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08-15-2011, 07:40 PM #1
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Time for yarn braids again...
The first time I did it I used Red Heart yarn in black and it turned out alright. This time I'm going to try for a softer, better quality yarn and I plan on making them about bra strap length this time round. This is just an idea but I think I want to use henna on my hair and the yarn after I do it this time so that the color will blend better. Before in the light you could see just how dark the yarn looked against my actual hair braided in but if I henna the whole thing a week after doing it, everything will be a sort of dark dark dark red. When I had my braids in before I would wash my hair one every three days and it did get a little fuzzy but still looked okay so I think henna will work out nicely. Is anyone else trying yarn braids right now?
Yeah. I said it.
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08-22-2011, 09:59 PM #2
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I am currently taking out a set of YB. I did henna about a week bf i installed them and I washed them weekly and took very good care of them.
Fast forward to now, my hair has TONS of splits. I think had to do with the yarn being so drying (I used RH yarn ). IT was odd that I had so many splits cuz I am a HUGE braid wearer and hardly have this issue.
Love the way yb look, but I cant deal with the damage it gave me. I dont think the henna helped the issue either.
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08-22-2011, 10:13 PM #3
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08-25-2011, 06:43 PM #4
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The only time I've ever experienced serious split ends was when I washed my head with a bar of dial soap. The last time I did yarn braids I gained a tiny amount of length over the course of like three months but not long after I took them down that length broke off. I think I'm going to keep these in for about two months then I'll just buy new yarn and switch it out. Considering how much I spent on synthetic weave the one day I purchased it as opposed to how much I spent on this good quality yarn I'll never use fake hair again.
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08-30-2011, 12:45 AM #5
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