Practice Heads
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Printed Date: August 04 2025 at 3:57pm
Topic: Practice Heads
Posted By: mochachip
Subject: Practice Heads
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 3:55pm
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Okay, so we've all seen amm's "sausage link sized pinchbraids."
What I really want from that whole thread though is one of those handy
dandy mannequin heads to practice on. A) Any suggestions on where to get one? B) Do any of them come with decent hair so I could try practicing shrinkie or heat seals on them with out total destrution? C) Do most of y'all DIYer's think they are worth it? thanks, :)al |
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Posted By: Amanda8Beechwoo
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 4:10pm
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Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 4:14pm
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Okay so fusion requires quite a bit of heat. What kind of hair does your head have? Or does it stillhave the yellow because taking it off could mean the death of those strands? |
Posted By: Amanda8Beechwoo
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 4:18pm
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Posted By: Gina E
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 4:59pm
| Yup!!! You gotta have one. I bought mine at Sally's but look on ebay I saw some for arond 20.( I think I paid 35) I'm not sure what type of hair she has? I'v gone through lots of dollys in my day. Either with cuts or bleach and color. This one seems just fine |
Posted By: gingerhead
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 6:41pm
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If you have a good look around you can find heads for around on Ebay I have had a few heads from ebay for around £5.50. Gingerhead ------------- Hey everyone take a look at this I found it on the web then someone sent me an email about it!! http://www.hairxtensions.cjb.net/ |
Posted By: metalgirl
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 10:23pm
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I have bought them at Sally's before too. You will also need to get the clamp to clamp it to the table so it will be stable while you work on it. ------------- http://www.Godiva-Hair.com - http://www.Godiva-Hair.com http://www.MetamorphosisHairDesign.com - http://www.MetamorphosisHairDesign.com |
Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 10:49pm
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Yes, you must have one if you intend to really get down on those pinchbraids. They're great for all kinds of experiments. They come with human hair...and the hair can take all the shrinkie/extentube/fusion/pinchbraid punishment you can meter out.
Be sure to get the table clamp as Metalgirl suggested. |
Posted By: zapevaj
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 10:53pm
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Definitely worth it. I've been using a wig on a styro head for
practice, but a wig ('specially a crappy weft-based one like I've been
using) really doesn't imitate the natural placement of hair well. And yeah, I saw a bunch at Sally's last time I was there, for about $30. -Rae ------------- http://www.hairalchemy.net - Hair Alchemy |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: April 28 2005 at 11:11pm
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I really just want to figure out what's going on with the shrinkie
application where I can see not just feel and guess at what's going on. That and figure out what the heck the difference between doing a pinch braid and doing a heat seal is. Okay i know the difference. But I can pinch braid fine. But heat sealing scares the crap out of me. Maybe with a head I'll be able to make the seals stay. then I can move on to burning myself. Or do it the same way I do shrinkies - My husband uses the heat. Funny thing is right now I just want to figure out that new weft ring technique. The shrinkies and the heat seals (and maybe a future in fusion) are to justify it... |
Posted By: Kalika
Date Posted: April 29 2005 at 9:26am
I bought mine at sallys for, I think it was $25ish, and the hair is decent to practice on, although I wouldnt color or perm it. its great to practice extensions on. but I need a new one cause I accidently dumped a whole tube of glue on her head 
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Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: April 29 2005 at 11:54am
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oooh poor little head. I know my Sally's doesn't have them but there is another beauty supply store i go to, that I like better, that I think has them... And as it turns out my experiemtn(at work) is going ot be running a few days longer than planned. So I have to delay my new hair a few days (I promised myself a reinstall or new stuff when I finish) So maybe I'll get one and bring it to the lab to practice with... |