Human Hair Extensions

Human hair extensions have the advantage of looking more realistic, as part of your own hair but are quite ‘More Expensive’ there are several grades of quality in real hair. Some places sell bad human hair that is brittle, and will break easily. The best quality hair is virgin hair that has not been chemically treated in any way.

In this section, we will explain where hair comes from and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

The best quality hair

Poland produced brown to blonde hair.
Yugoslavia has brown colours which have red tendencies. This is also poor in quality.
Italy gives us black, dark brown. Grey or white hair
Italian hair is usually sorted by hand
White hair is the most expensive of all, as the truer the dark hair of an individual, the truer the white they will become.
White hair is often bleached up from one of the above sources.

European hair is used for all types of cosmetic, medical, television and theatrical reasons. I.e. wigs, hair pieces and hair extensions.

Asiatic hair comes from China or India, and always dark in colour.
Chinese hair is very straight and course.
Indian hair has warmer influences. It can have a wave or a curl which is usually non existent in Chinese hair. It is also finer than Chinese hair, meaning that it can be wavy,
In order to gain correct colours the hair is often bleached and then tinted to achieve the required shade. This means it fades very quickly.

No head of hair is exactly made up of a single colour. The usual appearance is made up from a combination of shades. For example hair may have red tones, gold tones and Asher tones. Hair may also have a percentage of white hair present.

When matching hair to a clients own hair, an exact match is needed if the hair extensions are to be disguised effectively.
This means that, not only have we to consider the colour, but also the texture of the clients own hair.