MMMMMMMMMM??? thanks very much for your replies.... when i did the course i was told that it is real chinese hair and that it is root to tip correct BUT i did think at the time, who the hell could check that?? what if wasn't would that cause the matting??
how long do you think you get out of them b4 the problems start?? would you have them again??
thanks very much lovely's
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Hi, there a few ways of checking it
one way is to take your index finger and thumb and run it up and down the hair (try it with your own hair) you will feel a light resistance and squeak on the way up towards the roots
and then go down and it should feel smooth , this means its the right way around and is good hair and has the cuticle intact ,
if its bad hair it will usually feel either silky smooth or squeaky both ways
because it is all up muddled and covered with silicones,
another way to tell is to put it under a powerful microscope,
and the most costly way to tell is to buy (some cheap silky tangle free hair hair) for and after the silicon wears off it will turn into a matted up tangled mess,
some hair may look great at first , but unless you know what you are buying (usually by experience) you will probably get ripped off ,
with cheap turned hair ,
this cheaper hair during the factory process
isnt always root to tip correct , especially the very long hair , ( a bit more about that later )
so they chemically process it in acid baths
to try and remove all the cuticles
this then damages the hair
so then they have to try and restore it again
with a silicone layer to try and cover any rough cuticles of the upside down hair
so that it wont interlock,
but the problem is that it doesnt get rid of all those cuticles
and once the silicone coating wears or washes off
then the cuticles that are still left on start rub up together and will become matted and interlock,
if you could examine this type of hair under a powerful microscope you would see it resembled something like a damaged open pine cone
just imagine putting two pine cones like this together and turning one upside down ,
(thats the best way I can explain it)
they would interlock ,
You would be far better having hair extensions that have not been processed in any way and are root to tip correct,
any good quality hair extensions should act and feel just like your own hair and be soft and silky
and also be re usable for at least two or more times ,
I will find some more info soon :hug:
