Braiding Hair?
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Topic: Braiding Hair?
Posted By: krimsa
Subject: Braiding Hair?
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 11:37am
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There has been all this talk recently about using braiding hair in sew in weaves and that it can prevent slipping and extend the wear time.
I am interested in using this on my next install but is it something I need to buy and bring with me to the stylist in the right color? Does anyone know of a site that has a photo of it so i can see how it looks? Thanks |
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Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 12:11pm
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Hey Krimsa, I would call your extensionist and if she has it. My braider actually uses human hair, not synthetic but I don't know if it matters. I almost think synthetic would have more grip but I'm not sure. How are your tracks holding up so far? If they're not slipping too much you may not even need it. The rubber bands might be just as good. How long has it been since your last install? ------------- |
Posted By: krimsa
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 12:13pm
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Oh its fine, totally snug. I think she just used thread and rubber bands on me so maybe I dont need it or she doesnt like it. They seem to all have their own ways of doing it.
Maybe if it isnt broken, dont try to fix it? |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 12:43pm
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yeah, that's a different technique altogether. But if you want to try it with cornrows, call your stylist and see if she knows how to cornrow with added hair, If she does but doesn't have the synth, you can buy it at the BSS. It may say KANEKALON Jumbo ponytail, jumbo braiding hair or something like that. Ask, they'll point it out to you. They usually run between $1-$3 per pack, you'll only need one. ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: krimsa
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 12:59pm
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Thanks. Im going someplace new to get the re-do because I will be in town and its just easier than trying to get back to Dorchester. This is the place:
http://www.knottydreadz.com/index.html Its always sketchy going to a new place though because i dont know for certain if they can do the same thing I have done already. I was hoping just to go in there, have them look at it and if they can do the same thing great. I dont have anything exotic, just a sew in as far as I know. I might ask them about braiding hair and see if they normally use it. |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 1:07pm
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Since they're braiders they'll probably use cornrows instead of the technique you have now. You can call and ask. Do you want to try the cornrows or would you prefer the bands? And don't forget to print that coupon ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
.Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 1:09pm
Hey, I've just noticed that I'm a member now  ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 1:17pm
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Congratulations on your membership!
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Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 1:20pm
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are you secretly laughing at me because you're a senior member now just kidding, thanks Hon ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 1:52pm
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Well you know....I mean what can I say? I wear my senior membersh*t with pride my dear!
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Posted By: malibu
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 1:53pm
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OMG I didn't even mean to write membersh*t, I really meant membership. woops!!
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Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 1:55pm
 Didn't I already explain this the other day??
Call your stylist to ask if you want to be sure, but I am pretty positive you do not have to bring synthetic hair yourself.. I have NEVER had a braider require me to bring the sythetic hair in the 20+ years of getting braided weaves.. It think the ONLY reson you may have to bring in your own synthetic hair is if you are blonde and the stylist did not have blonde synthetic hair.. If you are a brunette you should be fine..
As for what it looks like, it will not "look" like anything.. the hair is braided into the cornrow, so there will be no noticeable difference.. It will look like a cornrow braid.. ------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
krimsa wrote:Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 2:16pm
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20+ years Miss Diva? I do believe that thou art dating thyself Malibu ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
your Freudian slip is showingPosted By: krimsa
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 3:09pm
| Diva I know you said that i read it but ya know, its a new place and now Im not certain if I have cornrows or what! Im just gonna email the lady that did this and ask her to tell me exactly what she did so I can duplicate it lol. Then she might wonder why Im not coming back this time and get all offended. Its just a driving issue and I plan on going back to her the next. Hopefully its no big deal. |
Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 5:04pm
She doesn't need to know ANYTHING else.. I "broke up" with my stylist last year, and I never felt obligated to explain.. Things change and people change, and you have to do what's best for you.. ------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 6:36pm
Girl,don't laugh. You know the skanky aunt I told y'all about? She made her daughter wear a wig when her hair broke off. She was 6, I lie to you not   ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 6:51pm
  Poor baby!  and you KNOW how mean kids are..------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 7:08pm
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her mom is a snooty nutbox!!!! ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: krimsa
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 7:52pm
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Yeah Diva. I will just email and ask "how did you do this" because I like it but not mention anything about going to another place this next time.
Now if its not cornrows, what else could it be? How would they attach the wefts to my head?? Do you mean the rubber bands MSHoney? I have that but my assumption was they still needed to do the cornrows and then they sew the weft to that and then she just used rubber bands as extra reinforcement?? Im totally confused now lol |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 10:06pm
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I think if you check out Mokipono's site you'll find a video with the rubberbands, I think. The rubberbands and the sew ins are two totally different techniques. Many extensionist who don't know how to cornrow will use the rubberbands instead. There's also a technique that only uses thread. There are other techniques also. ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: krimsa
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 5:39am
| Okay i will look thanks. Come to think of it I never remember her like grabbing my hair or pulling it. It was more like she layed the weft there and started sewing. I will check out that site. |
Posted By: mokipono
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 1:26am
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Krimsa,
The very best advice for you is to let your extensionist (who ever you go to) LET THEM DO IT THE WAY THAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM. If you try and make the new braider do what the old braider did, you could wind up with a mess. He may have never done that technique before.....
Seriously, it's really important to let your extensionist decide what will be the best for you. The gal that uses rubberbands probably depends on that technique for enough traction. I have found when doing Caucasian hair extensions I rarely use synthetic unless the hair is too short or to fine to get a good hold of. If the braider doesn't know what he's doing then no amount of synthetic will make it better.
If you contact your extensionist to get her technique, it would'nt hurt to just mention those few words to her about distance, and not because of the work she did, and you'll be back next time. Hop in here Sand, Metal, and other working extensionist, I know there's a bunch. When an extensionist is doing her best work it still kinda hurts a little. After 30 years of doing hair it still kinda hurts just a little to be rejected. That's right girls 30 years. I started from my mothers womb.
Almost every week I will get someone who wants some special type of attachment for me to do. In the beginning I would to try and accommidate them. If it didn't work out it was my fault, and they would be dissapointed. If the job comes out really great then it will because of the first extensionist. In that type of situtation you can't win for trying. Just do your best, and let the chips fall where they may. ------------- http://hawaiianhairextensions.com - http://hawaiianhairextensions.com |
Posted By: krimsa
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 6:04am
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Okay. That is probably really good advice. Its kind of scary going to a new place and just having no idea if they can duplicate this method. What if they cant tell what it is? I mean its not the easiest thing just looking at it on someone's head and then if they do take it out to look under and cant get it back in snug, then what.
I will try to figure out what she did exactly and know the terminology, then call this place on the phone and ask if they do that in terms of a sew in and see what they say. If I get that weird vibe from them like they might be saying they can do it but cant, I will hold off till I can get back to Nancy. Its still snug I just wanted to get it done there instead of a 2 hour drive to her this time. |
Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 9:00am
I left a stylist over a year ago, and honestly I never had to tell him why.. To me it's just business, and I didn't think I was under any real obligation to tell him why I stopped coming.. He and I are still friends, and based on the last conversation we had about the changes he's making to his salon, it was clear he knew WHY I (and others) had stopped coming to him..
Good advice
If you are looking for a stylist who only does the method your current stylist uses, you can either stick with her or keep looking until you find another stylist closer to you who uses this same method.. Just because another stylist can't duplicate or doesn't do the same method as your current stylist it is no reflection of their ability to do a good job with your hair.. So instead of asking them if they do "this method", ask them instead to tell you about the methods they do use.. Then make your decision.. ------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 9:33am
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Ditto on what they said.
I know you're afraid but I think you want total control of the situation and unless you're doing your own hair you're not going to get it. I can tell you're a planner, a perfectionist to some degree, I am too but you're going to have to make a choice stick with it and let the chips fall where they may. You're not getting a permanent procedure done if you don't like it have them remove it you can always go back to your original stylist.
You've done your research, but no amount of research is going to calm you right? Been there as a matter of fact I GO there all of the time. You have to just do it afraid. That's what you did with your current stylist right? Didn't everything work out ok?
You do not have to have rubberbands for it to work. It is just one of MANY excellent techniques used to add wefts to hair.
They said they are experienced with caucasian hair so they know how to cornrow to prevent slippage. Just ask them how do they install weaves on white girls hair
 what techniques do they use and then decide if it's someplace you would like to go. We're trying to talk you down from the bridge girl . Go get your hair did------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: krimsa
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 10:03am
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Thanks. Oh its not THAT major of a deal. Worse case scenerio, I go there, have them do it and it slips or something. I would rather not pay the money (probably wont be that bad) and then its dangling and need to rush back to Nancy to fix it. If that happens, it happens. I would be more worried about any dammage being done to the wefts themselves so they cant be re-used by Nancy. That would be a bit of a problem as this hair is not cheap. i will tell them NO CUTTING of the wefts. They should not need to be anyway.
And Diva in NO WAY was I implying what this new place does is shoddy work. Hell, Ive never been there and they might use a new technique on me I like better for all i know. Nancy replied by email to call her and its easier for her to explain what was done over the phone so she doesnt mind. Thats cool. Chances are, I will just end up waiting to go back to her anyway. It will hold up while Im in Florida, its just that Florida has a LOT of salons that do weaves so now Im curious because where I am from its very limited. Thats all thats going on really. Thanks for the advice and I might go to this new place for a consult at the very least. Let them know I like this method but what all do they do there. Easy enough. |
Posted By: Divavocals
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 11:49am
If your style will hold up, and you are only in Florida for short term visit, I would wait.. The only way I would visit a stylist away from home is if I KNEW their work.. For example if I'm ever in DC or Atlanta I have stylists in those areas that I would go see in a HEARTBEAT.. (I may possibly get to the DC stylist if I'm assigned to this new project we're working on  )
You might be better off waiting it out girl.. Now like MsHoney said,
come on down off that ledge, and let's got get some drinks.. A few
martini's and you'll be right as rain girl!------------- Check out the 5th So Cal offline luncheon?? For more info: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com/lunch.html Links to my fav vendors & hair albums + Weave 101 information: divahairtalk.overthehillweb.com |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 12:08pm
Well I'm a teetotaler. What about some nice calming peppermint or chamomile tea ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: krimsa
Date Posted: August 03 2007 at 1:06pm
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LOL. I better come clean here girls. I have a suspended drivers license (I can get it reinstated soon but not yet) so thats another issue as to why its hard for me to get around. I have to rely on people (usually male friends) to drive me to here and there. Thats why I wanted to get it done in Florida while Im there and the salon is bus distance.
Im just gonna go in the salon there and see what they do. |