GENERAL INFO

ABOUT HAIR EXTENSIONS – GENERAL INFO

Ø Hair extensions are guaranteed to be 100% human hair.

Ø Hair extensions are guaranteed not to have significant tangling issues.

Ø Hair is guaranteed to be re-usable with re-tipping.

Hair extensions are fun and a great way to highlight with color, create style, add length and increase volume. 

During the consultation:

Ø type of hair extension (weft vs. individuals) will be chosen

Ø hair texture and color will be custom blended to match your own hair

Ø method of attachment (braid vs. microcylinder vs. keratip, etc)
      will be chosen

Ø face shape, skin tone & lifestyle is used for recommending
      hair cut and color

Hair extensions come in 2 major forms:

1)    hair wefts

     or

2)    individual hair extensions

About hair wefts:

Hair wefts are a cost effective way of adding length and volume to your hair. 

A weft is a hair piece which is approximately 6 inches wide and radiates

from the back of one ear across to the back of the other ear, and approximately 11 inches wide attaching from the front of the ear across the entire head to the other front of other the ear.

A weft is comprised of many individual strands of hair which are sewn together. People generally use 2-3 wefts depending on the result desired.

Wefts can be ordered either machine - made or hand tied. 

Most of the work we do is with hand tied wefts since custom blending of color is possible and they are far superior in quality to machine wefts.

Wefts can be attached in three ways:

1)   your hair is braided to create a thin track across your head.  The weft is then attached to the braid with a specific hand sewing technique.

2)    Microcylinders are attached to the weft. Pieces of your hair are threaded through the microcylinder and secured to your head.

3)  Skin wefts are attached with tape and heat.

Benefits of wefts:

Wefts are more cost and time effective than individual hair extensions.

Hair extension wefts can be reused for a long time: 1-2 years if cared for properly.  Wefts also take less time to attach costing you less money.  Skin wefts are usually used for printwork, filmwork and photo shoots.

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Drawbacks of wefts:

The major drawback of wefts is the individual can feel their presence a bit more on the head; and since a 6 inch strip is attached across your head - you cannot run your fingers through your hair as you can with individuals. 

They are also more limited in terms of styling. 

For example if you had wefts and wanted to wear your hair in a pony tail, you would have to wear a low ponytail and could not wear a high pony tail.  You cannot style your hair in any fashion with wefts whereas you can with individual hair extensions.

Also it is much more difficult to achieve many layers in a haircut with wefts. 

Some layering is possible, but not a significant amount of layering. 

Because of these styling limitations, most models and actors prefer individual hair extensions.  This is not to say that a natural look cannot be achieved with wefts, it absolutely can.  However you are more limited style – wise.

About individual hair extensions:

Individual hair extensions are many strands of hair that are glued together and then attached to your hair.  There are several methods of attaching individual extensions: with microcylinder, hair locs, keratip, shrinkwrap and microchet. 

They may be added just in back to give a little length or throughout the hair to give length and fullness.  Some people use them purely for color so they do not have to highlight and damage their own hair. 

Benefits of individual hair extensions:

Because many individual strands of hair are attached to the clients' hair, strand by strand, they are felt less on the head by the person wearing them.  Also one may run their fingers through their hair.  In this sense, they may feel more comfortable and “natural” to the person.

Another major benefit is there is freedom in terms of styling:  they can be worn in high ponytails, numerous up dos, and almost any kind of hairstyle.

Also many layers can be put in the hair creating more choices for haircuts.

Drawbacks of individual hair extensions:

Time & money.  Although there are exceptions, generally speaking individual hair extensions cost more money over time because every third attachment the client will need to buy new hair or have it re-tipped and re-prepared.
We provide a special service of re-tipping individual hair extensions so you do not have to buy new hair which saves you money.

Also individual hair extensions may cost more per attachment since they take more time to put in.  Of course it all depends on how many you are attaching to your hair.

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Combing wefts & individuals:

Other considerations

The greater the discrepancy between your hair and the desired length, the more hair you have to add into your head, and the higher the cost.  For example, if you want to keep your hair the same length and want more volume, 1 weft or fewer individual hair extensions would be needed.  If however you want hair 4 inches longer than your own hair, most likely your would need 3 wefts, or many more individual hair extensions.