I spent all day today purusing a hair show in Sacramento.  I came upon this company and took their two hour 'intro' class.  It was primarily weaving techniques that you can use in hair replacement.  The two hour class was just basically a teaser to show you the products and get you to come to the big class in Atlanta.  I did learn some new things though.  I'd consider going to their class in Atlanta.

Check it out:

http://www.visionillusion.ws/page1.html - http://www.visionillusion.ws/page1.html

Well as you see,  these are full weave techniques where the entire head is cornrowed.  Then, the instructor, Angela, takes these hairpieces that she designed and applies them over the cornrows. 

She has a full 'system' piece, a front lace hairline piece, a front lace closure piece, and also a 1/2 head piece.  The hair is virgin, so it only comes in dark brown colors and then you have to color it yourself.  She will take any hair you send her though and make a piece out of it.  Her prices are not cheap, they range from $300 for a front lace closure to $1200 for a full head piece.  Than if you are reselling them to your customer, you would mark that price up again so you can make some money.

I asked if her methods can be adapted for caucasian textured hair, and she said that yes, in her other class that she shows how to apply these pieces if you don't want to cornrow up the head.

I personally like the idea of cornrowing the hair away.  I wore a full head for about 5 years, and when I switched back to individual tracks, my natural hair was in the best shape it ever had been.

It was interesting to note that many of the women in the class were suprised that caucasian women are also interested in getting weaves. 

ahhh...yes, IHI sells those kinds of pieces too.  The stylist who did a demo and who was AA, said that cornrowing the hair gave it rest, however she did remove it weekly to keep the scalp in tip top scalp and also applied Hair Support Scalp Treatment.

But she retailed it for about $1200+.

Many hairpiece clients opt for cornrow b/c the hair system they want is that of a different texture and or color and plus they do not want to chemically alter their natural hair.

Speaking of virgin hair, I haven't colored my hair in months.  I kind of like my own virgin hair.  Makeup is easily matched and also I don't have to color my eyebrows.

Charlene, your natural color is very pretty, you don't need to color it!

As for me and my mousy dark brown, not to mention the smattering of grays that are showing up...

Oh yeah http://www.lnsofhearne.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=560&linkpath=http://www.lnsofhearne.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/dc8.jpg&target=tlx_new&title=Sew in Hair Weave" target=tlx_new> I do a lot of sew in weaves and it does help with giving the clients hair a rest.She only has three doubled tracks sewn in, sorry the picture didn't come out so clear. I will try it again. As a matter of fact, I did one today and I have two on Saturday. Any questions on the braid weaving just let me know.

Shiry

Thanks, so does your work.

Shiry

metalgirl wrote: It was interesting to note that many of the women in the class were suprised that caucasian women are also interested in getting weaves.

(Co-Worker #1) Gosh Sam really looks great.. I can't believe she's sooo skinny after having twins!! I want to know what she did to get her hair to grow so fast..
(Co-Worker #2) It must've been the pre-natal vitamins!
(Co-Worker #1) Well they really worked because her hair was SOOO short when she went on maternity leave..
(Me) That's because Sam is wearing a weave.

They stopped dead in their tracks, looked at me like I had THREE heads and couldn't BELIEVE that was NOT Sam's hair. They thought only African American women got extensions.. So after explaining to them the various methods for extensions, the NEXT thing they wanted to do was to run and ASK Sam about her hair.. So I had to pull them back and give them a quick education on weave ettiquette..

Divavocals, that's funny, weave ettiquette!

Out of my 15 years of wearing extensions, about 5 years I spent in a weave (either full head or 4 tracks), 5 years of various strand methods, and 5 years of clip ins.

For me, I like the weaves the most. Very durable and always looks nice.  My natural hair is as crappy as it comes, fine, straight, and very thin, and I found a very talented stylist would could get my weave to last at least 8 weeks, sometimes longer.