Hair Extension: Vain Beauty Review

Hi! So this is gonna be the very first virgin post on my blog :) and it is going to be about, HURRR EXTENSIONSSSS!!

Now, I'm not talking about the clip in kinds. What I am going to review on is about braided hair extensions. ( I got mine done at Vain Beauty at Far East Plaza Singapore. They've also recently opened up a store in Jurong Point )

If you've ever walked around Far East Plaza, you'll find many of such hair extension stores just scattered everywhere!! And they are always having promotions.. 100 free 150 strands. This means, if you buy 100 strands worth of extensions, you get a free 150 strands.

SO, I have been contemplating on getting hair extensions for a very very very very long time, ever since I went to cut my hair really short.. (like Miley short) .

This was how my hair used to be.

And I cut it to this length.

(ikr.. regret)

So ever since then, I have been itching to get my long hair back.

I did try those fashion wigs but there's no way I can wear those everyday in Singapore because the weather would just KILL me. Plus I'm too lazy to maintain the wig so it ended up like dead grass by the end of 2 months.

Anyway, I got my extensions on impulse.. I was just walking around Far East one day, waiting for my friend so we could have lunch together.. And I was looking around at the extensions, feeling how the hair quality was and all that.. when the hair dresser came out and asked me if I wanted to have extensions. So I told her I was just looking around and she said "Oh so come inside and look. We got more variety inside."

Okay.(TIP NO.1 : When the sales girl bring you inside the shop, JUST STOP RIGHT THERE AND SAY NO. Especially if you haven't decided on it and is extremely bad at rejecting people (like me) .

So I went in and took a seat. And the girl just came up to me and started matching my hair color to the extensions! Firstly, I didn't think they can find anything that matches my hair because it was dyed a dark purple but somehow, miraculously, they managed to find the exact shade of purple.

Then I decided.. What the hell. They have the exact shade, I'm already in the shop, sitting on the seat. Might as well do the extensions right? I mean its $100 and I calculated that I would be receiving 250 strands of hair which seems like A LOT to me.

(this was how my hair looked like before I did my extensions)

So the lady started working on my hair.. Okay. Firstly, she was a PRC and my Chinese is totally ridiculously horrible. But I told her that I don't mind having the layered hair look. I even showed her a picture as a reference. And my mother used to be a hair stylist so I kinda have a tad bit knowledge on where hair should go. LOGICALLY, they should start braiding the extensions from the bottom up so that there's no weird empty hole at the bottom of your head.

BUT NOOOOO. The lady started braiding them RIGHT SMACK at the centre of my head. Plus you guys are all assuming that one braid = one strand of hair right? (because that's what I thought) . Nope. They actually have to put 5 to 6 strands of hair together for one small braid. Just imagine how tiny ONE strand is then.. So by the time they came around the entire circumference of my head, the lady was like "Oh that was 250 strands" .. I'm like 'WHAT? ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS?' I looked like a girl going through some kind of hair issue because I only had hair in the middle of my head and it was extremely thin..

So the lady told me that I had to add in more strands of hair.. Another 250 would do the trick.. I was like.. what the heck. I mean I already spent a $100 on this crap .. Might as well spend another $100 just to make sure  I don't look like a freak when I walk out. So I said okay.

Now here comes another issue. You see my hair was layered so it's pretty thick at the top. It was only the bottom part of my head that looks thin and empty because of the added hair extensions. So anybody with a brain would know that you have to put the extensions at the bottom to cover up the hole. Guess what the genius did? She started braiding the new set of hair extensions ABOVE the current braided ones. I immediately told her 'OMG I DON'T WANT IT THERE. IT'S GOING TO LOOK EMPTY' and she said 'don't worry It'll look fine" or at least I think that's what she said.. but at the end of the new bunch of braids, MY HAIR STILL LOOKED WEIRD. BECAUSE. THERE. WAS. A . GIGANTIC. EFFING. HOLE. AT THE BOTTOM OF MY HEAD.

(TIP NO. 2 : Be SUPER FIRM with your instructions. You're paying precious $$ for this. IF they mess it up, there's no way they were going to untie each braid. so be SUPER SUPER SUPER CLEAR. Plus it always help to have a Chinese friend with you. :P)

And now the lady tells me "Your hair looks weird now" (well duh.) "you should add in more hair" now by this time I was ridiculously PISSED OFF with her.. But what else can I do? (I told you I'm bad at rejecting people) I told her another $50 worth and this time I said "PUT IT AT THE BOTTOM" and finally, she listened to me and started braiding the bottom.. and FINALLY AT LONG LAST, my hair actually looked normal.

So anyway, to sum it all up , I spent a total of $250 on these hair extensions that will last me like 6 months.

Was it worth it?

I guess. I really like my hair now.

So, PICS.