| Hair Extensions have really taken off in a big way | | | | is actually sewn into a person's natural hair. |
| over the last couple of years. In the past, they were | | | | So much for the methods of extension. Now let us |
| generally restricted to celebrities and stars. Not any | | | | focus on the two ways these methods are applied. |
| more. Many thousands of women are taking the | | | | One is with Individual Strands and the other is with |
| plunge and getting Hair Extensions done because it is | | | | Wefts. The Individual Strand Method involves |
| a simple, painless way in which to radically enhance | | | | selecting between 30-40 strands of the hair that you |
| their looks. Just imagine; you can add on hair which | | | | have chosen for the process and applying these to |
| has length, shine and bounce and is colored in | | | | small sections of your real hair. The Weft method is |
| whatever shade you want. Is it then any wonder | | | | one by which small batches of hair, held together at |
| that you now see so many women around you who | | | | the top and flowing freely at the other end, is |
| have been through this procedure? Want to know a | | | | attached to your head. These Wefts can be made |
| bit more? Let us tell you about some of the basics. | | | | out of either real human hair or synthetic hair and |
| Hair Extensions, as we are sure you know, is a | | | | may be hand-made or machine-made. The experts |
| process by which additional hair is added on to your | | | | generally feel that the hand-made ones are superior. |
| own natural crop with the help of one of three | | | | The Wefts match the color of your own hair and are |
| methods. The first of these methods is the clip-on | | | | indistinguishable once they are inserted. Whether you |
| variety where the extensions are clipped on to your | | | | decide on the clip-on method, the weaving method |
| original hair. The second method that is used is the | | | | or the bonding one, Wefts are what are principally |
| Fusion System. Here, the old and the new hair are | | | | used as attachments in the Hair Extensions process. |
| coated at the ends with adhesives and then fused | | | | After the Wefts are inserted, you have to brush |
| together. This fusion can either be done by a "hot" | | | | them to cover the evidences of sewing or binding |
| method where a heated fusion tool is used or by a | | | | that has taken place during the process. Do it |
| "cold' method when keratin-based polymer is utilized | | | | carefully and cleverly and nobody will know that the |
| to bond the two types of hair together. And finally | | | | hair on your head is not all your own. |
| there is the Weave System where the hair extension | | | | |
