I don't know. My guess is that it's just high-quality synth, nothing out of the ordinary. A lot of the feedback I've been reading on synth says that you can use a curling iron on low temperatures (and most say you can use hot rollers), while others say you should only use a blow-dryer. It's very confusing....
I am narrowing things down. Weeding out the bad, making notes on the good.
Here's what I know. I want tangle free synth in multiple blonde/red/honey/copper/brownish/gold blends in at least 22" or longer with a soft wave/natural curl on a weft that I can blow dry and curl on low settings and/or put in velvet steam rollers. And I want it to look good for at least 3-4 months.
Is that too much to ask? Is it? Well, IS IT!!!!???
If Plastikhaar is high-quality enough, it may be the right option. As far as I know, they're the only synth company that does wefts, the lengths are superlong, and they have every color and color blend known to man. Plus, they've got a million different wave patterns. The question is, what's the quality level? I suppose we'll know soon enough.
I also think you could get the length and texture you want from Dome or Prostyles; you'd just have to blend the colors, which I'm sure you've done before. I don't think they have wefts, though.
I'm under the impression that you can use steam velvet rollers with any of these brands, but you should generally limit the blowdrying to your real hair (on top) and the roots. I think you can blowdry on cool without a problem, and diffusers are also recommended. But who really knows? I'd love to have a bag of each and test it in every conceivable way before it goes on my head.
Don't get discouraged--things are looking up for all of us. Major breakthoughs with Shrinks and extendtubes this year, major realizations about the big, expensive brands, and now there's synth on the horizon.... Prediction: We'll all have beautiful, low-stress hair by year's end!
Funny, Victoria Gotti's on the TV.... I wonder if hers are synth or human....
ahhhhhh...theres that thermofiber Ive been asking about. Ill have to email the weavequeen and ask about it! But it looks rather expensive (for synthetic) but still way cheaper than good human hair!
i've been reading lots lately about the hot stuff fusion thermofiber over at the black hair media website - mostly ppl's reactions have been that it looks great for up to 7-8 weeks, and you can curl it. Altho, I haven't been able to find a place online that sells it in a variety of colours and textures, let alone in wefts : this ladies hair looks absolutely bee-u-tiful with it!! :: http://forum.blackhairmedia.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=8786&KW=Hot+stuff+fusion
hehe...i'm getting so mixed up about all of the diff synth tho! I know I def. want to try synth out for my first-time diy extensions ...that way i wont feel tooo bad if i happen to ruin them! :D ntm ..it's supposed to be ultra-light, in comparision w/human hair! woo!
Its mostly between dome and plastikhaar tho. They both have gotten such nice reviews, its getting to be a tough decision, plus i'm able to order them w/out being a cosmetologist. The only for-sure requirements that I have atm is that it needs to have a def. wave - I have straight, thinning, fine hair, so I curl it everyday x.x (maybe i shouldn't, but it's the only way my hair doesnt look balding!) Oh! And it needs to be able to hold up for at least a couple of weeks of daily washing..hmm.
Nope I havnt ordered it yet but Im going to. At that price its worth experimenting with. The shipping is a little pricey, $6.99, but still well within the range Im looking to spend. Im definetly going to go with shrinkies, Im checking out my local hardware store tomorrow for the black and Ill experiment with those and with some spare hair I already have.
omg yes it is....I had completely forgotten about savagelilly. I remember now that I had saw the profiber on their website way back before I had any interest in synthetic! If its profiber it has to be the good stuff. Ill bet someone over at quinnsters could tell us what it is for sure.
Hey, Amm, I don't think that's ProStyles/ProHair, if that's what you're thinking.... Doesn't look like the photos I've seen of it, anyway. Maybe you could link to it on Quinnster's and someone there could advise? The Synergy and Hairsisters links look promising.
By the way, I did an exhaustive search of the Quinnster's Loose section last night, and came across many monofiber threads (don't know how I missed these the first time). Forgive me if you guys have seen these before; if not, they should be helpful (links below).
The more I read about this, I'm not sure that anyone has actually used monofiber with Shrinkies; they seem to think it would work, but this may be pioneer territory (everyone seems to use ir for heat-sealed, pinchbraids, or microrings). I would doubt the iron would melt a pretipped strand in 5 seconds, but that hair is designed to melt, so I guess we'll have to see.... Doc Locks may know about this.
that is how the prostyles hair looks. I have 5 of the funky colors of prostyles hair and it looks just like that when you take it out of its package. other than its kinda wrapped up in a long twist. Mine has been hanging and the twist unwinds and looks just about like the picture on savage lilly except its a bit wavier. Ive used the prostyles for streaks in my daughters hair. It looks like they use the same photo for monobraid and profiber
well I have never had it in my own hair and Ive only used it for streaks, so I dont know what a full head of prostyles would be like. If I had a more natural color Id put some in my hair to try it! I have red, blue, green, purple, orange....I think that would look pretty silly on me! For what Ive used it for is beautiful. It seems to wave very nice in with my daughters hair. She has a natural wave and the streaks seem to wave right along with the hair that its connected to, so it looks very good. It also straightens well when she blowdries her hair. Ive noticed if she curls her hair it stays curly longer than her natural hair. She uses a curling iron on it, it doesnt look like it damages it but with just streaks damage wouldnt be as obvious as a full head. Ive only used it with micro rings but it can take heat so I think it would work fine with shrinkies.
Duh....I have the prostyles hair and I have shrinkies, I will test them out later today on Miss Holly( my daughter) and tell you how it goes....sometimes she likes being my guinea pig some times she dont....LOL
Yippie! This is good news, indeed. You're thinking of switching to synth, right? And your hair's like 613 blonde? Mine's 613 (even a little lighter now) and it's really hard to find human hair that matches my color, is long enough, and doesn't take forever to style....
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