Curved tip or flat heating for wand?
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Topic: Curved tip or flat heating for wand?
Posted By: Kimberly D
Subject: Curved tip or flat heating for wand?
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 4:04am
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Looking to do shrinkies install with Plastikhaar, and I need to buy a wand!
What's the difference between a dualsided wand with a curved tip (to totally surround the shrinkie, I guess), and a dualsided wand with a flat heating surface (like a flat iron)? Any opinion on which one is better for shrinkies? |
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Posted By: Amanda8Beechwoo
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 4:05am
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I totally prefer the flat iron type wand it seems to shrink the shrinkies more uniformly x ------------- [URL=http://www.hairextensionsbyamanda.co.uk]www.hairextensionsbyamanda.co.uk[/URL] |
Posted By: Gina E
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 6:31am
| I second that...I prefer the flat. |
Posted By: metalgirl
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 11:51am
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I have been recently using the dual sided wand with the curved tip on my shrink link applications and I love it. I must say that I think that the shrink links, as opposed to shrinkies, shrinks down much faster. It takes only about 6-10 seconds to shrink a shrink link, where I have heard that it can take up to 30 seconds to shrink a shrinkie.
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Posted By: Kimberly D
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 12:50pm
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Wow, there's shrinkies and then there's shrink links? I didn't realize
there was a difference. I'll be doing a full head, so the 20 second time savings per shrink would add up! I'm drooling over Amm's shrinkies; they're cheaper, and people seem to like them more than Doc Locks. (Well, just about everything Amm sells is cheaper than doc locks for me, because doc locks only ships express to Alaska, or 2 day air. $$$!) How long do Amm's shrinkies take to shrink? What are shrink links? Does someone here on the boards sell them? Any other people here who really like them over shrinkies? ------------- |
Posted By: imzadi92
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 1:49pm
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yeah, i wanna know what shrink links are too!!!! ~Jenn~ |
Posted By: metalgirl
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 5:08pm
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The Shrink Links are the original shrink tubing for extensions that was invented and patented by Mark Barrington over 10 years ago. They only sell to professionals who have taken their class. http://www.markbarrington.com - www.markbarrington.com
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Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 5:52pm
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With your wand good and hot Amms shrinkies dont take that long to shrink. Once I hear them start to sizzle I heat them about 7 seconds. It ususally takes about 7/8 seconds til I hear the sizzle, then another 7 seconds ...so 15 seconds. I rarely ever lose a shrinkie so I must be getting the timing right. But Im sure that everyones wand will vary a little. Im sure Amm can better answer the correct amount of heat/shrink time. |