Wow! What an amazing job! One would never guess that you do all this work on the ponytails you receive.
I too wonder if you save a lot of money by doing this work yourself rather than buying hair from xxxxxxxxxxx.net and having the hair double drawn (I suppose it is the company we are talking about here!)?
I love the pics, especially the last one!
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Frenchie - yeah, you do save money in the long run by buying and doing it yourself, but I'm not sure if it's enough to be worth it!!!!
Malibu - when you "draw" out the shorter hairs, you are holding the ponytail about 6 inches down from the root end(the end that was closest to the scalp when cut). Then you comb up the ponytail from the "tip" end, (which is the end of the hair where you get it trimmed) towards the "root end". This will take out all of the hairs that are shorter than 6 inches, they just get all caught up in the comb and you throw them away.
Hair has cuticles on it that resemble shingles on a roof all lying in one direction down the hair shaft from the root end to the tips. If any hairs get turned, they tend to clump and tangle in with the other hairs like velcro. Most hair that has been processed is "double drawn" so all the hairs are pretty much one length. Natural hair has different lengths in it due to the shedding and regrowth process.
A lot of hair extensions sold (especially the cheap ones) will mix the hair up from root to tips, strip the cuticles with acid, then coat the hair with silicone to make it shiny and smooth again. But once you start washing it, the silicone wears off and you end up with dry, matted hair. Which is why it is so important to buy "cuticle alligned" hair if you don't to be constantly brushing your hair!
Wow - I can get so carried away when talking about hair!!!!!!!!
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holland, thanks so much for this explanation!! I guess my questions are (I still have questions...sorry) when you say "if any hairs get turned" do you mean if a hair's root end gets turned around towards the tip end so it's completely going in the wrong direction?
Also, when you comb the ponytail up towards the root end from the tip end, do you have something that holds the very tip end taught so the shorter hairs get combed away easily? Because I'm still picturing the ponytail getting teased by combing it upwards.
Thanks!!
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holland, thanks so much for this explanation!! I guess my questions are (I still have questions...sorry) when you say "if any hairs get turned" do you mean if a hair's root end gets turned around towards the tip end so it's completely going in the wrong direction?
EXACTLY RIGHT!
When your removing the shorter hairs, you can put a rubberband VERY TIGHTLY around the ponytail about 6 inches down from where it was cut, and then comb everything above it upwards to remove the hairs, or, if your REALLY careful and experienced, you can just hold it VERY TIGHT and do the same thing, which is what I do. I wouldn't recommend it if you were not comfortable though because if you slip or don't grip tight enough, you could turn the whole thing to waste!
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) when you say "if any hairs get turned" do you mean if a hair's root end gets turned around towards the tip end so it's completely going in the wrong direction?