How To Customize Weft Extensions

Hi, i'm carrie with babe when you're working with weft extensions. We have endless opportunities to create customization within the color, so here at babe we have a wide variety of a color selection for both hand-tied weft extensions and machine sewn weft extensions. However, if you can't find something that matches or works for the look that you're trying to create, you have two options: one you can custom color the extensions make sure that you use a semi or demi-permanent color only and make sure that you always remember to follow Our recommended coloring guidelines. The second option is to take one of our weft extensions and add a different method of extensions into that to create a custom. Colored look. So that's what i want to talk to you about and show you today in this video. So you can see i've installed a machine sewn weft extension on our mannequin and i've chosen one of our pre ombre colors. So let's pretend, for example, that this client wanted to create more of a balayage type of look with the extensions. So when she came in and she sat down in the chair, i would have pre-colored the top of her hair to resemble or look like a balayage type of effect. Now we do not create a balayage type of extension. So if i wanted to create one, i would need to do that by adding something into this color. We do not recommend that you lighten any of our extensions, so i would never want to go in with lightener and try to lighten up some of this hair to create that balayage. Instead, i want to add extensions to it, so we suggest using one of our single strand types of extensions either are beaded, which would be eye tip or flat tip or utilizing one of our fusion types of extensions. As a side note, i could use tape ins if i wanted to create a much bolder appearance to the color. However, keep in mind, weft extensions are very heavy when applied to the client's hair, so by adding an additional weft. On top of that, it may become too heavy and the client's hair may not be able to support it. So what i want to demonstrate is how to use our single strand extensions, so i'm going to create a customized balayage, look, utilizing flat tip eye tip and some fusion strands and then we're going to have a little bit of fun at the end. So let's go ahead and get started so as a reminder, this is a triple stack machine, sewn, weft straight out of the package. So now i'm going to start out by utilizing our beaded extensions so again, our eye tip and our flat tip. So, to do this, all i'm going to do is take part of that top section or that top layer of the weft. I still want to maintain a one-to-one ratio, which means that i want to take a section of this weft that is similar in density or weight to the extension that i'm going to place on it. Okay, so once i have that section determined, then i'm going to take our loop tool and i slide that over the top of that hair or that section and then i'm going to take one of our beads and slide that off the edge of the loop tool. Now i can use any one of the beads that we offer. We have three different kinds: the one that i'm working with today is our micro, lock, bead. It has grooves on the inside of it. We also have a flare bead, which is a longer bead, and then we also have a silicone lined bead, so either one of those is going to be a great option for this type of a look. So now i'm going to take one of our flat tip extensions and place it inside of that bead and slide it up, so that it's at zero degrees and still maintain an off base placement just like, as if i was installing it into the client's own natural Hair, i clamped that bead down totally flat so that the bead sits against the top part of that flat tip extension. Now, the flat tip extension is just a little bit different from the eye tip extension. You can see it's a little bit wider at the base and lays really nice and flat. So this is a really great option when you're adding additional volume into something like this. So now, let's go ahead and take a look at our eye, tip extension. So when i apply the eye tip extension, it's done basically the exact same way. I'M going to take that same size of a section make sure i don't have any of these little hairs inside of it. Then i take that loop tool. I slide it over the top of it and then i take that bead and slide it off the edge of it. And then i take the eye tip extension and i slide the eye tip extension up inside of that bead. So i take the tip there and i slide it right up inside now. By doing it, this way with the eye tip, it does get a little bit more bulkier inside of the bead, so it's just going to fit a little bit more snug because of how much of that weft is inside of there as well. So if it's too thick that you can't get that eye tip extension inside, you can decrease the amount of the weft that you place inside of it, but only by a little bit remember we still want it to be able to hold the weight of that extension. So then, i take my classic tool and i go across the bead so that it's clamped totally flat. So you can see how they look just a little bit different. That eye tip strand is going to be just a little bit more bulky and create a little bit more of a chunky type of look than our flat tip. Would the flat tip is going to create a little bit more of a blend as it runs down through the hair? Now, when we're working with our fusion extensions, we have a couple of different options. We can either choose to use a full size bond or a half size bond. I personally prefer to use a half size bond when i'm doing something like this again, so that i'm not creating too much weight on the weft itself. As a side note, this weft is attached or sewn to a track or foundation of silicone beads. It does not matter where you are placing these extensions. On top of that, you don't have to be specific about placing it over the top of any one of those sections as long as you're, not overloading this with a whole bunch of extra weight that track or foundation will still support the weight of what you're adding So, with a fusion extension, i'm going to take my section again one to one, so this would match the size of the extension that i'm placing on it. Then i'm going to take my protective disc and i slide that up inside and i'm going to clip that right in place. So it's at zero degrees. So you can see that there's no elevation to this strand inside of that weft. Then i'm going to take my fusion bond or my fusion strand, i place it over the top of that section just like this and i'm going to apply it so that it's at zero degrees as well. I take that melting connector and i press over the top of it melting it just slightly, so i should see that bond start to kind of fan out. Once i see that, then i press it with my fingers and then i roll it around that section. Now. You can see i'm keeping my hand at zero degrees as well so this hand, while i'm rolling and melting stays touching the head. I don't lift it up like this and roll it. That'S going to create elevation and kind of a waterfall effect. So i waited just a little bit too long, while i was showing you that so i'm just going to heat that back up and get a really good seal and a really good melt against that hair. Remember we want this to stay, so we want it to seal good there to drop that down. Take the protective disc out and there you go. So those are all of the different ways that you can use the single strand extensions now, depending on how much you want to put in here and the look that you want to create. You can choose any color placement in here, so what i'm going to do or how i'm going to apply i'm going to focus just kind of on one side so that you can see it. But i'm really just going to use a combination of different colors, of both fusion and eye tip and flat tip to just create a different kind of look, so some of those sections i'll place close to each other, some i'll spread a little bit farther out. If i really wanted to create a super balayaged look, i could even create a v type of pattern, so i would place some lighter strands on the outer corners, maybe an and some darker ones on the inner side and create kind of a v pattern. So as it transitioned down into the ends, you would see some of that color coming down through the ends as well. You can see already just by looking at those three strands that i've put in how we're creating more of a dimensional color towards the top and even adding some more color down through the bottom. So it helps to get rid of that solid ombre, look and bring some of that darker color towards the bottom, to create more of a balayage look. So i'm going to go ahead and finish that and we'll take a look when we're done so we've completed half of the side of the machine sewn weft. Now you can see what i did was installed a few eye tip and flat tip strands, and then i did quite a few of our fusion strands again. You can use either or you can interchange them. One of the things that i really like to do when i'm creating something like this is use: leftover hair, for example. If i've done an installation - and i have just a few strands of a certain color left over i'll - save it and hold on to it - and it works really great for something like this to just add a little pop of color or a little bit of vibrancy Or dimension into a weft type of extension, so i just want to show you really close what i did here, so i've just done a couple of different colors to just blend in and bring down some dimension into the clients or into the mannequin's hair. Now here i did that balayage type of effect that i talked about, so i created that v type of look, so you can see if i were doing this with hair color. I would mimic something like this inside of my foil. I would apply my lightener heavy up towards the top and then i would bring it down and it would remain heavy towards the ends, which is what that ombre weft allows me to create so by adding those brighter blonde strands. Here i kind of create that that v type of appearance within the extension itself, so look how great it looks with just a few strands. Look how much we've changed the dimension or the bottom part of that ombre. We took it from a solid ombre to looking more like a balayage and having those different tonalities. So let's look at the other sides just so that we can remember what it looked like. So here's our solid ombre look okay, so that works great as a base, especially when you're creating a balayage to have that really nice blonde on the ends and then you can add some different colors within so now, let's have a little bit of fun. Let'S pretend for a moment that this is a solid blonde weft and you have a client that wants to add some fun fashion color. We all know that fashion color is a pain when you're, creating it with hair color on a solid blonde. The reason why is because it fades so quickly, so what if we were able to do that with extensions instead, so we can do the exact same type of thing. We can either take an eye tip strand or we can take fusion strands in our fashion. Colors and we can apply them to a solid blonde weft and create some really fun look, so i want to show you what that's going to look like right now, so that's just an example of how you can create some really fun fashion, colors within weft extensions, As well the sky's the limit have tons of fun thanks for watching and we'll see you guys next time.