I was told that by the stylist that she only takes about 1 and a half to 2 hours to put in hair from wefts. she uses bonding. i guess she clips off the hair from the weft.

Then 2-3 hours for hair not on wefts. (bonding)

I know great lengths takes about 4.

is 1-2 hours too short of a time to do a good job???

It varies I imagine with experience.

I've taken 8 hours for an install and I was working fast. I just use a lorra hair!

sammyJB wrote: It varies I imagine with experience. I've taken 8 hours for an install and I was working fast. I just use a lorra hair!

thanks, whats a lorra hair?

Naked Eye wrote: No, I think for wefts, it's a lot shorter, it only takes me 1 hour to 90 minutes with pro-tacs (and I'm not a professional, and I am doing it on myself!!) Uusually strand by strand (not on wefts) takes longer, depends on experience.

thanks for the reply. with wefts, do u cut pieces out of the weft, and then bond them to the hair? is that how it works?

honey1244 wrote: Naked Eye wrote: No, I think for wefts, it's a lot shorter, it only takes me 1 hour to 90 minutes with pro-tacs (and I'm not a professional, and I am doing it on myself!!) Uusually strand by strand (not on wefts) takes longer, depends on experience. thanks for the reply. with wefts, do u cut pieces out of the weft, and then bond them to the hair? is that how it works?

Takes me about an hour and a half to do mine myeself..... when the other girl put them in took about an hour.. (since she can see the back of my head)

But yea we measure the wefts around my head and bond 'em in! Not hard once you get the hang of it :D

Hope this helps :D

I think that SammyJB made a typo and meant a lotta hair!

If the stylist is going to install the hair with it still on the wefts that means that the entire weft or smaller measured pieces will be glued to your hair and 1 -2 hours is the standard time usually given for that type of install (this type of install is also usually much less expensive).  If she is going to use a fusion strand by strand method and telling you 1-2 hours and she has to cut the hair from the weft, apply glue to the hair and attach it to an equal amount of your hair, then, she is either very experienced and efficient or under-estimating the amount of time that will be required for a full head strand-by-strand fusion install.

haha yeah i see now.

sary.. she is going to be taking the hair off the weft and using the strand by strand method. i think i am going to meet with them again to discuss it. but i saw her before and after pics of what she has done and they were amazing!

lol

Sorry, I was impersonating a British personality who comes from Liverpool and says 'lorra' instead of 'lotta'.

thanks for the replies

sary.. when i first called her, she actually had me come in when she had a client in her chair, and i got to speak to the client, and see her extensions and how she did them and everything. the client told me she loved them and had been doing them forever. then she showed me her pics.

malibu... yeah i am really afriad of shedding. but both stylists (i dont know which one i am going to go to yet) said they will order extra hair, and let me keep it, so i guess if it does shed, then they will fix it. they both told me their extensions last 3-6 months.

i have also spoke to someone who does GL but shes an hour away from me, and i havent heard the best things on here about them. i am afraid to go to her, because if i have a problem, i am not going to be able to drive an hour away on the spur of the moment.

do u think its worth it to do GL, or are they all basically the same?

thanks guys

sary.. thanks so much, thats the only reason i was going to go with GL because of the name, i think i am going to try someone here that i feel comfortable with.

the person with GL waskinda cheap, with got me syeptical.

i really appreciate u responding.

do u think certain types ofhair shed more then others? or its all about how u maintain them?

ahhh. i just hope it doesnt shed. i guess the only way to really know is to have it done and maintain it the best way possible and hope for the best. u never really know whats going to happen unless u try it.

thanks guys

thanks.. she showed me how she did it, and she takes pieces from the weft, and then bonds it with the glue she uses. she says they last 3-6 months. she had them in and they looked awesome. i am coloring my hair a week from saturday, so i am goingt omeet with her again to dicuss everything again and finally make my choice.

thanks guys!

I tend to cut from the weft then apply strand by strand.

I began using the drawing board but, personally, lost a lot more hair that way despite being ultra careful.

I've found that doing it this way is a lot better for me. I guess you find what works for you and stick with it for a certain amount of time. When I used the drawing board, loads of strands came loose and after the job I'd have a huge hair ball on the floor.

It looks more professional from the drawing board though. And I imagine pre-tips application looks even more so.

thanks sammy..

i think i am going with the person that cuts the hair from the weft, and applies it with bonding. i am going to try that for my first time, and then when its time to change it probaly try GL if i didnt love this method.

the best is to probaly do what you say, try different things to see what works best for YOU.