Satin Strands Premium Hair Extensions...

Does anyone have any thought about Sally's Satin Strand Hair? Does the quality differ from each color ( like how a light blond is dry crap but the black is silky heaven in the form of hair? Only as an example though, I'm not saying it is.)?

I was at Sallys yesterday and looked at the Satin Strands hair...I wasnt impressed with any of it.  I know a few of the ladies here tried it. Try doing a search and see what comes up.

Thanks for your replies, what about this (the link at the bottom)? I read a post by Aphrodiva saying the quality was terrific. I LOVE long hair so thats why its soooo long.

What unique wiiv hair type did you use?

YES! Would you please post a picture, i'm thinking of buying 26 in. italian curly, since Aphrodiva was raving about how good it was, but the one she got was 18 in bodywave and since I absoloutley LOVE looong hair I want to get 26 in.

snapping pictures right now

Ok here you go

You can click on the picture if you want to see a larger version

All are 18 inches long
These are hanging funny so don't let the length difference throw you off
They're air drying after wash/condition/anti-tap spray
From left to right
Unique Wiiv French Curly color #4
Unique Wiiv Deep Wave color #2
Unique Wiiv Deep Wave color #4
Unique Wiiv Deep Wave color #30
Sally Satin Strands color Casablanca
Unique Wiiv Silky Straight marked on package as color #2
(BUT this #2 is darker than all the other #2s I've bought and lighter than the 1B so I would say it's a strange batch of color #2/1B)



All are 18 inches long
These are hanging funny so don't let the length difference throw you off
They're air drying after wash/condition/anti-tap spray
From left to right
Unique Wiiv French Curly color #4
Unique Wiiv Deep Wave color #2
Unique Wiiv Deep Wave color #4
Unique Wiiv Deep Wave color #30
Sally Satin Strands color Casablanca
Unique Wiiv Silky Straight marked on package as color #2
(BUT this #2 is darker than all the other #2s I've bought and lighter than the 1B so I would say it's a strange batch of color #2/1B)


Unique Wiiv Silky Straight 18 inch color#1B prewash on left
Sally Satin Strands 18 inch color Casablanca after wash on right


Sally Satin Strands 18 inch color Rio Nights prewash


Unique Wiiv Deep Wave 18 inch prewash


Unique Wiiv Deep Wave 18 inch color #2 prewash


Unique Wiiv Deep Wave 18 inch color #4 after wash on left
Unique Wiiv Deep Wave 18 inch color #2 after wash on right


Unique Wiiv Deep Wave 18 inch color #2 dry after wash


Unique Wiiv French Curly 18 inch color #4 prewash


Unique Wiiv French Curly 18 inch color #4 after wash


Unique Wiiv Silky Straight 18 inch color #1B prewash


Unique Wiiv Silky Straight 18 inch color #1B prewash


Unique Wiiv Silky Straight 18 inch color #1B prewash


Unique Wiiv Silky Straight 18 inch marked on package as color #2 after wash
(BUT this #2 is darker than all the other #2s I've bought and lighter than the 1B so I would say it's a strange batch of color #2/1B)


Hope this helps.
Sorry it's a hodgepodge of different colors and textures but some of the hair I have is washed and some isn't.
I don't have any Unique Wiiv Body Wave or Italian Curly.
The Beauty Supply Store I go to doesn't sell them.

I've used hair that costs around 200 for 4 oz from His and Her
french refined
body wave
and silky straight
Some was great, some was crap
I've also ordered from other hair sites and recieved mostly crap hair

I've had better luck with these because I can see the hair before I buy it. I WISH I was closer to better suppliers. I know I'd have better hair because it would be right at my fingertips. But I don't.

You can't wash the Unique Wiiv in hot water or be rough on it or yes it will look like crap real quick.   The Satin Strands I haven't tested yet.

That being said, I have yet to try the human hair that is sold by the girls on this site. I'm hoping it is way better than what I'm used to and am really looking forward to trying it. I've seen and heard great things about it. But for now I have too much of this hair not to use it up first. Then I'm trying the wawa and elite thermofiber I have becaue it looks great. Only then will I buy the good stuff from Amm and Sherrie. I'll make little journals and you can be sure that I'll show this hair as it wears and post pics of how it looks. And I'll do the same for the good stuff.

I'm not selling anything, just posted what I have to work with because a newbie asked about it.

I don't mean to sound defensive. I've been looking for good hair for years and know buying the cheap stuff can sometimes cost more in the long run. But I'm still playing with colors and textures too much to invest in the good stuff before I know what I want to do. Wish I could afford super dooper hair to experiment with but I can't.

Please tell where I can get better hair for a comparable price if you know of a place.

Considering that im 13 years old with a budget of 15 bucks a week from my parents (I have $86 saved up now) I'm gonna stick with $59.99 hair from Unique Wiiv.

Edited by I_LOVE_WEAVES - December 18 2006 at 7:24pm

The french curly is super curly. Looks like the hair I had when I had a bad perm in highschool. I'm not fond of it and will probably use it for a halloween costume.

The deep wave looks like a spiral perm. It's not really silky. I've seen better waved hair from His and Her if you're looking for silky hair.

The silky straight Unique Wiiv looks better after it's washed and holds up better than any other hair I've tried for the price. But you can't be rough on it or it turns dry and knots fast. It's not as fine and silky as the 100% italian mink hair from His and Her Hair, but I swear it's lasted longer than some of my expensive hair. I run into the problem of buying expensive super fine hair that starts out really beautiful but gets super poofy and dry looking fast. Usually my cheaper hair is dryer looking but stays stronger longer.

The Sally Satin strands I have yet to wear longer than about two weeks. It stayed very managable for those two weeks. But I always run into trouble at 3 or 4 weeks with my hair so that's not really a fair test. I didn't wear it long enough to recommend. It seemed in much better shape than some of the very expensive hair I buy feels at the two week point. But until I wear it for 3 to 6 weeks I won't recommend it.

The Unique Wiiv silky straight is a little finer than the Sally Satin Strands. Both feel and look better after the first wash, and both hold up better if you wash them in cool to cold water so you don't strip off the protective silicone coating. Once that's gone the hair is toast.

I do NOT rescommend the regular sally hair. That gets dry and knotted toofast even for the cheap price. Unique Wiiv is almost the same price and lasts longer. As far as the satin strands, there is a def difference in quality. The satin strands ARE better hair than the regular sally's hair. I can tell that much from two weeks of wear.

I do NOT recommend buying any clearance hair from his and her. It's clearance for a reason.

If you're looking for super silky wavy hair the 100% italin mink french bodywave is the best, short of the cuticle hair. But it's very expensive. And you should really search and read about Amm and Sherrie's hair because I've heard a lot of girls love it and I can vouch that both have fantastic customer service. I haven't bought their human hair yet but I will soon.

If you're saving up, try to buy the best hair you can afford or you'll be really disappointed. Bad knotted hair is no fun and worse than no extensions in my opinion.