Thought Id post the latest, I know all of my installs look the same...but here goes anyway!

These first ones are immediately before install...no extensions! Yikes!

The next ones are immediately after install, I dont like to cut before I wash. So About 10 minutes with the curling iron and they blend well enough to get me through until washing and cutting!

The next ones are after washing and before layers....as you can see the do NOT blend at all before razoring in some layers.

And here we are after the layering and freshly styled this morning

9 hours later after getting home from work and brushing out!

you are just so pretty whatever you do you'll look great

you always do such a great job with your hair!

oh heres a couple of edited images that kinda shows where I put in layers, (these lines are off a little bit)....before layers:

After layers: I have 6 rows (double wefts) and I do all of my layers on the top 3 rows. The bottom 3 are all for thickness

Sherrie .

I have a feeling that you were thinking of one distinct person when you made this thread.

I looooove ya ....

Hi ya Sherrie, the hair you are installing is it curly to begin with or is this all down to the curling tongs.

Great hair I wish you lived near me I would get you to do mine!!

your hair looks absolutely perfect  like always

and i love the curls so much

That is what I want my hair to look like as I have naturally curly hair, is there anywhere that I can buy hair that looks like that?  I have used straight hair on myself for the last few installs and when I curl it they drop out within one hour afterwards.

Can anyone give me any suggestions on what to buy?

Synne...yes I had a few people in mind with this post! I wanted to share as much as I could with this post in light of alot of the recent comments. Also to say EAT YOUR HEART OUT to a anyone who thinks an unqualified person shouldnt attempt it at home! LOL

This board is all about sharing, as so many new people come here to learn. I am by no means perfect at it, but Ive learned alot over the years, and gotten pretty good at it (I think).  

As you can see from the pictures my real hair is *crappy*. From my own abuse of bleach/highlights/dye, it pretty much kills the top of my hair. It never grows beyond this length, it grows fast but gets brittle and breaks, so it stays this length. Blending is a challenge for me, and I cannot wear it all one length. I would love to but I cant if I want it to look blended! The layers are the answer for me. Also curls really disguise and hide any blending issues. The curls dont have to be perfect, they just break up the lines! The second set of pictures are before any cutting whatsoever,  10 minutes with the curling iron...no real fuss at all. Just enough to break up the harsh line between my natural hair and the extensions. So as you can see its entirely possible to make crappy hair look great with extensions!

I forgot to give the details of this install....duh! This is about 7 ounces of Bohyme. #613 and #24. I used 2 rows of weft per tape. (I have one row that is triple wefted.) I cut the tape in half and the double rows of Bohyme machine weft fit on the tape fine. 3 rows is a challenge to fit on the half tapes. The top row I used LG since I have a problem with the tape becoming visable in that area.

Sherrie, it looks amazing.  I have questions too, if you don't mind.  The lines in your pics, is that showing approximately how short those layers are?  How do you do the layering with scissors or the razor?  And what size curling iron did you use and how do you use it to make those great curls?

Thanks for sharing the pics and tips.

How on earth do you razor your own hair, give me some tips?

I guess everyone probably has their own layering techniques. But this is what I do and again Ive got pictures! After this thread you will probably all be sick to death of me posting pictures, so I might just lay low on the pictures for awhile.....

Top row of extensions (Runs temple to temple) I razor the first layer, starting with the razor a few inches above where I want this layer to end.  Then I go back and start picking up strands (about every other strand) I razor in the second layer, a little shorter. I now have 2 layers in my top row:

2nd row of extensions (Runs temple to temple) Same thing. I razor the third layer and then go back and pick up about every other strand razoring the shorter layer, I now have 4 layers in my top two rows of extensions:

3rd Row of extensions: (run from top of ear to ear) I just razor in one layer (so I have a total of 5 layers in the top 3 rows of extensions.) The remaining bottom three rows of extensions I leave for thickness and length, no layers:

This works for me since I need to wear my hair with lots of layers, otherwise I would have the dreaded mushroom look. It isnt choppy at all since I use a razor.

To answer the curl questions.  I divide in about 3 layers.Starting with the longest layer, clipping the top 2 out of the way. Curl using my 3/4 inch curling iron. Curl a section, and clip it move on to the next. Let down the next layer and curl and clip. By the time you get to the next layer the bottom layer is cooled enough to unclip. (Clipping the curls really helps to get the curls that hold all day!) You dont have to hold the curling iron in the hair long at all since you are clipping it to cool. I think the clipping til cool is what sets the curl. I guess I spend about 20/25 minutes to curl my hair when I do it like this.

Wow sherrie it looks great! I can't wait until I heal from my surgery so I can install my skin wefts. I also have the same problem with the top of my hair. I have never been able to grow it out no matter what, I remember once it my hair was down to my bra strap and I had it highlighted, the top broke off 3 inches long, I had a total mullet! also what products do you use when you color your hair it looks great!

I just use clairol balsam extra light blonde. I used to do very heavy highlights, but Ive cut back on that alot, since that was what was breaking my hair and making it so brittle. Now I just color my roots, which gives me some yellowy almost strawberry colors underneath and my roots. And I do a very light highlight on the top and a few strands throught out on rare occassion, when I feel like Im looking a bit brazzy and need to brighten it up a bit. I used to use all #613 extensions and now I can use #613 #22 and #24 (Could probably start using #27 now too) Im starting to notice alot of improvement in the thickness of my hair lately, so maybe cutting out the bleach is helping.

Eventually (yikes) My goal is to get back to a darker blond/light brown with some blonde highlights, but my hair is so fried that I dont know if it would take color?

georgous sherri- i would so refer peeps to u!!!

"YOu are what i would certainly call a pro! liscensed or not you got it girl!

Thanks Tangles!  It comes from years of experience...more like lots of trials and errors! Wish this board had been around 7 years ago, I learned from my own mistakes! I think Ive just perfected what works for me and I dont know if the same would work for someone else, but at least if the info is there its a starting point for someone else.

Your details are to a T, as usually Jenny girl! The only thing I didnt mention is that I also always put a short row above my ears on each side as high as I can go near my part ( about 3 or 4 inches long each side) I dont count them as a row, if you count those its seven rows total.

The triple wefted row is the 3rd layer from the top, the very first row that runs ear to ear or the final *layering* row.

And YES...YOU can pull it off!

Gorgeous sherrie, you are my role model.

I just got word that hairsisters is out of the color of Pro-10 that I wanted so Im going to go a shade darker. A 1B probably. I hope mine comes out as great as yours.

Em

sherrie215 wrote: I just use clairol balsam extra light blonde. I used to do very heavy highlights, but Ive cut back on that alot, since that was what was breaking my hair and making it so brittle. Now I just color my roots, which gives me some yellowy almost strawberry colors underneath and my roots. And I do a very light highlight on the top and a few strands throught out on rare occassion, when I feel like Im looking a bit brazzy and need to brighten it up a bit. I used to use all #613 extensions and now I can use #613 #22 and #24 (Could probably start using #27 now too) Im starting to notice alot of improvement in the thickness of my hair lately, so maybe cutting out the bleach is helping. Eventually (yikes) My goal is to get back to a darker blond/light brown with some blonde highlights, but my hair is so fried that I dont know if it would take color?

It will take colour, you might have to do it a couple times though. I've went blonde before (naturally almost black) and it's fried now, so it usually fades out really quick when I dye it brown, but it will hold. :)

WOW, beautiful!!

Thank you for all the great info and wonderful pics!!

Quick question, do you razor your hair wet or dry?  I have been looking at my ends and they seem to be all split, could that be because I razor it dry?  I do use a new blade each time, but ??????

Also, are your wefts placed pretty much right on top of each other?

I razor it dry. I have 6 rows so they are close but there is some space between rows. They arent right on top of each other.

Ive been thinking about that hot razor that Amm has!

sherrie215 wrote: Ive been thinking about that hot razor that Amm has!

I know, so have I.

Do you run into split ends alot?  Do you think that razoring has anything to do with it?

I did a re-install on Wed. did it in under 45mins!!  Love the pro-tac!!

I dont notice as much splitting with Bohyme, but with some brands yes, I do tend to get split ends but Ive alwasy thought that alot of that was due to the complete "torture" that I do to my hair! But I have heard other people say they get splits sooner when they razor the hair. With strand by strand installs I could usually get about halfway through and do a trim and it was good for the rest of the install. Now, with using Bohyme and the Protac the hair I took out has no split ends after 6 weeks. A few broken ends, not much though. About a 1/4 to 1/2 inch trim and it will be good to go for another 6 weeks!

For anyone who worries about layering the hair, really it isnt hard. and if you only layer the few top rows it will blend in, you will barely see the layers, it blends with the length when its straight. So long as you dont make blunt cuts with your razor.( Unless of course you want more blunt layers) 

You just need to start a few inches above where you want the lenght to end and make strokes down the section thinning the hair as you cut so its not a blunt cut at the end. (does that make sense) I do have a picture of my hair straight after the layering, that shows how well it blends the top of my hair with the length.

Here is the picture of after layering. It was half air dried then blowdried the rest. I flatiron my own my own hair on top to smooth it. But the layers arent choppy at all and blend really well.

Yippeeee....I made it past the 3 week mark with the half tapes! It looks like 4 weeks will a breeze!

Just wanted to update on the half tapes. They are holding just fine. They have slipped just slightly further than the full size tapes at 3 weeks. But still going very strong. Even the triple wefted row, which I was concerned about. I can see these making it to 4 weeks easily if not 5!

I will update again later!

Gorgoues Sherrie!!!:D I Love the idea of you with darker hair:D from what i see your skintone looks like it good handle the contrast of darker hair:D I love going mega dark after beeing platinum for a dramatic change..you get to use a darker and more exotic palette of make up with darker hair :D fuuun<3

Anyways love the hair:D

What is weird is I can see all other pictures on this forum and other forums but not this particular one.  Have any ideas?