20
Jul 09

Top 10 Celebrity Hair Websites

Celebrity hair style websites are great to check out. They give stylists inspiration and direction on where the current hair trends are heading. They are also good for those that aren’t working in the hair industry to see whats new. It’s also good for a laugh… sometimes even celebrities can get it horribly wrong.

There are quite a few celebrity hair websites out there, so I thought I’d provide a list of my favourite 10. So here they are, in no particular order. Enjoy.

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19
Jul 09

A Guide To Hair Extension Textures

Not all hair textures are the same. Getting the texture of the hair extension to match your hair isn’t always easy. It’s often a good idea to get a sample first if you’re buying online to ensure it matches your hair. This post will show you the more popular types of textures on the market.

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18
Jul 09

Remy, Non-Remy and Virgin Hair

In the hair industry, extension technicians use terms like remy hair and virgin hair all the time. But what do these terms actually mean? I get asked this all the time so this post if all about the different types of hair.

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17
Jul 09

Hair Extensions – Human V Synthetic Hair

A common question women ask themselves when buying hair extensions is whether to add human or synthetic hair. First let’s look at what each of these hair types are:

  1. Human hair: as you’d expect, this hair is human hair… hair which comes from the head of a human “donors” head.
  2. Synthetic hair: hair which is manufactured from man-made fibres. The two common synthetic hair types are Toyokalon and Kanekalon which originally derived from Japan. Kanekalon is common is wigs and hairpieces as it looks quite natural. The problem with Kanekalon is that is tends to tangle very easily. Alternatively, Toyokalon is more manageable but doesn’t look as natural in your hair.

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16
Jul 09

A Guide To Clip On Hair Extensions

Clip on hair extensions are a wonderful method because they’re just so easy to add. If you can use a hairclip in your hair, then you can add clip ons. Clip ons are not a permanent method so you can attach them in the morning in a few minutes and then remove them at night before going to bed. You can also remove them when swimming and doing vigorous sports which is a bonus as the life of the extensions will be longer than other permanent methods as a result.

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