Love that hair Rocket, I hope it's gonna fit on your head perfectly. The shade looks very close to your own color, you might only have to do minor highlights!
Krimsa- I checked out the world hair trader website you mentioned and the blonde shade I saw available for remy hair was 613 (too light for me) and that's all. I think they have a 27 also in another type of hair.
I am normally not tempted by indian hair in general (I prefer asian texture in general) but really the issue for blonde girls like me is to find the right shade. Usually you end up buying a few colors that you mix, blonde is super tricky.
On virgin hair that is as light as what Rocket has purchased, it is easier to lift the color though or do highlights.
Yes the Indian texture is not to everyone's liking. I find Virgin Indian to be very silky and if I flat iron it, it matches my own passably. Brunette shades tend to hide extensions a little better also so you can conceal your own hair on top a little easier if its all dark and uniform. Since you like to flat iron nearly daily, then the Bohyme is your best bet because that Asian hair will hold up to heat better than any texture. That would destroy Indian or European pretty quickly I think.
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Yep, that's what's going on with my russian. It's split ends galore lol! The hair is still very pretty though!
I have found this company based in the uk, they sell asian remy, it is really good hair, but the wefting is so so.
It's additional lengths, for anyone interested.
You're so right about darker hair hiding extensions better, with thin, light blonde hair, there is no room for mistake. Especially for like top rows.
I have found that bohyme has a great selection of blonde, not just your typical 613, but some honey blondes, some blonde with lowlights, some darker wheat blonde etc.
In the end, finding the right hair for you is like finding a good pair of jeans. There's no magic bullet, it's all about your hairtstyle, personal preferences, your every day routine/lifestyle etc.
Just like with jeans it's all about your body type lol!
When I find a good pair of jeans, I am in heaven and I buy several pairs lol!
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That hair you are buying looks nice Rocket. I bet that was expensive though. How much length is she cutting off? I think I will just go with some Indian virgin from that World Hair Traders site primarily because the hair that looks very nice on Hair Trader and is the length I need, people are offering like upwards of $1000. I cant go that high lol.
Oh good lord I couldn't afford $1000.00 either. no if you do your homework and search you would be surprised what people will take for their hair, especially if they have had it awhile and for some reason a lot of people make high offers but never come through.. I would go even more broke if I was paying that kind of money and not having it work out, also a normal to semi thick head of hair really only produces 4-5 ounces.. (that is a guess from my experience only).. hey just because they want 1000.00 offer 200.00 or even 150.00 all they can say is no
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Yeah, it was my impression too that with the hair trader, you could score some good hair at a reasonable price, BUT you need to do a lot of research and get lucky too!
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I see. Okay I will keep looking. I emailed the site asking about a search criteria option like length or color and since they are in the process of changing the site right now, they dont have anything like that. This makes it hard because you are just looking at random adds.
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First I would ask if hair is still available. then make sure you get plenty of photos of hair before cut to make sure it's something that would work with your texture.. if hair is already cut make sure you get a photo of the cut ponytail or braid and still get photos of hair prior to cut... My first batch I bought I didn't get photo of the braid and it was a complete mess, he (yes he) shaved his head and the top part of braid was a matted mess, If I had received photo of the braid I wouldn't have bought it, and seller was not helpful at all!!!! ... I could have filed a claim but decided to see if I could make it work.. I had to cut several inches off the top and long story short it turned out to be beautiful hair but shorter than I thought. always and I mean always use paypal!!!!! Never send any money western union or cashiers check... that just screams scam!!!! with paypal if for some reason they don't send it or it's not as described and the seller wont work with you , you can file a claim..
that's pretty much all I have to offer for advice...
Edited by Rocket22 - October 28 2009 at 1:38pm
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As for the hair trader search criterias, yeah, I have found it pretty useless. The thing isn't working, so you do have to spend a whole lotta time on this website. But it's probably worth it anyway, plus I just think there's something great about shopping people's hair lol! It's a good thing if they decide to upgrade the website, it will make it more efficient!
Oh its definitely a FUN site to look through no doubt and I find myself perusing adds for hours if I dont keep an eye on the time. lol.
Good to know Rocket and thanks so much for all of your help with this. I can understand where it might be really scary because you dont always know exactly what you are getting or how it will be prepared from individual sellers cutting their hair.
That is one good thing about just buying pre-made wefts or bulk hair from an established vendor online. Most of the time they will have some kind of return policy. They vary. I found one website that is actually offering a ONE YEAR Guarantee on their virgin Indian.
I thought that was too good to be true so I emailed and they were very hesitant to lay down details. That sent up a red light.
But aside from that, most sites will allow you to immediately return the hair if you dont like the texture or there is a problem.
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Thanks to everyone for the tips. Is there a spot on this site where people can review hair sellers? I would be very interested to find out what websites y'all have had good experiences with. My difficulty is that I want to dye the hair a dark red color and I have curly/wavy hair. So if I buy something like Bohyme's wavy texture I'd have to get blonde. Which means it would be bleached, colored, permed hair that I would then color again! YIKES! I might try it once just to see if it will hold up at all. Even if it lasts 2 months I suppose that's not too terribly expensive to maintain...
Just curious, what is the texture of your natural hair? You say curly but I mean is it softer curls or a courser texture? You say you were wearing Indian hair before and that was a good match? I imagine then you have softer, lighter curls? Just curious. Indian hair is still pretty soft but yet not quite as soft and silky as European. Its in the middle. Its slightly more durable especially when its virgin.
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