Got a "skip weave"

shtow · Mar 30, 2013

So yeah, my relaxed hair is bsl. Haven't had a weave since 06. I figured since my real hair is pretty long, ima go all out with the weave. My hair is blended with the weave throughout the middle and the perimeter and a section at the top is out.

For anyone wondering, with a skip weave, the perimeter is left out and the hair track is sewn on braids in the following order from the nape to the hairline: natural hair, track, natural hair. Repeat until reaching the top that's left out. It blended perfectly and looks so natural! Hair is Peruvian wavy 20, 22". Only a bundle and a half was used.

Havent posted in this section in forever lol Thanks for looking!

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Nayna · Mar 30, 2013

So you just had tracks added?

It came out lovely!

shtow · Mar 30, 2013

Nayna said:
So you just had tracks added?

It came out lovely!

Pretty much. In between the tracks is also my hair if that makes sense. Thanks!

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LisaMar · Mar 30, 2013

Beautiful!!!!

Theresamonet · Mar 30, 2013

shtow said:
So yeah, my relaxed hair is bsl. Haven't had a weave since 06. I figured since my real hair is pretty long, ima go all out with the weave. My hair is blended with the weave throughout the middle and the perimeter and a section at the top is out.

For anyone wondering, with a skip weave, the perimeter is left out and the hair track is sewn on braids in the following order from the nape to the hairline: natural hair, track, natural hair. Repeat until reaching the top that's left out. It blended perfectly and looks so natural! Hair is Peruvian wavy 20, 22". Only a bundle and a half was used.

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Havent posted in this section in forever lol Thanks for looking!

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I completely forgot about doing weaves like that. I may get one if I decide to relax. Yours came out great!

nlamr2013 · Mar 30, 2013

LOOKS GREAT!
hmm I wonder if I used a curly textured hair and did this and straightened my hair and the weave how it would look.

How many inches is your hair op?
TIA

shtow · Mar 31, 2013

nadaa16 said:
LOOKS GREAT!
hmm I wonder if I used a curly textured hair and did this and straightened my hair and the weave how it would look.

How many inches is your hair op?
TIA

Yeah I got the wavy Peruvian and it straightened like relaxed hair. How many inches is my hair or the weave? Idk how many inches my hair is lol I wana say maybe 14, 15 inches? I hover around bsl at my longest layer. The weave, I got 22 and 20 inches. Trimmed the hair a little and cut it into a v.

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nlamr2013 · Mar 31, 2013

shtow said:
Yeah I got the wavy Peruvian and it straightened like relaxed hair. How many inches is my hair or the weave? Idk how many inches my hair is lol I wana say maybe 14, 15 inches? I hover around bsl at my longest layer. The weave, I got 22 and 20 inches. Trimmed the hair a little and cut it into a v.

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Thank you. I definitely may try this or a regular sew in with the perimeter out using kinky textured hair

natural_one · Mar 31, 2013

how many tracks did she use?

freckledface · Mar 31, 2013

That's pretty. How long are you gonna keep it in? What's your plan after you wash it? Are you gonna flat iron your real hair all the time? Kinda want one too now

isawstars · Mar 31, 2013

Gorgeous. I am subbing this so I don't forget about this method.

Toy · Mar 31, 2013

Love it!!!!

shtow · Mar 31, 2013

natural_one said:
how many tracks did she use?

With most skip weaves she uses only a bundle. On me, she added a half bundle only because the longer the hair is, the thinner the ends are. The ends were looking super thin since the hair is so long so she added more hair, trimmed it and cut it in a v. As far as individual tracks I have five rows. I'm feeling them now and she did such a good job doubling I can't tell how many of those she doubled. I think she might have doubled 3 rows. I don't know much weave terminology lol hope I answered that right

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shtow · Mar 31, 2013

freckledface said:
That's pretty. How long are you gonna keep it in? What's your plan after you wash it? Are you gonna flat iron your real hair all the time? Kinda want one too now

Thanks! I'm gona TRY to keep it in six weeks. In 06 when I got full weaves I couldn't keep those suckers in longer than 3 weeks lol so I'm gona try to stick it out.

She and my sister (my sister gets skip weaves) said I can do everything to this i do to my normal hair. I just have to refrain from tugging at the tracks so it stays longer.

Because so much of my real hair is out, I had her flat iron it rather that keep the natural wavy texture because I didn't want to use a lot of heat trying to blend every day. I normally flat iron My real hair every week so I plan to only flat iron my hair along with the tracks when I wash it. In between washes I plan to keep the hair straight or use a bun or flexi Rods to curl so that I don't have to worry about using additional heat.

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Leesh · Mar 31, 2013

Oh...You mean the original weave application. before all the extra special effects they came up with. ...Looks gorgeous Dahling!

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DarkJoy · Mar 31, 2013

Looks perfect!

My friend, though she was only SL, used to do that method all the time to add fullness back in the late 80s early 90s... yes, it was the original use of the weave as someone else called it before full head weaves came into fashion.

Channy31 · Mar 31, 2013

Very pretty!

sherrimberri · Mar 31, 2013

Gorgeous as usual.

shoelover1972 · Mar 31, 2013

Very pretty.
How do you avoid damaging your own hair? I tried this method last year and I got myself into trouble as I found it hard to detangle my own hair.

shtow · Mar 31, 2013

shoelover1972 said:
Very pretty.
How do you avoid damaging your own hair? I tried this method last year and I got myself into trouble as I found it hard to detangle my own hair.

From what I hear it has to do with the quality of hair and how you take care of it. This is my first one so I can't really speak on it for myself yet.

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thatscuteright · Mar 31, 2013

You are beautiful and your hair looks great. You remind me of Lauren London :yep:

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