Great Lengths Article
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Topic: Great Lengths Article
Posted By: adina
Subject: Great Lengths Article
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 11:52am
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Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 12:21pm
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lies all lies! that article is a press release for great lengths. they dont even compare it to one other brand. ive worn great lengths and i dont agree that--- "they also bonded strand by strand via a keratin protein tip, not in clumps with glue, wax or knots." "Out of all the hair extensions people put in, they're the safest, the healthiest and the best. they don't damage your hair." The "virgin hair" or "temple hair," as it is called, has not been chemically treated. |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 12:22pm
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lies all lies! that article is a press release for great lengths. they dont even compare it to one other brand. ive worn great lengths and i dont agree that--- "they also bonded strand by strand via a keratin protein tip, not in clumps with glue, wax or knots." "Out of all the hair extensions people put in, they're the safest, the healthiest and the best. they don't damage your hair." The "virgin hair" or "temple hair," as it is called, has not been chemically treated. |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 12:22pm
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lies all lies! that article is a press release for great lengths. they dont even compare it to one other brand. ive worn great lengths and i dont agree that--- "they also bonded strand by strand via a keratin protein tip, not in clumps with glue, wax or knots." "Out of all the hair extensions people put in, they're the safest, the healthiest and the best. they don't damage your hair." The "virgin hair" or "temple hair," as it is called, has not been chemically treated. |
Posted By: adina
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 12:46pm
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I wear them and I absolutely love them.I haven't had any problems for the past 5 yrs with them ruining my hair~They have actually helped my hair health and growth,But To each his own.I have actually seen The VH1 Fabulous 40 episode about Great Lengths. ------------- |
Posted By: Save~A~Stray
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 7:11pm
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Adina~ I have to be very honest here and say, you are the very first person that I have ever heard say that about Great Lengths. I mean that's pretty damn amazing if it has "helped your hair health and growth", and good for you...you must be one of the very few and lucky people and thanks for sharing your experience with GL. I know you do Great Lengths and are very partial to this method, which is great. You are entitled to your opinion and share your experience and we all wish we were as luck as you....don't we girls? You're hair is simply beautiful!! I myself love the GL hair, I really do. I will be going on the GL course later this year, why? Because I want to be able to get the hair !! I would only offer this service to people with strong, healthy hair, that had used it before and wanted it again. Them knowing that there is usually some damage to the natural hair and still insist they want it. Anything you add to your hair will cause some sort of damage, that's just common sense. Sorry, people with finer hair are just not a candidate for this service, and that's fact!! I have had it done myself (fine hair) the lady did a good job putting them in but killed my hair afterwards!! I still would do it again, but that's because I am planning on wearing hair extensions for the rest of my life, and I will. There are people who can't do this and they need to know the TRUTH, and what most 90% of people experience with GL. I would love to hear from ANYONE who has had 100% satisfaction with GL. That's just my opinion hun, don't mind me. 
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Posted By: Save~A~Stray
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 7:12pm
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Adina~ I have to be very honest here and say, you are the very first person that I have ever heard say that about Great Lengths. I mean that's pretty damn amazing if it has "helped your hair health and growth", and good for you...you must be one of the very few and lucky people and thanks for sharing your experience with GL. I know you do Great Lengths and are very partial to this method, which is great. You are entitled to your opinion and share your experience and we all wish we were as luck as you....don't we girls? You're hair is simply beautiful!! I myself love the GL hair, I really do. I will be going on the GL course later this year, why? Because I want to be able to get the hair!! I would only offer this service to people with strong, healthy hair, that had used it before and wanted it again. Them knowing that there is usually some damage to the natural hair and still insist they want it. Anything you add to your hair will cause some sort of damage, that's just common sense. Sorry, people with finer hair are just not a candidate for this service, and that's fact!! I have had it done myself (fine hair) the lady did a good job putting them in but killed my hair afterwards!! I still would do it again, but that's because I am planning on wearing hair extensions for the rest of my life, and I will. There are people who can't do this and they need to know the TRUTH, and what most 90% of people experience with GL. I would love to hear from ANYONE who has had 100% satisfaction with GL. That's just my opinion hun, don't mind me.
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Posted By: Save~A~Stray
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 7:14pm
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Adina~ I have to be very honest here and say, you are the very first person that I have ever heard say that about Great Lengths. I mean that's pretty damn amazing if it has "helped your hair health and growth", and good for you...you must be one of the very few and lucky people and thanks for sharing your experience with GL. I know you do Great Lengths and are very partial to this method, which is great. You are entitled to your opinion and share your experience and we all wish we were as luck as you....don't we girls? You're hair is simply beautiful!! I myself love the GL hair, I really do. I will be going on the GL course later this year, why? Because I want to be able to get the hair!! I would only offer this service to people with strong, healthy hair, that had used it before and wanted it again. Them knowing that there is usually some damage to the natural hair and still insist they want it. Anything you add to your hair will cause some sort of damage, that's just common sense. Sorry, people with finer hair are just not a candidate for this service, and that's fact!! I have had it done myself (fine hair) the lady did a good job putting them in but killed my hair afterwards!! I still would do it again, but that's because I am planning on wearing hair extensions for the rest of my life, and I will. There are people who can't do this and they need to know the TRUTH, and what most 90% of people experience with GL. I would love to hear from ANYONE who has had 100% satisfaction with GL. That's just my opinion hun, don't mind me.
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Posted By: Save~A~Stray
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 7:20pm
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Sorry, what is up with this server!! ------------- |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: March 03 2005 at 7:31pm
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I completely agree with you, SAS. The hair is very nice, but the method ain't for everyone. And it's just preposterous to think that gluing anything to hair will improve its health. They certainly didn't improve mine--quite the contrary. I would imagine Fina, who's before-and-after pictures are on another thread here (which show what GLs does to hair long-term), would concur with my assessment. :) ------------- http://www.beautyaddictmag.com - www.beautyaddictmag.com |
Posted By: adina
Date Posted: March 04 2005 at 9:06am
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Thanks for the feedback ladies~I agree that great lengths isn't for everyone,In fact I have had a few people come to me and I told them that I think that they would be better off with other methods because their hair was thinning or female baldness etc...The hair is great and that is why I took the coarse was to be able to purchase the hair.So far I have been very careful with the bond removal process(EXTRA) careful.I have seen some damaged hair concerning GL bond removal And I Honestly believe that it isn't the bonds that are damaging but The way the person removes the hair.I have noticed since I have been a cosmotologist that in the salons when there are people waiting,or when stylists rush through hair services to get more clients that their is breakage of hair.It take hours removing the bonds,But The one thing I do not do is worry about the time spending on removel process.When clients come to me,I show them using my own head,how I attatch and remove the bonds.And try to explain it as thoroughly as I can before they get their hair done.Alot of extension co. say that their bonds arte keratin,but they are only 10 percent keratin and the rest of the % glue.Great Lengths uses 100 % Keratin.Alot of people think Keratin is Glue,It is actually(And in Cosmotology school I learned this,Keratin is the substance in which our skin and our nails are made up of(Consists of).It's all natural.It says it in our cosmotology books.I'm thinking that because other co. are saying their bonds are glue that hairdressers are getting it confused.Alot of hairdressers are saying that they are doing the GL method and found to be lying.Are you positive ladies that you had the gl?I just havn't ran into any kind of damage and I hope that I don't ruin anyones hair!!That'd be horrible~ ------------- |
Posted By: Save~A~Stray
Date Posted: March 04 2005 at 10:19am
| Adina~ I'm VERY 100% positive I had Great Lengths!! OH MY!! |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 04 2005 at 10:28am
| adina, great lengths bonds are based on keratin but their still glue. 99% of all glues are based on natural elements too, like protein. u need to do more research if ur providing it professionelly. if ur hair is not damaged show us pictures of ur hair with and without the great lengths. ur user pic looks like a wig head or mannaquin. it is not u. |
Posted By: Kellygirl
Date Posted: March 04 2005 at 11:01am
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I've had great lengths two times, and am saving up for my third. It depends on how well you take care of them I think. I have very thin hair, its because I've been taking thyroid medicine for 15 years and it is a side effect. Anyways, I have thin hair which is precisely why i have extensions. I don't notice my hair is any thinner from extension use. as with most things, it depends on your extensionist and in how you care for your extensions. thats just my opinion. ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 04 2005 at 11:01am
| If you use heat to melt it into the hair and a solvent to remove the stuff, its glue. |
Posted By: Kellygirl
Date Posted: March 04 2005 at 11:02am
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I've had great lengths two times, and am saving up for my third. It depends on how well you take care of them I think. I have very thin hair, its because I've been taking thyroid medicine for 15 years and it is a side effect. Anyways, I have thin hair which is precisely why i have extensions. I don't notice my hair is any thinner from extension use. as with most things, it depends on your extensionist and in how you care for your extensions. thats just my opinion. ------------- |
Posted By: adina
Date Posted: March 07 2005 at 10:06am
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Umm...,OK???? [IMG] http://www.theurl.com/images.gift - http://www.theurl.com/images.gift [IMG] ------------- |
Posted By: Gina E
Date Posted: March 07 2005 at 10:14am
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Adina No spleken ze duetch! Repost please  edited: this sever went kuku! ------------- I've got a new puppy!!! She's a http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/GinaE52979/EvansFirstDayandRoxy06019.jpg - White Boxer |
Posted By: Gina E
Date Posted: March 07 2005 at 10:18am
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Posted By: adina
Date Posted: March 07 2005 at 11:30am
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A manakin head!!Theres the rest of my body!Side view of the same hair~Now you can see I'm real!~Unless you think I am using a full size manakin now or better yet trick photography~????!Anyone help w/ posting pix?I'll post more!If you look close at my avatar you can see it's no manakin! ------------- |
Posted By: Gina E
Date Posted: March 07 2005 at 2:00pm
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Adina, I dont think ur a manequin. GL has mixed emotions on this board because of the cost. The hair is quality yet pricy,so labor has to be marked up for it to be worth your while. Please include pics of the GL tips! Try photobucket Syren explains it here: http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum/viewthread.asp?forum=AMB_AP934431446&id=9443 - http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum/viewthread.asp?forum=AMB_AP934431446&id=9443 Gina ------------- I've got a new puppy!!! She's a http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/GinaE52979/EvansFirstDayandRoxy06019.jpg - White Boxer |
Posted By: adina
Date Posted: March 07 2005 at 2:08pm
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I am just starting out with GL as a rep.I got certified just so I could buy the hair although it is pricely even when buying straight from GL.My prices are very reasonable according to a few girls on this site.I will post pix asap![IMG] http:// - ------------- |
Posted By: zapevaj
Date Posted: March 07 2005 at 2:46pm
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Oh, that unregistered user was just a dork. None of us thought you were a mannequin head! Anyway, here's my question about Great Lengths, and maybe you (or some other fusion stylists here) can shed some light on it. GL bond remover is acetone, right? I know that when you use acetone on your nails, they get very soft and weak, at least of the few minutes that the're wet with acetone, and then afterwards they feel very dry. (Dry nails, I know...I sound insane.) Now, since hair and nails are made of the same kind of keratin, I would imagine that acetone does the same thing to hair as it does to nails. And if acetone makes nails soft and weak, why wouldn't it do the same thing to hair- especially since hair is so much thinner than nails? Mind you, I'm not trying to denigrate GLs or re-start the Great Lengths Wars, as I work for neither GL nor Hairlocs or anyone else, really. It's just an honest question. :) -Rae ------------- http://www.hairalchemy.net - Hair Alchemy |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 07 2005 at 5:42pm
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Well than I guess Im a dork....because I thought it looked like a mannequin head too. Before this full length picture was posted it was just a shoulder & up picture and it looked like a mannequin! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: adina
Date Posted: March 08 2005 at 10:59am
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Just call me manakin head!~J.K.~ ------------- |
Posted By: Gina E
Date Posted: March 08 2005 at 11:08am
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Mannequin head!!! Hate to be a pest! I'd love to see those pics,maybe a close up of your bonds,and a pic of an actual tip(shown to scale) Danka!(See me splekins de duetch!) Gna ------------- I've got a new puppy!!! She's a http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/GinaE52979/EvansFirstDayandRoxy06019.jpg - White Boxer |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 08 2005 at 6:08pm
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Im a DORK.......LOL! Sorry adina! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: HannahLu
Date Posted: March 11 2005 at 7:34pm
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Hey all! I've read through this thread and don't think I will refer to Adina as a mannequin head...hehehe I had to laugh at that one. Howver, I do agree with what she has said, though. I am on my second round of GL's, and have had better luck this time. I am happy to say I am one of those 100% satisfied customers. I had them in the first time in July 04, and after three months, they came out, but...I also had my hair bleached (not really bleached, but I am a natural dark brunette and I had hair the color of Paris Hilton! You do the math!) several times during the course of the extensions, as well as for YEARS prior to. I am a reforming haircolor addict (Hi, my name is HannahLu and I have a hairdying problem), and damaged my hair so much prior to the extensions that they actually made it look better! However, coming out of them was painstaking, and there was some damage, but mainly split end breakage. I opted for a bob cut and let my hair grow from Oct. 27, 2004 (date of extension removal) until January 27, 2004. I went natural this time, and have not had my hair colored since October 16, 2004. My hair looks great with the GL's, and yes, the hair is WONDERFUL!! It's just acting different than before. I also take hair, skin, and nail vitamins for growth. I figure it can't hurt it! And yes, the article is trying to sell the public on the ides of GL's. IMO, they should only be worn by people with thicker, healthier hair. I don't have thin hair, or hair loss, so I may be a better candidate for them than someone who has finer, thinner hair. My extensionist also told me that he turns down women who are not good candidates, unless they are bent on getting them despite what he says. I don't think that a stylist should ethically sell someone something that they know isn't good for that person merely to make a profit...but this isn't a perfect world, and there are some greedy, crooked extensionists out there (As evidenced by nightmare stories posted to this board). ------------- |
Posted By: Save~A~Stray
Date Posted: March 11 2005 at 8:18pm
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HannahLu~ So there is a 100% satisfied customer......I eat my words then. I just totally disagreed (and still do) that Great Lengths " helps hair health and growth".......!! I would say as this is only your second application and you have not had the 2nd removal done.....I would like to hear about the condition afterwards. You have just had the second set put in....right? People report it is on the removal process, that most of the damage gets done (of course this is all up to who does the removal). You at least sound like a Great Lengths candidate if you have thicker, healther hair now. Unfortunetely, not all extensionists care about the client's hair ......you're right there is too many greedy people who just want the money regardless of what it will do to the client's hair. This will be something that will always be a problem in this industry. You sound like you have a good caring extensionist. Stick with him I'd say!! Well, enjoy your new hair!!
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Posted By: marie87
Date Posted: March 12 2005 at 8:34am
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Zapevaj, I rememember reading a thread that talked about removing GL and that the remover was 150 proof alcohol or somthing simaler. This makes sence to me because years ago I had a client from Itaily with GL and I tryed acetone to get them out It was very very hard to break the bond with that. I wish I had known what to use then!!!I spent all day trying to get them out and couldn't get a hold of the company back then!!! ------------- |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: March 12 2005 at 10:04pm
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I actually remember a post where someone said they use Bacardi 151 rum to remove GLs......It was a hillarious thread, I think it went something like...one squit on the hair, one squirt in the mouth....one squirt on the hair, two squirts in the mouth...*hiccup* ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |