Attaching Hair Extensions - How Hard or Easy Can It Get?
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Hair extensions can differ depending on the source, color, texture, and method of attaching them. Here, you will get to know more about how you can attach hair extensions.
The fundamental methods used in putting in hair extensions include clip-ins or clip-ons, braiding, bonding, weaving, fusion, pre-tipped (U or I shaped), and ring X.
A clip-on hair extension makes use of microclips that are attached at one end of the hair extension. You can save some cash if you clip on the accessories by yourself. The task does not require expert handling by a professional hairdresser.
Braiding involves “braiding” small strands of the hair extension into your natural hair. There is more than one type of braiding technique that varies depending on the hairdresser’s skill.
Other hair extensions need bonding glue to be applied at one end so that the glued tip will stick securely on your hair root. The process is referred to as bonding. You can liken the method to attaching false eyelashes. There’s nothing confusing about it at all. Hair extensions attached using this method can be easily removed using a glue remover especially designed for glued hair extensions.
Among the methods of attaching hair extensions, weaving is the most popular. Here, you make cornrows of natural hair as closely as possible to your scalp. The rows are where the hair extensions can be weaved or sewn. According to experts, weaving is ideal for those with damaged hair. Your real hair is concealed by the hair extensions, so none of your unhealthy tresses can be seen.
Fusion and the “hot glue gun” method are one and the same thing. You employ a hot glue gun to attach the hair extensions. Before attaching the hair extensions, you apply some hot glue onto them. This process is quite pricey and labor-intensive because the whole process can take up to 6 hours.
A few hair extensions are pre-tipped with some glue. These are attached with the aid of a special applicator.
A pretty modern method of attaching hair extensions would be ring X. You will see tiny pre-attached metal rings at one end of the extension. To secure the rings on your hair, you require a special tool.
One crucial thing to remember here is that, except for the clip-on method of attachment, you should have a professional hairdresser do the “attaching” for you so that you won’t end up doing the wrong thing and having a big mop of damaged hair and hair extensions.
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