Tips for Styling Different Types of Hair Extensions

If you want an absolutely new look without committing to a haircut or worse yet taking the time to grow your hair and then spend endless hours styling it, then hair extensions are the best option for you. Hair extensions have been used for a long time now and are becoming more and more the standard that most women want for the good looks that they want. However, styling hair extensions still takes quite a lot of skill after you have already bought a style of hair extension that you would like. As such, it is sometimes confusing to many women just what they can actually do with their hair extensions in terms of styling the hair. If you have ever tried using heat on hair extensions, then you probably know just how frustrating this can be. Below is some information for you to better understand hair extensions and how you can style them in the best possible way, especially using heat treatments.

For starters, there are basically two types of hair extensions, synthetic hair extensions and human hair extensions. Both types of hair extensions have similarities and differences and the particular need that you have for the hair extensions that you choose will make one option better than the other for your need. Basically, human hair extensions are cut from a person’s hair and they are then prepared for use as extensions. With synthetic hair extensions the hair is artificially made from spun fibers so that they can look and feel like real or natural hair. The materials that are often used to make synthetic hair extensions include, plastic, polyester and nylon. If you know a little bit about these materials from how the fabrics or clothes made out of these materials behave then you will know that they don’t react very well to heat. In fact, when exposed to heat these materials tend to melt and change shape and color so that they don’t look and feel the same anymore. The same applies to synthetic hair extensions. As such, if you buy synthetic hair extensions you are stuck with the style that you chose when you purchased the hair extensions.

With human hair extensions, you have a little bit more leeway. In essence, if you use a thermal styling treatment you can then style the hair using heat. However, you should still be very careful with the heat because the last thing that you want is to damage your expensive hair extensions. If possible, try and use heat on a small portion of the hair that you have cut so that you can test how it behaves towards heat and what your limits are. Modern technology has recently produced a third option that women can now use. Heat-friendly synthetic hair extensions are modern fibers that are more resistant to heat and can therefore be styled much easier..