Super thick hair, my first install
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Topic: Super thick hair, my first install
Posted By: vykky
Subject: Super thick hair, my first install
Date Posted: April 06 2006 at 6:11pm
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I used the microlinks for the first time and i must say they are much faster than what i am used to (braiding). It turned out pretty good but her (my daughter) has SUPER thick straight hair so it was a little hard to blend. Even after a trip to the salon to get her natural hair razored, which is not really a big deal cause her hair is so thick that she usually gets it thinned every haircut anyway. The extensions feel really thin even though i used 2 full packages of links. There were supposed to be 200 in each, but i seriously doubt the second had 200. There is no way i got 400 on her head. So what is the secret for applying extensions to really thick hair? I went all the way to her crown, applied to ALL of her hair (no skipped sections, except about 1/2in all the way around the edges) and the hair i pretipped was tight getting into the links so i assume there was enough hair in each strand. All comments welcome!! Thanks! |
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Posted By: Naked Eye
Date Posted: April 06 2006 at 9:03pm
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I usually just have problems that the strands aren't big enough, but if that
wasn't a problem, I don't know what to tell you? That's why I hated strand by strand though, I would have almost every strand in a bond, and it would still look really thin and stringy. Have you tried doing wefts with her? It worked out better for me, also, hair with more texture. If you figure it out, let me know!! 
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Posted By: sammyJB
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 5:01pm
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My first install was for a Russian girl with bum length super thick hair. I couldn't believe it when she walked in. She arrived looking like most people leave. Un-satisfied with her 22"/23" hair she wanted to go even longer. Although it did look very nice after install (though an unneccessary jom in my humble opinion) I realised that day that any thicker than that and it wouldn't matter what hair/method/standard of extensionist you used, you could never match the thickness. There simply isn't the room on your head. You can always chip the ends and/or razor the length of the natural hair after install to thin it out. Tough job that I don't really know the solution to!
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