Maintaining your Hair Extensions

Hi Sunny's Girls.

A few of our Super Sunny's Girls shared with us a few tips on maintaining your pre-tipped hair extensions.

Tips for Strand by Strand Hair Extensions Maintenance

1. Never wash your hair more than once a week!  We know this sounds impossible.  But shampoo strips your hair of the moisture that the extensions so desperately need.  Think of how a rosebud acts once it is cut off from the rose bush!  You are in race against time with your moisture and ph balance, so washing your hair every day will ensure that your hair extensions won't last more than a month.  When you do shampoo use a product designed for hair with keratin treatments.  We find that those don't strip the hair too much.

If you want to wash your hair of the sweat and odors then use conditioners as a shampoo and rinse your hair.  Another option is to use dry shampoo. 

2. When washing your pre-tipped hair, use a shammy or a micro fiber cloth to absorb all the moisture from the bonds of your pre-tipped hair.  The water sitting on the bonds can seep into the keratin bonds and weaken the keratin. 

3. Never apply any heat tools within 2 inches of the bonds of the keratin.

4. Always brush your hair from root to tip every night with a loop brush!  We can't emphasize how much this simple tip makes all the difference between healthy hair and no hair.  Your hair will tangle into the keratin bonds if you don't brush your hair.  Even if one or two bonds fall out...it's better to keep combing your hair and replacing the bonds than shaving off your head of dreadlocks.

5. Clarify your hair before applying keratin hair extensions.  You want a clean grip on the hair shaft so that the bonds won't slip out over time.

6. Don't get a trim before installing hair extensions, your fresh ends won't blend well with your hair extensions!

Hair Extensions are an investment.  While they are great they require maintenance.  If you don't think you are up for the challenge then consider clip in extensions...no fuss no muss.  But think of it like an expensive Porsche; you wouldn't buy it and then never change it's oil or get maintenance checks.  So if you are going to spend the money on the hair and service, these few tips really do make a difference between your extensions lasting 6 weeks and 6 months.

We hope this helps Sunny's Girls!