold for me!! But i posted a while back that I did have success bleaching it, and its still feels amazing!! Thats how I have my platnium color (think holly from girls next door almost).....I know its a pain to do, But i have only found like 2 places that sell colour 60...dr locks..but its like $300 or something for hair which is crazy! and then a place overseas, but im still tryen to find some reviews on there, and I pretip the hair myself too...but make sure you bleach it first and honestly its worth it to do it yourself because you can get it to your color almost exactly, and then you can make the pretips the size you like (i like mine bigger than what most places offer so i can get the max amount of hair in a shrinkie :-) )Goodluck!
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the customer service is really crap, their still not online, you have to order over the phone, but ive got the number to get directly to the ordering bit, not the customer service bit (they phoned me back off it once and i saved it to my phone - hehe!)
the hair is so good though, i think its worth the hassle x
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it is really really light ash/platinum blonde, but i also have to bleach it to get it my colour, which is the same as snowwhite's, think Holly from Girls of the Playboy Mansion...i agree its worth the hassle of bleaching, American Dream hair in Platinum Extreme is the only hair I've found, within my budget that can withstand the bleach, and feel exactly the same afterwards x
I actually just received #60 from dr locks yesterday. It is not nearly that expensive, but still quite a bit of gold in it and the quality is not so great. I am so used to Great Lengths. So, let me ask you? How do you tip such large amounts of hair without fall out/shedding? Everytime I do too much, so much comes out when I brush.
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what hair did you get??? I either pretip with LG or lately I have noticed its too yellow and I have been pretipping it with a clear glue from like walmart or JoAnns..I think its caleld Aileens or something..i can look when i get home...But i dont raelly have a problem of shedding at all....and i actually like the aileens better becuase when i take out my extensions..i usually do shrinkies...I dont have NEARLY as much residue stuck to my hair as if I did if i used LG..which is nice, and alot easier to clean out of my hair! :-)
Thanks for the tip! Yes, please let me know glue brand. The hair I got yesterday is dr locks #60. NOt too happy with it. Not soft and silky like I expected plus it still has a bit of a gold tinge to it. I got the #613 as well and they are VERY close in color.
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Check out amm's #614 in Elite Remy: http://shrinkies.net/elite.html I asked her about this last summer and she said "614 is shockingly pale. There is no gold or yellow in it at all. It's a pure platinum, imo."
Pretipping is easy and I'll be happy to help you with it whether you want to do shrinkies or fusion, or if you want to try pinchbraiding (oh please please please say yes!!) we can do that too. . . ;-)
Edited by FinaFina - April 28 2007 at 10:42am
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