Features of short hair extensions

The search for a new image for many girls is almost the meaning of life. The fair sex is constantly experimenting on their appearance with the help of clothes, accessories and fashionable hairstyles. Hair extensions are the easiest way out. It is worth considering the features of extensions for short hair, their types, as well as to study the intricacies of care for each of them.

Hair extension is a popular modern practice of correcting the appearance of women and some men. In talented and skillful hands, hair extensions can completely change your bow, giving the overall image of elegance and novelty.

The hot method involves the use of heated resin. In this case, at the place of attachment of donor and new hair, a special capsule is formed (keratin and resin), which performs a fixing and fastening function. Here, the hot method is divided into two types of building.

• English building. In this case, hot resin and glue are used. The tips of the new hair are placed in balls of glue and fastened with resin with native hair. This method is more gentle, it does not irritate the scalp, but with inaccurate combing or the use of force, such strands can easily pull out.
• Italian lengthening. The peculiarity of this type is that special resin capsules are created in the place of bonding of natural and overhead strands.This is a more painstaking procedure and it will require special clamps at the mounting location. This method is considered optimal, since it does not interfere with combing the hair and is able to withstand heavy loads on them.

Caring for such hair requires compliance with the following nuances:

• avoid going to saunas and baths;
• use hats to protect hair from direct sunlight;
• refuse heat treatment of hair in the form of alignments and curls - capsules or balls of glue from high temperature can melt and not only ruin the hair, but also damage natural curls;
• use regular shampoo on a natural basis, as the resin or glue may also dissolve from some types of shampoo.

It is easy to imagine what the technology of using the cold method consists in. In this case, the need for heat treatment is completely eliminated. Microcapsules, beads, glue and other materials are used for fastening. The cold method is also divided into several types of building.

• Extension using tapes. The essence of the tape extension is to fasten relatively large curls of hair to a special tape. The use of this type has such significant advantages as:
  1. speed - using the tape method the fastest way to get a luxurious hairstyle from long fluffy hair;
  2. this option does not exert such strong pressure on the native hair, which allows the latter to stay for a much longer period of time;
  3. price - this type of building is considered one of the cheapest.

• Another way to build cold use of special clips or small metal balls to the place of attachment of native and false hair. In this case, the clips perform a simple locking function. This method is a bit more time-consuming (although it all depends on the size of the clips and the thickness of the stacked curls), but it is quite resistant to external loads.
• Spanish building or building using special glue, but already without the use of resin. This extension option is more suitable for girls with blond hair. In this case, at the place of attachment of native and artificial curls, a small ball of glue is formed, which then hardens.

If we talk about the features of care after a cold build, then it is worth paying attention to the following nuances:

• try to use specialized combs to care for elongated hair; make sure not to touch the mounting points;
• when caring for hair, try to avoid applying oils, creams and masks to the attachment points, which can weaken the attachment structure and lead to hair loss;
• due to the technology of building for some time (usually 2-3 days) you will feel discomfort at the attachment points - this is a natural reaction of the skin to foreign material, and improper tape fastening can cause allergic reactions to the skin. It is worth remembering two things in this case, such as:
  1. properly done building should not bring much discomfort for a long time;
  2. over time, the skin will get used to the fasteners, your native hair will grow back a little and the base of the fastener will weaken.

The species presented above appear today in more fashionable names. Consider the most common.

• Diamond hair - This is a hot method of lengthening, which got its name from diamond microparticles in the structure of the mount. In this case, the capsules are connected with native hair using a special glue (heating temperature - at least +120 degrees). This method will require at least 4 hours of painstaking work from the master.
• Dream hairs involves the attachment of microcapsules with fortified keratin in the base to thin native curls. This is the longest and most delicate way to build, because the procedure lasts at least 5 hours.However, this method is the most effective, because artificial curls will be completely similar to the real ones, and the attachment points will be generally invisible. This technique is also often used to lengthen very short native hair (in the region of 3-4 centimeters).

• Extend magic (applies to cold elongation) - This is another effective microcapsule extension method for short hair. Here, the base is made of transparent, very small wax balls. One such procedure will take at least 3 hours of work and 150-200 donor bundles.
• "Bellargo and Microbellargo" - This is the fastest building method - from 1 to 2 hours. The strands are attached with special polymer elements that are difficult to distinguish even with close examination. The same technique uses the least amount of donor bundles - not more than a hundred.

Of course, do not forget about the features of hair extensions after the procedure itself. It is worthwhile to consider in detail the care for the two most popular types of building: capsule and tape.

• Short hair extensions using microcapsules - This is a very unpretentious type. It does not require a large number of procedures, and therefore is more common. Such hair can just as well be combed, styled, modeled and dyed. Correction, as a rule, is carried out according to individual preferences, but at least 1 time every six months. If hair extensions in this case do not particularly need any care, then on the shoulders of natural hair a rather responsible mission is held to keep them, because the longer the attached strands, the greater the potential load on the base.

• Hair extension in the tape way. This type of building will require more attention from fashionistas. In this case, it is not recommended to do the following:
  1. comb the strands more than 3 times a day, you should start the process itself sequentially, from the very tips;
  2. go to bed or rest with un-dried hair, while using a hairdryer is also undesirable;
  3. go to places with high humidity - use of bathtubs, baths, saunas;
  4. the use of cosmetic accessories with a share of alcohol in the base;
  5. It is also worth avoiding unnecessary manipulations with the hair in the area of ​​attachment; correction in this case is more necessary and is carried out at least 1 time in 2 months.

To stop arguing about the optimal length of hair for lengthening, We present you the following recommendations for hair length for certain types of extensions:

• for capsular extensions with resin at the base of the attachment, the hair length should not be less than 15 cm;
• capsular extension with keratin based requires a hair length not shorter than the type of caret;
• microcapsule-based technology is the most picky and in skillful hands can be used with 5-7 cm of natural hair;
• the tape version is the most "greedy", for a beautiful extension in this case, the optimal length of native hair should be at least 20 centimeters.

Although the build-up of many girls has become a natural process of caring for their appearance, yet it has its positive and negative aspects and consequences. Let's look at the pros.

• Security. High-quality hair extensions do not burden natural hair and do not weaken their structure, this applies to any method of hair extensions, both hot and cold.
• Speed ​​and simplicity. Each girl understands what efforts need to be made to grow perfectly long hair. This implies not only constant hair care in the form of masks, firming creams, baths and other procedures, but also the duration of this process. To grow hair more than 30 centimeters, most girls need to wait if not months, then years.When building up, this process is reduced to several days, and this is often critical if there is nothing left until the girlfriend’s birthday, brother’s wedding, or the same graduation.

• Universality. If 10 years ago even the most experienced master would not have taken up hair extensions shorter than 15 centimeters, then thanks to modern technology this threshold has been reduced to 5-7 centimeters. This means that you do not have to have at least a little long hair to get luxurious strands as a result. The main thing is to find an experienced craftsman who dares to take on this important role.
• Some types of extensions, for example, using capsules, will not limit your daily life. You will be able to visit gyms, pools, take hot baths with the same confidence and not be afraid of hair loss. Not to mention the fact that hair extensions can be curled and dyed just as well.

It is worth considering the main disadvantages of hair extensions.

• Great risk of improper or unprofessional build-up. And it's good if the hairstyle in this case will look just untidy or scattered. The clumsily extended locks at any inopportune moment can simply fall out. As for natural hair, the latter from improper extensions can weaken and even lose color.
• Time costs. Hair extension is not a second process, it will require considerable patience and perseverance from you - professional hair extension often lasts from 3-4 hours or more. Not to mention the extra time that you spend on trips to the master only to check the reliability of the fastening of the strands and the integrity of the capsules or ribbons.
• Cost is a peculiar scourge of building up. Certain types of this process due to time costs and expensive materials often fly modern fashionistas a pretty penny. As a rule, this translates into trips to not particularly proven inexpensive hairdressers, which in the end brings not quite the expected result.

When building hair, you should remember only one thing - Carefully approach the choice of salon and master. A skilled master before starting work will always carefully consider your native hair, appreciate its brittleness, obedience and length. And only after that will offer the best option for lengthening. Remember that professional and quality building can not cost a penny and done half an hour.

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