Learn the Drop Dead Method

Install extensions your clients stay in for months: sectioning, the foundation row, the stitch, and the blend, in the order you'll actually work it.

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Self-paced video lessons · Built for licensed stylists · Taught chair-side, in install order

THE DIFFERENCE

What separates a $400 appointment from a $750 service?

It isn't the hair. It's the install.

Everything that happens to a client's hair over the next eight weeks comes down to how the install is done, not the hair you used. Master the full technique and her hair stays healthy, she keeps coming back, and you can charge like the $750 service with confidence.

An install that breaks down
  • Wrong placement or tension that pulls her hair
  • Loosens and slips by week three
  • Shows through on a hair flip

Damaged hair, and a client who quietly books somewhere else.

An install that lasts
  • Sits flat and comfortable, no pull
  • Holds even tension for eight full weeks
  • Stays invisible through every flip

Healthy hair, a client who rebooks and refers, and the confidence to charge like the $750 service.

Figures are illustrative. You're free to set your own prices.

WHY THIS COURSE

What you get the day you enroll

WHAT YOU'LL LEAVE WITH

Six skills, taught from first bead to final QA.

Every outcome is taught on real hair, in the order you'll use it.

CURRICULUM

What's inside the course

7 modules 19 lessons

This is the Drop Dead Method — our specific beaded-weft system, taught start to finish. Not extensions 101. Tap any module to jump to its lessons.

MODULE 01

Welcome

Intro to the Method
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MODULE 02

Sectioning

Placement
Sectioning
MODULE 03

Placement

The Comb Test
The First Bead
The Second Bead
The Third Bead
Placing the Back Beads
Weft Stacking
The Last Three Beads
MODULE 04

Stitching

Sewing onto the Foundation
Sewing the First Bead
What if I run out of string?
Finishing the Row
Final Check
MODULE 05

Second Row

Placement and Install
MODULE 06

Move-Ups

The move-up appointment keeps the install looking fresh and the client rebooking on schedule. A full step-by-step walkthrough of the move-up service.

The Move-Up: Step-by-Step
MODULE 07

Full Demo

Watch the full install and blend
TAUGHT BY

Two stylists. Decades of installs.

Every module is taught by working extensionists who installed the technique on real clients before recording it.

Kristi Day
FOUNDER · LEAD INSTRUCTOR

Kristi Day

Founder, Drop Dead Extensions

Kristi has been installing extensions on real clients since 2012. She built Drop Dead's beaded-weft system from a salon chair — not a boardroom — and teaches the foundation row, stitch, and blend lessons in this course.

  • 10+ yrs extensions
  • Salon owner
  • Founder, Drop Dead

If the row is right, everything that comes after it is easier.

Nyki Nechiporenko
INSTRUCTOR

Nyki Nechiporenko

Senior Stylist + Educator

Nyki teaches the bead-size, threading, and tension lessons that make the foundation row hold. She works with stylists across the U.S. on retention, comfort, and dialing in their first 100 installs.

  • Educator
  • 20+ yrs
  • Pro mentor

There's no guesswork in the bead — only the right size for the hair in front of you.

STUDENT REVIEWS

What stylists are saying
BUILT FOR BOTH PATHS

New to extensions, or sharpening your install?

Whether you're adding extensions to your menu or refining the install you already offer, the Drop Dead Method takes you from first bead to final blend.

NEW TO EXTENSIONS

Launch a brand-new service

You're ready to offer extensions. Start from zero with the full install, the pricing, and the paperwork to charge for it.

  • Every step, in order
  • Pricing and client forms to launch
  • The confidence to charge from day one

Add a high-ticket service to your books.

ALREADY DO EXTENSIONS

Sharpen the install you offer

You install already. Tighten the method so every row sits right, lasts eight weeks, and earns the premium.

  • Fix what slips, pulls, or shows through
  • Installs that hold for the full eight weeks
  • Charge like the $750 service, with proof

Turn good installs into rebooking clients.

DO THE MATH

Two ways in. The math works either way.

Whether extensions are already your bread and butter or a service you haven't offered yet, the method earns back its price fast. Pick your starting point to see how.

If you already install, it's a row that holds: charge the premium rate with confidence and keep clients for years. If you're new to it, it's a high-ticket service added to your book from zero. Either way the course never expires, and every module we add lands in your account for free.

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$0$750
a two-row install you can't bill yet
+$650hair profit too: two 22" wefts sold at your markup
$0in your pocket on client #1, after the course

Illustrative figures for a two-row 22" install at your own service rate plus standard hair markup. You set your own pricing.

One two-row install, start to finish

Here's a real install you'll be able to offer once you're trained: a two-row foundation built with our 22" SuperWeftr. Real product, real prices. Today every line below is $0 on your menu.

  • $750The appointment

    A two-row foundation install is one of the highest-ticket services in the chair. Right now you can't bill it, because you can't offer it yet. The method is what lets you charge this rate with confidence.

  • +$650Profit on the hair

    A two-row 22" install uses two SuperWeftrs at $325 each. You buy them wholesale and sell them in at your retail markup, so the hair adds roughly $650 in profit on top of the service.

  • Every 8 weeksShe rebooks, and refers

    Each new client rebooks on schedule and sends friends, so a service you started from zero turns into a recurring line on your book instead of a one-off.

One client, one install: about $750 in service plus roughly $650 in hair profit, from a service that earned you nothing before. The first appointment more than covers the course, and everything after is income you simply couldn't earn yet.

Figures are illustrative. You set your own prices.

Where the money actually comes from

An install isn't one row, and you aren't just charging for labor. Three things stack on every client, and a row that actually holds is what unlocks all three.

  • +$350On the service, every client

    Same head of hair, but an install that sits right and lasts eight weeks. That's the gap between a $400 appointment and a $750 service: the premium you can charge with confidence on every client.

  • +50-100%On the hair you sell

    You buy the wefts wholesale and sell them into the install at your retail markup. On a multi-weft install that's real profit on top of the service, every single time.

  • Every 8 weeksShe rebooks, and refers

    A row that holds keeps her hair healthy, so she comes back on schedule instead of quietly slipping to someone else at week three. One client who stays is worth years of installs, not one.

That's what the course buys you: the technique to charge the premium rate with confidence, protect her hair, and turn one appointment into a client for years. On the service alone it pays for itself in about two clients. The hair markup and the rebooks are pure upside.

Figures are illustrative. You set your own prices.

Hands down the best and most in-depth method I've ever done. I've taken several online and in-person extension courses, and this is the one I can't wait to bring to my clients.

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What's Included

7 modules and 19 video lessons covering sectioning, the foundation row, the four-component stitch, second-row placement, and a full client install demo. 5 downloadable client paperwork PDFs (invoice template, model release, consult sheet, new-client questionnaire, service agreement). Access to the Drop Dead Syndicate.

This course teaches the install. Business systems — pricing, marketing, ops — live in the Business-in-a-Box toolkit, sold separately. Enrollment is the course only; no hair purchase required.

Format & Access

Self-paced streaming video lessons hosted in our LMS. Go at your own pace and rewatch as often as you need. Watch on desktop or mobile. Lifetime access — including future updates and new lessons. Downloadable PDFs in the resource library.

Support & Community

Enrollment includes Drop Dead Syndicate access — our private community for stylists working with the product. Get answers from Kristi, Nyki, and the broader pro community.
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PAIR IT WITH

Everything you need to practice the method

  • Business In A Box Training Toolkit Business In A Box Training Toolkit

    Business In A Box Training Toolkit

    BEST WITH COURSE

    Pricing, marketing, and ops systems plus the training tools and wefts to practice the method chair-side.

    $500.00
  • SuperWeft Training Hair SuperWeft Training Hair

    SuperWeft Training Hair

    PRACTICE HAIR

    SuperWeft training hair for the hands-on install practice the course walks you through.

    $100.00

The digital course teaches the install. Tools and training wefts are sold separately — add both to your cart and check out together.