Babyliss Colourlights?
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Topic: Babyliss Colourlights?
Posted By: elio
Subject: Babyliss Colourlights?
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 8:04am
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I am thinking about buying
http://www.babyliss.co.uk/jkcm/default.aspx?pg=249 - this set
from Babyliss, but first I have a question.. Anyone know if the heatclamp is good/hot enough for shrinkies? It looks like this, if it is any help:  ------------- |
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Posted By: sassyhair
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 8:50am
| I got one from ebay a couple of months ago for £13 and it does the job. I used it for shrinkies and it works and also for pretipped hair aswell. |
Posted By: elio
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 10:13am
That sounds great!  Thank you for your quick answer!
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Posted By: nicey
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 4:31pm
| i have that set also for my daughters hair..lol the heat clamp thinghy does get really hot...no idea if it works for shrinkies tho x |
Posted By: TanglesRC
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 5:44pm
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that looks kwel, how much and did u try ebay>??? ------------- Bringing beauty, one head at a time... |
Posted By: amm
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 7:20pm
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I have seen this wand before and I think it's adorable. I have also
heard it's more than sufficient. Didn't Conair discontinue this because of lack of interest? Either way can't beat the price and how fun is that to get little colored streaks and crystal streamers at the same time. Ooooo I'm getting some ideas.
------------- http://shrinkies.net - Extension Supplies & Virgin Brazilian Hair |
Posted By: sassyhair
Date Posted: November 06 2005 at 7:54pm
| I bought mine from ebay and it cost me £13.00 or something like that. It was like new and had been used once. It had all the sythetic funky colours with it and also some diamonte. Its ideal and was definetly worth £13.00. I have seen some going for a £5.00 just for the connector |
Posted By: moffpoff
Date Posted: November 07 2005 at 7:34am
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Wooot! i got that one for my birthday last year:) my kind brother^^ tehe i was about to order the heatclamp from Doc Locks:D seems i dont need it^^ so is it really hot enough? ------------- 12 Inch Wawa, Installed with Protac, i love hair extensions<3 
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Posted By: elio
Date Posted: December 28 2005 at 6:06pm
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So, now I've bought the wand and tried it, but it didn't work for me.
:( I could get the pre-bonded strands that came along to work just
excellent ( http://elio.gnarf.org/Bilder2/mammatest.jpg - this is what two strands of baby pink looks like in my mothers fringe/bangs, for example ),
but the shrinkies just didn't work. They didn't seem to shrink enough.
Is it possible that the wand is to "cold"? Or maybe shrinkies isn't
suppose to shrink that much.. The amount of hair I tried with is just
as much hair that I usually use when I work with microrings (both the
microrings and the shrinkies come from DrLocks and is a size M; I tried
working with as much hair as the microneedle could take). I
don't want to use more hair/strand than that, it would just look chunky
and way to visible. So, what do you think? Should I look around for a better wand (any tips of brand or so?), or do you think I used too little hair? The shrinkie barely shrunk at all. :/ ------------- |
Posted By: moffpoff
Date Posted: December 28 2005 at 7:17pm
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Heeji, Are you sure you let it heat up enough? i wait 5 minutes before i start to install. ** The shrinkies shrink down to the size of the prebonded plug you insert, i have fine hair so i only use small plugs* It works just fine for me and shrinkies.But i heard it`s a common problem with Docs shrinkies that they dont shrink down soo much:) but for me they work just fine:) I heat, then rolle a bit, Then heat the shrinkie 2-3 seconds. Good luck^^ ------------- 12 Inch Wawa, Installed with Protac, i love hair extensions<3
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Posted By: elio
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 5:18am
moffpoff - Yes, I waited for about 15 min before I tried the heat wand.  Well, I guess it's my wand, then. Now I just have to find one that work with european wall sockets, and does not cost a fortune.. Thank you for your answer!------------- |
Posted By: moffpoff
Date Posted: December 30 2005 at 1:37pm
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aaah you in Sweden:D im from norway:) if you have an ElKjøp you kan buy it there:) almost any place they sell electrical hairstyling aids:) *Nuss och klems* ------------- 12 Inch Wawa, Installed with Protac, i love hair extensions<3
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Posted By: elio
Date Posted: January 03 2006 at 5:28am
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Oh, really? :D I'll pursuade my fiancee to drive me to every electrical shop within 5 miles, then. ;) Thank you!
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