Want To Know About Hair Extensions

Hair extensions are a great way to adorn your lifestyle so have fun and treat yourself. They make your hair look gorgeous. Hair Extensions is quick way to get longer and fuller hair. There are many types of Hair Extensions on the market, but two main types of application methods: Individual Strands and Wefts. Most people choose to use them to lengthen or thicken their existing hair, nevertheless using them for non permanent highlights and lowlights is also becoming increasingly popular. Fake or human hair extensions can be summed to enhance the look of your hair.

Human hair grows approximately 1 cm per month on average. The extensions hair most likely has gone through some type of de-colorization process and then re-colored to get it the to color that it is now. There are hundreds of methods used to apply hair extensions and just as many types of hair. The most popular system out now is the strand by strand method made by companies such as Great Lengths, Hair Dreams and Socap.

Fusion: A process in which the extension hair is attached directly to your own hair by heated glue sticks. In this method, and acrylic glue stick is placed inside a glue gun, which heats and melts the glue. Then, the extension and the glue are attached directly onto the individual's hair.

Hair comes in many qualities and apart from the method of application; the quality of your hair extension hair will determine whether or not they will look real, and how long they will last.

Hair extensions should not be more than twice the length of your normal hair. Never go to bed with them wet, but always tie your hair up when sleeping, this will help prevent tangling and other such problems. Run your fingers through the braids to get rid of tangles, doing so regularly will help prevent them too. Don't brush harshly and tug at the extensions, as this can loosen and damage the bonds which hold them to your scalp. When you brush, use a brush with soft bristles and work your way up from the bottom to the top, using the brush gently.

Hairlocs - This system utilizes a small metal tube that has been pre-tipped with an adhesive. It is very similar if not almost identical to Eurolocs. Once the metal tube is threaded onto your own hair, a lock of pre-tipped hair is inserted into the tube and then it was clamped, so to speak, thereby adhering the extension hair to your own without the use of hot or cold adhesive.

Mini links or locks are another method and are applied a bit like gimps which are used to hold beads or pearls on wire floater necklaces. The client's own hair is pulled through the mini link with a special needle similar to a knitting machine needle. Then the extension strand is pulled through the mini link easily. The mini link is then pressed firmly with a pliers type tool and this locks in the hair into the mini links. No glue is used, so glue damage is avoided and the links lie flat to the head. This method is often combined with braided hair extensions.