Egyptians Used Hair Extensions as Early as 3400 B.C.

Who wore the first hair extensions?

Egyptian women, and men, used human hair or sheep’s wool to make hair extensions and wigs at least as early as 3400 B.C., according to Egyptologist Ilene Springer.

Ornate hair extensions were then, as now, a form of artistic self expression.

Even their wigs had extensions because there seems to have been no such thing as too much hair in ancient Egyptian fashion.

Wigs and extensions were made with a variety of clever weaves and knots that were secured into or onto the real hair (or the scalp) with beeswax and resin. Men often wore more elaborate extension styles and fuller wigs than women.

Braids were a favorite form of hair extension, often woven into intricate designs to provide more length and style. Many well-to-do women, and royalty, were buried with a duplicate set of braids. Hey, you never know….

Are Your 100% Human Hair Extensions Really Yak, Goat, Camel or Horse Hair?

Depending on the technique used to apply them, and the stylist and salon, getting a full head of human hair extensions can cost as much as $3,000 and up. Having a licensed professional stylist apply Pro 10 Hair Extensions made with Ultima Protein Hair costs a fraction of that. Is the price difference really worth it? Are you really sure you know what you’re getting when you buy human hair extensions?

Have you ever wondered:
o Who inspects incoming supplies of human hair sent for use in human hair extensions before when they are shipped from their country of origin to be sure it really is 100% human hair?
o Rumors that some human hair extensions come from dead people aside, how can you be certain that the 100% human hair you are paying for does not actually include varying amounts of the hair of yaks, camels, goats, or horses?
o Human hair extensions are sold in Grades of Remy, A, B, C and D. Who determines which human hair is graded as Remy, Grade A, Grade B, Grade C and D? Who checks? More »

Miley Cyrus Extends Herself

Hannah Montana starlet Miley Cyrus, 15, spent six hours getting new hair extensions at the Juan Juan hair salon in Beverly Hills on Saturday, according to the Gossip Girls blog. Then, she and her mother, Tish, enjoyed some retail therapy at nearby shops.

On the Disney Channel’s recent 3D Hannah Montana Best of Both Worlds concert, backstage footage showed Cyrus having her own hair wrapped so she could wear her alter ego’s trademark blonde wig.

Dear Jamelia: There are alternatives to human hair extensions!

Pop star Jamelia recently got herself some media attention by dramatically declaring that she’d never wear hair extensions again because of the “very real human costs” of obtaining hair for human hair extensions. “How did I know I wasn’t wearing a dead person’s hair?” she roiled in the Daily Mail. She even starred in a BBC show called “Whose Hair is it Anyway?” featuring shifty looking human hair dealers who take hair from dead people.

Dear Jamelia: There are alternatives to human hair extensions! And one of the best alternatives is Pro 10 made with Ultima Natural Protein Hair. Made with natural collagen, Ultima hair looks, feels like and has the best qualities of human hair. You can curl, blow-dry, wash, brush, comb, style and restore Ultima hair without tangling, and it’s affordable too.

As several commenters noted in the Daily Mail article “…All this hand wringing nonsense.”

Rock on Jamelia. Just switch to Pro 10 so you can keep having hair extensions as your “confidence booster” that “transform me from busy mum of two into my alter ego, Jamelia the pop star.”

Some Ridiculous Myths About Hair

Some myths about hair and hair extensions could make your hair stand on end. Even some professional stylists, who definitely should know better, help to spread these tales. Here are some of the crazier ones, and the truth about them.

1. You have to cut your hair to make it grow faster.
If only I had a nickel for every time I fell for that one! Cutting your hair will only make it shorter. Hair grows about 1/2 inch a month whether you cut it or not.

2. Hair extensions will cause bald spots in fine hair.
With fine hair, says Pro 10 Ambassador Stylist Kimmie Lemard, hair extensions that are applied too tight, or are too weighty can cause breakage. Unfortunately, Lemard says, many stylists make extensions way too tight and use too much hair. Make sure you choose a licensed professional stylist, and make sure he or she takes your hair texture into account when deciding on the technique for applying and removing extensions. Read more hair extension FAQs here

3. Pluck one gray hair and three grow back.
Pull out one hair: only one grows back.

4. Eating the crust of bread will make your hair curly.
No one seems to know the source of this old wives tale, but all sources agree it’s pretty funny.

Sources: Top 10 Hair Myths, Snopes.com - Old Wives Tales, and LadyThrills.com’s 10 Ridiculous Hair Myths, Salon IQ

Bellasugar Celebrity Quiz: Does She or Doesn’t She Wear Hair Extensions?

Bellasugar’s fun celebrity hair extensions quiz is back. Take the quiz to see if you can tell which stars have naturally gorgeous hair and who gets a little extra help from the salon? Bellasugar says “I think when they’re applied by a talented professional, extensions can look natural and gorgeous.”

I know she’s right, because I work with some of the best professional hair extension stylists, and the extensions they do (like these) look completely natural. But I only guessed three out of six answers to the quiz right! Since I write No More Bad Hair Days blog, and see hair extensions all the time, I was sure I’d be able to guess them all. See if you can tell which stars have extensions, and let us know, in the comments, how you did.

It also would be fun to try to guess whose extensions are human hair and whose are Pro 10 hair extensions. When they’re Pro 10 Hair Extensions made with Ultima Natural Protein Hair, they look so natural even professional stylists can’t tell them from human hair.

Hair Extensions - the Movie

Move over Shampoo! If there ever was a reason to have your hair extensions done by a licensed professional stylist, the Japanese sci-fi horror movie, Exte: Hair Extensions, is it. The film, which runs through June 26 only at the New York Asian Film Festival is about black market hair extensions that continue to grow, and even attack their wearers. Starring Chiaki Kuriyama, who played GO GO in Kill Bill, the movie is kitschy, violent and shocking.

Trust me on this one: if you want non-violent hair extensions, stick with Pro 10 Hair Extensions made with Ultima Natural Protein Hair. :>)

Video of Brandy’s New Photo Shoot for Ultima Natural Protein Hair

R&B singing star Brandy is the spokesmodel for Pro 10 Hair Extensions made with Ultima Natural Protein Hair. Here she is at the recent photo shoot for new advertising and packaging photos and videos. Lots more Brandy photos and videos are on the Ultimahair website.

Brandy’s Yaki Straight Pro 10 Hair Extensions Made with Ultima

Not everyone wants a huge head of Hollywood hair extensions. Brandy, R&B singing star and spokesmodel for Pro 10 Hair Extensions made with Ultima Natural Protein Hair, prefers her extensions chic, hip, and urban. Yaki’s thin lightweight wefts lay flat, and are easy to work with and manage. And Pro 10 hair extensions are resistant to tangles too.

See more photos and videos of Brandy on the Ultima website, in our Flickr group (which you can join) and our YouTube group.

Crazy Hair Extension Styles: Nago Noda’s Fabulous Hair Hats

Talk about crazy hair extension styles! You certainly would be in no danger of seeing yourself coming and going in one of multi-talented, multi-media Japanese artist Nagi Noda’s remarkable hair hats.

via Get Some Hairapy!