Extending Hair With Extensions
For centuries women have loved long hair.
In many cultures worldwide it is a sign of good health and wealth, because it is hard to keep long hair clean, smooth and silky.
It isn't easy to grow long hair.
For some women, hair when it's long, has the tendency to break, have split ends and damage the scalp.
But, long hair isn't a mirage, isn't a dream or fortune reserved just for some women.
The secret: hair extensions.
Extensions have been around for dozens of years.
During the 1980's it was very expensive to get hair extensions, we are talking about a very exclusive treatment that would take thousands of dollars out of your pocket.
There were cheap options with synthetic hair, but the results were not the best and had complications arising down the road.
By then, many women didn't even know that hair extensions existed until someone would appear one day with a very long hair out of thin air.
Nowadays, extensions for hair are easy to get.
Mostly because, in the late 90's, many celebrities opened up about the use of hair extensions.
Hollywood stars have always used wigs, extensions and all kinds of things to enhance their beautiful hairs, but they have always tried to keep the issue very hush-hush and a very well kept secret from the general public.
Since it became an open issue and stars from all kinds of entertainment begun talking about it, hair extensions have grown in popularity and prices have fallen down.
It is the fashion trend of the moment; there are frequent new innovations, increased quality and more options.
Hair extensions can be made of real human hair or synthetic fibers, being the second the less expensive option, but available in many more colors and textures.
Synthetic options have the downside of not dealing well with hot temperatures, straightening or curling.
Human hair extensions can be found in many colors and are usually advertised as per country of source, like India or China.
Colors and texture: To make it simple about the available colors of hair extensions, the lower the number in the package, the darker the color.
The colors depend much on the suppliers who have their own signature palette of colors for hair extensions.
There are also many textures to choose from; usually they will follow some kind of regional hair style, like straight from East Asia or Spanish wavy.
Natural human hair extensions can be single drawn, meaning from one single person, or double drawn, from different individuals.
Single drawn are more expensive, but they look more uniform and the cuticles' direction is the same, the final look will be more consistent in quality and color.
It is hard to find extensions that will match your hair color perfectly, so you will most likely need to have your hair colored to match the extensions.
Synthetic extensions can provide a perfect match between your hair and the extensions.
As a final advice, when you place curly hair extensions, expect them to lose some of the curliness.
Extensions tend to straight after some time, for curly extensions it is actually better to order thicker and less soft extensions, this way they will keep the curls longer, even though they will feel a bit rougher.
In many cultures worldwide it is a sign of good health and wealth, because it is hard to keep long hair clean, smooth and silky.
It isn't easy to grow long hair.
For some women, hair when it's long, has the tendency to break, have split ends and damage the scalp.
But, long hair isn't a mirage, isn't a dream or fortune reserved just for some women.
The secret: hair extensions.
Extensions have been around for dozens of years.
During the 1980's it was very expensive to get hair extensions, we are talking about a very exclusive treatment that would take thousands of dollars out of your pocket.
There were cheap options with synthetic hair, but the results were not the best and had complications arising down the road.
By then, many women didn't even know that hair extensions existed until someone would appear one day with a very long hair out of thin air.
Nowadays, extensions for hair are easy to get.
Mostly because, in the late 90's, many celebrities opened up about the use of hair extensions.
Hollywood stars have always used wigs, extensions and all kinds of things to enhance their beautiful hairs, but they have always tried to keep the issue very hush-hush and a very well kept secret from the general public.
Since it became an open issue and stars from all kinds of entertainment begun talking about it, hair extensions have grown in popularity and prices have fallen down.
It is the fashion trend of the moment; there are frequent new innovations, increased quality and more options.
Hair extensions can be made of real human hair or synthetic fibers, being the second the less expensive option, but available in many more colors and textures.
Synthetic options have the downside of not dealing well with hot temperatures, straightening or curling.
Human hair extensions can be found in many colors and are usually advertised as per country of source, like India or China.
Colors and texture: To make it simple about the available colors of hair extensions, the lower the number in the package, the darker the color.
The colors depend much on the suppliers who have their own signature palette of colors for hair extensions.
There are also many textures to choose from; usually they will follow some kind of regional hair style, like straight from East Asia or Spanish wavy.
Natural human hair extensions can be single drawn, meaning from one single person, or double drawn, from different individuals.
Single drawn are more expensive, but they look more uniform and the cuticles' direction is the same, the final look will be more consistent in quality and color.
It is hard to find extensions that will match your hair color perfectly, so you will most likely need to have your hair colored to match the extensions.
Synthetic extensions can provide a perfect match between your hair and the extensions.
As a final advice, when you place curly hair extensions, expect them to lose some of the curliness.
Extensions tend to straight after some time, for curly extensions it is actually better to order thicker and less soft extensions, this way they will keep the curls longer, even though they will feel a bit rougher.
