Hi all - sorry it took so long to post. here's my PH done in pinchbraids by heather at black cherry in atlanta (a hairpolice affiliate - she does the hairpolice tour a bunch to other cities i know). i'll post her link here in a sec.

it's all Plastikhaar 50 mm curl. The top colors are a blend of mandel, mittleblond, and champaigner blond while the undercolors range from turkis to barbie pink to brombeere to kirschrot.

i love it. the flash does make it look barbie shiney; in real life it blends really well with my own hair. here's the before behind:

and the afters:

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i love heather. she is the sweetest. thanks to jenny rr, rae, fna fina, and sara from PH for all the great advice. i'm really happy! this hair is very covert; i can wear it up or down and either conceal or show all the funky colors.

cheryl

thanks everybody - i should mention in the b4 my hair is wet and just looks kinda skanky! the front pic doesn't seem to be loading; i'll keep trying. i should also say this is after a couple days and working all day without really trying to make stuff blend myself.

i'm tellin' ya - heather works like a surgeon tying those little knots and blending all the colors together; it really is a talent and she's got the eye.

oh right - jenny i had it done last week. the regimen heather encourages is totally similar to what mer posted - heavy on the kerasilk (i've been using the generic). i've washed my roots once with tea tree oil shampoo (i'm kinda oily) but have tried to avoid getting the hair wet yet. i use the same kinda paddle brush mer posted which keeps it smooth - at night i've been sleeping with it in 2 little princess leia buns (sorry leia!) and then letting them steam like that in the shower in the morning. heather encouraged using the kerasilk conditioner diluted with water; i did spritz it a little with some diluted fabric softener on the ends this morning. i haven't had to do any blowdrying/smoothing yet, but i'll certainly keep ya posted on that...

holy smokes - big ol' face. thanks jenny - i have not a clue as to what language you are speaking, hilarious.

i work with some crusty conservative people - and i really think most haven't noticed? it's like - hmmm. somethings different - what is it?

heather went up to approximately 2-3 inches from my side part. i can see how this will be the tricky part to really conceal if one were trying. heather herself has all her hairpinchbraided with them showing; it's actually a really nice look and i may do that next time (yep, i'm already plotting my next venture)

Does she come up to Charleston?..lol....I think I e-mailed her a little while back and she said she has clients comin all the way from NC.....I just can't stomach the 5 hour drive and dealin with fam yet

HEather does Kris' Hair.

CHERYL YOU HAIR LOOKS AMAZING!!!!

(syren you are TOO funny)

her email is mailto:H347HOR@aol.com - H347HOR@aol.com and here's her hairpolice link (no pics, though) and here's her hairpolice link with her info: http://www.hairpolice.com/zip/index.php?action=view&id=54 - http://www.hairpolice.com/zip/index.php?action=view&id=5 4

i posted some pics she did here a while back - the blonde with green springy stripes steamed into braids; the other was a brunette with some turquoise. she's done some hair for the west coast choppers catalog :) here's the link to that thread with the pics http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20509&KW=steaming+straight+synth - http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=20509 &KW=steaming+straight+synth

rachelrolan - i can't say enough. she's a sweet genius. she either does hair by the hour if you bring your own or there's a flat rate for her to do prostyles or hisandher human, etc. i remember there being a post on here about using caution when paying by the hour; whelp, lemme just say she didn't stop working. i don't think she took one break.