Angie Before Install With Tape

 

 

 

Below - Angie Right After Tape Install Of Chinese Hair

 

 

Below - Angie - 11 Days After Tape Install

 

 

Below - Angie - Look Close You Can See Tape Showing Through On Top

 

 

 

11 days ago Angie had a tape install with Chinese hair. 

 

The hair felt nice when it was first purchased and was soft (although not exactly silky) during the install.  However, Angie became disenchanted with the hair which she explained became progressively drier by the day. 

 

She also noticed fading on one side where the pink highlights were added as extra highlights.

 

Over the past few days she reported if she did not wear her hair in pigtails or braids, she noted the hair felt like a bristle brush on her bare skin and felt like it was "stabbing her in the neck".

 

She also reported if she "whipped her hair around just a few times, the ends would instantly tangle and the back would also knot up very easily.  The longer she wore the hair, the less she liked it.

 

Of course we all understood at the beginning that to bleach hair to the platinum level that Angie desired, would take a toll on the softeness and feel of the hair.  However, it seemed to get extremely bristly in a matter of a few days.  I think Sherrie calls it "squirrel butt hair"  LOL.

 

 

She tried to soften the coarseness of the dry strands by doing hot oil and various deep conditioning treatments.  She also took special care when she washed her hair and minimized use of hot tools.

 

Angie liked the overall tape install and how it felt on her head but one of the sections at the very top of her scalp started to curl up.  She had a friend use a rubber type glue (more on that later) to reinforce the tape in that one section.

 

Today Angie asked that the install be removed because it was stabbing her skin non-stop and she could no longer stand the roughness of the hair. 

 

I will post the steps of how we did the removal tomorrow.  I also have photos of Billy and I while the install was removed from Angie's head.   

 

Hi Ms. Honey,

 

Unfortunately Angie was not loving the hair.  Billy and I tried to convince her to try different hydrating products and flat iron but she said that unless she wore her hair off her neck, she felt constant irritation for the bristly edges of the hair.  She wanted it OFF and as soon as possible.  So it was taken off this afternoon.

 

I have photos but did not have time to post them yet.  We show step by step of the removal and Billy trimmed her hair afterwards to clean the ends up a bit. 

 

Yes..we wanted her to hang in there longer but she didn't want to keep the hair on and I couldn't argue with her not wanting to have a bristle brush rubbing her skin non-stop.  I felt the hair, it did feel like stubble on the ends.

 

Bottom line?  Getting good hair is key AND when you want to go with bleached blonde....understand that it WILL get dry and scruffy unless it is really really high quality hair.

 

I would be terrible as a supermodel handler.  I would feed them and never make them wear stillettos and would cancel their 4 hour yoga sessions with the Yoga Nazis. 

 

Yep, I have to say that for us blondes and light colors its very hard to find good quality hair as its so highly processed. And there are very few brands that have been able to produce blondes and maintain quality.

 

I dont think there is anything you could have done Angie, to revive the hair. If its that bad, dry and damaged, nothing is gonna help. (Been there several times, and there is no help for hair that is badly overprocessed)

 

Overall did you like the tape install? How did that particular tape hold up? I havent tried this tape that you used. My preferred tape is supertape and I find it gives me a really long hold. I am curious about the tape at the top that curled up, as I have never seen the tape do that. Also, that one tape at the top that you can see, may be just a little too high and next time you might need to go just a little lower. (Just a matter of tweaking the placement a little it looks like)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey hon,

 Would you consider doing it again if they can find a high quality platinum  hair? Would you like to try it with extensions the color of your darker color? Is it black or brown? I can't tell.

 

Oooo, dang girl  Live and Learn, right?

 

 But you've learned. That's what counts. Some people never do.

 

Hi Angie,

 You should definitely try it with dark brown extensions. Maybe something like Bohyme or a virgin remy hair.

 

I think you would have an easier time blending if you had a few chunky highlites instead of the blonde on brown. 

 

Oh, and I'm right with yah about the take down!  I have worn hair that I just hated!  When it itches thru my shirt, time to go!!!

 

 

 

Sorry I have been MIA.  We are doing a lot of upgrades on HB this week and have been swamped trying to get everything finished.

 

Thanks to all for the great suggestions for the future.  The tape install was so easy and the hair did stay really well compared to Brigid's install where strands were dropping.

 

I agree that we should try Bohyme on Angie for the future and I also believe that blending would be so much easier with a match to her dark hair.  But it was fun and funky and Angie looked cute and enjoyed it until the hair went South.  Which is another thing we learned, you get what you pay for.  Amen!