RK Hair on tracks - PICS
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Topic: RK Hair on tracks - PICS
Posted By: Syren123
Subject: RK Hair on tracks - PICS
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 4:27pm
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Hi gals.
I couldn't stand it anymore. Last night I had my son take out the remaining pinchbraids & PH. I lost probably 30 or so in the month I've had them in. This morning, I had three tracks sewn in and the RK hair sewn on. I'm going to fill in the sides with shrinkies and try a couple of Kristin's chips. The pictures are bad for some reason - the lady who did the braids seemed a bit technologically challenged and couldn't seem to get the hang of my camera so the pix are blurry, which shouldn't happen with a digital but whatever. You'll get the idea. Before: 
Here's the first track - I'm sorry this is so blurry cuz I really wanted to show the detail and how thin it is: 
And after, with three tracks in, using probably 3/4ths of a bag of RK hair: 
This hair matches mine so well it's fantastic! I am really really thrilled. Right now I'm tipping the remaining hair to install on the sides as I said. |
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Posted By: LauraR
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 4:36pm
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That's a perfect match! Looks great! looks like the color I need, is it a 2? I found the RK 4 a little light p.s. I can't believe it's only three tracks and looks quite full |
Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 4:39pm
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It's a 4, which was definitely too light, and I toned it with...with....L'Oreal Preference in 5 natural brown. 10 minutes with 10 developer and it darkened and de-reddened it just enough to match.
It does look full! But it's really not - it's the hair that's got some poof to it. It's way more comfortable than 12 oz of PH, that's for sure. |
Posted By: Fallyne
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 5:52pm
I love it. It looks great, the blend is perfect! I just installed two tracks last Sunday, I will not go without Extensions again-I made that promise to myself on Monday! 
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Posted By: kateadreena
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 6:12pm
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wow only 3 tracks! i had 9 tracks in at one point and mind didn't look as full1 |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 6:38pm
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Looks so natural and comfortable. The reduced weight must feel like
heaven for you. I wonder what happened to your PH install? That's odd how it all fell apart on ya. Enjoy your wonderful head o' hair! ------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
Posted By: ccross6032
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 7:11pm
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wow syren - three tracks sure are working for you...looks so natural and full. most importantly is that you feel happy. i'm also sorry about your pinchbraid experience. so weird. i'm glad this is working for you! looks smashing. |
Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 7:21pm
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Yeah the PB thing is weird! I know my hair is really slick. I can't even wear a headband without it sliding right off my head. I'm not against PBs by any means; it's an ingenious method and there are just too many success stories to dismiss it outright. But it's like anything - nothing works for everybody. I'm also not against PH - the medium browns and the lighter colors are awesome - it's only the darkest browns & blacks (kaffee & pfefferschwarz) that turned to brillo - the rest stayed very nice and got better and softer over time.
This Indian hair find is really great - I did color tests last night and through a combination of Kaleidocolors beige powder and toner, got 3 or 4 excellent batches of varying browns to use as highlights and accents - I'm going to put those in individually and it's going to look awesome. Now I just need someone to style it - always my biggest problem. Just wanted to post my latest 'experiment.' Thanks, everyone, for the pats! |
Posted By: Sunlove
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 8:08pm
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Do many ppl lose alot of the PB in general? Syren....did you do the sew in wefts?? Have you ever had any damage doing it that way?
*Edited to say that I'm a dork and I just noticed the place where you said they were sewn in!! ------------- Never gesture emphatically with a taco in your hand. |
Posted By: Kimbearly
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 8:31pm
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What wonderful hair you have and if you did not tell me it was extensions I would not have known. I wish when I had my tracks in it looked like yours. I had these big "turds" on the back of my head and needless to say they only lasted a few hours before I took them out.
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Posted By: LuckieDuckies
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 8:39pm
| syren... how beautiful! you lucky girl if i didnt see that before picture i would think you were playing a joke on us, it looks so much like real hair : ) |
Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 8:50pm
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LOL! Well...it IS my hair! I paid for it!
Thanks, girls. Sunlove - I wore sewn in tracks for 15 years and never had any damage ever. No bald spots or hair loss. In fact, I grew my own hair down to my butt from years of just wearing a weave. In fact, before I found this board last December, I didn't even know there WERE other ways to put in extensions! Other than fusion, of course. So it has always worked well for me OTHER THAN THE MULLET EFFECT of not having the track go far enough on the sides. But there's where shrinkies/links come in - I'm a hair tipping fool at the moment prepping a bunch of tips to go in on the sides and in a couple of different colors to scatter throughout. So to answer your question, I have never had any damage from tracks. Ever. But I know that's not the case for everyone. Several people have posted about traction alopecia or whatever. WHOA KIMBEARLY!!! Those are thick tracks! It's definitely possible to make them very thin and fine - especially with thick hair like yours! That big mass is completely unnecessary. No wonder you hated them! |
Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 11:19pm
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simply georgous! enjoy it and wait till you wash it the curls are way to die for!!! ------------- Bringing beauty, one head at a time... |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 8:13am
| syren it looks gorgeous! Youll have to show us an after wash picture cause Im sure you'll have some beautiful wavy/curly hair. |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 8:25am
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Gotta say again, this is great. I'm lookin' hard and I really cannot tell where the tracks even are. The blend is perfect.
Yes yes yes, Tangles, the curls! Do tell. Show us a picture! ------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
Posted By: +++FakeHair+++
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 9:48am
| that looks really lovely and only three tracks, wow .... |
Posted By: mochachip
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 5:31pm
| Its looks great. the blend is excellent. I to am amazed that it's only three tracks. can't wait to see a side shot once you get the shrinkies etc in. |
Posted By: FinaFina
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 6:27pm
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Syren: I am SO GLAD you got rid of the install that didn't work for you and that you had waited *so long* for!! The new install looks AWESOME!!! I'm a little worried; I made an appointment with Heather for pinchbraids. . .Jenny & Ccross never lost any . . . I wonder why yours came out ? ? ? Very troublesome!!! Anyway - enjoy the hair - RK is proving to be great, isn't it?? PLUS I got that wonderful #8 from you!! LOVING IT. . . -Fina |
Posted By: Jenny_RR
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 8:08pm
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Syren, It looks beautiful. It really is too bad about the pinchbraids. I do know that they didn't work for Rose either, although the overwhelming majority of people seem not to have slippage. I'm thinking they weren't installed properly or it has something to do with your hair type. Perhaps you can try heat-seals down the road, but the wefts look fabulous on you too! :) |
Posted By: ccross6032
Date Posted: June 26 2005 at 10:37am
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hehe - fina! i'm so excited that you're going to see heather.... i gotta start planning my next visit to her! in the two installs i've had with her i've not lost one single braid. not one. and i'm not easy on my hair. in the beginning i did all the careful wash and brush steps (brushing bottom up, etc) but now i treat it like normal hair and it's none the worse for wear. i'm sure there is a small percentage of people for whom pb's don't work (be it hair texture or something else). i'm going on two months with mine in now and they do not budge - i feel confident that with heather there will no operator error, if that's a consolation. i think it's good we have different experiences here, and it's important that not everyone hears only that PB's are foolproof or error proof or whatever for everyone. it just sucks when somebody has a disappointing result.
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Posted By: MERGUTHRIE
Date Posted: June 27 2005 at 9:48am
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fina, i have also had pinchbraids from heather. she helped kris on my last install. her pinchbraids are smaller than kris' and harder to get out. she did 1/4 or a bit less of my head. she is super nice and very good. kris always said so and i finally got to see! I have never had a pichbraid slip (except from dollylocks, and i repeat, that was from the nape of the neck where it was so short at the time that she was impressed she could even get it in, and so was I, and I think only two came out.) ------------- i love plastikhaar |