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Don’t Cause Damage By Wearing Your Weave Too Long!

Don’t Cause Damage By Wearing Your Weave Too Long!

One of the problems with wearing quality human hair extensions is that they never look bad if you care for them properly.   Good problem to have, right?  Let me explain – back in the day, with beauty supply store hair, women judged when their weaves needed to be taken out by how it looked.  The hair became stringy or lost its luster, or the shedding and tangling was unbearable.   You will face neither issue while wearing Perfect Locks hair extensions, which means you cannot gauge your weave’s expiration date by how your hair looks.
Sew in weaves will last…
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How to Define Curls in Your Virgin Curly Hair Extensions

How to Define Curls in Your Virgin Curly Hair Extensions

More women are wearing their hair curly than straight these days and hair extensions are no exception.  If you decide to purchase Perfect Locks virgin curly hair extensions there are a few things you should know to get the look you envision.  First off, our virgin curly hair extensions have more of a deep wavy ‘s’ shaped curl versus a tight spiral curl – if that is the look you desire, the tight or even kinky curly textures from our Steam Collection may work best for you.
Getting back to virgin curly hair – any curlista will tell you that…
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Lace Wigs – Explaining Half Lace and Full Lace Wigs & Why They are Great for YOUR Hair

Lace Wigs – Explaining Half Lace and Full Lace Wigs & Why They are Great for YOUR Hair

If you are looking for a wig to give your head of hair a break from weaves, having either a half lace wig or a full lace wig is a great way to do it. Here at Perfect Locks, we use only the finest Remy Indian hair in our lace products. The wavy and curly patterns are absolutely beautiful. Discover how half  and full wigs can conveniently and easily give you a glamorous hairstyle. We see many customers using this product when they want to give their scalp a break from weaves. We’ll explain a bit about how they work…
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Caring for Your Wavy Virgin Indian Hair Extensions

Caring for Your Wavy Virgin Indian Hair Extensions

Happy Labor Day Weekend! We hope you are able to get some shopping in this weekend and maybe it’s time to treat yourself to some new hair extensions you’ve been dying to purchase. Matter of fact, we’re having a 10% off sale this weekend. Head on over to this link to check it out.
School is about to start and perhaps has already begun for you. In any case, we’ve already given you the skinny on how to care for your Straight Virgin Indian Hair. Now it’s time to learn how to care for your wavy locks.
As a quick…
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Caring for Color-Treated Hair Extensions

Keeping color-treated hair vibrant is a challenge. Keeping it healthy is yet another one. Now try keeping color-treated hair extensions – which don’t have ready access to the scalp and its natural oils – shiny and bright, and you could have quite a tussle on your hands. Fortunately, caring for color-treated hair extensions doesn’t have to be so hard. A little extra TLC is all it takes to maintain great, colorful tresses.
Tip #1: Twice is NOT as Nice
As intuitve as it may seem, this point is super important: never re-bleach or re-dye your hair extensions yourself. In fact,…
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Wig Wisely: Do’s and Dont’s of Wigs

Few other hairstyle trends of the past few years have exploded onto the scene with as much popularity as wigs. Advances in materials and technology have helped women everywhere use wigs in ways only dreamed of before. But without proper care or selection, these hair pieces can also be nightmares. So if you’re interested in rocking a wig right (but unsure what you must do or how to proceed), here are a few helpful tips to get you started.
DO try on wigs before selecting one. Not every hairstyle flatters every face shape or personality; the short cut you love…
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5 Things That Kill Hair Extensions

5 Things That Kill Hair Extensions

Fresh out the pack, human hair extensions are soft, flexible, beautiful. The strands slip between your fingers like silk, reflecting light with a shine and sheen that just begs to be showed off. But some factors like your environment and care choices can make your gorgeous perfect locks fall short of their initial beauty. So how do you know what’s ruining your cuticles, and what do you do? Read on! What follows is a guide to your human hair extensions’ top five mortal enemies and what you can do to combat them.
Hair Killer #1: Air Pollution
Nothing smothers your…
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How to Care for Your Fusion Hair Extensions

Fusion hair extensions can be a great way to achieve the thick, luxurious lock looks you want. Installed and cared for properly, human-hair fusion hair extensions give you a completely natural look that falls, bounces, and shines as if it were your “real” hair. But, if you’re not careful, fusion hair extensions can also be a disaster – just check out celebrity gossip magazines and websites for pictures of celebrities (people with mega-fortunes and stylists!) sporting woefully nest-like fusion hair. This just doesn’t have to be!
The two biggest threats to your fusion hair extensions are tangling and split ends….
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Neaten Your Nape with Clip-On Hair Extensions

Every woman who’s ever worn a weave knows the nape of the neck is the tenderest spot. This is the area that most often rubs against clothes, collars, and pillowcases; collects the most sweat when you exercise; and gets caught, tugged, or tangled the easiest – and that’s just on regular hair! Add to that the delicate nature of a weave, especially a full-head weave, and you’ve got a really frustrating situation: after a few weeks, the majority of your hair extensions are sitting pretty, but the nape area needs touching up.
So what’s a girl to do? Try mixing…
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No Sweat: How to Gym-Proof Your Hair Extensions

No Sweat: How to Gym-Proof Your Hair Extensions

The New Year is here, and for many women that means one thing: resolutions, and usually fitness resolutions. Everyone is ready to exercise! And yet, with treadmills and metabolisms firing up, the heat is also rising on scalps and hair – and this can be disastrous for your virgin Indian Perfect Locks hair extensions. No sweat, though; you can still have it all by simply using a little inside knowledge about how to preserve and save your hair weave while exercising.
First and foremost, keep hair extensions as dry as possible by sweeping them away from your neck and forehead….
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