Stick/Nail hair amount?
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Topic: Stick/Nail hair amount?
Posted By: boogiemama
Subject: Stick/Nail hair amount?
Date Posted: September 11 2005 at 11:48pm
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A rough idea of how many individual strands are needed for a full head? I never count how many I do, could be roughly 200-300 per head I would think depending on acreage, thickness, style, etc... I usually use about 1 1/2-2 1/4lb packages per head, but I don't know how that translates into this. Thanks! |
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Posted By: boogiemama
Date Posted: September 12 2005 at 12:55am
Ok, so it was kind of a dumb question.  |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: September 12 2005 at 1:02am
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Acreage? LOL!
Most pretips I've come across have been about 30 tips to an oz. 200-300 sounds about right for the average acreage of a normal head. ------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
Posted By: metalgirl
Date Posted: September 12 2005 at 1:41am
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I second that! For the average head, 200-300 is about right if they are adding length and thickness. If they just want thickness, then I usually use between 100-150 strands. ------------- http://www.Godiva-Hair.com - http://www.Godiva-Hair.com http://www.MetamorphosisHairDesign.com - http://www.MetamorphosisHairDesign.com |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: September 12 2005 at 6:11am
Yep...ditto what they said. I usually use around 250 average.
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Posted By: CyberMane
Date Posted: September 12 2005 at 12:44pm
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Hi Bridget! 150 min. 200-250 averge 300+ mega mane {if they want every single strand of hair covered} The most I ever put in were 500 strands- whew! She had a boy's hair cut. Man, it took me 23 hours to finish her whole head!!! ------------- http://www.cybermane.com - CyberMane.com |
Posted By: Kalika
Date Posted: September 12 2005 at 12:52pm
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amm wrote:
I get twice that when I do it.Posted By: marie87
Date Posted: September 12 2005 at 3:26pm
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I didn't think my hair was that thin but seeing I can only fit about 175 on my head I guess the hair is thin or my head small |
Posted By: Amanda8Beechwoo
Date Posted: September 12 2005 at 3:29pm
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I only fit around 120 LOL xx ------------- [URL=http://www.hairextensionsbyamanda.co.uk]www.hairextensionsbyamanda.co.uk[/URL] |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: September 12 2005 at 3:38pm
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some hair comes in different weights or thicknesses per tip, so I guess that would be a factor. I think the average size pretip is about equal to what some companies that offer different sizes would call a medium thickness. The Korean hair that I used for so long was a Medium tip thickness with 200 tips per 4 oz. So I would have to use 300 to install 6 oz. but could never fit quite that many on my head. I averaged about 250...or a little more so not quite 6 oz. Now with this Amm hair on the other hand...Ill probably only get about 150 pretips on my head and that will be 6 ounces. |