I'm always excited to try new hair, especially after someone gets me really excited about it. I'm super picky about the hair I use and supply so I blew this one off for many months while I was happy with what I was wearing. During my last install I used some products that did not agree with my extension hair. Since experimenting with products I've decided, for me and my hair, less is better. I'm going back to very little hair products, including shampoos and conditioners on my extension hair. This was my process "of old" and I never had an issue getting a full install or 2 out of my extension hair. Granted I was always happy as &^% when it was time for brand new hair.

I'm trying this new Regal Remi we now have available in our hair stores, EastCoastHair.com and WestCoastHair.com, and I want to see how well it handles on it's own, 2 washes a week, no direct conditioners. I wish I had done this with all my installs but, no better time than the present, right?! I do have photos of after install and 5 weeks of the Remi extension hair and can do some comparing of the hair later.

My first impression of this hair is "I'm in love." First, the hair smells amazing. Smell is important to me and although all my hair smells great, this hair smells, once again, amazing. The hair is incredibly silky and soft. It has a heavier sheen on it which makes it so wonderful to run my fingers through it. I absolutely cannot stop myself from playing with it. After 5 nights of sleeping in this hair and I could get up and run a fine-tooth comb through it. Not a single little tangle. After 5 days and 1 night in a smoke-y casino, the hair still smells super fresh, mmmmm. The movement of the hair is incredible which is why I wanted to include pics that showed that. Although I'm very afraid because I love the feel of this hair, it's time to wash and see what happens.

Yesterday, I washed and conditioned my own hair and lightly washed and conditioned the extension hair only by letting the product run through its length when rinsing my own hair. Immediately after washing I could run a fine tooth comb through my hair without a single tangle. Very impressive, I'm thinking. Since I have never done an install diary like this I forget how other hair I've worn reacts to 1st washing but I don't believe I've ever had a tangle-free comb after washing. It seems to me I've always needed to seperate the extension hair a little bit with my fingers and then use a wide tooth comb first. Here the FINE-tooth comb slid right through the hair after washing. Hmmm.

My favorite photo is the first one here because it accurately displays the shine this hair has and maintains so far. (The other photos are "out of the light.")

I've worn my extension hair in the past for two installs and then it just became too hard to care for. My last install went to crap after I wrecked my hair with some so-called "conditioning" products. This was very upsetting to ruin $200 in extension hair by using some cheap garbage someone put out there. I was toward the end of that install anyway but should have gotten a couple more months of wear out of it. I totally recommend you test your product on a little extra extension hair to see how it will react. Coat it with your product, leave it in and then try to wash it out. If the hair gets crappy, don't use it. For this hair we are seeing how well it does on its own. It shouldn't need products if it is good hair. Healthy hair doesn't need help, crappy hair, lol, like my own natural hair, does. But I want good healthy extensions to wear and I do hope I have found them.

The Regal Remi hair dried extremely straight. Other hair I wear and supply dries a bit wavy and needs the flat iron to straighten it. It took me just a few minutes to flat iron my own hair and I was ready to go. By far the fastest styling for me since I have worn extensions. I might have found my hair but only time will tell and only will I know as the weeks wear on.

PS. Bonds are holding great. No loss at all, yay! I used a clarifying poo and NO conditioner before installing, took my time *while* installing and this has made a huge difference for me. (I would typically lose 1 or 2 bonds after applying, then a couple here and there, usually after washing. I am totally on a quest to get my zero loss install back!)

The once per week washing is going well. I did just a top-of-my-hair crown wash (video) in-between. The hair hasn't changed at all, still combing with a fine-tooth comb after washing with no troubles or pulling. This hair is much nicer than my own so where the comb struggles in my own hair it slides right through this extension hair. Not a single tangle yet. Once again I didn't use any shampoo or conditioner on the extensions themselves. The rinse does enough to bring back the fresh smell of the extensions after washing my hair. The movement of the hair is still great and even though the lighting on these photos is not good, there is still a great shine in the hair. So far so good, I'm still loving this Regal Remi hair and super happy with this install.

One month with this hair. I'm washing like 1.5 times per week, about every 4-5 days. These photos are 3 days after washing. I still haven't used any product on the extension hair itself, just shampooed and conditioned my scalp and my own hair and then gently let the rinse wash down my extension hair. The extension hair has remained super clean and tame-looking throughout. I think not using any product on the extension hair has been key to help keep the extension hair in its natural, clean, silky soft state. Hopefully you can see the movement of the hair in the photos. I'm appreciating this low-maintanence product big time, just a quick flat iron in the morning to get out the waves from my nightly loose braid.

I do believe by using a flat iron PRIOR to install has kept my root area and bonds tangle and matt-free. I'm having no problems with any hairs tangling around my bonds. Now that I've gone over 4 weeks, my hair is growing out quite a bit, but nicely, the bonds aren't twisting around each other or anything like that. Perhaps the luxurious quality of this extension hair helps, too. My hair just seems to agree with it maybe.

I still have NO shedding at all, not a single strand of hair, but I've lost around 5 or so bundles within these 4 1/2 weeks. I'm going to heat up my pot today and put them back in at once.

One of the things impressing with this Regal Remi hair is the shine. It's harder to tell with the blonde but the contrast with the dark is amazing.

I do still use a fine-tooth comb on it. I've had only a couple teeny little tangles in the length of the extension hair but they are not difficult to comb right through at all. There has been no tangling in the neck area at all, no puffiness, no change in the actual hair. It still feels sort of heavy and "wet." I think by that I mean healthy and youthful. My hubby describes it that way, like healthy hair you find on a young person who hasn't subject their hair to coloring and such.

Amazing. I have found my absolute favorite hair.

Typically by 6 weeks of wear I'm needing to comb my extensions twice a day to keep them nice. Although I feel it was caused by product use, you can see the poofiness that appeared in my last basic hair install at 5 1/2 weeks. This occured after testing different leave-in conditioning products, something I'm not doing with my extensions at all anymore.

The Regal Remi hair remains absolutely beautiful and tangle-free. No change in texture at all in 6 1/2 weeks of wearing. It consistantly wears like healthy hair.

It actually looks better in person and although I can still comb through it just fine with a fine-tooth comb and without any struggle at all, I couldn't find my comb before taking these shots. Too lazy to go look for it I just quickly used a wide-tooth comb so, really, you are viewing these photos of the hair slept on and unbrushed.

Still washing 1 1/2 times per week and not a drop of product on the extensions themselves. The shine and movement remain and the ends are still very soft and supple albeit I see a few split. I'll just snip them off here eventually. (I can't be totally accurate on this, though, because I painted my house and found paint on my ends, too.) I've checked the old extension hair from previous installs and the ends look good on that, too. Just a few that are split.

The install itself is wonderful. No shedding of the extension hair at all and just 1 bundle loss the last time I washed. The bond had worn down quite a bit so it was time for that one to go. There are a few factors which will cause 1 bond to last 6 weeks verses another lasting 25 weeks. Perhaps there wasn't enough bond on it to begin with or it was in a place that my ponytail band was able to wear it down more. It doesn't bother me to lose 1 here and there, I know I'm not using glues and the product is both safe for my hair and to wear continuously close to my scalp. I've also heard so much of glue and fusion bonds being lost that it seems to me there is far less bond loss with a correct install of the TemBond which is good news. All hair extension wear requires some kind of maintenance.

All in all this is my absolute best install and extenson hair wear. I don't plan to take it out anytime soon as I don't have anything to change or adjust. I had a client tell me she wore her TemBond hair extension bonds for 9 months, so I think I'll test a long install throughout the spring/summer. Because I used the flat iron before installing the bonds are growing out quite nicely with no matting at the root and very few wrapping themselves around each other. (I don't recommend a too long install like that, you should remove and replace, change your attachment point, around 6-8 weeks for optimal care of your own hair and scalp.)

Wow, still amazing hair, can you tell? There is no change here. No tangles, no climbing, no poofing. The hair has not needed a drop of moisturizer or any other product for that matter and my ends are not in the least bit dry.

The movement is still natural as healthy hair would move. You can see in the first photo, and how this lies on my shoulders is no different than that in the photo of the first week. That is very exciting!

My TemBond bonds are so perfect this time, teeny-tiny and comfortable, holding up just beautifully :) This is my most perfect install!!

You guys! I'm on week 12! Yay! I should have an update and more photos by this weekend.

This is VERY exciting for me to be going into week 12! You all may remember I started with around 4 weeks of wear for the TemBond and this wasn't ideal for some wearers, and especially stylists, but being it was all I knew, I needed to offer this product with only the facts as I experienced them and not speculation.

I have replaced a few bonds that had fallen throughout my wear and removed and replaced a few others to test a new batch of bond, but the rest are there, and holding great, from day 1! Makes me squirmy happy and this is totally giving me a new level to celebrate!

I've always thought 12 weeks to be too long but I can tell this isn't hurting my hair in any way, so I think it's safe to say there would be no issues with wearing the TemBond for at least 3 months! (The TemBond may be way lighter than glues or fusion, I'm thinking...My longest grown out bonds are at 2 inches from my scalp to the top of the bond, not pulling the hair at all. They are staying pretty neat, not twisting or tangling or matting at all. Maybe one could go even longer if their hair doesn't grow quickly. I did have one customer report 9 months of wear! Seems crazy!)

My plan for redoing these in the next few weeks is to just remove 1 or 2 bonds at a time, comb out the old bond and replace each one at a time. This way I'll get each strand right back where is came from.

The Regal Remi hair is still sooo beautiful, still zero product and still zero dryness, tangling, poofing, etc., and if the hair will wear like this another 12 + weeks...and my fingers are crossed... Holy @#$%!

Okay, we'll just skip to week 15! I'm happy. Almost 4 months with this install and a nice looong break from having to go through the hours it takes to apply. I've taken bonds out of 2 areas to fix them..they were too far grown out and 5-8 bonds had wrapped themselves around each other. It was very easy to just remove them, comb out the remaining bond and tangles, to free shed hairs, and then reapply. Nice and quick.

Now that my bonds are grown out so much the ponytail is far more comfortable than after first applying. When I wear a pony I tuck my short hairs around the band to hide them.

The hair. Wow. Nothing to complain about. NOTHING. I am so very happy with this Regal hair. Not a drop of product on it, no moisturizer and it is STILL soft, silky and tangle-free. Super healthy-looking, just perfect. Here are photos of the hair, freshly washed and UNCOMBED, just left to dry naturally...

So I can leave this hair after washing and have no bunching or knotting, nothing like that and for 14 weeks so far! I think that is sooo impressive. It's not like this with any other hair I've worn and I've tried bunches to get hair that I feel I can carry and is worth its price, worth what the supplier is charging for it. I'm going to go throughout the summer with this hair. I know it's not a great idea to go 4-6 months without removing and replacing the extensions but I swear I have to try everything with this stuff. It's not hurting my hair, the bonds are light and I've had no pulling so I feel quite safe as far as long-wear consequences go. It'll be nice to pull off 5-6 months of wear./td>

4 months, 16+ weeks and the Regal Remi is still just as soft, shiny and beautiful as the day I put it in. The hair has met and exceeded my expectations of zero knotting, tangling, climbing, poofing. This extension hair is absolute top quality Remi hair and has given me the best wear of any I've tried. The only downfall I hae found is that due to the thinner, sleeker hair shaft I have to install more hair than with a basic Asian to get the same volume. So a little more time consuming for me, but COMPLETELY worth it!

I'm giving you a close-up of the hair and strands after 4 months of wear. This is after washing and with just a quick run through with my falt iron.