The old saying is true: “if my hair looks good, I can deal with anything“…
(hint: Click “read more” to see the back of my hair)
01.09.2014
A Hair Update
I took my extensions out about a week ago and, being honest here, decided I needed a slight change. My hair had a ton of split ends from having the extensions in for so long so, after Mika Fowler cut about an inch off, I went over to see my fab colorist, Erick Orellana, over at Sally Hershberger Salon. The inspiration? Lauren Conrad’s lighter ends and slightly darker roots. The only thing is this: my hair is really fine with out my extensions in, so I tried a new volumizing product…Sally Hershberger Plump Up Collagen Thickening Mist, and I am obsessed. Basically, this spray repairs the cuticle while locking out humidity and it also helps to protect hair from sun and color damage…it’s kind of a one stop shop, in my opinion.
What do you think of my lighter ends?!
08.29.2013
Hair Update: New Color and New Extensions (video)
06.21.2011
Hair Extensions Update: The Finale
Nadine, Jamie C., Sydne, me at a friend’s surprise birthday BBQ
It was time. I laughed, I cried, I get my Hair Dreams hair extensions taken out. You might remember my last update back in March, where I got “touched up” a bit and was told that I could keep my extensions in for another two(ish) months…I was elated. Well it came to a point where they were way grown out and sadly, it was that time. I never thought that I would’ve grown so attached to someone else’s hair but ladies, I did. I can’t reccomend them enough and a big part of that was also my experience at The Doves Studio, who was amazing at matching the exact shade of blonde that I wanted, helping me with my questions and just having overall amazing customer service. (Make sure to ask for Chris Rosario!)
But I digress, it was time for them to come out and yeah, I was definitely nervous about how my natural hair was gonna look after five months of having the extensions in. The result? Well it was certainly a shock to see how my natural hair didn’t look or feel the way it had with the extensions IN…but overall, my natural hair stayed extremely healthy with almost no breakage! I immediately needed my highlights touched up and The Doves Studio was nice enough to give me a slightly darker blonde shade for summer (in the above photo). I thought it might be fun to go slightly darker during the summer months and my colorist actually lightened my entire base color before putting the highlights in, making maintenance a bit easier. What do you guys think?
03.24.2011
Hair extensions UPDATE!
So back in early January I got my very first set of hair extensions; it’s been about three months now and I’m still totally obsessed! As far as maintenence and care, I’ve been following all of the rules that the staff at The Doves Studio told me (e.g make sure they’re not sticking together, don’t use too much product, etc.) and I’m really happy that I went with Hair Dreams since there were so many hair extension brand choices and it was hard to decide. This is high-quality hair people, no one can ever tell I have extensions in!
I did experience about 10 pieces falling out after a month and so I called The Doves and asked if this was normal (it is not). Turns out pieces do sometimes fall out but since so many had fallen out in such a short amount of time, they wanted me to come in and check them out. In about an hour The Doves staff replaced the missing pieces and we realized that the hair they were attached to was probably too fine to hold the bond and since I got “touched up,” only one or two pieces have fallen out since! Success. I’m going to be majorly bummed when I have to get them taken out in a month or so. Stay tuned for one more update!
03.24.2011
Hair extensions UPDATE!
So back in early January I got my very first set of hair extensions; it’s been about three months now and I’m still totally obsessed! As far as maintenence and care, I’ve been following all of the rules that the staff at The Doves Studio told me (e.g make sure they’re not sticking together, don’t use too much product, etc.) and I’m really happy that I went with Hair Dreams since there were so many hair extension brand choices and it was hard to decide. This is high-quality hair people, no one can ever tell I have extensions in!
I did experience about 10 pieces falling out after a month and so I called The Doves and asked if this was normal (it is not). Turns out pieces do sometimes fall out but since so many had fallen out in such a short amount of time, they wanted me to come in and check them out. In about an hour The Doves staff replaced the missing pieces and we realized that the hair they were attached to was probably too fine to hold the bond and since I got “touched up,” only one or two pieces have fallen out since! Success. I’m going to be majorly bummed when I have to get them taken out in a month or so. Stay tuned for one more update!
02.23.2012
Hair Extensions: Round Two!
before after
You probably read my posts last spring/summer on my first experience with HairDreams hair extensions and guys, I had to have them back. I’ve never had a problem growing out my hair, in fact, my hair grows too fast (hello roots), but I’m cursed with baby fine locks that can fit between my thumb and pointer finger when pulled together. The thing that people still don’t know about hair extensions is that they are actually amazing for volume and fullness. I have dreams of big, Vicotoria’s Secret model hair (who doesn’t) and even though that’s not actually very realistic for me (it would look incredibly fake), the extensions give me a ton of extra thickness that makes me less self conscious and also makes my hair look way better when styled.
This time around, I went to a HairDreams hair extensions artist, who lives in Venice, and she was a-mazing. She used their LaserbeamerXP to apply the extesnions, which is a hi-tech laser bonding application system excusively used with HairDreams patented Comfort Point Bondings. It was a little weird at first because you hear this weird laser (duh) noise and feel it moving your hair around…but the extensions went on SO fast and NONE have fallen out so far…it’s been about a month now.
While I didn’t have any issue with the hand application from hair extensions round 1, the LaserbeamerXP bonds up to eight sectional strands at a time and takes 50% less time than hand application…so it’s good for a girl on the go.
My extensions will last for about 5-ish months so stay tuned for another update next month after I go back for an “extension check up.”
LaserbeamerXP application for HairDreams
