if you're going to wear a weave...

[femmemuscle]

Here's one thing i've learned since i've been wearing weaves. Maybe you ladies might have a few experiences that might be helpful to weave wearers..

i've learned living in a windy environment, don't ever let a beautician talk you into braiding up all of your hair, even if she insist on bangs with a straight or even a curly weave. I was a student, and interning at a hospital in San Francisco. The Gays had a good ol' time each windy morning.

They would sit out at the entrance of the hospital, with their cappucinos ON A WINDY DAY to see my tracks exposed whenever the wind blew.

i tried everything i could to keep those tracks from being seen..turning in the wind, turning my head from side to side..Nope, they just cheered when the wind would just swoop down and up my weave would fly up and there it was..

You know what? after a while - they all started calling me the "track" star.

i should have called this thread: "Gay men aren't right."

 

[sheba1]

I am so appreciative of this thread, Femmemuscle. I just got my first sew in ever and man! She braided every last stitch!! Never again, I say.... thanks for warning the masses

 

[isabella09]

Great thread. Thanks very much for sharing.

 

[tallnomad]

Funny how we're all different . . . I love getting all of my hair braided--every last inch. This was what I attributed to my hair growing and thriving so much in the past.

I felt that having it all braided was the best protective style for me. Granted, the woman who braided it made sure it wasn't too tight, and if it was, she loosened the braids and re-braided.

So my suggestion would be to braid all of the hair but make sure you still moisturize it. Back then, I had a curly weave and would wet it daily without adding conditioner but I still retained all of my hair and made it to about brastrap length in a little over a year.

 

[Mercie]

loll.
Would a hat have helped?

 

[Lovestyr]

lol hmm sorry to hear that well at least you know to try a different method with the next weave. At least the gay guys were honest...some of my best friends are gay guys....lol

 

[sheba1]

When I used to wear half wigs I used to leave just the tiniest bit of hair out. It was key in making sure my hair blended well. I think you can leave just the very edges out and the weave would still be equally protective. The left out hair should not need heat to blend, I wouldn't think. Unless the hair used for the weave was very silky.

 

[Desarae]

Thanks for the tip. I will probably be embarking on my first sew in weave sometime next year.

 

[lilsparkle825]

i woulda wore a scarf one day and gave them the finger

 

[honeybuni84]

Honestly unless your hair is a dead on texture match, or you hair is long enough to blend in, I would sewed it all up.
- Make sure good hair is used. Nothing gives away a weave like a balled up nest at the neck.

- Make sure your texture is reasonable match.. Don't try to blend 4b coarse with 2b silky... It wont work...

- Please only use weave colors that exist in nature... Fire red weave=

- Use reasonable lengths( i will leave that one at that).... Dont try to blend EL top with tailbone length hair. That doesnt blend at all

 

[femmemuscle]

Funny how we're all different . . . I love getting all of my hair braided--every last inch. This was what I attributed to my hair growing and thriving so much in the past.

I felt that having it all braided was the best protective style for me. Granted, the woman who braided it made sure it wasn't too tight, and if it was, she loosened the braids and re-braided.

So my suggestion would be to braid all of the hair but make sure you still moisturize it. Back then, I had a curly weave and would wet it daily without adding conditioner but I still retained all of my hair and made it to about brastrap length in a little over a year.

that's great progress! but my question is, if you are out and about, and the wind blows, do your tracks show? and what do you do to hide them? especially in summer/spring months where hats aren't worn early in the morning.

 

[tallnomad]

^^
sorry, I'm just now seeing this.

When I wore weaves, I mostly got inner locks aka crochet braids, so my cornrows underneath were done in a beehive style and the synthetic hair was sewed in. And the hair I used was curly or very wavy so the braids below blended in with the curls on top; once I started getting a lot of new growth, then it really blended well.

I did have a "traditional" weave with a net a few times, but the tracks didn't show--this was straight hair.

I do remember when I'd get a fresh weave, I would use bobby pins to hold hair in place from wind. But it seemed like the older the weave hair got, the less I worried.

 

[dachsies_rule!]

Honestly unless your hair is a dead on texture match, or you hair is long enough to blend in, I would sewed it all up.
- Make sure good hair is used. Nothing gives away a weave like a balled up nest at the neck.

- Make sure your texture is reasonable match.. Don't try to blend 4b coarse with 2b silky... It wont work...

- Please only use weave colors that exist in nature... Fire red weave=

- Use reasonable lengths( i will leave that one at that).... Dont try to blend EL top with tailbone length hair. That doesnt blend at all

LMAO @ bolded!

 

[LadyPaniolo]

Co-freaking sign on:

fire engine red weave or burgandy/purple weave WTF??? erplexed
leave-out is 3 inches long and weave is down to your elbow

I need to add: PLEASE either have a suitable leave-out on top or just break down and buy a decent closure. I have seen so many of those closures the size of a pencil eraser that looks like a cowlick on all sides Just don't do it.

 

[yaya24]

Darn.. I have not choice.. I have about 3 inches iof hair, and I think "blending" is out of the question. I will be getting my first full sew in in October, and now i'm scared

 

[phyl73]

I am in a sew in now and will be until next Thursday and treat it as if it were my real hair. When I co-wash I give the weave the same amount of attention. I make sure I keep my braided hair moisturized. I have it braided in a bee hive and have about 2 or 3 inches out in the front. I want to get it all braided, but don't want it to look fake. I also have curly weave which workd well for me. I always get lots of growth wearing it.