Fina Is the hair here?!?
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Topic: Fina Is the hair here?!?
Posted By: mochachip
Subject: Fina Is the hair here?!?
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 3:20pm
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tell us all about it. tell us we're going to be happy tell us something anything i think this is the right day yay! |
Replies:
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 4:00pm
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Hi Mocha!!
I ordered 1.2 kg which is about 39 oz; he sent me more like 48 oz; but the hair is about 17-1/2" long. hm. We ordered the "21 - 22" hair so I need to send him an email. I'll post more later and will send the hair out tomorrow. |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 4:56pm
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It doesn't even look totally black either I may only have to do very minimal chemical altering. How do the ends feel? happy happy |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 7:45pm
Oh boy that really sucks though about the length. 
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Posted By: Kimbearly
Date Posted: June 08 2005 at 9:10pm
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What is up with the length? Before sending any of this hair out to us see what he has to say. I was really wanting the 21 inches. ------------- |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 12:15pm
| Yes it is extremely disappointing. He has always been very responsive about replying. I will let you know as soon as I hear back. grrrrrr. |
Posted By: zapevaj
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 2:08pm
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Well anyway, even if he refuses to take it back, I'll buy two of those
bundles off of you. I've got a friend who wears 18" black at the moment
and needs to switch out her hair. -Rae ------------- http://www.hairalchemy.net - Hair Alchemy |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 2:46pm
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Hey Fina is that hair bulk or on a weft? on computer at work, screen not very clear? xx ------------- |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 3:59pm
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The hair is on a weft, and it is gorgeous. It's just that it's 18" and not the 20-21" as promised. Anyway I'll post better pics this evening. For everybody who ordered it - I will refund your money if I can't get this worked out and if you don't want the hair. Welcome to the world of direct importing!!! Just when I thought I had it down. . . -Fina |
Posted By: gsmilie
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 4:07pm
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HI, that hair looks great. If you have any extras I would be interested in it, let me know. Thanks!! |
Posted By: elvira
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 4:09pm
| I'll still take the 18 inch Fina. Thanks so much for taking this all on. The hair looks beautiful too. |
Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 4:26pm
| But if you PAID for 20" and got 17" - that's a significant difference! |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 4:27pm
| Looks beautiful, Fina. But it's a drag about the length. Apparently, this is common practice among bulk suppliers. You ask for 22, they send 18, 14, whatever they have available. I can't understand their approach to doing business. :) |
Posted By: shel221
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 4:38pm
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Maybe they sent 48oz instead of 39oz to make up for the length? It would have been nice of them to email you saying they only had 18 instead before just shipping it out as if you send back to them then you'll be out of pocked for all the extra shipping. xx ------------- |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 5:26pm
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Shel, I'm thinking what you're thinking. But anyway. I took the hair out of the ponytails and it is actually closer to 20". See photos. As I said - the hair is really pretty: 
Syren: Yes, Your'e right. The hair was supposed to be "20-21" and I got more like 19-20". We'll see what he says. Rae: OK, you're on. I'll be in touch. Elvira: Thanks - I appreciate your understanding!! I think you'll really like the hair! I will ship it out tomorrow. I'm going to PM everyone I owe hair to and see what their thoughts are. |
Posted By: elvira
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 5:29pm
| It's beautious! |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 5:30pm
| Isn't it??? |
Posted By: LauraR
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 5:39pm
| Fina, if you end up with extra, will you let me know? |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 5:40pm
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Laura - I have extra for sure because he sent me extra. Want a pack??
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Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 5:55pm
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I"m still in FIna. I don't usually use that long of hair anyhow
so it's more that I'm irritated that the company would do us like that
without even saying anything. Kinda like hello, just because you can do more heads with shorter hair does not mean you didn't want the long hair anyhow???? But like you said importing and what not. I'm not even sure what I'm going to do with it. I just really wanted it... ahh hair addiction! |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 6:01pm
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Im good with the length FinaFina. If its closer to 20 Im ok. 18 inch is the shortest that I like to go on length, and I prefer to stay in the 20-22 inch range. How do the ends look? Does it look as the ends will need much trimming? It would just be nice if these companies would send the length that you order! Is that too much to ask? LOL
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Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 6:43pm
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Hi Sherrie: Actually I recall in earlier discussions that you suggested we order the longer length because of the triming we might need to do. SO THANK YOU -- I recally you saying that sometimes you had to trim off as much as 5 inches. This hair needs MAYBE an inch trimmed. If you look at the photo by the pool it shows the ends. Honestly, they are in darn good condition. Anyway I'll see what my Indian boyfriend says . . .and in the meantime I"ll ship out the hair!! Fina |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 6:48pm
| well I remember the discussion but I cant remember who it was that said sometimes they had to trim up to 5 inches.(Maybe Kimbearly) Phew....Im glad we wont have to trim that much! LOL I thought the photos looked like the ends were in pretty good shape, but its difficult to tell in a picture. Hey I will need some bleaching help, I remember we talked about that a little. |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 6:55pm
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Sherrie: I am going to bleach a batch of it. I need to get some wetter bleach; the "cream " bleach gets too dried out and what I've discovered is that the hair comes up beautifully in the first 5-10 minutes, with heat; after that it's kind of useless. I recall my hairdresser talking about the fact that the hair and bleach need to stay moist. I'll experiment on Saturday a.m. and see what happens. Just FYI: I am still wearing a few strands of this hair, bleached, and it is holding up absolutely beautifully. -Fina |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 7:37pm
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You can get 'clear' developer rather than 'cream' But I've also always been toldyou can add more developer to keep the bleach wet. |
Posted By: gsmilie
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 9:01pm
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Fina- what was the name of the supplier that you used? I can't remember the name. How many days did it take to ship? Great looking hair!! |
Posted By: Kimbearly
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 9:25pm
Fina, please do not feel bad about any of this because it is not your fault. We all went into this kind of blind since you never ordered a real order from them and we all went in it with you to get a great deal on hair. The hair does look very pretty and shiny. I still want the hair too and the ends do look really nice. Still interested in what he had to say but please send mine out  Again, Thanks for everything.------------- |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 6:34am
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EMAIL DIALOGUE BELOW. Whew. At least he replied, and, um, I feel kind of stupid at this point, but oh well. . . live and learn!! The supplier is called Sri Nivetha, and they are based in Chennai, India. The order took about 2 weeks total, but he had told me that so there were no surprises. He let me know that they were working on a double drawn order and asked if I wanted to be part of that. As I said I've dealt with a lot of asian suppliers in my business and so I felt that this was a good one. He delivered what he said he would, in the time he said it would. So here's our answer gals! ************************************************* Dear Ms. Carolyn,
Received your mail. Madam, remy double drawn 20"-21" after wefting will be around 18"only.
Also to have a good finish the bottom side is level trimmed after wefting is done.
Hope you understand this Please note if you want 20" remy double drawn after weftinig then you must order 23"-24".
Kindly give us your opinion regarding the quality of hair and wefting.
any further questions please feel free. Awaiting your reply.
Thanking you,
With regards,
M. Senthil
I wrote:
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Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 6:49am
| You know FinaFina, now that youve mentioned this I do recall hearing that before too. When you order raw hair that you have to order several inches longer if you have them weft it! If we had purchased bulk, we would have gotten the full 20-21 length. So we live and learn! We will have to remember that for a future order! |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 7:06am
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I wondered about that. But I didn't think it took that much length to weft hair. Oh well. Now we know. |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 7:56am
| Well at least the good thing is that the ends really are in decent shape!! AND the hair is awesome. Going out today!! |
Posted By: sansconformist
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 9:05am
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Just wanted to confirm, Fina, that I am still happy to take the hair I ordered, regardless of the length Thanks again for all the effort you put into it for us!
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Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 9:34am
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hi- yes you can always add more developer to the bleach to keep it wet. good luck. wrapping it in foil will speed things up too. |
Posted By: LauraR
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 10:51am
| Fina - I PM'ed you |
Posted By: Save~A~Stray
Date Posted: June 10 2005 at 10:41pm
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This happens all the time when you source direct. Sorry girls I
did mention this about my sourcing experience and the length issues dealing with them. They told me 2" gets taken off when it goes into wefting production, but I have seen them take off more like 3-4" off the length!! The hair looks beautiful Fina. I think he is still worth working with because this hair looks very good and the length is not 3-4" shorter than expected. They should really explain the wefting hair length loss prior to you purchasing but they ever do. I always order 4"-6" longer length to be guaranteed the length I want and allow for trimming the ends. I think the ends look pretty decent from what I can see from the photos. Good Luck with the hair girls!! |
Posted By: Cutelilartist
Date Posted: June 11 2005 at 12:02pm
| Thanks Fina! I'm excited about receiving the hair. |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 2:41pm
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Hey have you washed any of it yet? if so did the curl pattern change? I'm getting kind of obsessive. I've checked my tracking three times today. My hair recently left Memphis! |
Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: June 14 2005 at 2:58pm
| Really! Good luck everyone! It looks absolutely stunning. I request lots of pictures plz. |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 11:39am
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Yes I washed it and it is absolutely gorgeously straight-ish when wet and dried completely shiny and straight. No change in texture whatsover: Not stick straight, not wavy, but just ever-so-much-of-a-hint of a natural wave. I can't wait to play with it this weekend (coloring wise)!!! I know I can get to 8 and 613 very easily; I'm thinking of ordering some of the RK hair for the more-difficult-to-achieve in-between colors. But the AWESOME thing is that since this hair is so close to my natural color (very dark brown), the way it processes coloring-wise is very close to my own, and the match ends up being really great!! I still have some of the 613 in that I bleached, what, a month ago? It is absolutely beautiful. It is kicking Bohyme's butt!! |
Posted By: zapevaj
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 4:23pm
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Hey Fina- has all the hair been partitioned out yet? Are there two
spare bags, preferably as close to black as possible, and if so, how
much would you want for them? -Rae ------------- http://www.hairalchemy.net - Hair Alchemy |
Posted By: longlgirl
Date Posted: June 15 2005 at 10:30pm
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I am also interested in buying some of this hair from you if you have more, or put in any more orders. Thanks ------------- In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. - Dionysius Longinus |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 9:28am
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OK - everybody should be receiving their hair today. If feedback is good, I'll place another order. Prices will be slightly higher (I didn't quite cover my costs last time), probably $60 per weft which is 100g, or 3.5 oz. I know this is more expensive than the RK hair and we need to figure out if it's worth the extra expense. -Fina |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 9:41am
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well my package still says it scheduled for tomorrow but it left the UPS center where I know it comes her directly from so... ooh that's really an awful mess with the prepostitions. |
Posted By: Izabella120578
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 6:14pm
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Hiya, how long did the order take? I waited about 3 weeks for my last order from india :-( How long was the time between your payment and that day you received the hair? Cheers!
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Posted By: sansconformist
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 8:44am
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Okey Dokey. I got my hair yesterday. Just really getting a chance to play with it now. :) It's pretty. Between a 2 and a (dark) 4 I guess, depending on what chart you use. I'm in the process of lightening it, and the hair that came out after my first strand tests last night felt silkier and looked shinier than the hair did right off the bat! Which had been my only minor issue...it had a bit of a texture to it which did not affect the way it "hung" but seemed to make it tangle a bit. Now I'm sure that was just residue on the hair from whatever they washed it with before. It's just like Fina said - not quite stick straight, but not wave either. I was actually expecting more of a wave. I has enough body I think it will hold a curl well, though. I'm lightening it with kalideocolors beige powder and 30 volume. Test last night took it to a pretty warm brown, but I need it a bit lighter, I'm trying to get to light auburn. Leaving it on a bit longer right now. Plan on using a demi on it after wards, so I can just color it with my normal hair. (I stripped the black out.) Taking it to a 5, maybe? Well see, lol. The wefts are very interesting. So tiny and neat! I considered just wearing the wefts in my hair even though I have already ordered shrinkies from amm, then remembered I'm not brunette anymore and the thread is black I'll post pics of the strand tests when i finish with them. Can't wait till you all get your hair and start posting results update:
here are the three test strands I dyed using the kaliedocolor and 30 vol. Left on for 25, 40, and 60 minutes. Didn't really use heat except to wave a hair dryer over it a couple of times at the beginning. I tweaked it in photoshop so (on my monitor, anyway) the colours are almost true to life. The 60 minute one looks a bit lighter in life, I think. With the red demi, I believe they'll make a nice spectrum of natural looking colour. I'm quite pleased |
. For those of you concerned with the length lost while wefting, if will be very easy to get it back. This weft you have to handle gently, gluing off the ends when you cut it. But you can just sort of tug on the strand of hair at the cut end and it slides out rather neatly, along with the folded over length. Not too much fuss. Doesn't bother me, I'm short and don't wear my hair as long as a lot of you, but some may be quite pleased with this.
. I'll add more pics as I add more dye. Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 12:39pm
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It's gonn be there when I get home today. But someone agree with me thata UPS was out of their bloomin minds when they did this
just little silly right? I was so hoping it would get here yesterday. Off to the BSS to get a mannequin head. There is so much fun ahead of me... |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 1:46pm
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I've had beautiful results with dying it as well. The hair is really strong and keeps its shine. Anyway - in case any of you hadn't seen my earlier pics of the weft itself, here it is. In the meantime the supplier tells me they now even have a *more* superior, *smaller* microweft. He is going to send a sample.
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Posted By: zapevaj
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 3:46pm
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Yeah, UPS does that to me too when I order from Ebonyline. EL is about
five miles north of me- I'm in central Chicago, they're in northside
Chicago- but UPS still sends any packages from them out to their
sorting facility out in Rockford or something before sending them to
me. If I use EL again, I swear I'm going to just see if I can pick up
my order from their office. -Rae ------------- http://www.hairalchemy.net - Hair Alchemy |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 4:53pm
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I got home I had a package! My husband is a little grossed out that it's *real* hair. I saw a couple nits but I need to go out anyhow so I'll pick u a flea comb. The color almost dead on matches me to begin with. It's a tiny bit darker but I think I can either color my hair alittle or just let my hair look like highlights. of course I'm not actually sure when i'm going to wear this hair... And the texture is perfect too. Something i never asked and I don't know how to tell since this is my first HH. This is remy? aside fromt he fact that it would tangle how do i tell? Put it under a microscope? That seems tedious. :) |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 5:28pm
| hmmm. Good question. I suppose as the seller I should KNOW how to tell it's REMY; it is what my supplier sold it to me as, after I grilled him left, right, up, and down; gosh do I feel stupid!! |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 6:08pm
Oh I forgot to mention Fina that I got the hair the other day, it is beautiful....and what a great surprise! now....Im just gonna need some help bleaching this up to a light blonde!
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Posted By: elvira
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 10:11pm
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I received mine when I got home from work tonite. It's beautiful and soft and alot longer than I expected! I love the little tiny wefts-bet they work great for sewn in wefts. Never been good at hair coloring. Sans, I like the browns in your pic. What brand of color is it or did I miss something? |
Posted By: Kimbearly
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 10:25pm
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Got my hair today too. It did have some oily stuff on it so I washed the hair before I lifted the color. The hair is very shiny and very straight :O( Fina, I do not think that this is Indian hair but more Asain. Indian hair that I have bought in the past has always had a wave to it and it curls on the bottom; this is mostly straight. What do you other's think? ------------- |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 6:00am
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I ordered straight hair from the supplier. He had sent me both wavy and curly samples, but I ordered the straight because I thought it had enough body. It came directly from India. I suppose it would be impossible to know if it was actually cut off the head of an Indian or an Asian person. But I don't think it feels Asian, it's a bit finer than that, and not stick-straight. If you have any that you haven't colored yet, I'll gladly refund your money. - Fina
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Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 10:10am
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okay at the risk of sounding silly. I have read that asian hair has a round cross section and caucasian (which is what indian hair is) has an oval cross section. back to the microscope idea. shouldn't we be able to prove one way or the other somehow? I doubt the scope I have easy access to is powerful enough but I have to go in today anyhow so what the heck. I'll check for cuticle direction and round vs oval. Does anyone know, amm, what cinderella hair from afrocare is? I have a sample of that I could compare to... Additionally I am confused as to why Indian hair is supposed to be curly. I know many Indian women. About half of them have straight hair. And these are not people that I think will spend serious time with straightening irons. Okay yes the rest have varying degrees of curly hair but...??? |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 11:14am
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Posted By: Kimbearly
Date Posted: June 19 2005 at 9:13pm
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Thanks for the offer Fina but I have not given up on this hair yet. I just love the hair. I love the feel of it and how shiny it is. Since my hair has a wave to it I was thinking about doing a very loose perm on it so it will match my hair. Are you getting wavy Indian hair anytime soon? ------------- |
Posted By: Cutelilartist
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 5:52pm
| I got my hair too! I bought one bundle and it feels very nice. Question. Will it be enough for a full weave? I haven't used Remy before, so I don't know. Thanks again Fina! |