3 Mistakes You’re Doing When Styling With Hair Extensions
Hair extensions are such an easy fix to most of your hair concerns. Although you do need to exercise proper care and maintenance to ensure they last as long as possible, they're still a lot more 'ready to wear' than natural hair in more ways than one.
This doesn't mean that you can't make mistakes when using hair extensions, though! Mistakes do happen sometimes and sadly, there's nothing worse than poorly done hair extensions!
Take a look at these 3 mistakes you're doing when styling with hair extensions!
1. Using hair extensions of the wrong length
Yes, we all know that hair extensions are designed to make your hair look much longer than it actually is. That's literally what the name implies. Hair extensions = to extend. Right!
But you see, there is such a thing as using hair extensions of the wrong length. We know, honey, you got a pixie cut this summer because of the blazing hot weather. But when you're styling with hair extensions, you can't just buy 20" hair extensions now and expect everything to look perfect! It's the same reason why a bob cut won't look good with 15" extensions. The bob will look totally out of place and you'll just look strange at best and ridiculous at worst.
It may be hard to accept, but some things aren't just meant to be.
2. Matching the roots instead of the shafts
Another mistake you're doing when styling with hair extensions is matching the color with the roots instead of the shafts.
If you think about it, it actually makes sense to match the roots. After all, isn't that the real color of your hair anyway? But contrary to popular belief, it's actually much better to match the shafts instead of the roots. Remember, your goal is to extend your hair, which means to lengthen it and make it appear longer than it actually is. This means it would make more sense to match the part that you want to lengthen, right?
Plus, matching the roots instead of the shafts would look very weird if you're sporting a whole different color from your natural hair. I'm talking about blondes who have decided to go brunette here. Believe me, you're better off extending your new, darker color.
3. Choosing cheaper products over quality ones
Quality over quantity -- this is one rule in life that rarely ever goes wrong.
And in the world of hair extensions, this applies to both the products themselves as well as the aftercare products needed to maintain them. Make sure not to buy cheap and obviously low-quality products just to save some bucks. I'm telling you, it's more costly to be cheap, especially in the long run.
If you're interested in keeping your hair extensions for a good while, you better make sure you're choosing high-quality products!
It's normal to make mistakes, heck, everyone makes them! But once you find out what you're doing wrong, then that's when you can finally start to make things right. Treat your hair extensions well and they'll also serve you well in more years to come.
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