Hair Extensions, Oversaturated and Low quality.

One of the obstacles I have found in the last five years of focusing on hair extensions, explaining the hair extension market is long and exhaustive and clients generally don't want to be concerned.

I get it and sourcing the right products at the right price is important to me. While I did get training with larger brands, I didn't want to be beholden to their expensive marketing plans and similar quality of direct to professional manufacturers. Most of my clientele are experiencing health induced hair thinning and healthcare is expensive enough.

The price isn't the first thing that I consider, rather the quality is where I started my search. Reading real life reviews from stylists across the country, taking recommendations of clients and local stylists, I found a great company that has been consistent in color and longevity.

While I do prefer to be the provider of new hair extensions, i do offer afterpay through my payment processor to accommodate this and my loyal guests can take the weight off their shoulders when choosing the right product for their needs; I do install or maintenance on existing or new, clean hair. I can not take responsibility for quality of hair if I do not provide it, however.

When Amazon started selling hair direct to consumer, the demand increased and the need to fill the market caused small companies to pop up, selling artificial or mixed cuticle hair and marketing it with keywords like Human hair and Remy so the consumer wouldn't dig any deeper.

You know me, I'll call the BS. It's predatory, and minimizing the profit margins of licensed beauty professionals.

This past month, I did a hybrid install on an existing guest to get her through until new hair could come in. We spent the first twenty minutes cutting clips out of her wefts before getting started with sewing them in. I immediately noticed the ends were not healthy, almost as if the hair was velcroed together.

I made sure to advise her that I didn't think it was the same quality that we were used to. It was about two weeks later that she booked a new appointment and sent a text that she think's I'm right, something isn't right about her hair.

I don't know how long this hair has been worn but two weeks is crazy work. I have never seen it in person but I've read about the hair strands being installed in opposite directs or mixed cuticle, and this is what it feels like it would be. More tangling and frizz from the friction, and in the winter... with scarves and hoods, forget it.

After I removed these wefts, I snapped a photo, knowing this needed some explaination. If researching your best hair extensions is something you don't have time for, I provide that concierge service to color match and order in curly, wavy or straight styles.

Her new weft was a shade darker than her existing hair, but I suspect, over time, the color will fade, and with any luck it will last 8-10 months. To give her dimension, layering her existing weft from her first appointment, we were able to create a beautiful caramel highlight effect. This is something I have increasingly recommended to guests so we can maintain good color saturation over the length of the hair extension.

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