Get The Hair You’ve Always Wanted…overnight

If you wanted to change the way you look in your photos, all you need is a good Photoshop artist to give remove your wrinkles, whiten your teeth, and trim your waistline. While you can’t get the same extreme makeover for your party on Saturday, you can certainly transform your hair overnight. Using hair extensions, you can add instant length, volume, and color to your hair. This is as close as it gets to hair magic.

Celebrity hair extensions
Hair extensions provide celebrities the versatility in hairstyle that they need to fit in various roles in movies and TV shows today. Most of the starlets in Hollywood have used this latest extension technology, from Kirsten Dunst’s long blond hair mixed with red and gold strands in Spiderman, to the luxurious black hair of all lead roles in Memoirs of a Geisha. Hair extensions have become essentials in Hollywood. The good news is you don’t have to be celebrity to transform your own hair.

Why get hair extensions?
There are many reasons why you would want hair extensions:
• You want to add volume to your thinning hair
• Your hairstylist cut too much of your hair and you want it back
• You want to try sporting long hair, but you think it takes too much effort and time to achieve your desired length
• You want to find out how it feels to maintain and style long hair, before you actually decide to grow your hair
• On a special event, you want to surprise everybody with a new hairstyle that you would only keep for the night

Hair extensions are made from either synthetic or human fibers. While synthetic fibers are cheaper, they can’t provide the natural look and feel of human hair. You need to select hair extensions that match your hair color, texture, and quality. You may have heard of “virgin” hair extensions. These refer to hair strands that have never been treated with chemicals (for example, dye or perm) and are thus considered premium hair extensions.

Methods of attachment
There are many different methods to integrate hair extensions into your own hair these include:

• Strand by strand methods (may or may not use glue to attach fibers to your hair, the fusion method is an example)
• Weft hair extensions (hair fibers are attached together at the top in a track called a weft)
• Clip-in methods (you can attach and remove these yourself)

Whichever method you select, you should make sure that the hair extensions don’t damage your natural hair.

“There are safe extensions out there,” says Legacy Hair Center CEO Ronnie Talent. “But there are also options that could cause breakage or shedding. The sew-in, or weave method can really do a lot of damage, but the co-polymer method is our most popular, and it’s very safe to your hair.”

With proper care, fusion hair extensions may last for 4 to 6 months. It is important that you use mild shampoo, conditioner, and a moisturizer. Wash your hair and scalp gently but thoroughly to prevent growth of bacteria. Using a curling iron or blow dryer is generally not recommended because heat damages the hair fibers. The same is true for excessive use of chemical treatments. These hair care habits will ensure that you get to keep your celebrity hair for as long as possible.

Legacy Hair Center specializes in the best hair restoration and hair replacement options for both men and women. You can have the hair of your dreams. Visit the center in Charlotte, North Carolina and be among the thousands of people that Legacy has helped reach their hair extension goals.