Is Naomi Campbell suffering from alopecia?

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by Mary Claris

Just saw this post on Naomi Campell’s hair. If this picture is true, then it appears that what we suspected is true: Naomi Campell does suffer from alopecia.

Alopecia is not contagious and is believed to be a heriditary disease and an autoimmune disorder.
Most people with alopecia visit a trichologist for scalp treatment that involves a regiment of options from cream application to steroids injections.
At MaryClaris Hair Extensions we have been helping people going through Alopecia get some semblance of normality by applying hair extensions.
Attached is a picture of one of our clients who was suffering from alopecia and went through with hair extensions application.

As you can see, when done right and with proper senstivity to the client’s needs, hair extensions are a wonderful way of giving women their dignity back. There are couple of things you should note if you or someone you know is considering getting hair extensions for this condition:
The most important thing to consider is the method of hair extension attachment. Patients with alopecia have the most sensitive hair and any method of hair extensions that is applied must be respect this.

Not all conditions of alopecia are suitable for hair extension application. It’s important that your hair extension specialist is knowledgeable enough to let you know if your condition is too delicate. Remember; there are other options available.

How long to keep your hair extensions must be discussed with your hair extension specialist and close monitoring is highly recommended. At MaryClaris Hair Extensions, we try to double our check-up time.Other than that we have had patients have enjoyable experiences with their hair extensions. Are you suffering from alopecia or do you know anyone who has? How are they coping with it. Leave us a comment.

Make clip in extensions

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by Mary Claris

This article describes what you need to make clip in extensions. It will list the materials required and some helpful pointers.
As many people find the benefits of having hair extensions, there is a growing demand to find out how to make clip in extensions. The process itself it quite simple once you know what you are looking for.

A clip extension showing a hair weft and clip
To start, a clip in extension is a piece of human hair extension or synthetic hair extension weft with a clip sewn at the end. See picture.
To begin making your clip in extensions you will need:
a) Hair Weft
b) Hair extension clips
c) Weaving Thread
d) Hair Extension needle

Hair Extension Weft:
A hair weft forms the basis of making clip in extensions. Choices vary from human hair (more expensive but better quality) to synthetic weft hair (cheap hair extensions). Make sure that you match the colours to your own hair. Elsewhere on this blog, I discuss the pros and cons of human hair extensions and synthetic hair extensions.
Hair Extension clips:
Hair extension clip attach your hair extensions to your hair. When installed, they are mostly out of sight, so choosing an exact colour is not really that important. The picture below shows typical hair extension clips.

Hair Extension Weaving Thread:
At first thought, you would think that normal thread will work to make your clip in extensions. However, due to the stress that the hair extensions go through, you need a more durable thread. Hair weaving thread is specially formulated to take the toll of your hair extensions go through everyday. It’s important to make sure that the colour of the thread matches your extensions as closely as possible.
Hair Extension Weaving Needle:
Last but not least is the hair extension weaving needle. You could use a normal needle to sew the clip to the hair, but a hair extension needle makes the job so much easier.
With these tools in hand, you are ready to begin making your clip in extensions. There is still a few items to consider including:
a) How many pieces of clip extensions that you need to make to fully cover a head.
b) How wide each clip extension piece needs to be.
Have you made clip in extensions before? What has been your experience. Let me know by leaving a comment below.
Cheers!

Clip in Colored hair extensions

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by Mary Claris

Clip in colored hair extensions are a fun way to make hair highlights. They are usually single clip in extensions as shown below. They come in a large variety of colours.
This variety allows you to have fun with different highlights. Because they are non-chemical, clip in colored hair extensions will not damage your hair. Take a look at the pictures of the mannequin that we gave these highlights to:

clip_extensions — Clip in colored hair extension

highlights-192x300 — multi-colored highlights clip extensions

orange_clip-300x243 — Pink clip in extensions

Hair Extension Specialist

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by Mary Claris

Finding a good hair extension specialist can be tough and create anxious moments.

But it doesn’t have to be.

By following a simple checklist you can easily and quickly narrow down who the best hair extension specialist are.

Before looking at this hair extension specialist checklist, lets briefly go over the state of hair extensions at present. Due to the popularity from celebrities, hair extensions have evolved and entered our culture where they are now are a viable method to adding volume and length to your hair.

The absence of established schools that teach methods of doing hair extensions has meant that the industry has seen the whole range of specialists: from the novice to the experts. Coupled with this has come some not so good experiences that have given the industry a bad name. However, things are changing and stylists who are not doing a good job have seen business suffer and some have left the industry. It’s more like the survival of the fittest.

What we recommend when looking for a hair extension specialist is the following:

Hair Extension Experience

If the proof is in the pudding, then the truth in hair extensions has got to be in the experience. Always ask for a hair extension portifolio to review their body of work. Ideally, the portifolio should have before and after pictures. When looking at the pictures, ask yourself these questions

Do the after pictures look natural? By this I mean, are the hair extensions detectable? A good sign of a competent hair extension specialist is a seamless application of whatever hair extensions that they are using.
How well are the hair extension colors matching to the original hair? A close match is equally important. In addition how much colouring of their own hair did the client have to do to meet installed hair extensions.

Testimonials

I am always interested to know how the other clients have felt about their hair extensions. Testimonials are important for so many reasons:

You can find out how the client felt about the quality of hair extensions that were installed.
How the hair has stood the test of time.

If possible, ask for their client’s contact information to find out for yourself how they have felt about the overall service. Some hair extension specialists will give you the information and some will not. I typically don’t judge them based on this but any specialist who is forthcoming on this information gets my vote of confidence.

Hair extension installation package

Hair extensions are not meant to last forever. A good thing to look for is what total packages is the specialist offering. In particular be careful to look for:

Any extra cost to have the hair extensions reapplied.
How much does it take to have them re-tightened.
Is there a cost to having the hair extensions removed? If you are having fusion hair extensions put in, the cost of removing them can be substantial. Now is the time to find out what the cost is upfront and maybe bargain a bit for that.

After-Care Instructions

Having hair extensions put in is a good investment. And like any other investment, taking care of them is important. A good hair extension specialist will give you good after-care instructions. This should include:

How to wash them.
What to do when you are going to bed.
What outdoor activities you can do. For example, can you swim in them? How do they take chlorine water? etc.
What shampoos and conditioners can you use? More importantly how often should you wash them.

MaryClaris Hair Extensions

MaryClaris Hair extensions runs two hair extensions salons in Kelowna and Vernon . They have over 20 years combined experience in hair extensions and will be happy to answer any questions you have.

human hair wigs for black women

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by Mary Claris

mthum_WBRAL_RallyGirl If you are looking for human hair wigs for black women there are a few things you should keep in mind. Do want to wear you wigs on and then off at night? Maybe lace front wigs are not for you.

Do you prefer to have your wig on all the time? In this case maybe lace front wigs are right for you. Since most human hair wigs for black women come in different styles, do you prefer short or long wigs. Aside from this try to have a good feel on what the human hair wig will fit like to your face.

Good luck!

blonde hair extensions

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Mary Claris

When it comes to blonde hair extensions one of the biggest questions we get is what are the colours and how do I know which one is good for me?

When you are buying online, it’s important to know what all the colours mean? In the table below, here is a list of the most common blonde hair extensions and their colour names.

Colour #613 is the most blonde hairstyle around.

Colour #22 is more progressively hotter blonde.

Colour #24 is more ashy blonde hair extension type.

keratin bonds

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Mary Claris

Keratin bonds allows having fusion hair extensions that feel natural. This is important to the overall experience of wearing fusion hair extensions. Today I would like to talk about keratin bonds and the impact that they have on having good fusion hair extensions.

By the time your specialist has chosen the hair extensions for you, a lot of critical components have been decided, one of which you probably have not thought much of and do not have a lot of control over: the type of bonding .

A keratin bond must have the same characteristics as your own natural hair. What does this mean? Well, it means that the keratin bond must move freely with your hair. It must expand and contract with the different conditions that your own hair is subjected to. Every fusion hair extension is eventually removed. A good keratin bond must allow easy removal without damaging your own hair.

At MaryClaris hair extensions we have worked hard to ensure that the fusion hair extensions that we sell are made from a polymer that has a molecular structure similar to human hair. This has resulted in clients who have had an enjoyable experience with their hair and also hassle-free removal.

Hair Extension Specialist

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Mary Claris

Finding a good hair extension specialist can be tough and create anxious moments.

But it doesn’t have to be.

By following a simple checklist you can easily and quickly narrow down who the best hair extension specialist are.

What we recommend when looking for a hair extension specialist is the following:

Hair Extension Experience

Do the after pictures look natural? By this I mean, are the hair extensions detectable? A good sign of a competent hair extension specialist is a seamless application of whatever hair extensions that they are using.
How well are the hair extension colors matching to the original hair? A close match is equally important. In addition how much colouring of their own hair did the client have to do to meet installed hair extensions.

Testimonials

I am always interested to know how the other clients have felt about their hair extensions. Testimonials are important for so many reasons:

You can find out how the client felt about the quality of hair extensions that were installed.
How the hair has stood the test of time.

Hair extension installation package

Hair extensions are not meant to last forever. A good thing to look for is what total packages is the specialist offering. In particular be careful to look for:

Any extra cost to have the hair extensions reapplied.
How much does it take to have them re-tightened.
Is there a cost to having the hair extensions removed? If you are having fusion hair extensions put in, the cost of removing them can be substantial. Now is the time to find out what the cost is upfront and maybe bargain a bit for that.

After-Care Instructions

How to wash them.
What to do when you are going to bed.
What outdoor activities you can do. For example, can you swim in them? How do they take chlorine water? etc.
What shampoos and conditioners can you use? More importantly how often should you wash them.

MaryClaris Hair Extensions

MaryClaris Hair extensions runs two hair extensions salons in Kelowna and Vernon . They have over 20 years combined experience in hair extensions and will be happy to answer any questions you have.

do sewn in hair extensions damage your hair?

Posted on November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 by Mary Claris

Hair Extensions have introduced quite a number of methods of attaching hair extension pieces to ones head. One of the methods that is new to most people is the cornrow method. This has led to the envitable question: do sewn in hair extensions damage your hair?
To some this is a legitimate question while to others, they do not know what the fuss is about? So which is it?
A good place to start is to look at the cultures that use cornrows. In Africa, cornrows are a traditional method that has been used for hundreds of years. Once sewn in, the cornrows lasts for months at a time. The only maintenance is to wash and oil the scalp. At the end of the two to three month period, the sewn-in corn rows are removed and typically the hair would have grown.
What has been our experience with cornrows?
At Maryclaris, our experience has been that the clients who do cornrows have seen the following benefits.

hair has grown at the end of the period.
damage to their hair at all.