QuoteReplyTopic: ++ SETTING UP THE NEW ARCHIVE ++ Posted: April 01 2005 at 6:18am
Whew, girls! I feel like I’ve just given birth. Before you
know it, a simple FAQ/Archive turns into the Manhattan Project.
I put together some standalone threads for the
archive.
There are so many good ones, but these seemed to be the most
self-contained and/or helpful for
beginners. In some cases, I couldn’t include some great advice because
photos and links
were broken, etc., or the information was simply spread out among too
many
threads. Anyway, I’m emailing all this info with the necessary links to
Karen later today.
If you want to add things I’ve left out, PLEASE EMAIL KAREN WITH YOUR
IDEAS AND
SUGGESTIONS. If you want me to make changes to this, just post below.
This isn’t conclusive at all, but I think it’s a good start.
THREADS to
archive as standalones:
Methods Overview (formerly “Bridget Your Question is Here”):
Extensions 101 Thread for Beginners:
The Buyer Beware Thread:
Tips for Cutting Extensions:
SAS’s Compare Company Products and Save:
Metalgirl’s Clip-In Techniques:
AMM’s Pretipping Technique:
Kalika’s Prelayering Method:
Mocha’s Revitalizing Liquid Glue
SAS’s Treating Unprocessed Indian Hair:
Bridget’s Pretipping with Shrinks on the Weft:
Sherrie’s Sandwich Weft Technique
Gina’s Pretipping on the Weft
Beyond that, I’ve created a FAQs Kiosk, where the questions
are followed by relevant links. Here are the categories and questions
(more like statements in many cases, LOL).
FAQs Kiosk
GENERAL TOPICS
I’m new to extensions. Where can I get a basic overview?
What’s everyone’s favorite method?
What’s everyone’s favorite hair?
I’m interested in extensions, but I have concerns about
growth, damage, and safety.
Is it possible to wear your hair up with extensions?
My hair’s very short. Would extensions work for me?
Are extensions suitable for people with thinning hair,
hairloss, and/or severe damage?
INSTALLATION METHODS
How do I do the back of my head?
I need some help with the application patterns and
placement.
How much hair do I need to buy and install?
What’s the difference between extendtubes and microrings?
I want to learn more about extendtubes/microrings.
How do I install microlinks/microrings/extendtubes?
What are microillusions?
What are shrinkies?
Are there any viable “shrink” alternatives to Doc’s
shrinkies?
Where do I buy a fusion wand/heat clamp to use with
shrinkies, and what should I look for?
How do woven tracks work?
What’s the Malaysian method?
How does fusion and fusion purging work?
What’s the Dome/heat-sealing method, and is it suitable for
DIY?
What does a weave look like?
How does Great Lengths work?
What’s Cold Fusion?
PRETIPPING
What kinds of glues can I use for pretipping?
Can you give me any tips to make pretipping quicker and
easier?
BULK HAIR CHALLENGES
I can’t deal with bulk hair. Help!
What are drawing mats, blending boards, and hackles, and how
can I use them to blend bulk hair?
TROUBLESHOOTING
How do I get glue residue, wefts,
and/or strand extensions out of my hair?
I got some terrible hair that’s tangling like crazy. Can
anyone help?
My shrinkies aren’t shrinking or removing right. What am I
doing wrong?
HUMAN HAIR
I’m confused by all the terminology of human hair. What’s
the difference between cuticle, non-cuticle, remi, remy, raw, virgin, etc.?
What’s the best HH to buy?
I’m thinking about ordering human hair off eBay. Should I?
Can I dye my human-hair extensions?
SYNTHETIC HAIR
I’m thinking of switching from human to synth. Should I?
How do I select, install, style, and care for synth hair?
What’s thermofiber?
Is it possible to dye synth?
I need help with the PlastikHaar colors.
SUPPLIES, TOOLS, AND
ACCESSORIES
I want to use the best products to care for my extensions.
Can you give me some product recommendations?
PIECES, CLIPS, AND
OTHER OPTIONS
What are hair halos, wigs, T-closers, falls, and pieces? And
would they work for me?
How do I order, install, or make my own clip-in extensions?
How do custom hairpieces work?
SHOWING OFF
What do the other members’ extensions look like?
FOR STYLISTS
How do extensions contracts work?
I’m interested in getting licensed or taking an extensions
class.
You know, Gina, I think it's in the pretipping section of the FAQ's
actually. I'll probably just leave it there since my tips weren't the
most, um, uniform or attractive, lol!
Honestly, there's so much friggin' information here, it's overwhelming.
I think at least having it sectioned out a bit will help people to find
what they're looking for. Even so, they're going to have to wade a bit.
I think there were like 50 threads on shrinkies alone. Whew....
I created that show-offs section with links to (hopefully) everyone's
pics. I wonder if the admin could watermark them as "Hair Talk"
photos.... I'm getting worried about them getting stolen. I imagine we
can all go into our individual images and do that though.
Nevermind me...just babbling to myself at this point...
:)
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This is really great. A while back as I was trying to learn as much as possible I was thinking how great it would be if these things were organized. . .so THANKS.
Just a few comments:
-There doesn't seem to be a "how to install with Shrinkies" specifically.
-Should there *specifically* be a "Removal" section?
Just my 2 cents. . .thanks again. . .
Fina
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"Wow Jen, YOU DA BOMB!" You've been a busy little bee! Thanks so much for doing this... what would we do with out you! This is so cool... To make your job easier, you could deligate of few tasks, if you need to. I'll help in any way that I can.
What about testimonials about HH brands and the companies and their customer service?
Fina: The only step-by-step Shrinkie installation/removal demo I know
of is Doc's, but it's true: That's a key demo, so I'll link it up. AMM
did provide removal photos too, so lemme see if I can hook that up too.
Bridget: Definitely--delegation would be awesome. It just so happened
that I had a lot of extra time to put this together this week, but
hopefully others can take the reigns from here and perhaps get more
into depth on certain topics. Your idea for companies/customer service
would be great. Perhaps you want to create a thread for that, going
through past threads and cutting/pasting or whatever, then email it to
Karen.
Also, since everyone here seems to have an area (if not several areas)
of expertise, perhaps some of the regulars would be willing to create
more specific FAQs in those areas of expertise. For example, Sherrie
(glues, placing overseas orders, bonded wefts); AMM (shrinkies,
thermofibers, Glamourhair); Metalgirl (clip-ins, MB shrink links, full
weaves, Extensions-Plus); Kristin (strand fusion, microrings, Bohyme);
Rae (microringed wefts, pinchbraids, heat-seals); Gina (cutting and
styling techniques, pretipping, microrings); Leia (dyeing human and
synthetic, making falls, OPH); SAS (unprocessed Indian hair, weaving
techniques, custom hairpieces, lace-fronts); Miamigirl (toppers); Emma
(wigs, halos, stock pieces); Syren (hairpieces, fusion, synth
comparisons); Amanda (shrinkies, Bohyme); Kalika (synth comparisons,
layered pretipping, shrinkies); Mocha (pretipping, glues, shrinkies);
Fina (synth styling, heat-seals); Mer (care products, brushed, and
pinchbraids); Shel (weaves and fusion); Kimbearly (human hair,
unprocessed hair, clip-ins); SPP (human hair, installation placement);
Rose (microrings, curls, synth and human) etc., etc., etc. These are
just the names/areas I can think of offhand, so I'm sure I'm forgetting
a lot of people and getting a lot of this wrong (and I apologize), but
it's just a few ideas.
OK, I'm sending these off to Karen now, so send any changes/additions/suggestions/ideas/new threads to her.
Jenny you are awsome! This will be great! Im pretty new to the site but i already feel that the same questions keep on propping up so imagine how you senior members feel probably being asked the same things day after day. I just hope everyone uses them
I will work on this over the weekend. I suspect this will a work in progress. :-)
Thanks for all your time and energy spent in getting all of this great info together. I will do my best to organize it so that it is easy to find and everyhing gets moved appropriately.
Please...anyone else...if you have suggestions & thank you Rae for letting us link up to pinchbraids.
Karen
Edited by Karen Shelton
That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-)
Jenny, way to go, girl! I will definitely help you however I
can. Sorry I haven't been around much lately...I started a new
job and it is craaaaazy. I'll start working on my assigned
topics, ma'am. =)
Thanks, Leia. It would be great if you could add some things to the
archive, but don't feel obligated at all. Everyone is, of course,
really busy, and I didn't mean to suggest that I was assigning anything
to anyone. Fortunately, I had a lot of time this week, but if it had
been a busier week for me, there's no way I would've been able to do
this much.
For those who want to contribute to it, though, and who have the free
time, it'd be great. I mentioned your name in conjunction with dyeing
because I know you've given a lot of great color advice and it seems
we're getting a ton of questions about dyeing extensions, both human
and synthetic--and of course, the OPH, which you discovered, along with
falls, because (I believe) I remember that you've made them. But again,
my memory may be a bit shoddy here...gettin' old.
:)
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Jenny, I will certainly try to find some time to post some useful info and faqs in the weft bonding thread. Lately I seem to only find time to log on a for a few minutes at a time throughout the day. But in about a week I should have more free time. I do have alot of useful info to post in that area! And again Jenny....THANK YOU so much for all the effort that you give to this board. It wouldnt be what it is without you!
Thanks, girls. But really, all I've done is compile this stuff--all the
great information, tips, and tutorials have come from everyone over the
past six months or so. I've just put it (hopefully) into a bit more
order.
I think it would be great if you wanted to help out, Mocha. I think
maybe the best way to proceed is for you, and anyone who's interested,
to just list here (on this thread) what they intend to put
together (so we're not duplicating our efforts), and then, as people
have the time, they can send their completed threads to Karen.
As for me, I won't be putting together anything new for awhile.
Instead, my plan is to 1) test these new kiosk links once they're
posted because I'm sure I've made some errors as I compiled it pretty
quickly; 2) update the "Bridget/Overview" thread, since it's a little
outdated at this point; 3) update the Extensions 101 thread; and 4)
perhaps update the FAQs kiosk once a month with the new information
that's been posted within the month. It's amazing how quickly something
new shows up on the scene and renders the other stuff obsolete.
:)
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Pretipping - particularly bulk hair, including prerazoring
latex glue vs LG vs of all things Hot glue (for microring pretips)
Reusing hair to make falls
Non Docs Non Kristins Shrinkies (what does and doesn't work if you are using industrial shrink tubing)
How to make your gummed up LG come back to life
Making Clip ins
I know that there are others who can do several of these so If they want them they are more than welcome.
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