What You Should Know About Hair Extensions
What You Should Know About Hair Extensions
Article by Kay West
Hair extensions can give anyone the ability to have almost any hairstyle that they desire easily and almost instantly. Since your hairstyle is important to a your overall look, being happy with your hairstyle directly affects how you feel about yourself.
While hair extensions can be beneficial to problems such as your hair being cut too short or a lack of volume, they may not be able to address every problem. The first thing to do when considering hair extensions is to decide on the look you want to achieve and choose what type of material you want to use. Depending on your budget you have the choice of synthetic materials or actual human hair.
Your next decision is the time frame you want keep the hair extensions and the type of attachment you will need. Extensions woven into your natural hair can last up to eight weeks. Alternatively, if you are just looking to change your hair for an evening, using clip in extensions can easily be applied and removed in a matter of minutes.
There are some key differences between your natural hair and hair extensions which require to you to keep the extensions even cleaner than your natural hair. Since hair extensions are not growing they are not producing oils, so a good conditioner is a must. Proper washing should be done every day and after any particularly strenuous activity. Use a quality shampoo and wash them using a downward motion.
Just because they need to be maintained does not mean you cannot do anything with your hair extensions. In fact, it is quite the contrary. As long as your hair extensions are maintained well, you can do just about anything with them. You can style them with different products, curl them, straighten them, or do anything that you want. Hair extensions can even be dyed if desired. Dying hair extensions, however, can be tricky because hair extensions and your natural hair may take dye differently which may result in a look that is undesired.
With proper maintenance and care, hair extensions can last a very long time. Maintaining hair extensions is not as difficult as is commonly thought, but it does require some time and effort on the part of the wearer. The result of caring for your hair extensions, however, is more than worth the small investment required in order to maintain them. With the proper care, your hair extensions will continue to look great and provide the look that you intend for an extended period of time.
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