Starian
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Thanks to extensions, I\'m bald now! With pics, so you can SEE.
Psych. But damn near! -_- Feel free to whip me, anky. /images/graemlins/frown.gif
See, I was lazy and didn't feel like doing my own hair. I decided to try and get extensions for the first time because I think I'm prettier with long hair. And I am. I'm sorry if that makes me sound vain.^_^;;
Anyways, I have my cousin glue them in. I didn't have the money nor materials to have them sewn in at the time, and /images/graemlins/censored.gif had to be somewhere the next day. I did the standard procedure,perm with a children's relaxer (my scalp can't take adult ones)wash and condition with the Breakthru line of products, let air dry, and then flat iron with ishloads of Breakthru's heat styling cream.
She put the tracts in the regular way, I guess...glue, press to scalp, blow dry to dry the glue. You know,normal.
I thought my hair would be fine as long as I kept it moisturized underneath the tracts.
Well, I kept them in for two weeks exactly. Because the Lord gave me a hair color and texture that's exactly like the Number 2 Yaki, I was whippin that hair. I was lookin' good, ya'll. No one could tell it wasn't my hair. And...I kinda didn't tell them any different. *chuckles nervously* Pictures of me with weave?
I slept with a satin cap on, detangled gently, sprayed with oil sheen, and kept them up nicely, I think. Well, I took them out last night. Caaaaarrrrefulllly. Saturated with olive oil, and gently removed them. My hair looked the same as it did before, or so I thought. I washed with dark and Lovely's 3-in-1 moisturizing shampoo, and followed with their Cholesterol Conditioner for Dry Hair with Shea Butter. I slept in that. When I got up this morning, I rinsed that out, looked at my hair, and cried. For a long, long time. It may just be my imagination, but my hair seems significantly shorter. This is my hair before. It's curled in this picture, but it's about 2 inches longer than this.
And this is my hair now. It's a bit scrunchy because I'm letting it airdry, but yah.
See how it's longer on the sides and the middle looks choppy? Oooh, I'm steamed.
So beautiful people, where'd I go wrong? Is there something I should have done that I didn't do? Is there a technique to taking out bonded extensions? And for next time, what do I do to make for a minimum of breakage?
(I say next time, because I'm getting more put in tonite, but only because I have to take pictures that require me to have long hair. Don't worry, I'm not keeping them in for long. x_x)
I mean this is my fault, so there isn't any use in crying over spilled hair glue. I just want to rectify it in the long run, and get the best way on how to take these things out.
Thing is, everyone thinks it was my hair. I have to wear a bun now while my hair is recovering. And I most certainly enjoyed the attention from men. My ex-boyfriend even said I was pretty! He didn't even say that while we were together! Long hair has given me the sun, and the moon, and the stars...and even brought me this close to getting laid! I mean laid as in laid on the couch...where I could eat cereal...or something, heh heh. ^_^;; *forgot kids frequented these boards* /images/graemlins/sekret.gif Dammit, hair that looks like mine! *cries*
Fudge this, I'm going natural. /images/graemlins/mad.gif
Hellllllp, peoples! /images/graemlins/wallbash.gif
Psych. But damn near! -_- Feel free to whip me, anky. /images/graemlins/frown.gif
See, I was lazy and didn't feel like doing my own hair. I decided to try and get extensions for the first time because I think I'm prettier with long hair. And I am. I'm sorry if that makes me sound vain.^_^;;
Anyways, I have my cousin glue them in. I didn't have the money nor materials to have them sewn in at the time, and /images/graemlins/censored.gif had to be somewhere the next day. I did the standard procedure,perm with a children's relaxer (my scalp can't take adult ones)wash and condition with the Breakthru line of products, let air dry, and then flat iron with ishloads of Breakthru's heat styling cream.
She put the tracts in the regular way, I guess...glue, press to scalp, blow dry to dry the glue. You know,normal.
I thought my hair would be fine as long as I kept it moisturized underneath the tracts.
Well, I kept them in for two weeks exactly. Because the Lord gave me a hair color and texture that's exactly like the Number 2 Yaki, I was whippin that hair. I was lookin' good, ya'll. No one could tell it wasn't my hair. And...I kinda didn't tell them any different. *chuckles nervously* Pictures of me with weave?
I slept with a satin cap on, detangled gently, sprayed with oil sheen, and kept them up nicely, I think. Well, I took them out last night. Caaaaarrrrefulllly. Saturated with olive oil, and gently removed them. My hair looked the same as it did before, or so I thought. I washed with dark and Lovely's 3-in-1 moisturizing shampoo, and followed with their Cholesterol Conditioner for Dry Hair with Shea Butter. I slept in that. When I got up this morning, I rinsed that out, looked at my hair, and cried. For a long, long time. It may just be my imagination, but my hair seems significantly shorter. This is my hair before. It's curled in this picture, but it's about 2 inches longer than this.
And this is my hair now. It's a bit scrunchy because I'm letting it airdry, but yah.
See how it's longer on the sides and the middle looks choppy? Oooh, I'm steamed.
So beautiful people, where'd I go wrong? Is there something I should have done that I didn't do? Is there a technique to taking out bonded extensions? And for next time, what do I do to make for a minimum of breakage?
(I say next time, because I'm getting more put in tonite, but only because I have to take pictures that require me to have long hair. Don't worry, I'm not keeping them in for long. x_x)
I mean this is my fault, so there isn't any use in crying over spilled hair glue. I just want to rectify it in the long run, and get the best way on how to take these things out.
Thing is, everyone thinks it was my hair. I have to wear a bun now while my hair is recovering. And I most certainly enjoyed the attention from men. My ex-boyfriend even said I was pretty! He didn't even say that while we were together! Long hair has given me the sun, and the moon, and the stars...and even brought me this close to getting laid! I mean laid as in laid on the couch...where I could eat cereal...or something, heh heh. ^_^;; *forgot kids frequented these boards* /images/graemlins/sekret.gif Dammit, hair that looks like mine! *cries*
Fudge this, I'm going natural. /images/graemlins/mad.gif
Hellllllp, peoples! /images/graemlins/wallbash.gif
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Air dryed hair always looks 10 times worse anyway. But it was still pretty chewed. 
