Around 4″ long. Ideally your hair would come past the lobe of your ear and not be cropped too short in back. Lengthening on very short hair can require a lot of attachments and could be difficult to blend with your hair, and also to style and maintain.

Hand Tied Hair Extensions, a method of increasing popularity, are wefts of hair that are attached to your hair using micro links (or micro beads) and thread. The extension hair is sewn to your hair. We’ve been calling this a Braid-less Sew In for the past 15 years. The name is somewhat confusing as “Hand Tied” refers to a particular type of weft. Furthermore not all “Hand Tied Extensions” use hand tied wefts. It is however, a great method. One …
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With Hand Tied Wefts, the extension hair is attached to a small thread at the top. It’s very thin and lightweight. Machine weft hair is attached at the top with a thin strip of material which is slightly bulkier than Hand Tied. Machine weft is pictured at the top. Both types  of wefts can be attached with thread or beads.

What are Invisible Beaded Rows? Well first off, there’s nothing “invisible.” It’s merely a clever new name for a method we’ve called a Braid-less Sew In for over 15 years. Wefts of hair are attached to yours using micro links and thread. In addition, we haven’t seen other salons attaching the beads correctly yet.

Be careful when buying extension hair. Ideally, strands should not look like this. Notice all the shorter strands of hair. This can lead to extra attachments, since the hair is not as full.

Q: Some salons say bundles of tipped hair are 25 pieces, others say 30 pieces. Why is there a  difference? A: Although the # of strands can vary in each bundle, the weight should be roughly the same.

And to continue from our last post. If your hair has a heavy side part or bang. It could take more hair to realistically fill in that area.  With the yellow areas representing extension hair.

If your hair is on the thick side it requires more extension hair in order to make it look like it’s your hair. The yellow area depicts the amount of space that must be filled in order to make the extensions look realistic. As we can see, the girl on the left will not require as much hair in order to fill in this area. If the density of your hair is not matched it can cause the extensions to …
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Microlink extensions are known as a strand method, similar to fusion. However Microlink extensions are basically clamped to your hair. Also called Microbead. A small section of your hair is inserted into a tiny ring, called a Microlink. Then small groupings of extension hair that are tipped at one end are inserted into the Microlink. The link is then closed shut with pliers. Our links silicone inner lining, (a rubbery substance). This not only protects the hair but helps keep …
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Fusion is the oldest of the modern hair extension techniques, dating back to 1987.  The year Philip James began doing extensions.  Fusion extensions are known as a “strand” method. Small groupings of extension hair are attached to small sections of your hair using a keratin protein bond.  This bond is melted, then rolled between the fingers with the section of your hair, in order to streamline the bond with your hair.  The melting temperature is half that of a normal …
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