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I had follow up my appointment with the salon and they were able to correct the color to match my natural hair. I feel so much better about it. The hair is still a little dry, but I'm satisfied at this point and hoping a few proper conditioning treatments will help.

Would you guys recommend anything in particular? I've heard mixed opinions on silicon mix. At the moment I have shea moisture for curly hair shampoo, ion intense moisture conditioner, chi hair protectant spray, and it's a 10 leave in conditioner. Any tips or advice moving forward would be appreciated!

Hello and welcome to the another review from the Pop Quiz Series! Today we are going review a marble in it for the thrill of the fight. Have fun and good luck! 

Please note I haven't clipped the topper in properly for these photos. I mostly just wanted to emphasize the color difference. Photos on my head are direct sunlight. Photos on the stand are indirect sunlight inside my house.

The salon I went to specializes in hair loss solutions and has been in business for 20+ years with rave reviews online going back a decade or more. It is the salon in the area to go to if you need help with hair loss issues and is located just outside a major city.

I was willing to pay so much because I've never worn a wig or topper and have literally no idea what I'm doing so I wanted someone with experience and expertise. I'm also getting this topper so I don't feel self-conscious on my wedding day in a couple months, which is another reason I was willing to pay more, and now I'm more stressed than before.

Per the Salon:

- Virgin, untreated European human hair topper

- Permed in the salon when it arrived to match the waviness of my hair

- Should "lighten up" in the sun when I mentioned it was too brown at the pick up appointment

- Paid $2k for consultation, topper, and styling

- Contract indicates topper will be "cut, fitted, and styled to match the client's individual needs" (which I feel were not met). Contract also indicates all sales are final and no refunds. I feel the corrective work needed falls under the "styled to match clients individual needs" statement and I refuse to pay more.

What I have done with the topper since picking it up about a week and a half ago:

- Washed once with lukewarm water using Shea Moisturizer curly hair shampoo and Ion intense moisture conditioner.

- Curled with curling iron set to 280°F. Wore topper out where I became even more frustrated with the color difference. Came home, wet topper, and let air dry on the stand. Haven't touched it since except to take these photos.

What I need help with:

- How to I explain to the salon what exactly is wrong with this topper?

- What should I insist on being done to fix it?

- What are my options if they refuse or botch it when trying to fix it? I'm thinking small claims court if they can't/won't fix it.

It doesn't match my red hair and looks brown, it was permed and doesn't match my hair texture/wave, and it looks/feels fried and dry. I have an appointment soon to see if the salon I went to can fix it, but I'm feeling super discouraged and like I just threw thousands of dollars away for nothing. I've been crying all morning and just hate myself even more right now.

Per Ron Shepherd (wvrons) in 2019 on the forum Marble Connection -

"Vitro owner Fisher was a engineer and liked to design new items. The different lamps with marbles, jewel trays, jewelry, etc. that included his Vitro marbles. He was single and eat almost every day at local restaurants. He never left cash as a tip for the waitress. Instead he left a item that he had made which had Vitro marbles. It started with him leaving jewelry with marbles in it. Then he designed the tray with marbles to hold the ladies jewelry. So they were named jewel trays. People in the restaurants used them for ash trays.  They produce more for sales then they were sold and used as ash trays. When Fisher came into a restaurant the waitress's would flock to get him at their table, for the tip. Years ago I purchased some jewelry that a waitress had received from Fisher. Fisher designed and made 35 lamps with 7/8 marbles, in 1935. Vitro then had 35 employee's, he gave one of those lamps to each employee for Christmas in 1935. These lamps are a prized collectable in a serious Vitro collection. I know of about 13-14 being found so far.

Because Fisher liked designing and making items for his marbles. Plant manager Blaine Lemon was fired because of this. Fisher like to come to the factory during the weekends to design and make items for his marbles. He would almost always leave the place in a mess after he was done. But he was the owner. Blaine Lemon was very particular about the housekeeping in the factory. Fisher had been there the weekend and left a big mess. Blaine Lemon complained loud to everyone, including Fisher, about the mess and complaining how much time and people is was going to require to clean things up. So Fisher fired Blaine Lemon and made Louie Moore plant manager.  Louie was plant manager until Vitro at Parkersburg closed.

Some of the info above came from employee's, a waitress, Blaine Lemon, and Louie Moore.  Which all have passed on. But not forgotten. Blaine was a pleasure to sit with drinking coffee and talking his Vitro days. His favorite marble was the Parrott. He always had them in his bib overall pockets. Every time that I ever saw him he had his Parrott's.  My questions for him now would be many more and more in depth than before."

An Acme Realer patch is very similar to a Peltier Peerless Patch (PPP) except they have an opalescent base. They can often look like Akro moss based patches or Master cloudy marbles however, unlike those examples, an Acme Realer base will be opalescent and, when backlit, the glass can be seen swirling around inside and is nearly transparent. The patches on these marbles come in a several colors including black (true black, not a dark purple or brown like we usually call black in marble collecting), red, blue, green, and yellow.

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"This is the Alley salesman sample case which belongs to Lawrence Alley III. It was used by his grandfather and father. The most likely time frame for this case was the late 1930's early 1940's. Up until this time frame there was no need for a salesman set. Business and sales were slow for Mr. Alley before then. The case has a silk cloth lining. This case has always been in constant possession of the imeadate family. The case does not have any corners broken. It was made that way originally. Larry Alley was kind enough to let me study and photograph this case for a few hours at my home. This case contains 100% swirl type machine made marbles with no seams or cut lines noticiable. It contains Alley swirl marbles from the very fancy to the very plain. If you study it close some of the marbles are not in the proper rows. Some marbles do not match others in a row,but will match marbles in another row. Some of the marbles resemble more modern swirl marbles. But i was also amazed at some of the recent dug marbles from the Pennsboro Alley location,that resemble Jabo classics. Which we have no doubt what so ever that they were buried since the 1930's. Several times during the dig,i commented and heard "looks like a Jabo". I am a firm believer that no one can identify every machine made marble 100% accurate. It was a great pleasure to have Larry Alley visit and share history with us. He left WV in 1948,and returned again in 2013 to see marbles made once more. The first time since 1948."

- Ron Shepherd (wvrons) on the All About Marbles forum May 17, 2013

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Hello and welcome to the another review from the Pop Quiz Series! Today we are going review a marble that would look best in a nest. Have fun and good luck! 

Tons of beautiful vintage and modern marbles in these jars. Will be sharing more pics of the best finds later! There's so much to go through 😅