STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

Kitty wrote:

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OMG they took FOREVER to style this morning. I have to curl mine a bit to get them to blend with my short hair...HELL. I hope I get faster. I don't think I'm going to be able to do that every day.

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I don't have extensions, but my hair is as long, if not longer than your extensions.  I have found the fastest, easiest way to do my hair is running a "turned" flat iron over sections of my hair (I do 3 sections on the side part side of my hair, and 4-5 sections on the other.)  It doesn't take me more than, gosh, 3 minutes? 

I take a section of hair, start the flat iron near the roots, run it down slowly and turn it so my hair is "bent" against the edge of the iron.  This technique allows me to curl all my ends in any layers I have in one fell swoop. 

I then flip my head over, fluff, flip back over, finger style and spritz with a little  hair spray to hold my style for the day.

I hope I explained this well enough, but the technique of running a turned flat iron through sections has worked really well for me.  I'm not sure if the nature of extensions will allow you to do this (can you run a flat iron from the roots of your natural hair down through the extensions?)

Wow they look really good!!

D wrote:

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Kitty wrote:

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OMG they took FOREVER to style this morning. I have to curl mine a bit to get them to blend with my short hair...HELL. I hope I get faster. I don't think I'm going to be able to do that every day.

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I don't have extensions, but my hair is as long, if not longer than your extensions. I have found the fastest, easiest way to do my hair is running a "turned" flat iron over sections of my hair (I do 3 sections on the side part side of my hair, and 4-5 sections on the other.) It doesn't take me more than, gosh, 3 minutes?

I take a section of hair, start the flat iron near the roots, run it down slowly and turn it so my hair is "bent" against the edge of the iron. This technique allows me to curl all my ends in any layers I have in one fell swoop.

I then flip my head over, fluff, flip back over, finger style and spritz with a little hair spray to hold my style for the day.

I hope I explained this well enough, but the technique of running a turned flat iron through sections has worked really well for me. I'm not sure if the nature of extensions will allow you to do this (can you run a flat iron from the roots of your natural hair down through the extensions?)

 

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 I was actually watching a similar technique on a make-over show last night. I think this would probably work for me -- but does it only curl ends? My natural hair is chin length, so I have to get some of the curl to get close to that length so it blends and looks seemless.

It looks great Kitty!!

GORGEOUS! So romatic! They blend in beautifully.

Kitty wrote:

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D wrote:

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Kitty wrote:

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OMG they took FOREVER to style this morning. I have to curl mine a bit to get them to blend with my short hair...HELL. I hope I get faster. I don't think I'm going to be able to do that every day.

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I don't have extensions, but my hair is as long, if not longer than your extensions. I have found the fastest, easiest way to do my hair is running a "turned" flat iron over sections of my hair (I do 3 sections on the side part side of my hair, and 4-5 sections on the other.) It doesn't take me more than, gosh, 3 minutes?

I take a section of hair, start the flat iron near the roots, run it down slowly and turn it so my hair is "bent" against the edge of the iron. This technique allows me to curl all my ends in any layers I have in one fell swoop.

I then flip my head over, fluff, flip back over, finger style and spritz with a little hair spray to hold my style for the day.

I hope I explained this well enough, but the technique of running a turned flat iron through sections has worked really well for me. I'm not sure if the nature of extensions will allow you to do this (can you run a flat iron from the roots of your natural hair down through the extensions?)

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 I was actually watching a similar technique on a make-over show last night. I think this would probably work for me -- but does it only curl ends? My natural hair is chin length, so I have to get some of the curl to get close to that length so it blends and looks seemless.

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any hair that gets bent against the edge of the flat iron as you run your hair through it will curl. if you want it to be straighter where the ends of your natural hair and extensions meet, then don't bend the hair at the edge of the iron until you get past that point.  just remember that all hair that is bent on the edge of the iron as it passes through will get a wave/curl show up toward the ends. you might have to play around with a couple sections of hair to determine if you want to bend your hair against the iron the whole way through the section, or bend it only after you get past where your natural hair ends and the extensions begin.  it is possible that bending the hair against the iron the whole way through, resulting in curling the ends of your natural hair, could actually make the division between natural hair and extensions more noticable -- it all depends on what kind of layers you have between the two...

I wish I could just come over and show you! hard to describe...

hth

Pretty!

You look absolutely beautiful!!!

flknight24 wrote:

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Hey ladies, I've actually been thinking about extensions recently.  I always had really thin hair and in the last few years I feel like it's gotten even thinner.  I'm to the point that unless I blow it out and flat iron it, which takes a while, I just always wear it up.  Do you think extensions would help my hair look thicker, or do they more just add length? TIA!

They definitely add thickness... I have super duper fine hair and I got clip-in human hair extensions for that reason. Mine also add a bit of length, but it's mostly the thickness and volume that I get from wearing them that makes a big difference.

They look great on you Kitty! You'll look even more amazing for your wedding!

ETA: I realize now from another post that your wedding already happened! So I guess what I should be really saying is that I'm sure you looked even more amazing for your wedding!

-- Edited by calico at 19:33, 2008-07-06