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28
Jul 09

What Hair Extension Weight Is Best For You?

“My hairdresser told me to find an extension supplier and buy 200 extensions”. I hear this quite often but it is a bit puzzling. How can a hairdresser know how many extensions someone needs without knowing who the hair extension supplier is and more importantly, what weight extensions they supply. Hair extensions come in a whole range of weights, the more common weights being 0.5g, 0.8g and 1g per extension. So if you’re buying 1g extensions, you wouldn’t need as many extensions as if the hair was 0.5g. Keep that in mind.

From my experience, I have found that heavier extensions such as 1g extensions only look good if:

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8
Jul 09

Colouring Hair Extensions

When colouring hair extensions the first and most important consideration is whether you have human hair or synthetic hair.

Colouring synthetic hair (as well as using heat on this type of hair) simply won’t work.

If you have human hair, it is possible to colour your hair if necessary. Please note: Your best option is to avoid colouring by matching the hair extensions to your natural colour or as close as possible. However, this is not always possible. When choosing a colour from your extension supplier, try to choose a lighter shade and then colour the extensions darker. This is less damaging to the hair than lightening the hair extensions.

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