shrinkies with bohyme hair

Update on shrinkies with bohyme hair, its nearly five weeks now since my first shrinkie/bohyme client had her hair done and these are her reports. She says that the shrinkies have only just started getting a little bit softer, she's had six come out in the last two weeks so she feels she will be ready for maintenance at about 2 1/2 months to 3 months. she says the hair is still washing fantastic although she has noticed she has to brush it a little more than at the beginning although she admits that she goes out clubbing every weekend and uses a lot of styling products on it and also backcombs and curls it.

Here is this Saturdays's happy client.





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Amanda, your extension job looks great! Just curious, but do you normally trim up the ends a bit at the end of the install?

Fantastic! Really really pretty.

Amanda, that says volumes about your install (which also looks fabulous, by the way.) Congratulations on a job well done! Your client must be thrilled.

Hi there, another shrinkie/bohyme update. My first ever shrinkie client has had her hair in 8 weeks now. She's having her first maintenance on 24th March so that will be 10 weeks. She says she's lost a few more but I did put these ones in with the straightening iron. She says the bohyme is still washing great and she absolutely loves her hair still. My next shrinkie client who has now had hers in for 7 weeks says her hair is still fantastic and she hasn't lost anymore shrinkies, so that's only 9 that she's lost in 7 weeks. My only concern with the shrinkies is that I've had another girl with greasyish hair that keeps on loosing them. She's had 18 come out in two weeks. I just keep on putting them back in for her but I'm going to try extentubes on her on Saturday on the strands that have come out, to see if she gets on better with these. My last few clients have reported that they've had between 6 and 10 come out but I don't think that's bad going to stay they've had 6oz of hair in but sometimes it makes me feel incompetent xxx this is another happy client xx

Amanda, that is an awesome color combination!! Really unusual and pretty!

Just so you don't feel bad, I had shrinkies slide out of my hair at a rate of 2-3 a day when I put them in. At first I thought it was my faulty installation, which may have played a part, but even now with fusion, I find at the 2 week mark, I have strands of fusion hair disintigrating and falling out! I have hair kinda similar to your clients' hair - straight and slick like that, although I seem to have more of it. I think it's the slickness of the hair that causes the slipping - I mean, if fusion won't hold it in, what's next - crazy glue?!

So your clients losing 10 to 20 in nearly 2 months sounds completely reasonable, at least to me. And like someone said, this is more of an art than a science. I think losing strands and regular maintenance is to be expected, don't you? Sounds to me like you're doing a fantastic job, and your installs look great.

i saw that piic of the hair u did looks soo nice
do u stay in uk amanda? i need sum1 to do me shrinkies i stay in scotland but im having no luck.

It looks great, Amanda! I love your work.

And I agree: 10 to 20 in nearly 2 months isn't a big deal. I lost 20 in about a week with one method (that shall remain nameless....).

As long as you inform the clients that some will probably slip eventually, I'm sure they won't be too alarmed. You can also add an additional 10 or so during the install, so that way, they feel like they have 10 more than are required to make up for any they might lose--sort of like insurance, if that makes any sense.

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Thanks a lot Jenny. I always text people to find out how they are getting on with their hair and I hate it when they say some have come out. I've had a girl that's had 9 come out now in nearly two weeks, but she's washing her hair everyday which can't help, plus she's never had them in before but it still makes me feel bad. I don't like to say to make people feel like its something they are doing wrong. I'm thinking of not only offering shrinkies and micro-rings but offering the glue method that Kristen does as well and saying to clients that if they don't feel they are getting on with a particular method that they can have their extensions re-fitted without charge with another method. Then hopefully I will get one out of the three that they are happy with and also keep them as regular clients. What do you think?

In answer to your question Marie, I tip all my hair with latex and nail glue x

Ditto--you obviously really care about your clients, Amanda. Offering a selection of methods is key. That way, you can work with your clients to find the one that's best for them. That's all you can do, really--sometimes it takes a few tries to know what will work and what won't.

You might eventually want to think about offering the pinchbraiding technique. It takes a little while to learn, but I've found them to be very secure--more so than fusion--and it's also good for clients who don't respond well to glue. :)