So I have another wedding to attend in May, and since I am on this “New Year New me” thing for the month of January I thought it would be cool to research the Vixen Sew In weave option that everyone is so crazy about. The thing is, I did not want to hear how awesome it was anymore, I want to know the straight up cons of doing it.
The point of a sew in for me, is for one, giving my hair a break from manipulation and the environment so that I can retain length. The other reason I would consider a weave over braids, is the versatility of the hair especially for the wedding.
This doesn’t mean you cannot wear braids to a wedding; I just wanted something I could play in a bit, a few curls here and there, you know how it is, right?
So the first thing I did was ask my personal hair consultant, because you know, every one needs one of those *wink*. I knew she would give me her absolute honest opinion, so I hit her up in an email.. “Would you ever do a vixen sew in?” Her response, “Hell no!”
I was like WHAT!?? That was not the response I expected because in my mind how could you not want one, it looks so awesome. She explained to me that there is just too much leave out and when would she ever wear her hair in two ponytails.
Well hell, hec that’s true, when would I ever wear my hair in pig tails? Here are 3 reasons you should pass on a Vixen sew in.
1. The versatility might not be worth it
I wear pig tails. Now if I plan to attend a costume party during Halloween dressed as Little Bo Peep, and when have I ever done that? Some styles work better for some women, and the half up, down thing is too high school for me to pull off now. Vixen Sew In’s cost a pretty penny not to mention the hair, so the parts aren’t that necessary considering the cost.
2. Chopping up my good hair
To get the Vixen sew in to work you will have to cut my wefts up so that they can be placed on the individual quadrants. The problem with that is, I don’t necessarily like the idea of purchasing a bunch of hair and having someone cut it into a ton of pieces. The hair I buy will not be cheap enough for me to justify just chopping up the wefts.
3. Too much leave out
The Vixen sew in requires that you have leave out all around the perimeter of your head, so I will have to blend all of that with the weave. Aint nobody got time for that. Plus what would be the point of having to manipulate so much of my own hair when I am doing a protective style?
Vixen sew in’s are great for a special occasion, but not for long term protective styling. Would I do it for the wedding? No! because even though it is a special occasion, I would want to wear the style long term. Your girl aint ballin’ like that!
Good to know Pertoria
You don’t have to leave out that much hair if none at all and you can do the fold over method for tracks.
Thanx For The Information I Was Considering Getting One
Monique Lincoln this made me think of you LOL. Pretty much your exact words
I don’t think these reasons are good enough, just because you cant afford to get a vixen doesn’t mean others can’t. I was expecting this article to list harmful thing that could happen to you hair not that you can’t afford to have them cut the weave.
I was thinking the same thing about versatility I’ve never seen any one use the half up half down style and the fold over method for tracks aren’t as neat as cutting them
This wasn’t a very strongly-written article. Sorry. I’ve not done this to my hair. But the three reasons, including ” who wears their hair in pig-tails” was just not enough. I see the formation of the tracks and think of 7 beautiful styles that would benefit from this hair installation.
So. Not saying there aren’t reasons…just….come with something better.
Thank you.
There are just reasons to consider guys, and the authors own opinion… If there is nothing ‘damaging’ in your opinion, you are also right. 🙂
Noted. Thank you. 🙂
Well basically if your lazy and don’t know how to maintain a weave then don’t get it. I got from this article that she has no need for one and to justify she came up with lazy reasoning.
I agree. The outcome is nice but I’m not about to pay $100s of dollars for expensive weave for you to cut it up and me only being able to use it once. I use my weave multiple times before disposing of it. If you got the bread then by all means do you but for me who weave funds are limited Ima stick to my glue ins and regular sew-ins
Even when weaves are cut up they can still be reused it depends on how good your stylist is. Mine has done multiple of styles and cuts with my wefts and NEVER has an issue.. JS
I like crocheting hair its so much easier
LaShyrrai I still want it
Lol. I agree for Vegas. You might run into issues since your natural.
…this article was petty… I was expecting the worst.. Like being bald… Or ending up with ring worm… Her argument was pig tails.. And leave outs….Sounds like she’s just comfortable being basic… With a basic part and basic closure…If anything her edges probably couldn’t support such versatility…..let alone leave out…..Next..
Lol@edges can’t support versatility.
Lol!
As i stylist, i HATE when clients ask for this type of style! After you’ve worn it for a bit the versatility of it kind of declines. The new growth makes it bulky! Plus like she mentioned, the weft is cut for flatness. True you could fold the wefts but then it’s bulky and just doesn’t look natural when styled. All the leave out makes it impossible to be a protective style IMO. This style is highly overrated to me and needs to go away lol
Stylist to stylist you are so right. It only looks good in pictures
Right! Pictures! Real life? Nah lol.
Elysa White your a stylist? Good cuz u have a question. What if I get this hair style how long will it end up looking natural? Will it break the hair or help it grow, and protect it?
cutting wefts is not a deal breaker for me. ive heard of splitting the wefts up. to me a weave is a weave its something i have temporary i take it own wear my natural put it back up no harm no foul
The amount of leave out bothers me, but then again that’s why I prefer wigs over weaves period anyway – if I’m aiming for a protective style, I want all of it protected with no leave out. The versatility is nice but – yeah – certain styles I wouldn’t really do anyway. But of course to each her own.
You don’t have to cut the tracks up, or leave out much hair, and you can wear the weave in many hairstyles, I do vixen sew in all the time, and the girls love it..You just have to know how to do hair.
What type of hair resembles natural hair. Not sure what to purchase.
Where are you? I want my hair like this
So true. Takes talent to do hair. You make impossible, possible..☺ I would like better reasons why it is not good for ur hair.
Truth this sewing is very costly and if you don’t get the right blend hair it won’t look right
This is good for cheerleader types. I also would do the two part vixen over the four quadrants, its less hair out but also gives you versatility with your sew ins to do up do styles
i agree with the “too much leave out” defeats the purpose of a protective style
I don’t agree I’ve been doing hair 18 years,I don’t wear ponytails either,you stylist can’t do it well or she don’t like doing it because those reason, no,no
This will be enough for many people but not for me. I had a vixen crochet style done & I love it. I also have no leave out & even thou I don’t wear pig tails either I do like putting the top of my hair up & leaving the back hanging down, and with the vixen I have that part going straight across from ear to ear. Different strokes for different folks
Lol alll righty then!
I SWEAR I was thinking the exact thing about the pigtails when I first heard/saw the vixen sew-in. Like, who the hell is ever going to wear their hair like that? Lmaooo!
Jess So Blessed being that we wanted to try this read this article
Not enough reasons to not get it done and the reasons she listed are more her personal opinion
But the creator of the style said herself that it’s not a protective style. So, if that’s your purpose for putting it in, then don’t.
Nettie Berry look
It’s my girl lol Jacqueline Marie Fore
Nettie Berry how funny
I think that makes perfect sense.
I agree. The best thing about a sew in is to let your hair take a break. Leaving so much of your hair out defeats that purpose for me.
2 months ago we were told why we SHOULD get a vixen sew in lol
Hahahaha
The stupidest reasons not to get a vixen sew in
Dis tew much
Altresse Coleman I think her stylist don’t know how to do the vixen. Lol
Lol, right! I just spoke with my stylist about it.
… I’m going to make a vixen (cross) shaped lace closure. Lemme see how i can make this more protective
For that just get a lace frontal and cut it I guess lol
I was actually thinking about getting a vixen see in a few weeks ago and I’m glad I changed my mind.
I know you were because I was too lol
Why didn’t I see that autocorrect ruined my sentence lol, but I guess it was the thought of having a style that you can do anything with rather then having a style that protects your hair.
Right? I miss my weave sometimes
Hyacinth…..interesting….
Me too, I’ve been weave less for about 5 months.. There are ways to get a weave in without any of your hair out but it’s sort of expensive.
How much
Stephanie Davis did u write this?
It really IS versatile though 🙂 and realistic. I’ve seen them irl and I mean. … isn’t every sew in kinda damaging to your hair anyway? Yeah your real hair rests, but what about all the pulling and stretching and breakage that comes with braiding your real hair tight anyway?
I say, do it if you want. Don’t do it if you want. I’d personally do it if I had the money to get a sew in ^^;
Yes.. U should get it
I never even heard of that ish
I was telling someone the same thing this morning. Not to mention if you get straight hair and you’re constantly flat iron the hair. I’ve done high ponytail sew-ins with curly hair (I either braid my leave out or two strand twist to match the curl pattern. And I make sure to moisturize using the loc method. No breakage, thinning while stile maintaining length
Not super compelling, but I see the point
This is a stupid article! Nobody doing a protective style would do this style unless they’re not knowledgeable about being natural!!!! Smh
How about 1 reason! 90% of coloured women look better with their own natural hair.
Deanna Thompson read this
I was thinking I was going to read something horrible! Lol everyone is entitled to their own opinion just thought I was going to read something outrageous
Just because you dont like the idea of ‘The Vixen’, doesnt mean you should talk down about the style. Youre obviously in your 40s or nearing your 40s..i say that because of the simple fact you called the ‘half up, half down’ style too “high school” for you…like what??! This article was a bad idea, take it down because your simple minded article will not stop females from getting the vixen. There are many hair textures of bundles that can be bought for this style. You dont have to necessarily manipulate your leave out to blend it with your hair. You can also buy natural textured hair as well, so its considered low manipulation since you will not have to keep blending your hair with the weave all the time. And who cares about spending money on high quality hair just to cut it up?? You only live once so live a little! Also you can use old virgin hair that youre ready to throw away and use it one last time for the vixen….youre dismissed!
Klenisha Blanton can you do this for me
I was thinking the same thing about all that leave out then it would have to be flat ironed frequently
Not if you get a texture that matches your own or close to it, then you can just do twist outs or roller sets for your leave out instead of applying heat.
I wish I would pay 180 per bundle of hair, that’s ludicrous
Crap. I’d definitely still do this
The vixen?
The only point I agree with is cutting up good hair. If Im paying $300 for my hair I want the least amount of cutting possible lol.
I agree with everything she said….Really who wears 4 ponytails! It’s 2 much work for clients to fix everyday, it dont last long, it’s looks bulky once hair grows out compared to a regular sew inn, time consuming. I would suggest at least the half up half down. The 4parts is unnecessary….but if you like it go for it…
I’ve seen ppl get it and it looked nice then about a wk later it looks like here’s my hair heres my weave
I didn’t think it was good for people because of the fact you leaving majority of your hair out. I want a sew in for protective styling not to put more damn hair on my head
It’s funny how this was presented as basically a new method, “created” by some random woman, but I’ve been doing it for years and others have too.
And you can do like Tyra Banks and others and reuse the hair. Just take it out and number/label how it is to be reinstalled and keep up with the order when you wash it as well.
I was getting mine with curly hair that matches my own so it’ll all blend better and I wouldnt need to do much
There are natural textured weaves… For example, heatfreehair.com…ijs if you don’t want as much manipulation in trying to blend your hair with the weave.
I totally agree . I tell my clients “hell naw” when they ask for that.. It looks good in pictures but in real life it looks stupid . Who wants to walk around with 4 pig tails. U have to chop all that weave up just to make it lay flat, then want to reuse the hair again ? NO MAM !! . It’s not for everybody . If your hair is short , it’s not for you. The leave out requires so much maintenance . It’s not a protective style . Looks like something to do for fun.
True it’s kool but when think about it it’s too much work.two part flip over method is way better n gives u versatility with lil leave out
Intersting reading
I will try doing the vixen weave crochet weave style. Same vixen weave style, but, not sewn in! I’m going to try it with Havana Marley hair,so it can match my hair texture and I can two strand twist my hair that I leave out….
I suggest all you chicks leave the weave alone…self identify… And grow your own natural hair…instead of wasting an abundance of money on hair to look like Caucasian black women.
I have been doing hair for 17 years and have done the vixen sew-in on lots of my clients. It being to expensive is a personal problem, not having enough hair to blend a personal problem, not liking certain styles a personal problem….And the parts made for the leave out or not supposed to be big portions of hair… homework fail -F
I figure you wasn’t supposed to leave out that much hair….just enough to part and blend or part and mini twist to blend( if the person is au natural!
Im a hairstylist based in Virginia. I have NEVER cut up anyone’s wefts to do a vixen sew in and if you get someone who KNOWS what they’re doing, you won’t have much leave out and your stylist SHOULD inform you if you are natural about what sew in is best for the looking you’re going for. I thought that was what consultations were for…or are stylists not doing those anymore
Ok. Good points taken…now who in Indianapolis can fyi this?
im a curious lil cat ill try it but i dont do leave out whether its hair that matches my texture perfect or not. whats the point of having weave if i leave my hair out might as well NOT have weave at all.
You could’ve chosen a better picture of the hair.
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