My latest install w/pics
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Topic: My latest install w/pics
Posted By: longhairaddict
Subject: My latest install w/pics
Date Posted: May 16 2006 at 10:48pm
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Ok, so I promised pictures and here they are. This is Bohyme 22"
french refined (in the pic I went a little overboard with the hot
rollers, I'm sure it will loosen up) in the color 613/27 which I dyed
to be this color because the 613/27 was way too gold. My hair is about 4 inches long everywhere, very layered. I installed this using protacs and liquid gold. Can you believe how long this hair is? I am a little over 5'10" and it is only that short cuz I razored the ends a bunch......it was even longer.   ------------- Wearing 22" 8oz Tease I tips installed with silicone microrings. |
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Posted By: kttylover2
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 1:33am
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Beautiful!!!!!! and so is the hair! Applause! How curly is the french refined without the curlers? Thanks Sweetie! |
Posted By: Dunebug
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 1:41am
| Looks gorgeous! And great job blending! |
Posted By: aimee
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 2:45am
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beautiful ------------- im a synthetic girl and i love plastikhaar |
Posted By: kateadreena
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 9:01am
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ohhh looks lovely!
xxx
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Posted By: misslou
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 9:05am
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ooh! you look like a fairy-tale princess!
------------- what I'm wearing: 1 pkg 18" DLux SS #2 and protac |
Posted By: longhairaddict
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 9:19am
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Thank you girls :) The french refined looks a little like an
6month old spiral perm after it is washed. The curl is OK and
looks nice, but I definitely liked the bodywave curl the indian hair
had better. I won't complain though, since I usually throw it in
hot rollers anyway. This hair is awesome for the price and for blonde
hair. I don't like the silky straight since the texture seems odd compared to my naturally curly hair (even though I flat iron my natural curl I just don't get the same amount of body with the silky straight). I think hair that has curl to it holds the roller curls better anyway. This hair is still very nice, even after I toned it. Thanks again, I hate having my picture taken which explains the doofy look on my face lol. ------------- Wearing 22" 8oz Tease I tips installed with silicone microrings. |
Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 12:49pm
wow!
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Posted By: nursie
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 5:06pm
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both the hair and you are absolutely gorgeous! but now, my critique....was the hair before you colored it just blatantly bronze? because i think the more golden hair tones/strawberry blonde would look perfect against your skin tone....kinda the golden tone i see on your hair from the front view......but still most beautiful
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Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 7:19pm
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beauuuuutiful....my hair sister! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: lynnie
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 7:21pm
| Great Hair !!! I have a question you say you have curly hair & iron it flat ? Just wondering how curly is your natural ? My natural is curly also - do have any tips or techniques regarding a curly head/hair & extenstions ??? |
Posted By: leelou
Date Posted: May 17 2006 at 7:28pm
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wow gorgeous!!!!!! ------------- xxx Leanne |
Posted By: nici
Date Posted: May 18 2006 at 8:41am
| beautiful!!! have you washed it yet? IM surious to see how the hair looks after a wash or two |
Posted By: longhairaddict
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 9:13pm
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Lynnie, my hair is very curly but fine and very silky. It is damn
near impossible to match my curl, the closest I have come was the
extensions plus hair which was virgin indian body wave (it dried much
curlier than it sounds). That was back when I was a brunette, and
I've only tried the D-lux and Bohyme in the blonde colors. I really like the bohyme french refined and it does have a nice curl to it, but it is definitely a perm curl and would never match any natural curly head that I have ever seen. I will say that even after washing the curl remains exactly the same as when it arrives in the package. The silky straight was a big no-no for me though, even with curling it the textures were way different. In this picture I had washed my hair at least 3 times and even dyed the extension hair.....so far it is really nice. As far as tips for curly hair, I found that a very layered cut in your natural hair works well and hot rollers are life savers. If I blow dry my hair and then stick it is hot rollers it blends soooooo nice and I don't have the "big big" hair issues that I had with hot rollers and just my natural hair (I guess since the hair is weighted). I use a Wigo (the brand name) straightening iron that is ceramic with red plates. I will say that I have never, ever found a straightening iron that comes close to straightening my hair and keeping it that way all day. It is a bit expensive (about 100 bucks at Ulta) but worth every penny. I have bought about everyone on the market, and my hair is impossible to straighten. It even leaves it with lots of body. ------------- Wearing 22" 8oz Tease I tips installed with silicone microrings. |
Posted By: leyda
Date Posted: May 22 2006 at 10:10pm
nice job ------------- Se tu mismo |
Posted By: hairgirl1
Date Posted: May 23 2006 at 7:16am
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Longhair, your hair is soooooooo beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!
hairgirl1 ------------- hairgirl1 |
Posted By: longhairaddict
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 1:00am
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Oops, I forgot to add my most important blending tip. I can only
speak for curly hair, so I'm unsure of other hair types. I do not
do any razoring to blend before I wash my hair. My hair blends
and shapes sooooo much differently after I wash it all together that it
really messes up the blend if I blend it before I wash it. I
can't see the true end of my hair after pulling around and clipping it
etc......which messes up the curl that I will have after washing not to
mention it is sticking out all around. When I put extensions in I usually end up washing it the next day as bad as I hate to. ------------- Wearing 22" 8oz Tease I tips installed with silicone microrings. |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: May 24 2006 at 6:01am
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I agree with that completely longhairaddict. I use straight or bodywave, and I too wait until after the first wash to do any cutting. Mainly because the extension hair just out of the package is so compacted, after its washed and 'fluffed' up I can tell better where I need to put my layers. ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: BirdOfEden
Date Posted: May 29 2006 at 10:38pm
| What did you tone it with? My hair is very yellow and I really like your color. |
Posted By: longhairaddict
Date Posted: May 30 2006 at 1:47am
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I bought a toner for the test strands, but ended up using the regular
haircolor for the rest of it......which is what you can see. I
used Loreal 8.2 medium irridescent blonde (from Sally's) with a 20 vol
developer and I left it on 5 minutes. The toner I bought was Wella, in about the same color but it actually felt more damaged than the Loreal. I would say that the Loreal color is probably the best color of blonde I have found so far, and despite the name it is a very light pastel blonde. My hair is still great, no signs of a shorter life yet :) ------------- Wearing 22" 8oz Tease I tips installed with silicone microrings. |
Posted By: milachkaa
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 10:43am
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hair addict love the hair! I am not sure which wave to get. From what everyone has been saying, i think jet extensions is the way to go. I am not sure as to what curl or wave i should get. My hair is naturally fine and curly as well. I usually am too lazy to straigten it and wear it like this. What do you guys think would be the best wve or curl for it?
Here's a pic so maybe you guys can help: (i look kind of funny in this pic: i have two things to say i was drunk and i had grapfruits dwon my shirt...you figure out the rest
 ...by the way my hair is much longer now...this was way back in november when we were in mexico) http://public.fotki.com/milachkaa/vacations/nueva_vallarta_2005/dsc02934-vi.html - http://public.fotki.com/milachkaa/vacations/nueva_vallarta_2005/dsc02934-vi.html
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Posted By: hhhh
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 7:37pm
| I love your hair!!! The color, curls, length- all looks perfect on you! I also wear Bohyme 613/27. I noticed their Virgin Body Wave is much lighter than French Refined. What kind of Indian hair did you wear before? |
Posted By: longhairaddict
Date Posted: June 03 2006 at 1:32am
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Jet set does sound interesting, I may try it soon. I've been
addicted to superhairfactory.com lately with the customer service and
the super fast shipping, but they don't carry the bodywave in the 22"
handtied which I would really like to try. I might try ordering
that sometime soon, does anyone know where to get that? The
french refined is working for me, but I usually either straighten it or
put it in hot rollers anyway so the type of wave isn't a big deal to me. I wore Indian hair from Extensions plus, I actually went into the store in LA and bought it so I dont remember what it is called. From what I hear the gals on this board found their supplier and it is much cheaper. I paid about $700 for 9oz of 27"-31" hair. I couldnt tell any difference between the natural body and curly hair when I looked at it in the store. The funny thing is that it was actually a little shorter than the 22" bohyme I am wearing. I LOVED that hair and I miss it! I could do anything to it and it felt like silk and held curl beautifully. If I were still a brunette I'd still be wearing it, but I couldn't get that hair to lift for anything. Thanks for all the compliments. I ordered some boyme in the color 22 and it is seriously gold, I'm going to try the unred and the purple stuff and see if it will fix it. If not I'll probably try to tone it like I did the 613/27. I wish the D-lux hair wefts came in 22"!!!! The color mx613/24 is the prettiest color of blonde ever! I'm getting my sew ins tomorrow, I'll let you guys know how it goes. I'm excited about hiding my natural hair for summer (it is sooooo frizzy in the summer). ------------- Wearing 22" 8oz Tease I tips installed with silicone microrings. |