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    Posted: March 20 2007 at 4:25am
Hi guys
 
this is my method of putting in extensions, and I use it for the following reasons:
 
1: Coverage - enables me to have long extensions all over including the top.
 
2: can blend with your own color and change your own color somewhat.
 
3: Time to install the whole lot once you have made it up, is around 30 mins
 
4: good for fine/thin hair as there arent too many attachments
 
 
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I get a long HH wig.
 
then from the top of the lace/skin top/mono/whatever,
 
I cut the pieces of lace that run between the hair wefts.    Once I have done this for a few rows, I then sew say 3 or 4 rows of weft together.  this opens up big holes all over the wig.  Basically turns it into an integration piece.
 
I then stick that on my head, pull my own hair thru the big holes i have opened up, and then use a combintion of LG and micro links to attach it.
 
The result is a full head of long hair in a fraction of the time it takes to install a full head of extensions,  and no worries about short top layers looking out of place or giving away the fact i have extensions in.
 
Heres a pic - not a very good one of the length Im afraid
 
also, if you are a DIY girl, you can buy a wig in a style you like, and save yourself the trouble of cutting it into style after.
 
 
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ok I dont know what happened there - heres a link to the picture anyway
 
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And heres a pic of the underside of the wig as i was working on it
 
 
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http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7246/dsc00482gj3.jpg
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Sounds great chick but I haven't seen a lace front wig first hand so I'm a bit confused lol x
[URL=http://www.hairextensionsbyamanda.co.uk]www.hairextensionsbyamanda.co.uk[/URL]
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so is it basicially a wig attached to your head with links?
does it get hot- and how is it with shampooing and drying
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This is an interesting concept.. I imagine that if this was a fully ventilated piece you might even have a few more styling options.. I can't imagine you would be able to wear this more than a week or two..
 
Explain picture #2 though.. Not sure why after opening up the spaces you sew some of the wefts together..
 
Here's your pics posted.. You have to place the picture link between the image tags
 
[ img ] http: // your pic link here [ /img ]
(I have extra spces in this example so the forum software doesn't turn it into a picture link..
 




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its no hotter than wefted extensions have been

i sew 4 rows together to open up the space to make a big hole in it

and its been 2 weeks and seems to be wearing as well as wefted extensions do

the major bonus for me is being able to install i 30 mins or so - i have beter things to do than spend hours on it LOL

its not a lace front its just a normal old wig with skin top.

I plan to try & get 6 mths out of it by replacing some of the wefts with new synthetic thermo or with more HH to make it last longer.
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