DISCLAIMER; Below are tips for caring and styling human hair, not synthetic hair.
You’ve taken the leap and now have a gorgeous head of hair extensions! The goal is to care for them properly so you can receive the best bang for your investment and have them looking incredible.
Shampoo & Conditioner
You should wash your hair every other day or so. If your hair is oily, you can wash more often and dry hair can be washed less often. It is important to use a sulfate free clarifying shampoo and conditioner at least once a week. This will deep clean build up, product residue and oils from your scalp and extensions. We have our own line of Noelle Salon Shampoo and Conditioner which is especially formulated for hair extensions. Keep in mind, products and shampoo/conditioner with oil can weigh down your hair extensions and cause slippage or premature shedding. How do you know if your products contain oil? Read the ingredients on the back of the product. Silicone is a product that is okay to use and will help promote shine and fly a ways. Most clients find the texture of our hair extensions to be so supple and easy to style that they actually use less styling products.
If your hair extensions are feeling dry? Use a moisturizing shampoo/conditioner every so often to restore lustre. A detangling solution such as “Twelve Benefits” is a great product to aid in combing out your new locks and it contains a thermal heat protector which helps with the use of curling irons and flat irons.
Dry Your Hair Thoroughly!
Be sure to dry your hair extensions with a blow dryer or even an over-the-head dryer. Our own hair and hair extensions are at the weakest point when wet and you never want to apply thermal heat on damp hair. Also, the keratin protein bonding and hair locs will not slip on dry, clean and oil free hair.
Purchase a Dry Shampoo such as Kenra Platinum for the off days when you do not shampoo your hair. Dry Shampoo will soak up sebum (oil) from your scalp and keep your extensions secure.
Styling your hair extensions
Thermal heat from a flat iron (especially over 400 degrees) and curling iron certainly can dry out your own hair and your hair extensions. My advice after 20 years experience is to use these styling aids sparingly. I love natural bend that a flat iron creates in hair extensions instead of the tight curl from that of a curling iron.
If your hair is a bit frizzy; section your hair starting at the nape of your neck and flat iron each section. Try to pass the flat iron only one time through the section. The use of a flat iron with curved plates makes the process easier.
If you are going to use a curling iron, choose ceramic like Bio Ionic One Pass which has silicone side strips. It creates an easy glide and no pulling! The Bio Ionic One Pass also distributes even heat.
Section off 2 inches of your hair starting right above the nape of your neck.
Take a large section approximately 2 inches and place the iron just below your scalp, start turning and turn again and again till all of your hair is in the iron.
Release and you will have a soft loose curl like Kim Kardashian and most celebrities.
Spray the section with hair spray for maximum hold and then drop another 2 inch section
Repeat throughout the head
Spray each section with hair spray to hold your curl
**Ensure that there is no oil in your hair or added oil because this can burn the hair extensions!
Enjoy your beautiful hair extensions and feel free to email any question you may have to Noelle@NoelleSalon.com
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