Hair Color + Style

Natural-looking hair extensions are a subjective term based on an individual's perception; more hair vs. fewer hair extensions, perfect blending, looking like their own hair and desired look.  In this article, I will be addressing hair extensions that look like your own hair.  When I first learned hair extensions, in the early 1990s, the goal was to blend hair perfectly to look as if they were someone's own hair.  Decades later, there is no shame in wearing hair extensions, therefore a less natural look is less significant.   For those who desire a natural look, choosing the best color match, texture...

In my research, products containing hair peptides such as K-18 are not recommended for hair extensions, this does not apply to virgin unprocessed hair,  but it does apply to virgin (one donor hair), and Remy hair extensions.  Peptide products for hair, not scalp, active ingredients are mostly made of water,  Denatured Alcohol,  Behentrimonium Chloride which is sodium-based and drying to the hair, Ethers which help the product to spread, Polysorbate which prevents static.  Sh-Oligopeptide-78 is midway on the list of ingredients It contains a maximum of 123 amino acids which "may" contain disulfide bonds, but the primary purpose is to...

Before considering an amazing mane of hair extensions, it is important to point out some lifestyle changes that may affect your decision to wear hair extensions.   As a hair extension expert, I find my clients are more than willing to make some of the changes, but it is important to know of them nonetheless.   MRI -  Magnetic Resonance Imaging The most important consideration is for one that has to have MRIs.  As you know, metals are not allowed in an MRI due to burns, and inconsistent results.  Hair extensions containing "microbeads" which are made of aluminum, may cause burns...

Human hair extensions are offered in grey/silver but do not necessarily match with natural grey hair or salt and pepper hair color.  As we are embracing our grey hair, at any age, we want hair extensions too. Many hair extensions and wigs are offered in grey hair in ratios of grey and dark hair, the downside is they are mostly made of synthetic hair.  Synthetic hair works fine for clip-on hair but does not work well on semi-permanent hair extensions since washing and styling are very difficult to perform on a daily basis. Women of all ages have grey hair...

The results are in, the highest-rated hair extension color is "beige blonde." The results have been compiled based on Veila Hair Extensions sales and Noelle Salon's customers' choice of color.  Beige blonde compliments so many skin tones, and is a tone of blonde that works well with foil highlights and the balayage hair coloring technique. The color code is balayage T6/61 on our color swatches. Scrolling through Instagram, you will notice many icy blonde hair colors, but they are not as popular as beige blonde and can be difficult to achieve.  Beige blonde hair extensions are a more realistic tone...

Bar none, the most natural-looking hair extensions are individual strand types, i.e. micro-link hair extensions and keratin bonded a.k.a. fusion hair.  When hair extensions hit the mainstream, 2 types were available individual hair extensions and sew-in weaves.  Today, both are available, but the sew-in type has changed from attaching large wefts of hair spanning the head sewn into a cornrow braid to the hair being sewn into a grid of underlying hair locks (beads).  Both have their advantages, but the latter will give you more hair per square inch of the head.  The sew-in method is not necessarily the best...