Half A Head Of Hair?
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Topic: Half A Head Of Hair?
Posted By: Karen Shelton
Subject: Half A Head Of Hair?
Date Posted: August 04 2007 at 1:58pm
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So really, how do you quantify that? A woman called me and told me that she paid for "half a head" of extensions and she wanted to know how many strands that was. Geez, I honestly don't know. I am sure someone here would know how to quantify that. ------------- That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-) |
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Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: August 04 2007 at 2:28pm
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That really depends on how big/small the strands are and how much hair this person has to begin with. ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: Karen Shelton
Date Posted: August 04 2007 at 2:36pm
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Hi Sherrie,
Thanks so much for your great points. I will ask her for more details. She actually wanted to quantify by the exact number of strands. UGH. ------------- That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-) |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 04 2007 at 3:19pm
half a head is suggestive like Sherrie said. Not covering the crown,ear to ear, 150 med. strands? Usually ends in the dreaded mullet look ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
Posted By: Karen Shelton
Date Posted: August 04 2007 at 4:22pm
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Hi MSHONEY, as I mentioned in the shoutbox, Billy & Brigid are doing TT to Brigid's hair this afternoon. After 2 1/2 hours they have applied over 45 med strands and they will need to do a lot more to really get good coverage. So I can see how this is all subjective. Right now Brigid does have a mullet...hee hee...but they plan to keep going until she has full coverage. Lots of hair left to do. ------------- That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-) |
Posted By: sherrie215
Date Posted: August 04 2007 at 4:48pm
oh how I would love to be a little 'fly on the wall'. 
you should be video'ing this Karen! ------------- www.hairextensions101.com - www.hairextensions101.com www.mybeautyaddiction.com - www.mybeautyaddiction.com |
Posted By: Karen Shelton
Date Posted: August 04 2007 at 5:32pm
We are photographing various stages. If we videotaped someone would be exhausted by now. It is taking a very long time to do this but in all fairness, I am doing very little and letting Billy and Brigid do the bulk of the work together.
Billy has burnt some of his fingers but the glue (well is it not glue but dermbond) smell has calmed down a bit due to the aromatherapy candles.
Brigid and Billy are going to write a complete review of everything they experienced from beginning to end. HB paid for the TT system and by the way, we are going to start testing lots of systems.
I have been accused of not allowing people here to write about their experiences with different vendors/accessories/hair/systems and showing favoritism to particular systems or hair.
Well if I have to try ever product on the market, I am determined to do that to get firsthand knowledge.
So if anyone wants us to try their system...please let me know. We will only test systems that HB pays for so that there will be no favoritism of any kind.
Brigid is of course loving this because she gets to wear all the hair. So far we have applied Jon Renau clip-ins, Jon Renau clip-in bangs and she has worn ALL of the HairDo pieces including their HH piece. When we met with the hair guy on Friday he promised to sell us some different hair to try including Russian, Chinese, Indian...etc.
I don't think it is really fair to make comments about any type of hair product, accessories or hair systems without out trying it. So we are doing that.
There are several other HB volunteers here that have offered to have extensions applied. So I guess we will all be learning a lot here at HB with the DIY testing. :-)
Also.....big announcement on my part....I have formally applied and been accepted at cosmetology school. I start next Saturday. I am tired of being called an "amateur" even though I have spent the past 10 years working with hair 24/7 in some capacity. I will do the time and get the paper. You know what they say.....until you walk in the shoes..........
No I don't have a life. Now I really won't have one. I have also purchased all the books and will start studying for the hair color certification program with my friend Barbara Lhotan who is a hairdresser with 25+ years experience. She actually taught me how to give a great haircut at her salon and she helps me with color questions for my columns.
The school I am going to has a hair extension program. So guess what I will be doing in school? I just hope I get out of there with my below-waist length hair intact. That might be the hardest part. :-)
------------- That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-) |
sherrie215 wrote:Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 05 2007 at 9:33pm
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Congrats on cosmo school ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |
. Don't let them touch your hairPosted By: Karen Shelton
Date Posted: August 05 2007 at 11:33pm
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Thanks....I am thinking of wearing it pinned up so that no one gets any ideas. :-) But if they do....there's always extensions, right? ------------- That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-) |
Posted By: Ms.Honey
Date Posted: August 06 2007 at 8:04am
 The Sister says NO ------------- ALL EYES ON ME |