At this point you have some choices to make - do you want to be a goddess-like diva, a funky bad-ass diva or a sweet faerie-like diva?  If you've chosen to have one fall built - your choice is simple -use these instructions.

Begin with your hair in a high ponytail.  For loose falls, make your hair as smooth as possible.  An insider tip - for dreads some folks prefer to muss or twist up their hair so the dreads look more like applied extensions than a fall (see below for a picture of this).  Twist the length of hair until it begins to fold back on itself.  Carefully wind it into a bun, applying small bobby-pins as you go along and keeping the bun as flat as you can.  Wearing a bun is always recommended - even if your hair matches the fall perfectly.  The bun distributes the weight of the fall more evenly and provides much more security to keep the fall in place.

Twist the length of hair until it begins to fold back on itself.  Carefully wind it into a bun, applying small bobby-pins as you go along and keeping the bun as flat as you can.  Wearing a bun is always recommended - even if your hair matches the fall perfectly.  The bun distributes the weight of the fall more evenly and provides much more security to keep the fall in place. With loose ends of the lace in opposite hands (put both falls together if using a pair), lean forward and allow falls to hang towards the floor.  Position the laces right at the point where your bun meets your head.  Wrap the loose ends towards the back of your head, keeping them as tight as possible.  Cross them on the opposite side or your bun, cinching them down tightly.

With loose ends of the lace in opposite hands (put both falls together if using a pair), lean forward and allow falls to hang towards the floor.  Position the laces right at the point where your bun meets your head.  Wrap the loose ends towards the back of your head, keeping them as tight as possible.  Cross them on the opposite side or your bun, cinching them down tightly. The lace should be long enough to tie back in the front preferrably in a small bow (double-knots can be a pin after a long night at the club!).  Wrap all of the loose ends under the front edge of the fall, tucking them between the fall and the bun.

Next you will need about 6 large bobbypins, about 3" long each.  These are for catching the lace of the fall and crossing below the elastic band holding your ponytail in place.  If possible, depending on the size of our bun, lock the pins together underneath it.  It is important to hook the lace or go through it with the pins to prevent it from sliding over the bun and falling off.  Use as many bobbypins as necessary to make the falls feel secure.

At this point you'll also want to take a few pieces from the lower row of hair (or lower fall if using two together) and pin them over the bun to provide better coverage for your own hair.  Try to pull sections fron the edge of the bun and pin towards the center, it looks more natural that way. For the easiest way to hide any little bits of braid or lace still visible, take a small piece from each side of the fall near the bottom of the bun and wrap it over the top.  You can secure it with a cute rhinestone clip, barrette or just a bobby pin into the bun on the underside.

For dreads it's just the same way, but much easier to use clips or bobby pins since the dreads are so much thicker. This style looks great with big hair accessories - Scarves, Headbands, Tiaras - you name it!  Make it yours! Now go out and rock that hair!

For two pony-tails, the process is much the same x2.  First pick the position of your pony's and make sure they are symmetrical.  We're showing them twisted here so you can get an idea of how that looks with dreads. Make individual buns the same as above.  Another tip - if you're worried at all about covering your own hair, section and twist your hair before winding it into a bun, as shown here.

This time applying the hair is done side-to-side rather than front to back, but the same concept.  Covering the buns can be trickier with dreads beause they cannot spread out over the bun the way that loose ones do - this is why we always recommend at least 20 dreads per side for a pair.

This style looks fantastic with smaller accessories like scrunchies and rexlace accents, but they're also fabulous on their own!       I've never had the need to wash my falls after normal club wear.  For the most part, I hang mine over a hanger on the back of my closet door (convenient for brushing them out the next day) and leave them for a few days before I fold them and put them in a drawer.  That usually gets all of the smokey club-smell out of them.  Fabreeze sprayed from a decent distance can even do in a pinch if you want to wear them again right away. If you decide you do need to wash your falls, brush them out first.  Beginning at the bottom, work your way up through the length of the hair, using a very wide-toothed comb.  Then fill a sink or dishpan with warm water and the mildest shampoo you can find.  Using a swishing or swirling motion, work the water through the falls and rince promptly (the shower is great for this).  The synthetic fibers should not absorb anything and only require surface cleaning. MOST IMPORTANT - DO NOT BRUSH YOUR LOOSE FALLS WHEN THEY ARE WET - YOU WILL TEAR THEM APART!  Just towel -dry them, hang them up and wait about 2 days and comb them out as described above.  A few drops of silicone de-tangler is ok, but don't overdo or you'll be starting the whole process again... Blow-drying can be used to smooth out very kinky ends (after many uses) but you must use the lowest setting of heat (not cold, but low) and a large round bristle-brush.  With the air at least 6 " from the hair, smooth it over the brush and allow the air to barely warm the hair, making it more flexible.  Try to keep the air moving over the hair and remove it as soon as the hair is smooth.  This is really only recommended for the very ends of the hair, not the entire length due to the risk of scorching the hair. Narturally, NEVER EVER BRUSH DREADS!  (What would you be thinking??!?!)  Simply separate them with your fingers after wearing them and give them a little twist down the length to put back any individual hairs that snag on the other dreads.  For cleaning, use the same directions above.  Again, only wash them if absolutely necessary (muddy festival, jerk drops a drink on you from the balcony above, that sort of thing).  I prefer to store all of my dread falls hanging - the longer ones that have to be folded end up looking like they have "drawer head".  Once you have gently towel-dried your dreads, you may notice a few bits that are not as tightly dreaded as before.  You can use a blowdryer to tighten them up a bit.  Use the medium to high setting on your home blowdryer (low if it is professional!), scrunch the hairs back into place, twist the dread just a bit and KEEP THE AIR MOVING!  Do not hold the dryer in one place, even if the dread is wet - it can melt the plastic fiber and create a permanent burnt spot on the dread, even discolor it! If you have a problem with your loose or dread falls, we have no problem repairing them provided that you ship them to us with return postage included.  Also, feel free to contact us with any challenges you have maintaining your falls.

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