The tape was Topstick HairPiece Tape in 1" x 3" strips.  Billy also used Liquid Gold on the tape that he attached to Angie's hair.  The entire install took less than 2 hours and he used all but one piece of hair.  He also added fuschia pink HH strands on either side of Angie's head. 

 

After the install was finished, Billy trimmed Angie's new extensions in the back and on the side to make sure that it all blended well.

 

A special thank you to Sherrie who has a great demo on 101 that was printed out and used as a guide.

 

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Angie Before Holding The Weft For Her Install

 

 

Tools Used For Tape Install

 

 

 

Angie Before First Weft Is Installed

 

 

 

Weft Attached To Tape In Preparation For Attachment To Angie

 

 

 

After First Weft Attached With Tape

 

 

 

 

Angie After Tape Install Before Final Trim - Side View (Note Fuschsia Accent Pieces)

 

 

Back View After Before Trim

 

 

 

 

Angie After Install From Front After Trim

 

 

 

After Trim To Even Ends

 

 

 

Amount Of Hair Left - One Strand - 1/8 th Bottle Of Liquid Gold Used

 

 

 

Billy And Angie

 

 

Tomorrow Billy plans to trim a little bit more off the ends to even completely.  Overall, the install was easy and quick and Angie loved the results.

 

There are more photos and if I get a chance, I will add them.

 

I can see the pictures.  Can the rest of you see them?

 

It looks GREAT!! I think they did a wonderful job! I like the fushia added in the sides!

 

Congrats to Angie, Carrie, Billy and Karen for a job well done!

 

Keep us posted on how the install and the hair holds up! I will be looking forward to the updates!

 

BTW....Billy is a cutie!! hehehe

 

Thank you so much.  Billy did a great job.  Angie is here today and said she likes the tape so much better than glue because according to her it feels so much lighter on her head.  She was worried that the tape would show through at the top near her crown but she said all of her friends looked and could not see it so she is happy about that.

 

I think that is one of the hardest things...knowing how far up the crown to go.

 

And yes...Billy is a major cutie.  Since he is a hairdresser he always changing his hair color and style so it is a constant parade of looks.  :-)  We never get bored with Billy.  Ha ha

 

Hi...thanks for your feedback.  I agree with you about the colors.

 

Angie is 18 and loves wild and crazy colors.  When I first met her most of her hair was pink and purple.  She picked the colors (white blonde & fushia) because she liked them.  I would never go with those colors myself but she loved them...... 

 

Brigid is much more conservative and only wants her colors to match but Angie wants to be outrageous.  And she definitely is.  :-)

 

Yes....to be young again.  Angie was just telling me that last year she did her own glue install and bought a bag of mixed colors.  Her hair was blue, green, purple, pink and red.  HA HA.  I didn't see that but it must have been something.  At least she didn't dye her hair those colors. 

 

HA HA.  Beats me but Matt is 21 and Billy is 25.  Both really nice guys.  In fact, we have lots of very cool people here at HB.com.  If I can get them all to be models for installs....you will all get to see them eventually. 

 

We are actually going to do an install on McGee for Halloween, a fusion install on Brigid and we have someone who wants us to do a dreadlock install.  That should be interesting.  Not sure whether we are going to buy the hair pre-dreadlocked or buy hair and dreadlock it and then install it.

 

Any suggestions folks?

 

Congrats Angie! You look very cute with the long extensions or without! But the long really suits you! Have fun with the colors, I am too old for it and my work would NEVER allow it! hehehe

 

 

Hi....single wefted only.

 

I actually thought we should have used MORE hair.  HA HA.

 

Sherrie you have so much hair yourself.  You must use a lot of hair.  How much do you use on yourself?

 

Angie looks sooooooooo cute with longer hair.  And it is so much fun having her here at HB.com. 

 

We actually met in Cosmo school.  She and I always partnered up on projects.  She is going to be great with extensions when she gets her license. 

 

This is all the hair we had left.  The bag weighed about 8 ounces. 

 

If I use a hair with volume like the French Refined that I am wearing now, it takes less. I am wearing about 7 ounces and has major volume, more than my average 9 ounces of straight hair.

 

I cant fit that much in without doubling or tripling the rows.

 

Are you sure it was 8 ounces? Most hair is prebundled in 4 ounce packages. I was suprised to see an 8 ounce package of hair. But I am not familiar with this brand, so maybe they package it differently than what I am used to seeing.

 

Hi....you know what...I was just talking to Sherrie about this and she pointed out that the packaging might have made a difference in how much it weighed. 

 

And you are right, the industry standard is 4 oz in a package of hair, not 8 ounces.  So there is a missing piece of the puzzle somewhere.  The man at the shop told Billy it was 8 ounces.  So there is a disconnect somewhere.

 

Tomorrow Billy is going to go back to where he bought Angie's hair and buy the same exact amount of hair for Brigid's install.  We are going to take all the packaging apart and weigh it ourselves and see what it comes out to be.  It might very well be 4 ounces and we were misinformed.  We are definitely going to figure this out.

 

Sorry for all the confusion.  As I told Sherrie, we are learning as we go and stumbling along but getting better with each install. 

 

I love it!!

 

 

And yes, I am so happy to hear that the reviews of systems/products will continue!

 

And yes...we are going to keep on doing installs until our eyes cross.

 

Picture this,  Saturday night after we picked up Barbara Lhotan (my friend the hairdresser who does extensions) from the airport we went back to her hotel room.  There we were, the three or us, threading wires with silicones beads and practicing threading HH strands onto a mannequin on my tripod.  It was 11:00 at night and we were all bone tired but we kept threading until we had several rows in.  We also used pre-tipped bonded strands and a fusion tool to add some of those to the mannequin.  I still have the mannequin so Billy and I can keep practicing for doing these to Brigid and some of our other models.

 

Angie (who is already talking about her next install) is recruiting all her friends as potential extension models so hopefully we will be doing lots of new installs over the next few weeks and will try as many different tapes, glues, beads, rings, tools, types and brands of hair as possible.  And yes, we will continue to make mistakes and stub our toes but we will keep on trying. 

 

Thanks for all your help and support in our endeavors.

I had to go on a week long sabatical from my family otherwise you would have seen video of me being dragged out of my house in handcuffs  after going on butt kicking rampage

 

HA HA.  Exactly how I feel about my family at times.  Too funny.  Glad you are back to talk extensions.