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How to solve problems that occur during and after an extension service 

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November 15, 2014
by Alexandra White

Finally, a solution for thin hair...Is your hair thinning and you wonder if you can get extensions to fix this problem without further damaging your hair? The answer is yes! There is a brand new hair extension technique designed for women with thin hair.
Why? Non-Damaging! Lightweight! Invisible!
Keep reading to see why tape in hair extensions will completely transform anyone with thin or fine hair and WHY this is the BEST method for thin hair!

Hair extensions are great for giving you instant length and volume to your natural hair. But what if you have thin hair? There is a concern that by wearing hair extensions, you may damage your hair. However there is a solution for thin hair.
Discover the various types of hair extension methods and learn about the best type of hair extension for thin hair:

Tape in hair extensions are a relatively newer technique and the BEST for women with thin or fine hair. The tape extensions are bonded to your natural hair with tape (bonded like sandwiches in between your own hair) and are 1.5" wide wefts applied row by row. The tape wefts and thin and lightweight, leaving no damage. The benefit of this type of hair extension for thin hair is that the single method application can be used as a solution. Instead of bonding two tape weft hair extensions together like you would for a normal tape application, one tape weft extension is placed on the hair and the other side is sealed with a single sided piece of tape. (Watch the video here) This is the best solution for thinning hair. It provides long wear without any damage to thin hair. Tape in extensions require no tools or chemicals. Glam Seamless Hair does not even need added glue or a flat iron as other companies do. That is what damages your hair in the long run. We have an organic hair extension method that is 100% natural and a hair extension solution for women with thin hair.

Clip in hair extensions are temporary extensions with the option to take them out as often as you prefer. With this type of extension, it will not hold well in thin hair due to the weight of the clips. The clip in hair extensions will not hold with thin hair as the weight of each weft is really heavy and they tend to slide out, especially if you want them for every day wear! Further damage could be caused by the clips putting strain on the thin hair causing bald spots. If you want full hair every day, clips are not the best option.

Fusion hair extensions have keratin bonding on the ends and ultrasonic waves soften the keratin to bond during application. These types of hair extensions are rather costly and the installation process is lengthy. The removal process is tricky and can pull out more hair in the long run. The fusion method pulls out more hair and does not hold well one fine hair! Not a good option for women with thin hair.

Micro links hair extensions are applied strand by strand to your hair with a special tool to attach each hair extension to your natural hair. The links are similar to a screw which can damage your hair shaft when clamped together. The weight of each strand tugs and pulls and will ruin your hair in the long run.

Braided Weft hair extensions are sewn into your natural hair which is braided to cover your whole head and the wefts of hair are sewn in to the braided rows. Those with thin hair usually do not have enough hair to make the small braid to hold the hair extension.

It is important to consider how much weight, stress and tension is placed on your natural hair by the hair extensions. For fine or thin hair, you should look for the lightest density for hair extensions.

It may seem that strand by strand application would be the lightest weight in applying extensions to your hair. But you must consider the potential damage to your hair that can be caused by bonding individual pieces of hair to natural thin hair.

With tape in hair extensions, the extensions are light weight and require no glue, tools or fusion type of bond to stay in your hair. With the single method application, the extension is bonded with a piece of tape rather than sandwiching two extensions together. By doing so, the weight is reduced by half which is best for causing the least amount of strain and possible damage to thin hair.

Micro bead hair extensions vs. Tape Extensions: Tape Ins Cause Less Damage

There are also micro tape in hair extensions that are very small pieces of individual hair that can be taped in hair to add volume and highlights without changing the natural structure of your hair, minimizing any risk of damage to your hair.

For the most natural, non-damaging hair extension method for thin hair, you should consider the tape in hair extension option to add volume and length to thin hair. Just be sure to use the single sided application method for thin hair. This is the solution for thin hair, those with thin hair can finally wear hair extensions.

If you prefer the strand by strand hair extension method and you have thin hair you may want to try Micro Tape Extensions instead of micro beaded hair extensions or fusion which cause major damage.

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What are the Best Hair Extensions For Thin Hair?

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November 15, 2014 by Alexandra White Finally, a solution for thin hair...Is your hair thinning and you wonder if you can get extensions to fix this problem without further damaging your hair? The answer is yes! There is a brand new hair extension technique designed for women with thin hair.

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If there's one business in Britain that's bouncy, it's hair extensions - sales are up to £60m a year and growing. But underneath all that hair there's a global tale of exploitation

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Is your hair extension fairtrade?

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The company describes itself as " on a mission to inspire consumers of hair extensions to purchase and make informed choices and influence brands to do better". ​

It is making moves to establish a hair extensions certification award, and it comes at a time when the consumer demand for truly representative multicultural beauty is on the rise. ​

The organisation has released a Q&A with co-founder Christina Adesina on its campaign and how it relates to the wider, global hair care industry.

What lead you to set up Fair Hair Care? ​

My sister and I both found it difficult to identify good quality hair. We tried and tested different hair stockists which claimed to have 100% 'human hair', as we only looked to purchase extensions that had longevity.

Once I washed and treated the hair, however, it didn't respond how 'human hair' would. This happened on numerous occasions with different hair stockists.

Through our own research, we discovered that there's no platform to regulate the quality of human hair or a platform for consumers to voice their opinions on their experience with human hair extensions. So in our frustration as a consumer Fair Hair Care was born.

Is sustainability good for hair businesses or is it a compromise? ​

If business trading human hair extensions are looking to grow expand and become a household name then sustainability is very important.

If the hair supply stops due to unstainable methods of sourcing then quality could suffer and in turn this will have a massive effect on their reputation and business. So, it is not a compromise, it is a necessity.

How important is sustainability to consumers? ​

At this point in time most consumers place emphasis on quality than sustainability in regards to the hair industry.

However, if they received information that the human hair supply chain will stop due to unsustainable methods or practices then I am sure this will be a massive concern to them and consumers may start buying human hair extensions from sustainable sources.

Just as we had bad farming methods and unsustainable practices we now have the option to buy free range alternatives. So, part of our job as an organisation is to educate consumers to be better informed when making purchase decisions.

What does a brand have to do to get the Fair Hair Care mark? ​

We are putting together an advisory board and a governing body to help us put together a robust assessment criterion for hair brands to be awarded our hair strand mark.

Consumers can also use our platform to voice any concerns over the awarded mark and help us to influence brands to do better.

What is next for Fair Hair Care? ​

Fair Hair Care will be touring the country and given presentations globally campaigning for fairer trade within the human hair extension. We know we can influence brands by the numbers so we are encouraging all consumers to sign up to our community.

Fair Hair Care hopes its community of brands will become industry leaders, showing other companies how to offer hair extensions in a transparent way.

More information on the campaign and how to join can be found here. ​

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Fair Hair Care on how to create an ethical, sustainable hair extensions brand

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Nguyen Thi Thuy's hip-length hair has always been one of her most prized possessions. Every morning before work, she gently combs out any knots, massages it with coconut oil to keep it jet black and shiny, and weaves it into the safety of a braid. Long, healthy, thick hair is a traditional marker of beauty in rural Vietnam, and although she already works two demanding jobs as a farmer and housekeeper, taking care of her hair is one of the few luxuries she can afford.

Over the past few years, Thuy has been targeted by travelling hair traders who scout her small town looking for women desperate enough to sell their hair on the cheap. The most she's ever been offered is 70,000 dong, or about £2.30. Some women fall victim to these prices, but even in her family's hardest times, she's always said no. But the latest rumour in town is more appealing: Her youngest son heard of a man who travels through the countryside paying close to £75 for hair like hers... an amount that could finally allow her to provide for her family without working 16-hour days.

Her buyer, Dan Choi, a Korean-American expat who started his human hair company, Remy New York in 2017, arrives days later on a motorbike armed with scissors, zip ties, and cash. After agreeing upon a rate, he sections and cuts Thuy's hair, leaving her with a blunt, shoulder-length chop. Dan paid Thuy about £75 for her hair - the equivalent of her entire family's monthly salary - which is enough to buy livestock to raise for years to come. They both got what they wanted: Choi has one more beautiful ponytail to sell to a roster of celebrity hairstylists and Thuy will finally be more financially independent.

Feel-good stories like this are uncommon in the global world of hair trading, a completely unregulated business that's reportedly worth billions of dollars per year. Instead, it's filled with scammers and con artists who prey on desperate women in the developing world to cut their hair off for a few dollars - and later sell it to rich women with means to have human hair as a status symbol. These "hair brokers" flood conflict zones and war-torn countries where it's easy to exploit women for their last valuable possession. But as consumers become more aware of how the hair industry has been operating in the shadows, one new company is stepping up to create a business model that consumers can feel good about: fair trade hair.

A solution has been a long time coming: People have been wearing hair extensions and wigs for thousands of years, often at the expense of others; as far back as Ancient Egypt, wealthy women reportedly wore the hair of slaves to convey status. But the topic of wearing fake hair has never been more accepted than it is now, with top hairstylists marketing their own extension lines, celebrities sporting new wigs every day, and sew-ins offered as a regular service at blow-dry bars. While the stigma of wearing fake hair might be fading, there's still a huge amount of secrecy about where it all really comes from - and the reality is worse than you can imagine.

There's no shortage of stories of women and children being attacked for their hair - robbed by gun or knifepoint in Venezuela, India, South Africa, Ukraine, Myanmar, and elsewhere - and held down as thieves forcibly cut off their ponytails. Without required traceability, the door is left open for this to happen all over the world by criminals hoping to make a quick buck on virgin hair. But collecting a large amount of quality hair requires women to give it voluntarily, so it's more common for hair dealers to travel from region to region buying hair from disenfranchised women until the supply dries up.

This is why a lot of hair right now is coming from places like Myanmar, which has suffered a catastrophic genocide over the past two years, or Ukraine, since it's still recovering from a revolution and in a land dispute with Russia over the region of Crimea. In fact, some Russian hair Instagram pages are geotagged from inside the conflict zones, and exporters we spoke to claim that Russian military officers often have hair-selling side hustles.

The same is the case for Venezuela, where starvation from a government in turmoil has driven women to walk to the Colombian border; there, booths are set up to shave or cut hair for pennies on the dollar of what it's actually worth. It's been reported that Tunisia, a country that has been relatively unstable since the Arab Spring began in 2011, is also a hotspot for exporting hair.

But none of this is new: To be priced competitively, hair dealers have always had to undercut the women selling their hair, which is why dealers have historically flocked to places where women are in dire straits. Hair dealers were banned from Ellis Island in the early 1900s for, quite literally, preying on the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. But even after being banned, it's reported that over 15,000 immigrants still sold their hair as they entered the US each year around the turn of the century.

"Most people do not know where their hair comes from," says Riqua Hailes, owner of Los Angeles hair extension bar, Just Extensions. "Until it's regulated, you're not gonna have a concrete answer of exactly what's going on."

We interviewed several top hairstylists and when we asked them where their hair comes from, many replied with one of a few stock answers. "You don't want to know," was common, while some spouted off what they do know: "It's not temple hair," meaning it wasn't donated in a religious ceremony. The conversations didn't go beyond that.

Most people do not know where their hair comes from. Until it's regulated, you're not gonna have a concrete answer of exactly what's going on.

Riqua Hailes, owner of Los Angeles hair extension bar, Just Extensions.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to wear someone else's hair, but how are consumers supposed to shop when it seems nearly impossible to make an ethical choice? For many brands that strive to source fairly, like Great Lengths, Woven Hair, and Hailes' Just Extensions, India has become the most popular option, since women freely give their hair during a religious Hindu ceremony called tonsuring. Because they don't accept money in return (the temples profit, but costs are still low for bulk hair buyers), it keeps the overall overhead low. But not everyone thinks the tonsuring route is best: Hasidic Jewish women, for example, are a large consumer of hair, but choose not to wear hair that is tied to another religion. India offers few texture variations, so those looking for a specific colour or type are also left wanting.

This is where a company like Dan Choi's Remy New York (which purchased Thuy's hair for about $100) comes in: It takes the ethical movement to the next level by laying out exactly where it gets its hair from, allowing third parties (like Refinery29) to follow its supply chain to ensure transparency, and giving outsiders an opportunity to actually speak with women who have sold their hair.

His dream was to create the Alibaba of Vietnam - one with a mission to give back by building schools in rural regions - so he started working in direct-to-consumer sales on Amazon. Then he stumbled upon the hair industry and knew it was a niche he couldn't ignore: No matter how poor the women or children, most could grow and sell their hair every few years. He tells stories of seeing poor children with short hair selling gum or candy on the streets, knowing that he could have empowered them if he had been the one to cut their hair. "I thought, that could have been me," he says, noting that his parents' move to the States before he was born was a life-changing opportunity few get.

Our prices are anywhere from five to 10 times our competitors, which is why we've received dangerous threats.

Dan Choi, founder of Remy New York

Most decide upon a bob length, giving up about 16 inches, which is normally around 100 grams. This brings in £67. On average, 12 inches will get you £50, 20 will bring in £82, 23 inches sell for £150, and it goes up exponentially from there, since the longer the hair, the more novel the product. Hair that's incredibly healthy (no split ends, incredibly soft, etc.) will get an extra £18 or so, but he rarely says no. "We try not to turn away anybody just because everybody needs help," he says. For Choi, even 12 inches of coloured hair is worth something on the market.

Industry standard outposts, like American bi-coastal company, The Hair Shop, where many top Hollywood stylists purchase hair, can't even sell authentic virgin remy. "Honestly, it's really hard to get - we're trying to get it," a salesperson told us, noting that all its hair is processed in some way. "Most sellers of virgin remy sell directly to stylists." This sentiment was echoed in all our interviews: Hair heavyweights don't share their sources of virgin remy, because it's a limited resource and no one wants theirs to dry up.

One celebrity wigmaker in New York we interviewed, who wanted to remain anonymous, told us that she's never seen an operation quite like Choi's. " There you have transparency," she says. "That's what it looks like when the girls are getting something in return that's extremely valuable." She says the hair is also some of the best she's seen.

Choi's gotten the same feedback directly. He recalls a moment when he showed a celebrity stylist in LA his ponytails and she got goosebumps. " Where did you get this?!" she said. Since it's so unique, he had to tell his company's origin story, but maybe soon he'll simply be able to reply with, "From a woman named Thuy."

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Nguyen Thi Thuy's hip-length hair has always been one of her most prized possessions. Every morning before work, she gently combs out any knots, massages it with coconut oil to keep it jet black and shiny, and weaves it into the safety of a braid.