Living in this Northern Mid Atlantic/Southern state, I see weave no-nos all the time. Multi-colored, horribly trimmed and raggedy ones. Yesterday, I saw a 2 toned skunk weave: all black with 2 WHITE tracks to highlight her bangs. Talk about bad?! I gagged.
Weave To Dos:
1. Buy quality, human hair weave. Those synthetic blends LOOK fake. The point of a weave is to make people think its all you!
1. Buy quality, human hair weave. Those synthetic blends LOOK fake. The point of a weave is to make people think its all you!
2. Buy hair this is close to your natural hair color. If you can’t find that color, dye it the same color as yours. Since its human hair, it won’t hurt the hair.
3. Pick hair this is just like your natural hair texture. It helps with it looking believable & blending (if that is the technique you are going to use).
4. Finding the right technique: This should maybe be #1 but anyhow, there are several weave techniques you can choose from.
- The full weave where none of your natural hair is out.
- The partial weave where hair alone your hairline & maybe hair for a part is left out to cover & blend with the weave.
- Braidless method. I honestly don’t know how this is done.
- Glue in/Bonded is where hair glue is put on the tracks and bonded throughout your natural hair to give it a fuller look.
- Quick weave: you can protect your hair with a stocking cap and glue tracks to it.
- Hard wrap is when your natural hair is wrapped with gel and the tracks are glued to the wrap.
- The full weave where none of your natural hair is out.
- The partial weave where hair alone your hairline & maybe hair for a part is left out to cover & blend with the weave.
- Braidless method. I honestly don’t know how this is done.
- Glue in/Bonded is where hair glue is put on the tracks and bonded throughout your natural hair to give it a fuller look.
- Quick weave: you can protect your hair with a stocking cap and glue tracks to it.
- Hard wrap is when your natural hair is wrapped with gel and the tracks are glued to the wrap.
5. Picking the right stylist. Now everyone & their mama these days say that they do the best weaves ever! Yeah, probably so for some. The rest, yeah right. Talk to friends, people on the street, the chick @ your job claiming she’s half Native American & Dominican but you know she’s all black. A good ‘Weave-ologist’ will have clients out there speaking the real about what he or she can do with some weave. Make sure whoever you pick has photos of their work & not just photos of themselves rocking weave.
With these tips, enjoy Weavedom.
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