Regular maintenance, which includes brushing daily, wearing your hair in a braid to bed and when swimming and exercising will help maintain your extensions. As your hair grows the extensions will naturally grow out with your hair. Proper treatment, such as using our recommended hair products will extend the life of your hair extensions. It is not possible to state an exact time frame as each person has different results but average refitting has to be done every 3 to 4 months. Life of the hair itself depends on the hair type chosen. The average time for Euroasian extensions is 3-6 months. European hair can last 8 to 9 months. Some of our clients with Russian hair have used the same hair for 18 months.
Month: June 2018
Hair extensions will not affect your lifestyle at all. With a little care, you can wear your hair up or down, go swimming, exercise and do most other things you would normally do without ever damaging the hair extensions. Having said that please remember extensions are human hair and just like your natural hair they are vulnerable to outside conditions. Please remember sun and salty water can dry them, as can over bleaching. If not brushed regularly it will tangle
Choosing the right application method is probably the hardest thing to do. After all there are so many methods and every hair extensionist has their favourite… Here most of the popular extensions and best hair extensions method are described
Keratin BIO BondS
These are attached to the hair via little keratin bonds at the tip of the extension, which are fused with a little hot tool. Heath connector has a temperature of 160C as opposed to hair straighteners of 220C so it is not nearly as damaging. These are extremely popular and look great, but require regular salon appointments for maintenance. For maximum longevity with this system, remember to condition only the lengths. If you’re blow-drying, dry the lengths first, then tip your head forward to dry your real hair–don’t blast the bonds with heat! This is perfect for FINE and THIN hair. The bonds are almost invisible and they do not get white, sticky or soft. They are also small enough to hide.
Durability: If you look after them well by yourself you could get 2 to 3 months out of them! If used with European or Russian hair, which can be refitted, your extensions will last from 8 to 18 months.
Sewn-In/Weave
Sewn-in extensions are ideal for coarse, curly or thick hair that’s able to handle them. They’re applied by being sewn into a tightly-braided section of the client’s own, natural hair. This is one system we don’t have personal experience of. These extensions require serious upkeep and salon visits are advised every six weeks or so to ensure the section where it’s sewn is in good condition. As these extensions are woven into the client’s own hair, the stylist will also want to assess if they need to be tightened up’.
Durability: This depends on the quality of the hair and whether or not your own hair can handle the weight of the extensions. However, salon visits every 6 to 8 WEEKS weeks are highly advisable.
Tape
Tape extensions have been the industry’s whipping boy of late, largely down to the fact that people brand words like DAMAGING and MATTING around when they’re mentioned. They are connected by wide bonds that look like two bits of Sellotape. Your own hair is placed between them and they are clamped around the strands. The wide, rather than skinny bonds, look stringy after a few washes. It is also impossible to put your hair up or tie them in a pony tail.
Durability: Things can get tangled as your own hair starts to grow. 5 to 6 WEEKS is a generally average.
Micro-Bead/Micro-Ring
A hugely popular system, advertised as pretty much damage-free as there’s no glue, no heat, no tape and no sewing. However, this couldn’t be more wrong. It is applied using single-strand micro-bead extensions by clamping the little bead on the tip of the extension to your own hair. The connections are durable and uncomfortable. Bonds are bigger and heavier and more than often the colour of the ring doesn’t match the colour of the hair. For example, there are 60 shades of blonde for only 6 blonde shades of the ring. Suitable for thick dark hair mostly. Very damaging and noticeable for fine and blond hair.
Durability: 3 to 4 MONTHS. Hair can be reused.
Clip-In/Flip-In
Fun and noncommittal but typically fake looking, you can wash and style them just like your own hair. They get ratty and worn-looking from frequent use and the quality varies widely. Choose real over synthetic as they’re more durable with washing and styling.
Durability: Highly dependent on frequency of use.
Micro Loop
These hair extensions are quick and easy to apply. Strand by strand, a micro loop extension is applied to a similar sized piece of your own hair around 1cm away from the scalp. Tiny, silicone lined aluminium rings hold the extensions securely in place, without the need for any harsh glues or chemicals. Drawbacks of this method is that hair and rings supplied are usually of a very poor quality and do not last more than few weeks.
Durability: 5 to 6 weeks. Hair cannot be reused.
Nano Rings
Nano tip hair extensions are fitted by taking small, individual portions of a client’s hair, and threading a nano ring onto the hair through a metal wire. Once in place, the nano tip hair extension is then threaded through the ring, and a small set of pliers is used to clamp the hair extension in place. The rings look very tidy and are much smaller than traditional ones.
They have to be applied very skilfully as a metal wire very often cuts through hair causing them to break. They have to come pre bonded which is why the client does not have an option to chose a hair type.
Durability: 3 to 4 months however the hair cannot be reused.
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We offer the latest and best hair extension methods in London that provide the most discrete, lightweight, undetectable, re-usable and natural hair extension solutions available.
It’s vital to know that the source of hair is a key factor in determining its price. There is a reason, for example, why Russian hair extensions is much more expensive than Asian. Asian hair needs firstly to be repeatedly bleached before it adapts the look of European hair tones. During this process, strong acids are usually used, which damage the cuticles. To hide this straw like structure after the damage has occurred, hair is covered with a few layers of silicone. While it will look good and shiny at the beginning, over time, the silicone layers begin to wash off and the hair’s damaged structure, along with tangling and matting begins to show.
So, when it comes to hair extensions, quality is key. Quite simply, good quality costs. If you find hair extensions which are cheap, exercise caution.
At Wonderful Hair Extensions, we ONLY us REAL HUMAN HAIR. Human hair affords you the chance to seamlessly style and tint your waves without any problems. Furthermore, you won’t be able to tell the difference between your natural hair and hair extensions, which is exactly how it should be. All the hair we use is CUTICLE INTACT, which means that the cuticles face the same direction. The hair won’t get frizzy or tangled, resulting in low maintenance and easy to care for extensions.
All hair types we offer come from reputable suppliers and our own brand of hair, TheSignature has been winning the hearts of our customers for nearly a decade now.
Beautiful, virgin hair full of movement and shine, tiny organic keratin bonds, long lasting and reusable for many months. It’s pure luxury.
Types of hair we offer
Euroasian Hair
A combination of Asian and European hair, it is silky and straight but it is also suitable for styling and will hold a curl well. It’s very good in dark shades and good in medium and light blondes. It’s acceptable in lightest blonde shades but will require gentle handling and more care. It can last for about 3-5 months, depending on the aftercare.
European Hair
Soft and beautiful, this hair is sourced in Spain, Italy (mostly for dark shades) and other European countries for light ones.The European hair comes in a diverse collection of colours with a natural body structure. It can be styled with straighteners and curling tongs and will hold a curl very well. It can be dyed or tinted as required. When it is left to dry naturally, it develops a gentle wave, which is common in European hair. This type of hair is usually easy to maintain. It can be reused up to 3 times and can last for about 6months to 1 year depending on aftercare.
Russian Hair
Russian hair is luxurious, velvety and delicate, yet strong and durable. When it comes to hair extensions, this is the highest quality hair. The Russian hair is the crA?me-de-la-crA?me of hair extensions. It is expensive, but if you are after the best, nothing else will do. It can be styled and dyed as you wish and will fit seamlessly with any hair type or colour. It is grown in the cold Siberian regions and has never been chemically treated. It can last for 1-1.5 years depending on aftercare. The highest luxury and elegance will be found in Virgin Russian Hair. It is only ethically sourced and carefully selected from donors who never dyed their hair. Raw material is cut from ponytails of single donors so natural layers, fulness and volume are retained. It is thicker near the roots and gradually thins out slightly towards the ends, meaning movement is natural and hair can be cut without looking blunt or fake. It looks incredibly natural.
Natural Looking
Our extensions are created to look and feel like a womana’s own hair. The raw material for our products is 100% natural, which means that the donors have never processed it before.
Comfortable
The weight on the strands is spread differently to any other hair type, so even though the bonds are of a generous 1g weight, there is no pressure on the roots.
Fast, Easy & Painless
The installation process takes about 2.5 – 3 hours to complete, while the removal process takes only an hour. There is no pain, and no damage is caused to the clienta’s own natural hair or the extensions.
Reusable
The weight on the strands is spread differently to any other hair type, so even though the bonds are of a generous 1g weight, there is no pressure on the roots.
Tangle-free
Due to retaining the virgin structure of the hair, our extensions do not matt, frizz or knot, but remain soft, lovely and tangle-free for many months.
Low Maintenance
The bonds are extremely durable and will remain strong and hard for a full 3 to 4 months.When fitted, our extensions are light and wona’t result in headaches.
Ethically Sourced
The raw material for our extensions is collected from willing donors and we pay the correct market price for all the hair we purchase.
Quality
Our hair will not shed, and any loss is usually minimal, with an average of three to A five strands slipping or falling over the course of 3 months.