History of Hair Extensions

Hair extensions might seem like a new invention butpaper or magazine with many different hair styles on
in reality hair additions have been around as far backview. Some days she had short hair, the next she
as the Egyptian times when both men and womenhad long and it was obviously these styles were
work wigs. Since then hair pieces have been in andcreated thanks to hair extensions. She even spoke
out of fashion ever since.about them and explained they were created with
In 1800 fake hair was frowned upon and women leftnatural human hair which caused slight controversy as
their hair to be natural until the Romantic era was into where the hair came from.
full swing when women wore elaborate Apollo knots.Since then the trend has become much more
Come the mid Victorian era and hair pieces werewidespread with lots of different people using them
used a lot more extensively. Then strangely in thefor different reasons. Teenagers looking for long hair
early 20th century Edwardian women wore false hairhave extensions as do older women trying to replace
additions to create the pompadour hairstyle whichthinning hair. And many women use them just for
looked like a woman was wearing a teapot on herspecial occasions. There are many different materials
head. How that became fashionable I don't reallythey are made from including a whole range of fake
know!synthetics ones to gorgeous natural European hair.
Around the 1920's less hair was the big thing so hairPermanent hair extensions can cost a few hundred
pieces took a dive around that time and it wasn'tpounds for each application and they only last up to
until the 1940s when long hair came back into fashionaround 4 months. There are lots of different
and women starting indulging again. Then in the 1960'smethods of attaching the hair some safer than
big hair was back with a vengeance. Coils were the inothers. With permanent hair extensions usually a small
thing or the updo as better known to us were seengroup of hair strands are collected which the hair is
of many women, this was created by veryattached to. There are different types of adhesive
extravagant human hair pieces. Wigs made from realincluding wax, glue, or heat all of which are not that
or fake hair were commonly worn around this timegreat for your hair. When it comes to removing the
too and carried on into the early 70's. Come the 80'sextensions chemicals are needed and these can
and big hair was in but only natural hair. Famousoften leave hair damaged. Another option is to have
singers wore wigs but that was about it.the hair weaved on. It is known as 'wafting' and is a
In the 1990's hair pieces or wigs became a lot moremuch safer option as no chemicals are needed.
affordable to everyone, not just the rich and famous.The clip-on hair extensions come in a variety of
The famous spice girl Victoria Beckham has beendifferent colours and lengths are the best option for
credited for the latest fashion of human hairnon permanent extensions. They are very easy to
extensions. When she first got together with heruse and as long as you get the right hair colour and
now husband David Beckham it was a time whentexture of hair, no one will know your hair is fake. In
public interest in the couple was at a all time high andfact I have sat next to a work colleague for months
they were both photographed all the time and wouldnot realising that her long hair was in fact clip on hair
be found on the cover or most newspapers andextensions. It was only whilst getting ready for our
magazines. With this sort of publicity everythingChristmas works do that she pulled her hair off! I
about the couple was scrutinised. At that timewas shocked to say the least as her natural hair was
pictures of Victoria were on the front of everyjust shoulder length and I had no idea.