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Pompous Blue.
I used marley braid - 4 packs. I curled the hair before I installed it. I cut each pack of hair in half, then took 3 pieces of hair to make one curl (I wanted thick curls). I combed out the 3 pieces I gathered together, and then twisted the hair around medium sized perm rods. I rolled the hair together as I wrapped it around the rod (hope that makes sense). I did all the hair like that, then did a mass immersion in hot water for 10 secs. I let them dry for like 1/2 hr, and then removed the rods. This was the part that took some time because I had to get the hang of rolling the hair around the rods.
After that the install itself was easy peasy, done in 35 mins.
Oh, and for my braid pattern, I did 4 large horizontal flat twists at the back of my head, and 8 vertical ones at the front.
Hope that helps.