Suzanne Carillo

Tips how to wear hair extensions on thin fine hair

1. Get some professional help, cutting, dying and mapping onto your head so you know where each piece will fit.
2. Tease & hairspray the area where the clips will go, it helps secure them on fine hair.
3. Curl the hair once the extensions are in.
4. Tease and hairspray the top and back of your crown to ensure the clips aren’t visible.
5. When you remove the pieces, if you’ve had them cut, be sure to clip a note to each one so you know where it belongs on your head when you wear them again.

Did these hair extensions make me feel like a rock star?

Oh yeah.

Were they hot as hell?

You bet!

It was like having a fat cat wrapped around the lower half of my head. I can see where they would make a brilliant accessory for the winter months. I won’t need a scarf…I’ll just wear my extensions.

Also my hair is fine and thin on top, hair extensions do not help with this. Other companies do make what I would consider to be a type of “female toupée” for that problem. I think I’d like one of those. It would be ideal between colourings when my roots start to show and make my hair fuller on the top, which is truly where I need it.

I thought having hair extensions would make it easier to do my hair, I was wrong!

They take work and time to put in properly. I imagine after practising more with them I will become more proficient at it however I couldn’t see wearing them daily due to the amount of effort required. I’m a 5 minute hair gal, not a 15-20 minute hair gal. I also found that they were heavy on my head and started to become uncomfortable after wearing them for most of the day. Just like wearing my hair up, my scalp appreciates it when I just let my hair fall down, relaxed. Keep in mind I have Fibromyalgia and therefore my nerve endings register more pain than other people.

I would like to thank Irresistible Me for offering me the opportunity to try out their hair extensions. They are a superior quality product and they provided loads of hair to work with. I enjoyed wearing them and I will have fun playing with them and changing up my look in the future.

As promised…here are some of the secrets I uncovered at the recent 40+ Blogger Meet-Up

Melanie who hails from the universe of all things fan-feckin-tabulous really does eat cake and ice cream for breakfast, lunch and supper.

Unfair!

She also has fans and an entourage that follow her everywhere.

People often make a point of stopping her in the street to tell her they love how she is dressed.

Melanie is the “it” girl of Vancouver.

Sue…oh the horror stories I could tell you about Sue!

Joking!

I got nothin’.

She is just as sweet and bubbly as you think. I find her presence very calming.

Sylvia is a party animal.

No joke! This woman can DANCE!

I was blown away by her moves. That woman is full of surprises!

The Unknown Blogger (AKA Shawna) got her moves on

and showed us the newest trend on how to wear a scarf.

She was energetic and full of life, contrary to what we often see on her blog. We were lucky she saved all her energy for the meet-up.

Anne was spotted from outer space

wearing some of her own kaleidoscope pattern creations.

This is what I call a fantastic high visibility traffic stopping outfit.

Anne is just one big smiling masterpiece of colour and pattern. Her art reflects her well.

I always thought Patti looked suspiciously young in photos.

She does in real life too!

What am I doing wrong?

Spill your secrets lady!

Patti is intelligent, reflective and inquisitive. I wish I’d had more time to talk to her and that it didn’t take her 24 hours of late planes and missed connections to get to Vancouver. You’ll still come and visit me in Toronto Patti right? I’m only 3 hours away by plane!

What to know how to be 93 and still fabulous?

Just ask Tami’s Mom.

She can still party with the best of them.

No wonder why Tami is smilin’ she has the whole aging thing sussed out.

Tami has a wonderful bold laugh and great energy. I wish I’d had a chance to get to know her better.

Sheila Ms. Bossy Pants was this guy in a previous life.

But nicer of course.

She can out style, out talk, and out boss anyone.

Sheila is no nonsense and to-the-point. The kind of gal you want on your team.

Don’t let Trina’s diminutive size fool you.

This lady is a power house of quiet focused energy. She ran every day while in Vancouver, outside, rain or shine for an hour.

I tried to pair her up with Jodi,

the triathlete, for a style blogger running challenge…but Jodi disappeared the next day.

Did Trina scare her off?

We all expected Ally to show up looking like this…

Instead she decided to fool the customs guards into thinking she was a Canadian politician pressing palms on the campaign trail and showed up looking like this.

Her bluff was called when her she didn’t know what a double double or toque was and her Noo Yawk drawl sounded suspicious.

I knew this meet-up would be challenging and rewarding for Ally. I’m glad she chose to make the trip.

Tiina Mrs. Robinson married a sweetie 8 years her junior.

She figured out that generally men die 8 years earlier than women and didn’t want to spend the last 8 years of her life lonely.

Such a romantic!

Tiina came across as shy but I get a feeling that is just part of being Finnish. She has strong opinions and isn’t afraid to share them.

Greetje, my roommate doesn’t snore, sleep-walk or hog the bathroom.

She will however, inadvertently steal someone else’s pizza order if you’re not paying attention.

In her defence she did try to give it back after she’d eaten part of it.

You know how much I love Greetje from my previous post about her.

Tracey was a surprise.

Lively, fun and a brilliant photographer.

Her personality eclipses the confines of her blog.

I’m most certainly going to look her up the next time I’m in Vancouver.

Pao is pretty much open to anything, the sign of a great artist.

I didn’t get a chance to really talk to Pao, but her creativity was evident when she brought and passed around Girl Guide badges for everyone in attendance. I LOVED that!

I like playing Barbie.

While we were at Holt Renfrew a friend of Melanie’s and wonderful sales associate by the name of Corey dressed me in this outfit, Prada skirt and coat, Theory top and he even chose the glasses for me. It was so much fun having someone else play the stylist for a change. If I had an extra $15,000 laying around I’d have picked up the entire ensemble.

I also have a hair twin, Jane.

Jane is a writer from Denman Island. I look forward to reading about her thoughts on the meet-up. After the tenner I palmed her expect some good press! {wink}

I freely admit that I strongly resent Instagram

and the triple chin and sour old face I get when trying to post.

I promised I would try my hardest to keep people in the loop by posting regularly to IG during the meet-up. Honestly though, looking back, I wish I didn’t even own a phone. It took me away from all the fun and action. Instead of living in the moment I was posting about moments past. I don’t know that I’ll ever learn to love social media.

My dreams of being a successful blogger are crushed yet again.

There are a few people that I didn’t have enough time to collect dirt on get to know.

Wendra

Vancouver Barbara

Chloé

Louisa

They are probably breathing a happy sigh of relief.

I’ll get you next time!

In the end I’m left wondering if it was all just a dream.

One lost pair of sunglasses, laryngitis, serious chest and sinus infections are proof it really did happen.

Thus why I have been MIA for about 10 days now. That’s okay…hoping a ~~dreadful~~ visit to the ~~place I despise~~ Dr.’s office today will get me back on my feet.

I couldn’t have asked for two more capable planning partners.

We did it!

Thanks to all of you that showed up.

We might have planned it, but you made it worthwhile!

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