Comments on: My Latest Project http://hairjive.com/blog/2009/11/17/my-latest-project/ Under Construction! Please Sign Up For My Newsletter on the Left of the Page! Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JRob http://hairjive.com/blog/2009/11/17/my-latest-project/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 JRob Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:02:20 +0000 http://hairjive.com/blog/?p=324#comment-1030 Correct. If you look closely at most of my units you can see the knots except in the area where there are blonde highlights. Honestly though, you really have to be looking for something to notice them and you have to be pretty close. It's not something a person would casually pick up on, that's why I am not overly concerned about it. If they are well bleached they will be just as invisible. If this is a huge concern for you there are lots of ways to address this. Another way is to order blonde hair in all of the critical areas and color it yourself when it comes in. It might seem like a huge task but coloring small areas is not that difficult. Not sure about skin, but I have heard people have good luck with doing a patch of i-lace in the crown. I have seen one and it looks great if you are concerned about knots....they are completely invisible due to the that type of base construction. Been pretty busy lately but I might have some time on Sunday to get some good pictures of what I am talking about in the crown area of my units. Correct. If you look closely at most of my units you can see the knots except in the area where there are blonde highlights. Honestly though, you really have to be looking for something to notice them and you have to be pretty close. It’s not something a person would casually pick up on, that’s why I am not overly concerned about it. If they are well bleached they will be just as invisible.

If this is a huge concern for you there are lots of ways to address this. Another way is to order blonde hair in all of the critical areas and color it yourself when it comes in. It might seem like a huge task but coloring small areas is not that difficult.

Not sure about skin, but I have heard people have good luck with doing a patch of i-lace in the crown. I have seen one and it looks great if you are concerned about knots….they are completely invisible due to the that type of base construction.

Been pretty busy lately but I might have some time on Sunday to get some good pictures of what I am talking about in the crown area of my units.

]]> By: Dave http://hairjive.com/blog/2009/11/17/my-latest-project/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Dave Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:04:16 +0000 http://hairjive.com/blog/?p=324#comment-1018 Thanks for the reply. As I understand it, you're saying that the knots on your crown aren't bleached, which is why you can see the grid with brown hair, but not the lighter colored blond hair. Is that correct? And that if the brown hair had its knots bleached, then they would be just as invisible as the blond hair? I guess what I'm really curious about is how close one has to get to someone's head to see the base at the crown. And would a polyskin or i-lace base be less visible at the crown than a french lace base? Yeah, I agree. I really need to see some attached hair systems before I decide to go ahead and do this. Thanks again. Thanks for the reply. As I understand it, you’re saying that the knots on your crown aren’t bleached, which is why you can see the grid with brown hair, but not the lighter colored blond hair. Is that correct? And that if the brown hair had its knots bleached, then they would be just as invisible as the blond hair?

I guess what I’m really curious about is how close one has to get to someone’s head to see the base at the crown. And would a polyskin or i-lace base be less visible at the crown than a french lace base?

Yeah, I agree. I really need to see some attached hair systems before I decide to go ahead and do this.

Thanks again.

]]> By: JRob http://hairjive.com/blog/2009/11/17/my-latest-project/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 JRob Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:16:58 +0000 http://hairjive.com/blog/?p=324#comment-1010 Hey Dave, thanks for the comment. I think it would be good for you to see a couple of units up close. Truth is they CAN be essentially undetectable, but you still have to bear in mind that there will always be the potential for someone to know that you are wearing. If you are not ok with there being a slight chance that someone might know, you are going to be super paranoid about it and you won't be happy wearing. I know it's a big step to take but I haven't met too many people who have regretted it once they realized that it's never going to be 100% perfect, but it doesn't HAVE to be 100% to pull off the illusion. Get those knots bleached well and there will be absolutely no visible grid pattern. I'm not particularly concerned about the crown on my units, but most of them have highlights and wherever the hair is my normal color (dark blonde/light brown) you can see a grid pattern, in the places with the blonde highlights the base is totally invisible. I'm going to try to write up some blog posts tonight. Maybe I can throw in a close-up picture of what I am talking about. Hey Dave, thanks for the comment.

I think it would be good for you to see a couple of units up close. Truth is they CAN be essentially undetectable, but you still have to bear in mind that there will always be the potential for someone to know that you are wearing. If you are not ok with there being a slight chance that someone might know, you are going to be super paranoid about it and you won’t be happy wearing.

I know it’s a big step to take but I haven’t met too many people who have regretted it once they realized that it’s never going to be 100% perfect, but it doesn’t HAVE to be 100% to pull off the illusion.

Get those knots bleached well and there will be absolutely no visible grid pattern. I’m not particularly concerned about the crown on my units, but most of them have highlights and wherever the hair is my normal color (dark blonde/light brown) you can see a grid pattern, in the places with the blonde highlights the base is totally invisible.

I’m going to try to write up some blog posts tonight. Maybe I can throw in a close-up picture of what I am talking about.

]]> By: Dave http://hairjive.com/blog/2009/11/17/my-latest-project/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Dave Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:54:02 +0000 http://hairjive.com/blog/?p=324#comment-995 As a prospective hair wearer, I think the hair itself looks great. However, I really need to be convinced that the lace isn't visible at the hairline or at the crown. It's very difficult for me to believe that you can't see a grid pattern in someone's crown if you happen to be standing behind them on a crowded bus (which is a common situation in my life). Do you know of any upcoming hair wearing conventions/open houses? I would really like to see several attached systems before taking the plunge. Thanks. As a prospective hair wearer, I think the hair itself looks great. However, I really need to be convinced that the lace isn’t visible at the hairline or at the crown. It’s very difficult for me to believe that you can’t see a grid pattern in someone’s crown if you happen to be standing behind them on a crowded bus (which is a common situation in my life). Do you know of any upcoming hair wearing conventions/open houses? I would really like to see several attached systems before taking the plunge. Thanks.

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