My latest install w/pics

Beautiful!!!!!! and so is the hair! Applause!

How curly is the french refined without the curlers?

Thanks Sweetie!

beautiful

ooh!  you look like a fairy-tale princess!  

wow!

beauuuuutiful....my hair sister!

wow gorgeous!!!!!!

Lynnie, my hair is very curly but fine and very silky.  It is damn near impossible to match my curl, the closest I have come was the extensions plus hair which was virgin indian body wave (it dried much curlier than it sounds).  That was back when I was a brunette, and I've only tried the D-lux and Bohyme in the blonde colors.

I really like the bohyme french refined  and it does have a nice curl to it, but it is definitely a perm curl and would never match any natural curly head that I have ever seen.  I will say that even after washing the curl remains exactly the same as when it arrives in the package.  The silky straight was a big no-no for me though, even with curling it the textures were way different.

In this picture I had washed my hair at least 3 times and even dyed the extension hair.....so far it is really nice.

As far as tips for curly hair, I found that a very layered cut in your natural hair works well and hot rollers are life savers.  If I blow dry my hair and then stick it is hot rollers it blends soooooo nice and I don't have the "big big" hair issues that I had with hot rollers and just my natural hair (I guess since the hair is weighted).

I use a Wigo (the brand name) straightening iron that is ceramic with red plates.  I will say that I have never, ever found a straightening iron that comes close to straightening my hair and keeping it that way all day.  It is a bit expensive (about 100 bucks at Ulta) but worth every penny.  I have bought about everyone on the market, and my hair is impossible to straighten.  It even leaves it with lots of body.

Longhair, your hair is soooooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with that completely longhairaddict. I use straight or bodywave, and I too wait until after the first wash to do any cutting. Mainly because the extension hair just out of the package is so compacted, after its washed and 'fluffed' up I can tell better where I need to put my layers.

I bought a toner for the test strands, but ended up using the regular haircolor for the rest of it......which is what you can see.  I used Loreal 8.2 medium irridescent blonde (from Sally's) with a 20 vol developer and I left it on 5 minutes.

The toner I bought was Wella, in about the same color but it actually felt more damaged than the Loreal.  I would say that the Loreal color is probably the best color of blonde I have found so far, and despite the name it is a very light pastel blonde.

My hair is still great, no signs of a shorter life yet :)