Synth that curls? listed on eBay
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Topic: Synth that curls? listed on eBay
Posted By: amm
Subject: Synth that curls? listed on eBay
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 4:16pm
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11853&item=5547478284 - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11853&item=5547478284 Hmm. I don't know. Any opinions on this? This seller has other items and some beautiful blonde colors on weft, too. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Weave-Queen-Hair-Extensions_W0QQsspagenameZl2QQtZkm - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Weave-Queen-Hair-Extensions_W0QQsspagenameZl2QQtZkm ------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
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Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 4:26pm
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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.... ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 4:35pm
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Ahhhhhhh. 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!!!!???  ------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 4:50pm
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I should think not. It is 2005, after all! 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.... ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 5:47pm
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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! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: Aeone
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 6:38pm
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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 - 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.  decisions, decisions :| |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 9:30pm
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http://www.extrahiuxet.com/index.php?id=53 - http://www.extrahiuxet.com/index.php?id=53 LOL! I haven't a clue on this one. Anyone care to take a stab at it?  Edit: Oh wait, I see there's an English Summary. And check this out... Look about 3/4 down the page... it's Hairlocs shells. Copper Hairlocs shells! Unbelievable. I'd never seen them for sale before. http://www.extrahiuxet.com/index.php?id=15 - http://www.extrahiuxet.com/index.php?id=15 ------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 9:59pm
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Yikes! What are they thinking? I thought everyone had switched from copper to aluminum by now.... ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 10:06pm
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How gorgeous are these heads? http://www.markglenn.com/Fashion/Gallery/Fashion008.htm - http://www.markglenn.com/Fashion/Gallery/Fashion008.htm http://www.markglenn.com/Fashion/Gallery/Fashion010.htm - http://www.markglenn.com/Fashion/Gallery/Fashion010.htm http://www.markglenn.com/Hair_Loss/Gallery/HairLoss015.htm - http://www.markglenn.com/Hair_Loss/Gallery/HairLoss015.htm http://www.markglenn.com/Fashion/Gallery/Fashion009.htm - http://www.markglenn.com/Fashion/Gallery/Fashion009.htm http://www.lucindaellery.com/extensions/before_after.html - http://www.lucindaellery.com/extensions/before_after.html Damn! ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: EmmaSkye
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 11:22pm
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This is a cool site for synth hair. http://www.hairsisters.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=6_7 - http://www.hairsisters.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=6_7 I thinks it great that it shows you what the hair looks like out of the package. Dont know about the quality of the hair tho. And if you click on a color, it show it to you also. Em ------------- SHE human hair blend, 18", #4 with Supertape. |
Posted By: EmmaSkye
Date Posted: January 01 2005 at 11:27pm
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OMG OMG OMG, sorry just a little excited, I think I found it, check this out.... http://www.hairsisters.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=6_7&products_id=1731 - http://www.hairsisters.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=6_7&products_id=1731 Its, long, its kanekalon and it comes in the color I want and its on a weft. OMG OMG OMG Em  ------------- SHE human hair blend, 18", #4 with Supertape. |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 12:51am
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Hmm. Emma, you may have found something there. That's not clown hair, is it? Did you order it? Here's another one to ponder. Synergy Fiber: http://www.abantu.com/html/synthetic_weaving_extension_ha.html - http://www.abantu.com/html/synthetic_weaving_extension_ha.html A great thread to read about the differences in synth hair: http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm6.showMessage?topicID=782.topic&index=3 - http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm6.showMessage?topicID=782.topic&index=3 ------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
Posted By: EmmaSkye
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 12:58am
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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. Em ------------- SHE human hair blend, 18", #4 with Supertape. |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 2:17am
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Profibre? Is this what I think it is? Could it be true? http://www.savagelily.com/cgi-bin-local/synhairdetails.cgi?id=74&T=B - http://www.savagelily.com/cgi-bin-local/synhairdetails.cgi?id=74&T=B I'll stay calm until you guys advise me. ------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 5:25am
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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. ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 5:29am
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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. http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm6.showMessage?topicID=862.topic - http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm6.showMessage?topicID=862.topic http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm6.showMessage?topicID=863.topic - http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm6.showMessage?topicID=863.topic http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm6.showMessage?topicID=898.topic - http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm6.showMessage?topicID=898.topic http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm6.showMessage?topicID=777.topic - http://p080.ezboard.com/fhair18356frm6.showMessage?topicID=777.topic ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 5:55am
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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 ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 6:20am
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Oh, OK. I thought it looked different, but maybe it's more similar than I thought.... Sherrie, how do you like the ProStyles? ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 6:33am
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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 ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 6:41am
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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.... ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 6:43am
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I hear you jenny...Ive even thought about dying my hair so I could have more options of extensions choices since lighter colors seem so limited. But I just cant part with my blonde hair! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 6:55am
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Neither can I, and frankly, I feel like a lot of people are unsatisfied with human hair, regardless of the color, so who knows? I'm psyched that you'll be testing the ProStyles with the Shrinks; I can't wait to hear how it turns out. Your daughter must have the coolest hair in school! ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 12:43pm
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Thanks sherrie for testing this out. I have an email out to Savagelily (they're also Afrocare, I believe) asking a few questions. I also have an email out to Sara and I will definitely try some plastikhaar once I nail down the curl size. Jenny, those links are amazing. I've been going through the archives over there, too. I notice some recent questions aren't being answered and I can imagine --for them, anyway-- they may feel like they're repeating themselves. After buying human hair for so long, I do have to chuckle when I read how "expensive" it is at $30-40 a bag. ------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 1:17pm
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I know, it's hilarious! All those prices seem dreamy to me.... What's unfortunate about Quinnster's site (excellent as it is) is that you can't access posts before a certain point at all and the search function does not work well (at least not for me). I searched a million times for Dome, ProStyles, monofilament, etc., and I didn't find much. But when I actually went through each one, there was more info. than I'd thought there was. I'll bet there was tons of information posted before that time, bur again, it doesn't seem to be accessible. ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 3:05pm
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Oh, and another thing. There are no even remotely negative reviews about any of the synth hair sellers in the reviews section (Prostyles, PlastikHaar, Dome). I painstakingly went through all the pages just in case, looking for any possible caveats, and I haven't found any, which is encouraging. ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 8:51pm
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well I dont have answers for you ladies on the shrinkie/prostyles hair. I tried it tonight with mixed results. I think my fusion wand may be the problem but Im not sure. It is a single sided wand (only heats on one side) which is fine for the nailtip hair I use but I dont think it heats all the way through the shrinkie well enough. When the iron was good and hot(180 degrees) it heated through pretty well, but after doing a few I think the one side that isnt heated just cools off way too much. But what I did find was that on the pretipped prostyles ( I used LG to pretip) the hair did not melt. But if I put the tip of my wand on the loose synthetic it did melt but not instantly, after a few seconds. Also I turned my wand temp up to 200 and I did melt one of the pretips off......so Im not sure about the synthetic and shrinkies. I m not sure if I need a different fusion wand or if shrinkies like other methods take a little practice to get the hang of it?? Sorry I couldnt be more helpful on this issue! I wish I had used the shrinkies before now so I would be more knowledgeable. Ive had the shrinkies for 4 months and never tried one til today! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 8:59pm
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Thanks, Sherrie. It does sound like you'll need a different wand for Shrinks, but I imagine AMM could advise you better on this. I was hoping the pretipping would be enough to protect the synth from melting, and if I'm understanding your post correctly, it basically is. Do you think it would be possible to do a whole head of Shrinks without melting a lot of the actual synthetic strands in the process? (This may be impossible to answer, I realize.) Thanks again, Sherrie! ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 9:16pm
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I think that they will do fine. I melted 1 out of 10. But that was only after I turned up the temp....And I was holding the wand on the shrinkie longer than I think I should have to because of only one side heating. ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 9:25pm
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That's encouraging. Thanks again, Sherrie. Did you like the way it looked? ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 9:39pm
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I love the small bond with the shrinkie...that is awesome. I will definitely switch to shrinkies even if it dont work out with synthetic. But for now on the human hair I will do with shrinkies for sure...I think I just need a double sided heating wand or just need to get the hang of it??? The shrinkie bond is WAY smaller than the nail hair bond that I currently have. I am fairly satisfied with the human hair I use...for the price I pay its pretty decent its just a pain because I order from Korea...I have to order big amounts to justify the shipping charge and it takes a little while to transfer the money etc.....but I would love to switch to synthetic as soon as I know enough about it. If you meant am I happy with the way the prostyles looks Id say yes....its a bit shiney when new but the shinieness washes off, but I only have funky colors so of course they look fake! I dont have a clue how the natural colors compare to human hair color. ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: January 02 2005 at 9:48pm
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Another Shrinkie convert! It's amazing.... ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |