best pre-extention haircut?

I'm in between extentions right now, but getting ready to put in a new set once my shrinkies get here and I've got Fina's hair dyed to match my own. My own hair is a bit ragged from stripping out the black I had been wearing for a while, so I need a trim. I'm just curious if there are any shapes for haircuts in particular you all have found successful in providing a based for extentions that help them to blend most seamlessly with your own hair. I don't want to take off much length - for obvious reasons

(here is a link to my old extentions thred. has pics of the length of my hair. They're not too far off from how my hair looks now. http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30838 &KW=sansconformist )

 

lol, hi Jodie. Thanks for the compliment :) That round was bonded with Liquid Gold. "Fina's" is a batch of human hair many of us went in on from a member here, FinaFina, and WaWa is a brand of synth hair known as thermofiber which can withstand much higher temperatures than normal synth, making it suitable for those of us who like to use hot tools. I don't have any pics of the application process, but if you search the Black Hair boards, you'll probably find plenty; bonded weft is a common application method over there. Cheers!

I still really like that install.

I really don't know about hair cuts.  I have kinda given up on worrying about the look of my natural hair cause I don't forsee a time in the near future I won't be wearing extensions of some sort.

But that said I put some choppy layers in the front of mine before I installed last time.  I think I cut them  little too short but I just blended the fake hair to match.

I always find that layered hair is way easier to blend that bluntly-cut hair. They don't have to be razored layers, just some sort of tapering so that your hair doesn't all end at the same length.

-Rae