Most of women today love to style their hair differently but are not that keen in keeping it permanently. That is why hair extensions are the new girl’s best friend when it comes to achieving fresher new looks. Hair extensions provide a great convenience and a lot of fun for women who want to change their hairstyle but do not want to be stuck permanently or to those who do not want to wait for years to grow their hair long. It can also help boost confidence of women who are experiencing hair loss or thinning due to self-imposed conditions or medical problems. Hair extensions act as a supplement to human hair by being glued, sewn-in or clipped-in the existing hair.
hair extensions color guide

For women new to hair extensions, they need to understand how hair extensions work for them and how does it differs from their own hair to be able to maximize the full beauty potential of the product. One of the major questions that these women want to know is if it possible to color your hair extensions. Well, the answer to this question is “It depends”. One should understand that there are different types of fiber that hair extensions are made of. It is then important to know the component of the hair extension products to help women know when they can and cannot color their hair extensions.

There are two major types of fiber used to manufacture hair extension products- human hair and synthetic hair. Only hair extensions made of human hair can be successfully colored with regular hair coloring. Know how to choose the right human hair extensions?
The best way to color human hair extensions are to use single-process permanent color on light hair extensions, although, semi-permanent, demi-permanent and temporary hair colors can also be used. Bleaching a second time is not recommended due to potential damage that it can do to the hair extension due to over processing. This is because human hair used as extensions are often bleached and re-colored before it is made into any hairpiece. Human hair extensions can also be colored and highlighted but since the process of highlighting involved bleaching, it is not recommended to do highlights often.