Heyaa Bunnies!!!
I wanna talk about MY NEW HAIRR
cuz it finaally happened. <3
Lemme just tell ya it wasn't easy but it was totally WORTH IT.
I saw this hairtutorial MONTHS ago and really liked the technique (also it looked like smth I could do,since I can't braid whatsoever..)
It looked easy...(oh boy was I wrong.)
Well I didn't want to go my other exte to waste (especially cuz they were *cough* expensive.)
So instead of getting a bundle, I just wanted to sew in my clip-ins.
Well, I wanted pink highlights so I bought another pack of hair and directions "flamingo pink"
washed it the day they arrived (u never know if anything is on them, especially when you want to dye them..)
turned out I only needed 1 and a half of them....
It was sooo bright, so I wanted to mix it with conditioner...
However, I had absolutely no conditioner left in the house (I currently don't use any, sorry)
Gotta have to go shopping some..
(the only conditioner I had was a foam one..)
Even tho I mixed it with conditioner..none of that is visible
That shit is bright af.
It is 100% not the color I wanted, however it's the color I needed.
Also..this direction dye is 100 times better than the headshot I had last time...
I thought my tools are going to arrive on monday but they already came in the mail on saturday!!
So I went to dye my hair right on saturday evening.
This is the dye...it's also the same from last time..
I only wanted to refresh te color to blend it in with the exte again..
because showering and saltwater striped off my pigments
before
afterwards
The next moorninggg.. I cutted the clips off and god I wish I did it the day before.
I thought I'll just "quickly" cut them off..NO, THIS SHIT TOOK ME AN HOUR.
Also I noticed with each pack (order) of exte, the clips were progressively sewed in better.
the last blonde ones that I dyed pink even got sewed in double.
(why I didn't cut them before? well, I thought I will try it in the hair before sewing them in but I didn't)
a buncha clipssss... the brown ones used to be white before they got dyed red and brown...
preparatioonsss...also before I started, I sorted them by size.
U can clearly see now that the ones that used to be red before have that reddish hue in it compared to the dark brown ones right next to them.
I started by sorting out the top part and the one around my face like she did in the tutorial, because I need to wear my hair in a bun for work.
But I left more hair out on the top...because my hair is thinner than hers, I worried that mine won't be able to cover them up well.
This is me trying to section my hair on the back of my hair..this...WAY TOO BIG.
It took me a couple times..
This looks better...
and from the side
putting the beads in was a TASK...honestly the sewing in wasn't that much of a problem..
The sectioning was a problem...definitely.
Also I felt like my beads were too small??
not to mention the tools were cheap from Amazon...you could tell..
The loop-kinda thing? it immediately ripped off when I tried putting too much hair on my bead..
not only had I to repair this tool a couple times during the day but it also ripped my hands bloody.
everything hurted. My head, my neck, my butt, my hands...
It took me 8 hours...8 fucking hours...
(I mean lunch and dinner was inbetween too but only for like 5-10 min. cuz I immediately went back to work)
I was praying this works out!!!
Imagine opening the sections you left out, just to find out that it doesn't blend after 8 hours of work...
I also didn't wanna cut bangs before but I was just dying to get bangs again
(I accidentally cutted them too short btw but nvm)
I was also meeting my friend after 3 fucking weeks..
I spend the whole dayyy on the haiir that I literally only could put my makeup on and immeditaely leave the house like wtfff...
but I absolut-fucking-ly love it
the next day I was experimenting a lil with hairstyles and this is my top fav rn <33
I did notice a couple mistakes I've done. I was also realising that with each row I was getting better and better at it. will I do it again? absolutely yes, but I will get other tools beforehand...
not gonna rip all of my hand again..
For now I want to use these exte as long as possible..
Lil spoiler: red is next...