| At first sight the answer seems very obvious - they | | | | not pleasant to the touch anymore and even after |
| are cheaper. And of course that is true. But in fact | | | | as little as twenty weeks it will loose its shine and |
| Eastern European hair is not that much more | | | | become dull. |
| expensive - the amount necessary to make a good | | | | Another issue concerns the manner in which the hair |
| wig is about 30-50 USD in Poland or Czech Republic. | | | | is obtained. It is not planned from the start with the |
| That is not a fortune if you are going to spend a | | | | thought of creating wigs. Hair is cut in random hair |
| few hundred dollars on a wig. So what is the catch? | | | | salons. Part of the hair also comes from ritual |
| The problem is on the supply side. There are over 2 | | | | ceremonies of cutting of the hair as a sign of |
| billion people in Asia and only 200 million in Eastern | | | | entering into adulthood. Such hair in the fervor of the |
| Europe. Most of people in Eastern Europe have no | | | | ceremony falls to the floor and is gathered from |
| need to sell their hair for economic reasons. | | | | there and placed in a great pile. In the process the |
| Moreover, I don't have to emphasize how rare it is in | | | | hair is turned against and opposite to each of its |
| rich Western European countries to sell one's hair. | | | | strands and not layered in the same direction. |
| That is what makes European hair rare and explains | | | | Although it may not seem so at first, this does |
| why local wig-makers purchase only the amount | | | | change the fundamental significance in the quality of |
| necessary for their own production. Outside of | | | | your wig. |
| Eastern Europe, due to its rarity, the price of the | | | | Every strand of hair has a coarse cuticle, which clings |
| best European hair (so called "raw virgin hair") is | | | | to the cuticle of the neighboring hair if they are |
| skyrocketing. | | | | layered in the opposite direction. In effect hair is |
| Hence 99% of human hair wigs are made of Asian | | | | twisting and intertwining into a hair clump so difficult |
| hair. This hair is marked by such trade names as | | | | to comb out. The only method for solving this |
| "human hair" or "remy hair". If the producer or a sales | | | | problem is to completely remove the natural cuticle, |
| person does not state directly that the hair is | | | | which is then replaced with a silicon one that gives |
| exclusively European, you can be 100% sure that | | | | the hair its shine. It is a brutal and destructive |
| you are dealing with Asian hair. | | | | process - such a wig will maintain its sheen no longer |
| Asian hair is by nature very dark (black), very | | | | than for a period of 4 to 12 weeks. After that time |
| straight and thicker than European hair. Subject to a | | | | hair becomes dull and unattractive. |
| complicated process of a pigmentation removal, the | | | | The best Asian hair comes from India and Pakistan. |
| hair looses its natural shine and resilience. Before it | | | | In reality, it is not much better than hair described |
| finally gets to you it will be dyed several times using | | | | above. The advantage is that this hair is less stiff and |
| synthetic chemical products, which no one would use | | | | may have a natural tendency to from slight waves. |
| to dye their own hair. Such a hair has a tendency to | | | | For that reason, many producers claim that it has the |
| show a ting of a dark or red color. This is why it has | | | | same qualities as European hair, which is not true. |
| to be dyed several times and go through a bleaching | | | | If only there were more Eastern Europeans, life of |
| process. That way any color can be obtained, but | | | | wig-makers and their clients would be simpler, heh? |
| hair structure gets damaged during the process. It is | | | | |
