| Clip in hair extensions are a recent trend that is | | | | ease of style and care and is easier to handle, due to |
| sweeping across the world as a 'must have' fashion | | | | its ability to hold the basic curl after washing. It is also |
| accessory. There are many different colours, | | | | half the weight of human hair, so puts little or no |
| textures and sizes and can change the way you look | | | | strain on your hair and scalp. |
| within minutes. These clip in hair extensions are | | | | Human hair is, however, more versatile than synthetic |
| available in two types of hair. Synthetic and human. | | | | because it can be colored, relaxed, or curled with |
| Human hair is generally more expensive and at the | | | | heating appliances just as one would do with his or |
| higher end of the extensions market, but both have | | | | her own hair. Human hair is bought from people who |
| their advantages. | | | | grow their hair long, cut the tresses, and then sold to |
| Synthetic is very natural looking and comes in a wide | | | | manufacturers. It can be washed as normal, although |
| selection of colors, textures, and lengths just like | | | | there is a range of dedicated after care products |
| natural hair. It is made of a wide array of different | | | | specifically for human hair extensions. It can also be |
| synthetic fibers and is simply very fine plastic | | | | dyed. Human hair is more suitable for use with |
| filaments. Synthetic is man-made fiber that is made | | | | free-flowing styles as it is much more tangle-free, |
| to look like your own and is made up of Kanekalon | | | | softer and shinier than synthetic hair. It is softer and |
| and Toupelon fibres and CANNOT be colored, | | | | silkier than synthetic fibers and can be worn in the |
| permed or safely curled with a curling iron, as it will | | | | sun, near heat, or in the pool. Human hair is more |
| melt if exposed to high heat. It is much less | | | | durable; and lasts up to six times as long as synthetic |
| expensive than human and is often only ever used | | | | hair. |
| once. Synthetic is recommended for those looking for | | | | |