How To -Braidless Microlink Tutorial - Okko.Hair

Welcome back to my channel, this is an updated tutorial on braidless install also known as microlinks. First, we're going to start with our leave-in mist and our thermal spray, i'm using from the main choice and ion. Then we're going to go into our pre-dry process, we'll double strand the hair, making sure we detangle it thoroughly and after we double strand her completely we're going to see her under the dryer, so that her hair can dry a little quicker and a little smoother. For us here are our supplies that we'll be using for the install first, we have the pulling hook. This is going to be used to put through the extension and pull through the extension with the bead. Then we have the pliers to actually hold the bead in place. Then we have the actual beads. These are lined with silicone so that it doesn't cause tension or pulling at the root of the hair, and then we're gon na go into our blow drying process. And, of course, it's a simple blow dry. You just wanna make sure you use either a brush or a blow dryer comb to make sure that you actually get through their hair as swiftly as you can to make the install go by just a little bit faster and just make sure. There'S no moisture left at the root or on the hair. That'S what the initial drying process was for to make sure that scalp was completely dry, and now we see we have a completely dry, full fluffy hair, we're not going to go into the parting and sectioning portion. But first we have the ion copper, deluxe flat iron and i also have the conair tourmaline flat irons. Then i have a regular hot comb, just a regular, thin teeth. High comb, i use all of these throughout the process. I use two different flat irons because they give off two different heat and they just act differently on natural hair versus extensions now into our parting and sectioning. You just want to make sure when you're doing this install that you cannot see any of the beads or any of the whips. So she did want to go with the center part and you have the option to either make it versatile to where she can switch her parts on her own or wait until she comes back for her maintenance to switch the part. So she has the versatility to wear ponytails and her center part. We wanted to make sure we would make it as full as possible with her center part on today. So when she comes back for her maintenance, we'll then make it to where we can switch it out, and i am going with 1 4 of an inch partings when i go through for the straightening and when i go for actually putting the beads in because we Want to make it as full as possible, and you want to make sure the hair is as straight as possible because you don't want it kinking up after you put the weave back into it and make sure make sure make sure that you cannot see the comb In any area, when you're sectioning off for what will be left out, if you can see the comb through what you left out, it's a possibility that you will see either the track itself or you will see the beads we're going to be using two bundles of 26 and 28 inch. Two bottles is the standard for the micro link install, and i also have the guy tang hair lube, just to add a sheen and a shine to her hair. As i straighten it, you want to make sure you work those products all the way through to the end, and this is what the bead pack looks like when you open it. You just want to get those pliers or scissors or something and just make a little hole open it up and just look at what you got examine them make sure they're. No silicon line definitely want to make sure you have silicone and we're going to go into the straightening there's no special way in how i straighten here. I just want to make sure i shampoo, really good and use really good products. They actually help treat the hair and add shine and bounce to the hair, so just going to definitely go through that, like i said with those 1 4 or to an inch parting, make sure you get the hair straight as possible. I definitely do chase the flat iron with comb to make sure i get any kinks out and make sure it's just as smooth as we can possibly get it now we're going to do the end trim. The end trim is very, very important when you're adding links in the natural hair. Why, if you do not trim the ends, it could cause the real hair to freeze back up just due to those split ends and the static you know like whether it's her clothes, the car seat or anything, you don't want that static to intervene with those ends. So you definitely make sure you get those ends off all of those dead ends. Before you add these beads we're definitely going to pre-bead our pulling hook. All you have to do is open up your beads and um open the latch on your hook and just put about four to five beads on there just make sure it's not too many to where you can't actually open the hook and we're gon na go on And measure the track track or weft they're, the same thing make sure you measure it out, just like a small little bit shorter than what you actually need. I do this because, when you actually put the weft down, it will extend a little bit and also it'll extend as i'm flat ironing it. I flat iron, my wefts so that they're flexible and so that the pulling hook goes through much more smooth, so you're just going to make sure you wiggle at that latch hook, opening and we're going to make sure it's open, and then we will stick it through. The weft, and once you stick it through the weft, you just want to go back up or make sure it's all the way through. First then, we'll go back up to that area. Where we're gon na apply it we're gon na make sure we you can either weave it like the weave parting or you're gon na just get like a small section to pull through the bead. You don't want it to be too much hair because the thicker, the hair, the kind of harder it is to close the bead, and you just don't want so much hair in that bead to where it's like stuffed. You don't want to do that and always make sure that it's centered when you start, because if you center it, you will have even measurements on both sides to go ahead and complete that portion, because you don't want to cut up really small pieces just to make. Do you want to just make sure you cut it good that first time, so you have enough room for everything you need to do for that actual initial installation and application after you put the bead in place, you will then grab your pliers. Your plies will be used to make sure you actually close that bead, so it actually holds in place what you just did and after you've done the first one. You now know that you know what to do. You just have to make sure you complete it in a way that won't hurt the client's scalp. So we're going to make sure we use a one fingertips, parting space and we go to the next bead and we'll go left to right. You can complete one side completely then go to the next just continue to make sure that when you pull the bead through and close it with your plier that you're not closing it on the scalp, you want to make sure you leave a little space in between The scalp, and actually, where you close the bead, because you don't want it to pull and cause tension bumps or anything that collects lead to traction, alopecia and anything of the stitch. We'Ve now added in our first four rows and so we're just going to check and make sure that our spacing and everything is good and as we see it is the client says she felt no pain as we lifted the area. You can make sure at this time that you are covering well of the tracks. Then we're gon na go back into it. Definitely remembering to pre-b that hook. Don'T forget that that's important that'll make you move a little faster, then don't forget to center that weft and center that first bead before you start we're going to work left to right with fingertip spacing, as you can see, we're just making sure those parts are straight. As we can get them just so, we have an even cohesive install, as you can see, also we're still measuring each width as we go and we are still flat ironing. They were for flexibility and so that their pool hook can go through very easily, because some wefts are really really thick and it can really take a lot of time and a lot of strength. You know just wiggle that pull do that with, depending on how thick it is and again we are still centering each start of a row with that first bead centered, then we're going to work either right to left or left to right, completing one full side before We go back to the next and make sure you are still separating it with one fingertip spacing just to make sure that the actual row is completely in place. You don't want any wide spacing to where you can cause a gap and that gap to dip. So i look at any install that i do kind of like a puzzle piece. You know one thing's for sure. You definitely want to always make sure that you're letting her natural hair cover any track through any row. You want to make sure no beads are exposed at the top of the head. So knowing this going through the head anywhere, you add the hair. You can make different sizes of wefts. You just want to make sure you actually cover that rift and that the finished product won't be revealing anything. But since we do want it to be as full as we can get it, we will be making smaller partings in the middle of her head at the top of the crown just to make sure we actually feel that space and don't just go in with straight Long wefts and minimizing on what we can actually add for the fullness. This row is a good example of what i meant earlier when i said using smaller or shorter rows to make sure we fill in the crown of the head, as you can see, we're not going from temple to temple on this row. We'Re kind of going from the mid crown on the left side to the mid crown on the right side, making sure that we actually use all of this space and add fullness to the install. So, okay, in this area, we are using shorter parts as well. Just making sure from that full area from here to here at the front is flat and full. We want to make sure we use those smaller parts just so it doesn't cause any lifting or any ridging when she makes her ponytails. So so, thank you. If you have made it to this point in the video we are now finished, with the install we're. Never going to go into the straightening of it all we're going to untwist all of those twists that we did at the beginning of the process to get that leave out out of the way and we're going to hot comb and flat iron. These areas and then go through everywhere and flat iron it and we're going to make sure we add more of our styling products. As you can see, she has versatility to do a half up. She can do a full ponytail and she also can do a bun or the flat lip with the center part. You can never have a sensor part two straight. We definitely want to make sure we get that part precise. You know and we're going to spray more of their styling spray and put more of their hair lube in just to make sure it's sleek and it's shiny and then it blends beautifully. Then we're going to go in with the v low wax stick from my brand velour tress. This wax stick helps with flyaways and it helps with taming frizziness and just adds the overall sheen effect to those edges and those roots. We'Ll apply this all around her perimeter and on her part, then we're going to hot comb it and go forward with the style. So so so so now we're just making sure it's blended at the front, i'm going to just do a light trim at the front. Just to give a natural blend with her real hair length, with her natural hairs length with that extension, just give it a natural blend, then we're gon na see the finished product. Thank you so much for watching. This has been the tutorial, the updated tutorial on how i installed my braidless microlink install. I couldn't have asked for a better model. This is alexa michelle. You can find her on instagram she's, the last queen of memphis alexa, michelle alexa lashes. I will tag her in the description box below make sure you connect with me via instagram, okay, oh dot, hair or shop velourtress velourtress.com. I will also have that in the description box below look at the outcome. Look at this leakage. Do you see it? Do you see it? This is a very natural, flawless and style. You wouldn't know that she has an extension or a piece of weave in her hair. If you see her on the street yeah so connect via ig subscribe like and comment, and there will be many more videos where this came from. Thank you, so much for your support hope that you continue to support and thanks for watching you