Here was my first attempt at putting in extensions. Boy oh boy. This was tough. I need MUCH more practice! And there are some things I don't understand exactly, such as how to END the real hair without having it fuzz out of the braid. But luckily, I have no shortage of bling to cover up any and all imperfections! Of course SHE loved it, as she had a clickity clackity head full of pink and purple. You can only go over the top with their little heads for so long before they want to look like Beyonce, so do it while you can!!!

The trick that I didn't know about was that when you lay the extension over the real hair to start, you are supposed to give the fake hair one TWIST before you start braiding. Some of mine were kind of slidey. After a week or so some of the extensions were totally sliding out, they were real loose. Styles don't last super long on G anyway, but these had to come out sooner than I had wanted. But she enjoyed them for the time being! I need my neighbor to show me close up exactly how to do these.

So, I am back to my old friend, the puff. Puffs look great on G, as her head loves that extra height you get from puffs. They are easy to fix when they get mussed up, they are fun to bling up, and they are just less time consuming. Since she gets fuzzy quickly, I find that as much as i love lots of little box braids, or doing crazy parts, it's just too much time involved to take them down after 2 weeks or less and then put them up again. I think she has a lot of new growth still coming in. I am going to stick with easier styles until it all gets longer.