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this is what i call -fake- hair.

the swirly neon green things are skipping ropes i picked up at a dollar store. +20 black and green dreads and some rexlace.

ta-da

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Wow!! I love those! :) Do you wear falls a lot? I'm having some troubles with mine. I have really long hair naturally and when I tie my hair in the buns I find that I have a hard time securing the falls.. any ideas?

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oh hun i know exactly what yer going through. my hair is really long, almost halfway down my back. i used to wear extensions but they tangled it like crazy... and i needed to take them out for a job, so i chose falls.

i dont tie my hair into buns. i simply do two high pony tails, draw the lace through it and tie it the best i can around it. then i take my natural pony tail hair and wrap it around the base of the walls. on top of that go the furry things or anything else to cover it. add an extra elastic or a thin ribbon to hold that in place and you should be good.

in my case, i dont have a lot of hair and the falls are way too heavy for it most of the times. go for falls mounted on lace, it's a lot easier to twist and knot that around until it's safe.. if all fails, just wrap the lace part around a big plastic clip, put that in your hair and wrap a few scarfs around it.

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Yay :) Thanks so much for the tips.. I'll try them out. You inspired me to play around.. since I just messaged you I've been playing with a set of blonde and baby pink braid falls I have and I actually got them really well.. I havn't tried your ideas yet but I will do so :) These falls were just made for me and are on their way...
http://www.livejournal.com/users/spyroxxx/4068.html#cutid1

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here's a neat idea for ya. go to some second hand store, pick up one of those huge balls of wool thread for like 50 cents and do a few twists with it. just twist one end put a weight in the middle and hang it in the air for a few secs. it'll twist it's self really fast and the ends will look like the hair of a rag dolly. they look really adorable if you mix maybe a few shades of the same colour and some dreadies or braids =]

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K.. maybe I'm just a gimp but I don't get it.. explain this to me like I'm two... I get a ball of wool thread.. then tell me like I'm stupid what to do . HEH.. I'd rather learn how to do it properly rather than do a million and one crappy attempts. I think I'm gonna make necklaces today :)

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ookay. take a piece thats let's say 20 inches long. tie one end to a fixed surface like a door knob. twist the other end and hold onto it tight - dont let it unwind. then take something a bit heavier, like scissors or something and pull the thread through its ears so that it just hangs off from the middle. take the other end off the door knob and hold both of them watching how it twists together. knot both ends, cut the weight out and voila.

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beauty! thanks :) That explains it very well. Cheers.

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welcome =]