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The Top Five Reasons to Get Hair Extensions

Ever get a really, really bad haircut and had to hide it right now? Who hasn’t! Without a doubt, that’s one of the top five reasons to get hair extensions, according to Wigomania. Here are the others:

1. Add instant length, volume or thickness to your hair.

2. Add bold or subtle highlights to your hair without chemical processing.

3. Get a new look for a special occasion, i.e. wedding, prom, formal event.

4. Just for fun!!!! Some people like to experiment with their hair styles. Hair extensions offer an instant new look.

5. To cover up a bad haircut.

Pro10 Hair Extensions made with Ultima Protein Hair will give you the best qualities of human hair without frizz, droop, or the often outrageous expense.Before you get hair extensions, do your research on the different hair extension methods available, (read hair extension FAQs) find a licensed stylist and learn how to maintain your hair extensions.

Need a New Look? Test it Out First!

Oprah Magazine has a great feature on how to pick the right hair color. Here’s one of eight sets of before and afters that show what a huge difference color can make.

The article says “The shade is severe against her skin and does nothing to enhance the honey tones in her complexion.” They changed it to the color on the right, “ribbons of caramel and cinnamon, woven through the ends of Katrina’s hair and around her face, bring a soft golden glow to her skin.”

Can’t say I agree, and I also think her hair looked better loose and curly. Aren’t we going to get sick of fighting with our curls one of these days!!

But before you make a big change, try out your new color by getting hair extensions. You’ll thank me later. Ask your stylist to use Pro 10 Hair Extensions made with Ultima Natural Protein Hair. It’s got all the best qualities of human hair, and none of the problems.

Thinking of a Radical Color Change? Try it On with Hair Extensions First

Tempting as it may be to try a really different hair color, or a radically new hairstyle, major appearance changes can lead to major regrets. Ask anyone who’s dyed her hair peacock blue on a whim.

So, if you’d like to try something like this great look, do it with Pro 10 hair extensions made with Ultima before you make the color permanent. You’ll thank me. I guarantee it. :>)

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

How to Make Your Own Clip-On Pro 10 Hair Extensions

Ford Artists’ Johnny Lavoy demonstrates how you can easily make your own clip-on hair extensions and shows you how to apply them to get gorgeous, long, full hair for a special occasion or just for fun.

Pro 10 extensions made with Ultima Natural Protein Hair are available online or at beauty supply stores, where the clips and thread he demonstrates also are available. There are more great how-to videos at Fordmodels TV

Beautiful Accessories for Your Hair Extensions

It’s hot and getting hotter. When you’ve got Pro 10 hair extensions you have lots of options for putting your hair up. But banish that ugly plastic Banana Clip/claw thingie from the drugstore and go to Longhairgirl.com for beautiful hair accessories, like this one. Then you can put up your newly long hair with great panache.

How to Tie Traditional African Head Wraps

Let’s say maybe your Pro 10 hair extensions made with Ultima Natural Protein Hair need a little touch-up you haven’t gotten around to; or maybe you just want to wear a beautiful, traditional Nigerian gele or try a gorgeous goddess wrap a la Erykah Badu.

Here’s a joyful music video by Skentele Lagbaja celebrating traditional Nigerian gele headwraps. For the how-to, here’s a popular video that shows you how to tie your own. The fabric she’s using is aso-oke, a traditional hand-woven African fabric. Here’s another instructional video showing how to create a head wrap using silk.

Hat tip to DailyKos

NaturallyCurly Daily Frizz Forecast

A lot of us No More Bad Hair Days blog readers know a thing or two about naturally curly hair, don’t we? More than half the population has curly hair, and one of the best resources for curlies of all ethnicities is Naturally Curly.com.

NaturallyCurly.com has huge volumes of information on taming curly hair, and a 25,000-member forum. And it’s got this daily Frizz Forecast for your zipcode on the home page.

Hair Extensions are the Rage for Prom 2008

When it comes to prom night, long, full hair - often achieved with hair extensions - is the crowning touch this year.

Teens are embracing the fast-growing trend of hair extensions, says Beth Fitzgerald in the LA Times

Prom-going young women want extensions so they can have the lush, long, full hair they see in magazines and on celebrities. Extensions also allow them to have highlights without chemicals; to add excitement to their prom look; and to try a dramatic style for the prom.

Pro 10 extensions made with Ultima Natural Protein Hair made with natural collagen, look, feel like and have the best qualities of human hair. And Pro 10 extensions can be curled, blow-dryed, washed brushed, combed, styled and restored without tangling.