Hair Extensions
Hair extensions create thicker, fuller hair and have been popular since the 1980´s, Top celebrities from pop stars to movie stars are seen sporting this look.
Hair extensions are most commonly attached to the hair to create length and fullness. The strands are small and are applied underneath the client´s own hair. These days hair extensions are far more advanced, they are more comfortable to wear and completely invisible to detect. Most important of all is your own hair is not damaged.
With the recent introduction of clip-in extensions more women, celebrities and non-celebs alike, are wearing add-on tresses, these are quick, instant. and can be removed any time.
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Great Lengths
Unit E 1 - Wira Office Park , West Park Ring Road, Leeds, LS16 6EB
Classification: Hair Extensions
Racoon International
PO Box 1458, Southam, Warwickshire. CV47 OWS
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Hairworld UK
Po Box 9, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. PE13 1HN
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Foxy Hair Extensions
63 Park View, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear. NE26 3RL
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Image First
P.O.Box 9671, Ongar, CM5 0WD
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Pride of USA Hair Extensions
120-124 High Road, Willesden Green, London. NW10 2PN
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Extend Hair
2nd Floor, 3 Brindley Place, Birmingham, Westmidlands.B1 2JB
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Hair Additions,
508 Prescot Road, Old Swan, Liverpool, L13 3DB
Classification: Hair Extensions
Lusious Locks
41 Beech Terrace, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP141JB
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Connect-2-Hair
Sunshine House, 13 Repton Avenue, New Moston, Manchester. M40 3PN
Classification: Hair Extensions
KM Hair Extension Training
Harcourt Road, Portsmouth. PO1 5RQ
Classification: Hair Extensions
Types of Hair Extensions
Hair extensions are made from human hair, synthetic hair, or a blend of the two. Human Hair is the most expensive hair but the best and worth the extra outlay.
This refers to hair which is not attached to a weft track. This can be human or synthetic; however, synthetic will tend to be in double lengths with a fold at the top. Bulk hair is frequently used in braiding with extensions, as well as with specialized bonding methods.
[edit] Wefts
Most integrations are sold in the form of a weft, often called ´tracks´. There is stitching at the top of the weft, holding the hair together, and from there the hair hangs loose. The stitching is either sewn on a machine or made by "hand". The two differs in the stitching. The "hand made" stitch is typically thinner and more delicate, hence more expensive than the machine made. The hair attached to the weft can be human or synthetic hair of any texture, and almost any color. The wefts often come in approx. 42 inches (little over 1 meter) and the length of the attached hair varies from approx. 14 inches up to 26 inches. Usually the wefts can be cut into smaller sections without detangling the stitch.
[edit] Color, Texture and Quality
Color
Manufacturers of artificial hair use a standard scale to classify the hair by color. The lower the number on the package, generally, the darker the color. 0 usually denotes darkest black.
The standard colors in the industry are summed up in this chart: Hair Extension Color Chart.
Texture
Textures of artificial hair vary from bone-straight to super-curly. The exact names of curl patterns vary by brand, and the possibilities of curl patterns with synthetic hair are endless, but some examples of packaged textures include:
Yaki - Bone straight, usually mimicking the straightness of Asian hair.
European. - More natural-looking straight hair. May have a tiny amount of wave.
Deep Wave. - While generally not a true ´wave´, it can be made to look like spiral curls.
Loose Deep Wave or Romance Wave - Looser version of the deep wave, softer, more romantic curls.
Jheri Curl (sometimes colloquially known as ´nappy tracks´) - Usually sold in very short lengths, it is often used to recreate the full ´afro´ look.
Wet and Wavy , can be packaged as Spanish Wave or Indian Wave - Usually human hair is used, and is either naturally curly or permanently waved to appear so. Characterized as having soft, natural-looking curls that revert back to a curly state when wet.
Quality
The quality of the hair is often specified.
Virgin hair indicates that the hair hasn´t been colored or processed in any way. The "virgin hair" is collected from one person only and comes in a bulk, not in wefts or strands.
Remi (=Remy) is a term used when all of the hair is human plus when ´close to´ all of the strands (eg. in one weft) are strictly organised with the roots in one direction and the tip to the opposide end. Remi hair in general last much longer than non-remi and tends to stay shiny and "tangle free" longer. This is based on the fact that every strand of hair is biologically keratinized skin cells organized in layers overlapping one another.
Moreover the quality of human hair is graded with capital letters starting with top quality AAAA+.
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