February 23rd, 2009
- Determine what type of hair extension you want to wear. There are numerous types to choose from that include synthetic hair, 100 percent human hair, pony hair and yaki hair. Each of these types of hair require different maintenance so be sure to check what they require before purchasing them.
- Decide what style of hair you want to wear. This includes styles like straight, curly, wet and wavy and Italian weave. Each of these styles are so versatile in that they allow you to change the look by pulling the hair up, back or pinning it up.
- Choose from applying the weave with tucking combs, gluing in the weave or having the weave sewn in. To have the weave sewn in would require braiding of the hair. To have a professional look, employ the services of a hair professional
- Shampoo the hair extensions before applying it to the hair. This helps to wash away any manufacturing residue or oils from the hair.
- Remove the hair extensions by applying oil directly to the track (if the extension is braided in). This will separate your natural hair from the weaved in hair. This will allow you to apply light pressure by gently pulling the weave hair extension away from your hair.
- Gently shampoo the hair thoroughly after removing the hair extensions.
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February 21st, 2009
- Hair extensions can be shampooed, styled and brushed the same as your natural hair, but don’t try to alter their color. This should be professionally done.
- The most important thing is to be gentle with it so as to preserve the bond attaching it.
- Use a soft bristle brush and brush out tangles from the bottom ends up towards your head.
- At night, to avoid matting, tie it up or braid it if it’s fairly long, and never sleep with wet or damp hair.
- Avoid using any silicone-based products or conditioners on the extension where it is bonded to your natural hair, as this will make the extension slip off.
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February 21st, 2009
The hair extension is placed on the parting of a small section of hair and the hair criss-crossed over the extension. The real hair and the hair extension are then tightly plaited or braided together and painted with a bonding solutions. A heated clamp melts the solution sealing the extension around the hair. This is known as "heat sealing".
Hair extensions must be attached by a professional hairdresser or hair expert. It is very difficult and risky to attempt to add hair extensions on your own. Not only will the attachments be hard to handle, you may wind up with an uneven overall length or possibly damage your hair unnecessarily.
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February 3rd, 2009
1. Only people with a mixed background can grow their hair past shoulder length.
2. Black women can’t really grow their hair past shoulder length.
3. Black women hair just grows more slower than other races.
All of these including the title are MYTHS!!!
The average person on this planet hair grows 0.5 inches a month. Which means if you
are the average grower, you can get six inches in a year. Some people’s hair grows
faster or slower than this.
Now you don’t have hair down your back. you’re probably looking like WTF??
Black hair DOES grow. It’s just retaining what you grow. That’s the thing!!
How do you retain growth? Easy!
1. Wear protective styles! Put down that blow dryer and flat iron! NOW!
2. Stop overlapping those relaxers. NO you don’t need a perm every four weeks.
I don’t care what your stylists says.
3. Stop trimming your hair! Stylists that state that trimming your ends every 4-6 weeks
will grow your hair. MYTH!! Trim only when needed. Think about it…if you trim
that often, you’re just trimming away that 0.5 inches that you just grew. What’s the
point of that?
4. Relaxed heads–you need moisture and protein! Invest in some good products and
moisturize your hair every night. ORS Moisturizing Lotion is great. So is S-curl!
Some people think that oiling their scalp is the way to go but it isn’t. You need your
strands to be moisturized! Also invest in some protein products. Aphogee 2 Step
Treatment is great protein. I use this once a week. Megatek is also heavy protein.
Protein stops breakage.
5. Natural heads–you need moisture moreso than protein but don’t neglect it. Protein
is going to make your strands stronger. Buy products that are rich in moisture. Don’t
sleep on S-curl. Glycerin and water mixed together
is a great moisturizer.
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February 1st, 2009
I know most of us are egar for our hair to grow longer and thicker at a fast paste, so we use all sorts of growth aids to help speed up the process only to realize it is still not growing fast enough. Here are ten tips on how to get your hair to grow long and thick.
1. Leave your hair alone yall! to much manipulation on the hair causes stress, and stress on the hair causes it to break and fall out, leaving you with damaged hair. Which leads me to number two
2. Keep your hair in protective styles. Leave your hair in a protective style like twist, braids, corn rows, etc, for at leat three to four weeks at a time. This will give the hair a break from all the stlying, giving it time to grow.
3. Trim or dust your ends every six to eight weeks. Trimming your ends more frequently will save you from having to do big chops in the future. Don’t sacrafice length for damaged hair. It will grow back healthier and stronger.
4. Only detangle when you are conditioning your hair, or when hair is damp with water. Detangling on dry hair only causes breakage and we don’t want that. Which leads me to number five
5. Stay away from the comb. Instead of a comb, use your fingers if possible to style your hair. A comb should only be used for detangling the hair.
6. Deep condition your hair once a week. This will help it to stay strong and moisturized. Also it trains the hair to love moisture.
7. Keep your scalp conditioned. We tend to do so much for our hair and neglect our scalp. You should always oil your scalp with a natural hair cream or oil like coconut oil or olive oil to keep it moist. This will prevent flaking and dry scalp conditions. I recommend doing this twice a week.
8. Try to wash and condition hair in sections. If hair is long enough plait your hair into loose big braids and wash your hair. This will cause less tangles and shrinkage. If hair is not long enough to do this use claw clips to hold your hair is sections and wash one section at a time. Believe me you will have less work to do when you are finished shampooing.
9. Always tie your hair down with satan or silk scarf before bed. This will help lock in the moisture. For even more moisture retainment try sleeping in a plastic shower cap with a scarf wrapped around it. This will keep your hair from loosing any moisture at all. please note hair will be damp not soaking in the morning.
10. Get all of your vitamins. Eat a healthy balanced meal everyday, take multivitamins and biotin. Excercise to get blood flowing through out the body and to the scalp.
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