Fusion Install Before Adding 20 Extra Strands & HairCut

 

 

Brigid On Second Day Of Install (In Black) After Adding 20 Extra Strands & HairCut

 

 

edited to say, maybe in the back you should take out some of the blonde and add some darker extensions to help with the color blending - and flat iron... - I love the length!

 

 

Bad news...these photos were taken after she flat ironed.   

 

Hi Asinnamon.....the photo was taken right after she flat ironed.  Maybe she needs to use a hotter iron?  Or iron smaller sections?  Or it could be the camera.  I hadn't thought of that one.

 

Hi Bridget,

 

My apologies...infusion...fat fingers on my part.  Should have been install.

 

So sorry.

 

I told Brigid she needs to come to the forum to post.  Billy, Angie and Carrie do but Brigid isn't much for forums.  But she may show up. 

 

 

 

Thanks Malibu.  Yes...I agree with the thought about the hair slipping. 

 

No...we did not contact the company.

 

I will pass the idea of the serum with the flat iron.    She did flat iron but I am thinking maybe not long enough, not in small enough sections or make the iron was not hot enough? 

 

Brigid still loves the extensions regardless of the change in the silkiness.  She loves the length.  She certainly enjoys this much more than clip-ins.  Yes, the hair is not as nice as the first day of install but she still loves it.

 

I will be curious to see how long this install will last.  We were all hoping at least 6 weeks but I guess time will time.

 

 

 

GREAT install. A few comments.

 

I've NEVER had extension hair that didn't become a bit rougher and less shiny after washing, except for European hair. (True European hair) You've probably noticed that over the years we've devoted a LOT of time and attention to the issue of needing to treat extension hair like spun gold, which certainly means using good products (there are hundreds of posts on which shampoos and conditioners and serums are the best), perhaps shampooing less frequently, etc. These are just some of the rules of the road with extensions. IMO.

 

Regarding the amount of glue on each extension. I just did a full head using Donna Bella pretipped hair, and other hair that I pretipped myself using the Donna Bella chips.

 

The Donna Bella tips are a funny animal. I think there's actually *too much* glue on each of the tips (which is common on pretipped hair; many times it needs to be cut down before installing. In fact cutting the tips IN HALF often works the best). I have a very hot iron, but the glue on the pretips never quite melts fully and thus I don't think quite melts all the way into the natural hair. The tips need to be heated and I think rolled with kind of a lot of pressure sometimes to really get them to adhere to the natural hair. Sometimes I can feel that I've rolled the tip and it's hard but it hasn't adhered to my hair because it wasn't hot enough because of the thickness of the tip. I hope that makes sense. All I know is that when I pretipped the hair myself, I cut the chips in HALF and used a HALF size for each pretip and those were MUCH easier to work with and I've had NO slippage with them at all.

 

I know that it's really important on an install to make sure that prior to installation, the hair is washed well and has no conditioner on it. Further you usually need to wait like 48 hours before washing. These factors can contribute to the bonds slipping as well. I don't always adhere do these rules (big surprise) but with the Donna Bella chips I haven't had any slipping or loss at all.

 

Thanks for the great post and pics! And welcome Brigid to the world of extension addiction!!