- Extensions & Falls How-To

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[Attaching Loose Falls]    [Attaching Extend-Dreads]

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- Attach Loose Falls -

- Elastic-Mounted Silky Straight Ponyfalls -


    [1]  Put your hair into a ponytail, up high on your head or one on each side for two falls.   If you have lots of fly-aways or fine, thin hair, you can wet your hair down slightly, and use a gel or hairspray on your hair.   It will help hold the falls in place better.
     [2]  Then take the synth ponyfall, and slide the elastic around your ponytail, so that it hangs underneath your real hair.   I have used a fall with Platinum Blonde, for constrast.   This way you can see how to attach them a little better.
     [3]  Now make a little hole at the top with your fingers [between the elastic of your ponytail, and your head].
     [4]  Then pull the synth ponyfall up through the opening, slowly to avoid snagging it.   Be sure not too pull it through all the way.   You want the little nubbin at the top inside the base of your ponytail, behind the elastic.   You want the elastic and the base of the fall to be hidden underneath your real hair.
     [5]  Pull your real hair apart just a bit, to tighten the ponytail which will help to secure the nubbin inside your real hair.
     [6]  Now wrap the elastic band that the synth fall is attached to, around your real hair ponytail.   The fall should just cascade down, covering your real hair.   Use some bobby pins, or hair pins to hold them in place better, and to position the hair better.
Repeat the above steps for the second fall if you have a pair.

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- Elastic-Mounted Dreadfalls -


[1] Repeat Step one from above.

[2] Take the dreadfall and lay it over top of you head, having the dreads laying over on the opposite side you are putting it on.   Take the elastic, and tie it around your bun, or ponytail.   Then take some bobby pins, or hair pins, and start with one end of the fall, and pin the elastic in somewhat underneath your ponytail or bun.   Continue securing the base all theway around your ponytail or bun.   You want the fall to lay over the ponytail or bun, and cover it well.   You can also pin the dreads in certain places for better coverage, and to have them laying more evenly.

- Lace-Mounted Dreadfalls -


[1] Repeat Step one from above.

[2] Take the dreadfall and lay it over top of you head, having the dreads laying over on the opposite side you are putting it on.   Take the lace and tie it around your ponytail or bun, as many times as you have lace for.   Now take bobby pins, or hair pins, and stick them around the lace, to anchore the fall.   If the dreads have been sewn on, it will not hurt the dreads to stick the pins between the dreads to get to the lace.

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- Helpful Tips -

[1] For those with long hair, you can put your hair in little buns, and the steps above should still work fine.  Sometimes, if your hair is too long, and you are having trouble hiding it.  You can braid it, and then wrap the braid up in a bun.  This helps to minimize the bulkiness.

Or you can make something like this wonderful nifty idea.

[2] It will take some practice, so give yourself extra time to get them in good, before you have to be ready.

[3] To help anchore the base better, and for more coverage, you can tie hosiery, a scarf, mesh fabic, scrunchies, etc around the base of your falls.   If you have a pair, wrap the hosiery, or scarf in a figure 8 around the bases.   This really helps to secure them, especially for the girls who like to dance, and jump around.

[4] To help hide the fact that you are indeed wearing falls, you can wear a thick, cloth headband, scarf, or you can get some big cyberish goggles.   You can even braid in individual looped dreads around your face, to help hide your hair, when wearing dreadfalls.   Leave some hanging down, and pull the rest up with the falls.

[5] High ponytails or buns help to minimize the strain on your hair, and scalp.   It also helps them to stay more securely in place.

I will have some pictures on how to put the falls in as soon as possible, to help you understand the steps a little better.

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- How to care for falls -


If your falls become dirty, or too smelly to handle, dip them into a sink with cool water, mixed with diluted shampoo.   Do not use conditioner, meant for human hair, on them, as it will build up on the hair, and make it become very greasy to sight, and touch.   Put them in an airy place, to hang dry when done.   When they are completely dry, it is okay to brush them, using a wide-tooth detangling comb or brush.   If you do so before they are dry, you will have a really nasty, tangled wad of hair.   It may ruin your falls, or give them a "ratty" look.

I recommend only washing loose falls, if they become really gross.   If the ends are ratty, and tangled, just snip them off.   It really is not necessary to wash them.   Spritzing them with a wig or sheen spray, can really prolong the life, look, and feel, of your falls.

  Dreadlocks may be washed, pretty much the same way as loose falls.   Or even put them through the washing machine on delicate-.   They may start to look a little ratty after too many washings, and could also begin to unravel.   To avoid washing them, try just hanging the dreads up, outside on the clothes-line.   You may even try spritzing them with Febreeze, as I have found that to work wonderfully.

If your falls need repairing, you can send them back to me, and I will gladly fixed them up.

They is a small remounting fee of $2.00, along with the return shipping costs.

Remounting Fee Price
$2.00 per pair


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- How to put-in Extension Dreadlocks -

For information on how to attach extension dreads, please go here.


- Caring for your Extension Dreads\Braids -


No matter what kind\type of dread\braid extensions you have put in, the time will come when they will need washed.

They will become very heavy when wet.   So to really save some time, the only part of your hair which really needs to be washed is the scalp.

[1]  I recommend trying to keep the lengths of your dreads\braids held up and out of the way when shampooing.   I wash my scalp in sections, and just tie back the parts I'm not working with in little ponytails.   I leave a few hangin out, and I hold back, and part in different ways to get to the scalp.   Then tip my head kind of upside down, so the water runs off into the sink, without running down the side of my head, getting them wet.   I use one hand to shampoo, and one to hold the dreads up, and out of the way.   You can also cover the lengths with a plastic bag or shower cap.[although some water may still run down the lengths while rinsing].

[2] Get a good shampoo[i.e. peppermint, lavender, tea tree oil] or even a dry scalp\dandruff would work.

I use one with Lavender, and mint. It works great.

[3] Dilute the shampoo with water, into something you can disperse onto your head easily.   I use a spray bottle.

[4] Wet your scalp with a showerhead, or even the sprayer hose in your kitichen sink would work good. You can even use a jug of water, or a small cup to dump it onto you head.

I just cup my hand, and somewhat 'slap' the water to my scalp.   It helps to minimize the amount of water that gets on the dreads.   My hair was throughly rinsed, and dried qucickly.   Pour the shampoo mixture all over your scalp.   I do the same when rinsing.

[5] Work lather with your fingertips very gently, so you dont increase the amount of fuzzies.   Then rinse your scalp.   Rinse very well, because any soap suds that are left, and dry on your scalp, can give you an itchy head.

[6] You can Wrap up the dreads\braids in a towel to soak up excess water. Or you can just lay them on the towel over the back of a chair, or couch.   Replace the towel with a dry one. as needed.

You may also use a hairdryer on a low setting if you would like.   I would be very careful to not leave it in the same spot for too long.   You may end up with some crunchy\velcroy locks.

You shouldn't have to shampoo your dreads\braids more than once per week.   Some can even get away with shampooing them less frequently than that.   For the day to day smellies, some spray febreeze on the lengths, to get rid of cigarette smoke and food smells, etc.   Just do not spray it on your skin.   I use a hair neurallizer product, called Air It Out, made by Salon Selectives.   It smells good, and works great.   If you can find the same type of spray, called Warm Scent, and Cool Scent, made by Loreal, that works great too.   I am not sure if they still make it, though.

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Contact me, if you need to, with any questions.   You may also want to check out Hair Extensions, for lots of helpful information.

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