Our High Heat Festival Braid is made from heat resistant synthetic fiber and is commonly used for festival and rave braid styles. It's quite durable and tough, has a heat resistance of 250°F (120°C), sometimes higher, and tends to be a little bit more slinky and slippery than kanekalon jumbo braid.
Due to the smoother texture and denser fiber, Festival Braid packs are less voluminous than packs of jumbo braid in the same weight. You can see a size comparison of Festival Braid next to different styles of jumbo braid here. If you're using it for box braids, we recommend getting a couple more packs than you normally would use; most of our customers use around 8-14 packs of Festival Braid for a full head of box braids.
Boiling water usually isn't quite hot enough to seal Festival Braid. Festival Braid will not shrink down like regular kanekalon, and will stay quite soft even when it's set. You can learn more about working with Festival Braid here.
Length: 24" folded, 48" unfolded (60 cm folded, 120 cm unfolded).
Weight: 2.8 ounces (80 g).
Texture: Smooth, only very slightly kinky yaki texture. Festival Braid strands are slightly thicker in diameter and a bit denser than kanekalon jumbo braid.
Brand: I Kick Shins.
Color: Olive Green.
Customer Photos:
- In the fourth picture, Mckensi is wearing braids in Dark Pine and Olive Green.
- In the fifth picture, Mani is wearing braids in Olive Green.
- In the sixth through eighth pictures, Ja'Nine is wearing braids in Dark Pine and Olive Green.
- In the ninth through eleventh pictures, Tamoiya is wearing braids in Apricot, Latte, Light Olive Green, Olive Green, and Sugar Blond.
- In the twelfth picture, Jazmine (Etsy / Instagram / Website) is wearing braids in Light Olive Green, Olive Green, and Pistachio.
- In the thirteenth and fourteenth pictures, Fin S. (Instagram / Youtube) is wearing Festival Braid in Olive Green and Freed'm Silky Braid in Olive Green. The Festival Braid is the darker of the two colors.
- In the fifteenth picture, Chloe is wearing braids in Khaki Green, Olive Green, and Pistachio.
- In the sixteenth and seventeenth pictures, Dawna used Moss Green, Olive Green, and Pistachio to make synthetic dread extensions.
- In the eighteenth picture, Dom is wearing extensions in Olive Green.
Color Comparisons:
The last three product pictures are color comparison shots that show the following:
- Light Olive Green on the left, Olive Green in the middle, and Pistachio on the right. All three colors are Festival Braid.
- Light Pine on the left, Olive Green in the middle, and Dark Pine on the right. All three colors are Festival Braid.
- Olive Grey on the left, Olive Green in the middle, and Myrtle Green on the right. All three colors are Festival Braid.
We do our best to take careful photographs of our products that show their appearance accurately. However, every screen is calibrated differently, and different types of lighting can affect color appearance, so the way a color appears on your device may not be exactly how it looks in person.
We recommend ordering color samples to ensure an accurate match.
If you'd like us to make recommendations from a photo, email us at ikickshins@gmail.com and we'll be happy to help. Or for color matching in person, just send a sample of your hair--or anything that you want us to match the color of--in a plastic baggy to:
I Kick Shins
690 Roberts Rd #383
Pacifica, CA 94044
United States
Please make sure to put the sample in a plastic bag along with a note indicating what product you want your sample matched with (for example, something like "kanekalon jumbo braid" or "RastAfri marley braid") and your email address in the envelope. When we receive it, we'll match it up and let you know what comes closest.
Please do not put your e-mail address inside the plastic bag. The only thing that should be in the bag is the hair sample.
We are also happy to take color comparison pictures for you. If you'd like to see a few similar colors side by side, contact us and we'll get back to you as soon as possible!