Platinum in Dallas

OK, I took the ENTIRE weekend and put the extensions in.  I have short hair, to my chin and above, layered, etc.  I have alwaysz only used extensions for fullness and volume, as I am plat blonde and need them!  Anyhow, because I have so much hair on hand, I decided to go long.  Oh my gosh, long is so not me!!!!  I am sure If I could have lasted a little longer and had a good cut, I would have loved it, but I was just too anxious to chop them off.  So I lasted until this morning and chopped it all off, back to a little below chin level.  Yes, I know, I AM A FREAK!!!!!  And then tonight, I see the girls on Deal or No Deal.  Agh, THAT is the hair I want!!!!!  So now I have a full head of hair that is above my shoulders, WAY too much.  So I have been trying to take out some of the shrinkies based on the tips of this website and am having kindof a hard time.  I am keeping the heat and pulling the shrinkie all the way down to end of hair but I can never get the shrinkie very far before the extension comes out and I am left with the shrinkie still in there.  VERY very difficult to get the shrinkie out at that point, whether heat or acetone or oil.  What am I doing wrong?

My first 3 installs on myself were with shrinkies, I loved them (although my fingers got burned alot!).  When heating the shrinkies for removal pull on the extension hair only - yes the shrinkie may stay in your hair but it will be easier to remove with orange oil or acetone once the  the extension hair is out (let the orange oil soak in for 1-2 mins).  I experienced nearly no pulling on my natural hair by doing this, be gentle and patient.