Where Does Extension Hair Come From?

I have personally chosen not to skimp on the quality of the hair I provide. The biggest component for me is making sure that everyone down the line has been fairly compensated for their role in the donating, collecting, sourcing, processing, manufacturing, and distribution processes. There are a lot of people who work with the extensions before it even gets to me and I won't participate in unfair compensation for any of those people. So If you wonder why some hair is cheap and other hair seems so expensive? The quality and the compensation practices are the difference.

Key Benefits Of The Hair I Use

​SILICONE FREE

Silicone is often used to make the extension hair "feel good" and masks the true quality of lower caliber extensions. The problem with this is that the silicone will wear off and the lesser quality will be revealed over time. My brands have no need for silicone because the hair itself is of the highest quality. Silicone also has harmful health effects when heated. Blow-drying and iron styling extensions coated with silicone may release harmful toxins into the air. We are not okay with that!

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SLAVIC AND EUROPEAN HAIR

Most hair extensions on the market are sourced from India and Asia where the hair texture is generally coarser and thicker in texture. This is not usually the best match for finer hair.

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OPEN ABOUT ETHICS

The unfortunate truth of the hair extension industry is a lot of times we don’t truly know where the hair comes from. In some cultures, women sacrifice their hair to Gods in a temple and that hair is sold to dealers to return a profit to the temples. The problem with this is the hair is usually collected off of the floor in an unsanitary manner, the hair is a mix of several different women which can cause tangling and unpredictable color results, and the hair is not removed by licensed stylists so we cannot expect them to follow sanitation guidelines with their tools or trust that the women felt dignified during the removal.

When hair is not collected from temples, there have been cases of women being assaulted and literally robbed of their hair against their will. Children are victims of this as well. Or dealers will take advantage of families in poverty and offer them pennies for their hair.

The manufacturing is not much better as in certain countries there are no labor laws protecting children from working in these factories.

The brands I use collect hair from dedicated salons where professionals provide the donors with a dignified experience and each party is compensated fairly. This amount of ethics in an extension company is unreal. We have turned a blind eye to the above issues for far too long and I am proud to support a company fighting against injustice.

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HAND-TIED

Traditional extension wefts are produced in bulk in factories. They are made by pushing hair through an industrial sewing machine, which requires several threads to stitch the hair to create the weft. This makes the weft heavy, bulky, and hard to blend. Hand-tied hair employs artisans to handcraft each weft strand by strand. This eliminates the need for multiple threading mechanisms and ensures the highest quality product. This makes hand-tied hair less heavy, more comfortable to wear, and easier to blend.

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ALWAYS STOCKED

I always keep a full stock of hair on hand. You can read why this is a great benefit on a previous blog post