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Hair Extension Types 101

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A Graphic Guide to Hair Extensions - Philip JamesYou don’t have to spend years patiently growing out your hair in order to get long, flowing locks. If you’re interested in lengthening or adding volume to your hair, extensions can be a great way to go. But how do you decide what kind of extensions to get when there are so many popular options?

Knowing how daunting it can be to choose hair extensions, Philip James has put together a guide to the five most popular types. They are:

  • Fusion: a method that uses melted keratin protein bonds to attach extensions to strands of your natural hair
  • Micro-link/Micro-cylinder: small beads are used to add hair strand by strand
  • Braidless sew-in: a relatively new technique in which wefts of hair are attached to natural hair with thread
  • Skin weft/Tape extensions: a method that uses thin polyurethane strips to attach wefts of extension hair
  • Clip-in: extensions are attached with a small clip using this temporary technique

In order to decide which of those five types of extensions is best for your hair, you should first ask yourself a few questions.

What kind of hair do you have? Certain types of extensions just don’t work as well with certain types of hair. For example, extremely slick hair has trouble holding micro-link extensions in place and while fusion extensions work for most hair types, you should avoid this method if you have overly processed or damaged hair. If you’re unsure which method your hair is most suited for, talk to your hair stylist.

What kind of hair do you want to have? If you want to add length and volume to already thick hair, braidless sew-in extensions may be your best bet. However, if you want thinner hair to look fuller and slightly longer, skin weft extensions may better meet your needs. Continue reading Hair Extension Types 101 →

Beauty How Tos, Hairstyle How-Tos

How To: DIY Clip-In Hair Extensions

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How to DIY Clip In Hair Extensions BlondeLadies, have no fear! Hair extensions are some of the most exciting and fun beauty products to experiment with: using extensions, you can instantly transform your look and actually experience what a new hairstyle would be like in your usual day-to-day.

Traditional glue-in and weave types of extensions are difficult both to put in and take out (hello, physical damage), and it’s best to have a professional do either. The solution lies in clip-ins, which have improved immensely since their days as a Halloween party alternative to a bad wig.

Here’s a guide on how to put in clip-on extensions all by your resourceful little self (although help from a friend is very useful in this scenario – I recommend the one who helped you move or gives you rides to the airport, she’s already used to being exploited for her kindness):

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General, Guest Posts

A New You From Top Down

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A New You from the Top Down with a Synthetic WigSometimes you feel pretty good about you, and how you look, but you know you could feel better, if something were different.  Maybe it is time to put some new hair into your life.  Consider the versatility and style of a synthetic wig, and you may be ready for a new look that helps to change how you feel about you.

Experience the Ease

There is nothing as freeing as being able to finish your hairstyle, completely ready to go out, in just moments.  It may take some practice at first, but you will soon find that you can don your wig in a fraction of the time you once spent styling and primping toward elusive perfection.  Now, slip it on, adjust it, and enjoy the perfect hair of your dreams.

Try Radical Change

Sometimes, you just know you are ready for something completely different, from a new color to a new style.  You know it is time for variety from the top of your head to the nape of your neck.  Your face wants a new frame for a change.

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Love And Care For Healthy Hair: Ideas And Inspiration

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WeavesLots of folks around have resigned themselves to having hair that falls short of the desires. That’s generally because of neglect rather than knowing the way to repair the issue once there is one. If it sounds just like you, continue reading!

Should you have dry hair, contemplating cutting down the number of times you clean your hair every week. Whenever you shampoo your hair you strip it of its natural oils, which help hold your hair glossy and delicate. Search for products which will enable you to maintain your hair clean without washing it.

You need to attempt to put on a cap when swimming in pools whenever possible, to be able to preserve your hair in the chlorine that’s added. Should you not put on a cap when swimming, you need to ensure that you clean your hair and then, condition it, following you are finished.

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