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Hair extensions - how many??

  • 20-01-2010 6:41pm
    #1
    sarsarsar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭


    Hi Ladies,

    Quick one about hair extensions. Went into hairdressers today to enquire about them, they are 12" pieces and are 18" length.

    My hair is just below shoulder length, and its quite thin. Not very thin but I would never have thought of it as thick. The girl there (she was quite young) said I would need 4 of these packs?! Does anyone think this is quite excessive??

    Heres a link to them:
    http://davidmartinhairdressing.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27

    I dont want to buy this many if I dont need them, but I need them for next week so cant really wait around for them to order more if I need more!!

    Appreciate any advice :)


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  • #2
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    You could just buy them online

    http://www.americandreamextensions.com/quickfix-clip-in-extensions-12-c.asp

    Average full head for length takes between 100g (very fine hair) and 150g (thick hair) so it depends on how much hair you get in each pack.
    You're probably going to have to cut some of the wefts because your whole head isn't all the one width, like the area above the nape of your neck is going to be narrower than the area in the middle of your head.


  • #3
    eth0_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    Hard to say without knowing how much hair is in each pack. For a full head of extensions, 4 packs sounds plausible.

    Strangely, if you have thick hair you'll need MORE extensions than someone with less/finer hair, because you need to make it blend with your own hair and look natural.


  • #4
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    eth0_ wrote: »
    Strangely, if you have thick hair you'll need MORE extensions than someone with less/finer hair, because you need to make it blend with your own hair and look natural.

    True dat. The last thing you want is something like this


    PICT0057.JPG


  • #5
    eth0_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    Magenta - that is so funny! How the hell did the extensionist think that looked good??


  • #6
    sarsarsar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 38 ✭sarsarsar


    The reason I cant buy them online is that I need them next week (I know, I know!!!)...Hopefully it doesnt look like the person in that picture anyway.....:eek:


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  • #7
    Magenta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,957 ✭✭✭Magenta


    sarsarsar wrote: »
    The reason I cant buy them online is that I need them next week (I know, I know!!!)...Hopefully it doesnt look like the person in that picture anyway.....:eek:

    You could ring American Dream and just ask how much hair is in a pack.
    You're much better off having extra to spare than not having enough on your head- the main thing that makes extensions look fake is if you don't have enough and it's very very hard to hide if you don't.

    etho there are many photos like that on the web- that's probably the worst example though- they're usually put up by "professional extensionists" who seem to genuinely believe they did a really good job!

    This is from what is supposed to be a top salon in London, if you look at the after photo taken from the back, there is not enough extensions at the top. It's gonna be even worse once she washes it and tries to style it herself.

    http://www.markglenn.com/Fashion/Gallery/Fashion013.htm

    Check out this one, you can really tell where the natural hair ends and the shiny synthetic hair begins

    http://www.markglenn.com/Fashion/Gallery/Fashion009.htm

    OP There is a company in the UK called Head Kandy and they do full sets of readymade clip ins.. They are different widths so they fit your head better than the American Dream ones. I've heard they do fast delivery and you get a LOT of hair in the set. For example the 16-18" set, you get 150g of hair- that's loads for even thick hair.

    http://www.headkandy.com/


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