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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When most people think about weaves and hair extensions, they think of long, flowing locks. Hair extensions are supposed to extend the hair, right? Well, not exactly. There are plenty of reasons to get hair extensions, and not all of them have much to do with rocking down-to-there-hair. Many women get hair extensions because they want a hairstyle that they can’t or don’t want to achieve with their own natural tresses – and this can include short styles!
Just think: if you’ve always wanted to try a daring crop, but don’t want to cut your own locks, a short weave…
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Headed to the beauty shop soon? Visiting a hair salon and letting a trained professional style your tresses is a great way to pamper yourself – but it’s not always a great move for your wallet. Salon services, from chemical treatments to shampoos and conditioners, can stack up to tall stacks of cash if you let them. So it’s a good thing you don’t have to! Here are your top five ways to save on beauty-shop hair services.

Take care of the basics at home. It’s a tip as old as the hills, but it bears repeating: washing and conditioning…
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Time is a precious resource. Everyone wants to make the most of it, and saving time on hair extensions installs is one way to do that. But some time-saving hair extension applications are definitely better than others, and here are six reasons why the so-called Quick Weave is not the best choice for your mane:

Products used to seal the hair can damage it. When using the Quick Weave technique, your stylist wet wraps your hair, then glues wefts of human or synthetic hair extensions to the dried and hardened wrap. While many manufacturers of Quick Weave products claim that…
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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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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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Worried about a thinning hairline? Want smooth, soft edges to frame your face, but not sure how to do it without damage? Many women suffer from hair loss around the temples and forehead, and the reasons for this are usually completely preventable: poor hairstyle choices, bad products, and rough handling all contribute to hair coming out. But you don’t have to contend with these problems – not if you take preventive measures!
The first thing to do to stop thinning edges in their tracks is to take a good look at your hairstyles. Are your locks usually slicked back into…
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Readers of a certain age (or those watching TV in the wake of the great Michael Jackson’s untimely death) can remember watching the video for “Say, Say, Say,� MJ’s classic duet with Paul McCartney. In the video, Michael and Paul play turn-of-the-century snake-oil salesmen, peddling useless potions and calling them “wonder cures� and “miracle tonics,� even planting fellow actors in the crowd to help convince the public that their “medicines� work, after all.
Well, that trend continues to this day. Like the medical field, the beauty industry has always been vulnerable to scam artists making big promises they can’t deliver….
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So you’ve made your New Year’s resolution to lose weight.  You’ve signed up for a gym membership, stocked up on healthy snacks and created a food journal. In time your efforts will pay off. But what if you want to look slimmer now? Here are some hairstyles that will make you look thinner.

Long and Layered
Long and layered locks can do wonders to camouflage a round, chubby face. The long tresses give the illusion of a long, elongated face,  making it appear slimmer. Create layers by trimming the hair above and below the chin area. Try to avoid layers…
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