My latest experiences _ I love elite thermo!

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   So, I've spent the last couple of months trying out some new hair and such. Here are my experiences. I'll post pictures of my latest install (elite thermo) tonight. 
So, I purchased lovely virgin indian hair off of ebay. The seller is "Productcheap" and she only posts a few batches at a time. I bought the 18 inch (8oz) and was very happy when I received it.  A few days before my install, I washed it (it smelled strange) and hung it in my bathroom to dry (much to my husband's chagrin)
Next morning, I was checking to see how it held up after the wash and OH MY GOD...what do I see in there but little specs of white. I freak out, run to google and look up lice. Yep, sure enough, there are the little husks I had seen - the hatched eggs (or nits as they are called). Now firstly, let me say that I'm a bit of a germaphobe. I�m fanatically clean in my house and on myself and the thought of having LICE EGGS in my home or on my head (even dead ones) gave me the bloody willies!! 
 So, I contacted the seller and she was nice (offered refund etc) but after a few emails back and forth informs me that she had contacted her supplier and yes, they are nit eggs, and yes, they do occur often and no, I won't get lice (I already knew this because I did some research but I was still completely grossed out). So, I keep the hair, wash it a few more times, pick out all the nits (ewwww!!!) and start doing the tracks with my new best friend SUPERTAPE.
Yay supertape! It is a bit annoying to work with, but it holds for about 4 weeks without getting gummy and I can put conditioner over the bonds with no slippage.  The hair I bought is handtied (I think) but the pieces of hair are so far apart on the track that I had to triple weft every track - annoying beyond belief. However, I wore the hair for almost 4 weeks and it held up beautifully (NOTE: an unusual amount of time for me and human hair). I took it down and washed it, removed the tapes (so annoying to get it all off!) and will reuse it. 
I decided after the nit experience (I can't sleep, nits will eat me!) that I would try switching back to elite thermofiber. I had tried it for my very first install and didn't like it because I curled it and it looked all fried after a few days. So I bought some and installed it and after reading a few tips on here and other places I AM IN LOVE. Firstly, I�ve left it straight this time and it blends with my hair perfectly (after I gave myself a layered hair cut), secondly it is SO LIGHT that I feel like I�m not wearing any extensions at all. I used about 7 oz total.  
I have discovered a few secrets to making it super soft and lovely.
1.      Wash it (it only needs to be washed once a week) with a diluted wash of Woolite;
2.      Condition it with Lavender and Vanilla Downy! It works so well, I can�t believe it! and it smells DIVINE!
3.      Flat iron it with VELVASIL and my FHI ceramic flat iron. 
I wet the hair down with the velvasil and flat iron it out and it comes out so silky and soft that I can�t stop running my fingers through it.  I have to flat iron my own hair to match it, but that�s okay (my hair is naturally wavy). 
So, I�m a total convert to synthetic!!! I�m going to keep using it instead of human (I will mostly likely do a reinstall of the indian I have, but it was so bulky that it�ll have be in winter). Also, my elite thermo is feeling fabulous and looking fabulous and is crazily easy to take care of, no products necessary, just the steps mentioned above. It's also so inexpensive. I was so tired of spending money on human that just didn't deliver - I even tried the bohyme (before the indian) (sorry ladies, I know you love this stuff) and I was very very disappointed. 
AND � I don�t have to deal with anymore disturbing lice experiences. Yay!

Edited by cat_goddess - June 14 2007 at 11:32am