thermofibre in 2 days - (update - pix)
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Topic: thermofibre in 2 days - (update - pix)
Posted By: Kimmyh51
Subject: thermofibre in 2 days - (update - pix)
Date Posted: April 02 2007 at 7:02pm
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help! What am i doing wrong - i have had futura evantra thermofibre in for 2 days and its already starting to bunch up, and look all shagged and frizzy on the ends. My workmate commented today that it 'already looks kinda tangled and frizzy doenst it' Is it just crap hair or am I doing something wrong according to the pack its made of 'heat resistant kanekalon' are the thermofibres often mentioned here like the wawa and elite made of the same stuff? I had monofibre (dome) in a couple of years ago - but only short extensions - however they lasted 7 mths Ibe been as gentle as possible when combing it - havent even washed it yet, and curled as per peoples advice - even if its not the greatest hair surely I should get more than a few days out of it??/ help - anyone got any suggestions on products or things I can try to make it look at bit better? |
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Posted By: cat_goddess
Date Posted: April 02 2007 at 7:24pm
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Hi Kimmyh51,
Oh dear...I'm so sorry for your experience. I had EXACTLY the same experience with the elite thermofiber. Others here have had wonderful experiences with it, but mine looked AWFUL after only 3 days. I eventually just took them down and installed human hair. Sorry, I wish I had some suggestions for you...I tried all kinds of things, but no luck. It was a terrible experience!
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Posted By: Kimmyh51
Date Posted: April 02 2007 at 8:43pm
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yeah I just do not get how anyone is getting this synthetic hair to last longer than a few days but ppl are so there must be a way... :( |
Posted By: valentine319
Date Posted: April 03 2007 at 4:22am
| it says heat resistant? Maybe it can't handle much heat, what did the insert say? |
Posted By: valentine319
Date Posted: April 03 2007 at 4:26am
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Cat Goddess would you mind telling us what you tried?
Kimmy, any chance you brush with one that has the balls on the end of them?
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Posted By: mrswozzy
Date Posted: April 03 2007 at 10:16am
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See if you can apply some silicone leave in and straighten it out, see if that brings it back to life. It should definetly last longer than 2 days. I've only used Elite thermo so not sure of this hair but seems you should be able to get much more wear out of it. ------------- Got Hair |
Posted By: Kimmyh51
Date Posted: April 03 2007 at 7:20pm
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Hi thanks for your advice I did buy a brush yesterday with the dots on the end but this was after I posted that question - I spose those brushes are bad? It did seem to help though with the tangles I also got two silicone products an aerosol spray and a leave in conditioner both with silicones, and they also seenm to have helped with the straightening I usually wear my hair curly - should I straighten then curl or just curl? also I was going to straighten after I wash it tonight while its wet. but I shouldnt comb it when wet so how do i make sure its all untangled before i put the straightener through it? another question - some ppl say their thermo is better with heated tools, others say it wears out - should I straighten as much as possible, or avoice tongs/straighteners as much as possible??? |
Posted By: Kimmyh51
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 3:46am
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hi i washed it then put in silicone and straightened and it loolks much better now will see how it goes over the next few days, but maybe i just need to persevere with this hair... I do like how it stays put when you straighten/curl it - so i hope i can get this stuff to work, I like to change my extensions often (but not have to every week!) and like that when you tie up synthetic, it doesnt get that hair tie kink in it when you take it out, etc so i really hope i can get these to work for me. have enough left to try a second install anyway. |
Posted By: Kimmyh51
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 3:59am
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Here are some pix anyway This is the back, a bit messy as its half wet and i havent straightened it all properly   (pleasae excuse my total lack of makeup)  |
Posted By: Kimmyh51
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 4:06am
and with curls (and makeup) |
Posted By: mrswozzy
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 11:59am
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It's beautiful, Great install. I brush mine before I wash and I do a deep condition on the length and ends and rinse, since I just squeeze everything through, theres not many knots. Then when I get out I brush through it again, pretty easy, then do my silicone and styling. I usually only straighten it when it starts to get frizzy at the ends, otherwise I just keep it curled. Remeber if the ends get really bad, trim it a little and straighten it and you'll have new hair again. :) ------------- Got Hair |
Posted By: Kimmyh51
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 8:08pm
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you deep condition a synthetic??? with what? |
Posted By: Kimmyh51
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 8:11pm
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Oh my install is actually a sort of home made cross between extensions and an integration (though comercial integrations i have seen have lots of small holds - i prefer a few big holes) you can see what I did at: http://www.herhairlosshelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3011 advantages are that it gives me long layers on top, and takes after I made it about 20 mins if that to install. I can come home from work and change my hair over fully before I go out :) |
Posted By: Kimmyh51
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 11:54pm
| Update - its still attached to my head - 4 weeks now |
Posted By: mrswozzy
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 10:38am
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Awesome!! Yep, I use Nutregena triple moisture or any kind of moisturizing conditioner, keeps it going. ------------- Got Hair |
Posted By: kateadreena
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 11:05am
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you'd probably have a lot of success using diluted fabric conditioner to be honest hun, seen as though its plastic hair, not real hair, it wont absorb conditioners made for real hair at all, so fabric conditioner should work very well ( just not on your own hair) |
Posted By: Kimmyh51
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 7:20pm
| Fabric softener is what I use, and any silicone based conditioner... |