Simple Beauty Tips

What wouldn’t you do to have long elegant tresses in an instant? Don’t you fret. We have the answer to your dilemma – hair extensions, which are actually the latest hair accessory trend in the fashion industry.

Hair extensions can vary depending on the origin, shade, texture, and method of attaching them. This article will look into more on how to put in hair extensions.

There are several ways of attaching hair extensions to your own hair. You can weave, braid, fuse, bond or clip on the accessories. You can also follow other techniques referred to as “pre-tipped ‘I’ or ‘U’” and “ring X”.

A clip-on hair extension utilizes microclips that are fastened to one end of the hair extension. You can do this at home, by yourself, without having to spend additional money on a hairdresser.

With braiding, you simply braid a few strands of the extension together with your own locks so that both extension and natural hair are entwined together and securely latched on to each other. Note that there are several ways you can braid your hair. A skilled hairdresser can work on a variety of styles.

Other hair extensions need bonding glue to be applied at one end so that the glued tip will stick securely on your hair root. The process is referred to as bonding. This process is so simple that it is just like putting on a false eyelash. There are glue removers specifically designed for removing the glue used to bond hair extensions.

Weaving, which is the most popular technique of attaching hair extensions, is when tracks or cornrows of your natural hair are made close to the scalp then the hair extensions are sewn or weaved into these tracks. According to experts, weaving is highly recommended for those with damaged hair. Your real hair is shrouded by the hair extensions, so none of your unhealthy tresses are actually visible.

Fusion and the “hot glue gun” method mean the same thing. A hot glue gun is the implement you need in attaching the hair extensions. Before attaching the hair extensions, you apply some hot glue onto them. The process will take six long hours to complete. It’s quite labor-intensive too.

There are some variants of hair extensions that already have pre-glued tips. You then attach the extensions with the help of a special applicator.

A relatively modern method of attaching hair extensions would be ring X. Small metallic rings have been placed at one end of the hair extensions. To fasten the rings to your hair, you need to use of a special tool.

One important thing to remember here is that, except for the clip-on method of attachment, you should have a professional hairdresser do the “attaching” for you so that you won’t end up doing the wrong thing and having a big mop of damaged hair and hair extensions.

There are videos on how to put hair extensions you can watch at http://www.hairextensionstips.com/how-to-put-hair-extensions

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