Let me begin with a day that will live in infamy. My hair has, or at least, had become quite long. It was looking quite thin at the ends so I needed a trim to even out the ends into a blunt cut. October 19 2015, I went to my local Bubbles hair salon to get a trim and add one thin layer, which I specified as cutting no layers on hair growing below the level of my eyebrows, with this young stylist. I added take no more than one inch from the longest strand of hair in order to even out the ends but still keep the length. In the end, my hair is three inches shorter and that's at the longest part, cut my hair into a V shape, which I specifically said I did not want, and thinned out my hair. Now I barely have any hair left and I am so angry. I still look at my hair and feel depressed.
Anyway, now that my motivations are clear, I had been looking into buying some 26 inch hair extensions for a while, but had never been able to take the plunge until now. This is a bit of a repeat of the first time I ever bought hair extensions, which was due to the miserable bob of Easter 2012. I had been seeing good reviews for My Fantasy Hair and I was attracted by the fact that their hair is quite thick at the ends. As my hair grows out, these extensions will mostly be for adding thickness at my ends but for now, they are needed for length as well.
I ordered them Monday night, they shipped by Wednesday, and arrived at my house Friday though USPS. The hair came in their free signature hair storage case and hanger. It also had a small hair extensions guide book, a pack of two extra clips, two business cards, and a sample size of their shampoo and conditioner.
I got the 26 inch deluxe 10 piece clip in set in jet black and straight ends. I did measure them and they are a full 26 inches. The color is beautiful, not a single hint of brown. The set includes two one clip wefts, five two clip wefts, two three clip wefts, and one four clip wefts. The four clip weft is a triple wefted while the others are double wefted. The set is only 230 grams so it isn't super thick but my plan is for this to simply complement my future long hair. I did not want anything too heavy but I still wanted something to add thickness to my ends. When I had longer hair, my hair was plenty heavy already so I didn't need a super thick set.
The hair doesn't seem to be stick straight, which is good because I need it to blend with my wavy hair. I did wash the hair right afterwards to get rid of that processed smell. It did bleed black a bit from the dye I presume. I used the shampoo they provided though since it was so much hair, I used some of my own shampoo as well. I was surprised that the hair was drying in a naturally wavy pattern, which was a good sign for me.
To get the waves I wanted, I sprayed the hair with Not Your Mother's Beach Babe Texturizing Spray then braided the whole set into two braids. I then let it air dry. This took a while since the braids were done tightly and it is still a considerably thick amount of hair. To expedite the drying, I hung it on the hanger and hung it on the window to receive the heat from the sunlight. I would say it took about three to four days to dry.
The hanger had a crack on it. I messaged them about it and they sent me another hanger free of charge. So definitely great customer service. The hanger is made of wood so I was worried about splinters and what not.
The hair is super long and I love it. When wavy, it is the exact length I want it to be. I'm glad I went for 26 inches rather than 24. Although only 230 grams, it still looks quite thick and definitely still feels heavy. The way my hair currently is, it doesn't blend with this hair all that well due to the length differences with my layers. However, it does make for very impressive braids. My eventual goal is to simply have this hair add volume to my ends once my hair becomes long and I may not even need all the pieces for that.
