GreenEyedJen
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WEAVE NEWBIE, VENTING! (PICS)
OMG ladies, OMG. That's all I can say right now.
I got my first weave installed two Friday's ago. The woman's been doing hair for twenty years and she specializes in natural hair. I really like her, she did my wash and condition for me and did a free DC because my hair was feeling "crispy" (her word) and she didn't want my hair to break off under the weave (and it was true, I'd been sick that whole week and as a result, hair was dry as a mug).
ANYWAY.
I wanted a full, curly look. Being as this was my first weave ever and I have naturally light hair, I just bought BSS hair. I didn't know how I'd like it and didn't want to waste money on excellent hair if I was just gonna take it out three weeks later. Plus, I'd have to dye anything from Halley's, EP, etc. etc. to get it to match my real hair. So I picked up three packs of Outre Premium Deep Wave in 12" and 16" (they didn't have any 14"). Long story short I had to get another pack of hair from a different vendor because the three packs weren't enough (!). So I left out of there with FOUR FULL PACKS of hair in my head, in lengths 12", 14" (the pack I had to buy in the middle of installation), and 16". AND, the color of the new pack wasn't the same as the color of the others, even though they're the same "number". The hair on top is lighter. I'm okay with that, but it's lighter than my leave-out (whomp, whomp).
But whatever. I went home, put on some makeup, and turned into a different person. I LOVED IT! Here are some pictures of what it looked like then (excuse the poses, I was taking them for my SO):
So I was rocking it and having fun. Then, this past weekend, I went to the club. I have to say, I was looking cute. I'd post the pictures but all of them came out blurry (can't expect a lush to take a picture, I guess). Anyway, long story short, this hating-@$$ chick threw a drink ALLLL over me and my hair! Okay I'm a Taurus, so fellow Taureans, you KNOW how we do when that bull comes out. She was handled.
My hair, however, WASN'T. It is sooo matted it's not even funny. The waves haven't really come back and I think it's pretty much done for. And remember when I said I have four packs in? Yeah, it has GROWN. It actually looks so bad that I'm not going to post pics, but it's something like this:
His curls are better than mine though.
I'm not sure if there's anything I can do. I'm not as upset about the hair getting messed up than I am about the fact that I'm not going to really be able to get a PS out of this (because I'm most likely gonna have to take the hair out way before I planned). The entire reason why I tried a weave is because I'm horrible at other protective styles and I need help during the winter. Oh well, thanks for reading my rant!
OMG ladies, OMG. That's all I can say right now.
I got my first weave installed two Friday's ago. The woman's been doing hair for twenty years and she specializes in natural hair. I really like her, she did my wash and condition for me and did a free DC because my hair was feeling "crispy" (her word) and she didn't want my hair to break off under the weave (and it was true, I'd been sick that whole week and as a result, hair was dry as a mug).
ANYWAY.
I wanted a full, curly look. Being as this was my first weave ever and I have naturally light hair, I just bought BSS hair. I didn't know how I'd like it and didn't want to waste money on excellent hair if I was just gonna take it out three weeks later. Plus, I'd have to dye anything from Halley's, EP, etc. etc. to get it to match my real hair. So I picked up three packs of Outre Premium Deep Wave in 12" and 16" (they didn't have any 14"). Long story short I had to get another pack of hair from a different vendor because the three packs weren't enough (!). So I left out of there with FOUR FULL PACKS of hair in my head, in lengths 12", 14" (the pack I had to buy in the middle of installation), and 16". AND, the color of the new pack wasn't the same as the color of the others, even though they're the same "number". The hair on top is lighter. I'm okay with that, but it's lighter than my leave-out (whomp, whomp).
But whatever. I went home, put on some makeup, and turned into a different person. I LOVED IT! Here are some pictures of what it looked like then (excuse the poses, I was taking them for my SO):
So I was rocking it and having fun. Then, this past weekend, I went to the club. I have to say, I was looking cute. I'd post the pictures but all of them came out blurry (can't expect a lush to take a picture, I guess). Anyway, long story short, this hating-@$$ chick threw a drink ALLLL over me and my hair! Okay I'm a Taurus, so fellow Taureans, you KNOW how we do when that bull comes out. She was handled.
My hair, however, WASN'T. It is sooo matted it's not even funny. The waves haven't really come back and I think it's pretty much done for. And remember when I said I have four packs in? Yeah, it has GROWN. It actually looks so bad that I'm not going to post pics, but it's something like this:
His curls are better than mine though.
I'm not sure if there's anything I can do. I'm not as upset about the hair getting messed up than I am about the fact that I'm not going to really be able to get a PS out of this (because I'm most likely gonna have to take the hair out way before I planned). The entire reason why I tried a weave is because I'm horrible at other protective styles and I need help during the winter. Oh well, thanks for reading my rant!
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