QuoteReplyTopic: Braiding and weaving instructionals? Posted: December 06 2006 at 1:52pm
I've been looking at the various instructionals available on the web. I'm most interested in weft application and am wondering if anyone has any reccomendations or experiences with them. The most interesting to me were these:
1. Braids By Breslin: http://www.braidsbybreslin.com/dvd.html
2. This online course from Nikki Lasher:
http://research.universalclass.com/i/research/9317-syllabus.htm
3. Lisha Colman's, which looks like it would be awesome, but its expensive so I'm wondering if it is worth it?
http://www.lisha.com/hairextensionvid.html
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I dont know about the video your thinking of, but fucl<in' a. $500.00 for a mirco-links video and kit? R-i-p o-f-f! I am assuming the other videos are equally over priced!
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Both of the DVDs are expensive. If you get the instructionals for all of Lisha Coleman's methods it is about $2,000. Can't even image what is so special about them.
The online course is resonably priced, but you have to buy your own supplies.
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I have been doing a technique that requires no braiding or glue etc. It is awesome and very easy to do. It has been called the malaysian and lock stich method. Any interest?
I have been going crazy trying to learn the method you speak of. I think. Is it where you make your own track with hair and thread? I paid a lady $500.00 to teach me and it was the wrong technique. It was pole weaving and it sucked. Also I have to pay a girl $15.00 per braid to do the cornrow for the wefted track sew in method and she always gives me problems where she doesnt have the time and I loose customers. Can you please contact me so that I can see if I can pay you to teach me? I work out of my home. Please reply ASAP.
I bought the electric weaving machine from www.cindycut.com . It is a electric pole weaving system. It makes a very small track and holds well it slippery, fine hair.
I think more than $50 for an extension technique video is too much money. Maybe a little more for new techniques, but not for the stuff we've already used for years.
Lisha Coleman is too expensive. I haven't bought her videos but I can't see paying that much for videos that most people give free demos for. I wasn't that impressed with the Malaysian technique, too much work and you can get flat cornrows with practice.
Braids by Breslin is reasonably priced. She doesn't do full head weaves with no hair out but I liked her weave video.
Nikki Lasher is super cheap but I think she uses drawings to teach instead of photos and videos and it can be kind of confusing (unless she's changed it). She has free demos I think. I would try a couple of those before signing up for her online class.
I want to buy the machine but Im worried. It is very expensive. I am willing to pay the $ if its worth it. What do you think? Was it difficult to learn how to make the track? Is it worth the $700.00? I have to pay ten to fifteen dollars per braid to a woman when I do the sew in hair.
For a professional seeking a good weaving method to use on clients, the Cindycut machine is worth the investment. There would be no way to apply it to yourself. So if you are looking for a DIY technique, that's not the solution for you.
Lisha Coleman's tapes are good. I have 3 of them. Again, for a professional who is investing in education to further their career, the higher cost of the tapes is quite inline with what continuing education should cost. If you are a DIYer, than no, you'd not get your money's worth from the tapes if you are just using it for yourself.
I have been a licensed cosmetologist since I was 18 and am now 36. I am ceritified in 4 hair extension methods as well. I would consider myself a PROFESSIONAL. I have invested thousands of dollars on my continuing education. I have gotten a lot of good advise from this forum and most of the time the people are very helpful so before I go and spend the $$ on the machine I thought I would ask some questions about it. I know I can ask the people who sell it but they would never tell me the negatives if any.
Now when you say that there would be no way to apply the weave yourself using the cindycut machine, do you mean on yourself? Do you need another person to acomplish this? Just making sure.
I finally learned how to do the cornrows but they are not as tight or as uniform and thin as my assistants. I guess it takes lots of practice. Because of her braids my clients tracks last 3 months. I know my wouldnt. At least not yet.
I finally learned how to do the cornrows but they are not as tight or as uniform and thin as my assistants. I guess it takes lots of practice. Because of her braids my clients tracks last 3 months. I know my wouldnt. At least not yet.
This is very true.. Many ladies who braid/cornrow have been braiding for years.. So they have had a LOT of time to perfect their techniques. This is not to say that it will take years to perfect, only that it takes LOTS of practice to balance using the right amount of tension versus getting the braids the right size versus getting them nice and neat.. Sounds like you are on the right path and will be giving your assistant a run for her money in no time!
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Yep, you have been in the business for a while. I didn't mean to sound insulting with my post, that wasn't the intention. On this forum, I think most of the girls are DIYers and what constitutes educational value to them is quite different than to the Pro, who is using the method to produce income.
With the Cindycut machine, you can't do it to yourself, as I don't think you could with any pole weaving device. In order to get the proper tension of the weaving cords, the machine is place a few feet behind and to the side the client's head.
I'm sure some of the talent girls here could figure out how to do this to themselves, but it was not designed for that and it would be hard to do it properly, I would think.
I do sew ins with microrings. I take two sections of the client's hair and crisscross it through the ring and crimp flat. I do a row of these, and that gives me the base on which to sew. It's the flatest weave ever, specially if you use the protube type rings, since they crimp down very flat. It holds very well, even in the finest hair.
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