Pro10 Ambassador Stylists Demonstrate Hair Extension Techniques

After extensive training, Pro 10 Ambassador Stylists travel the country educating other professional hair extension stylists and consumers about the uniqueness of Ultima Protein Hair and Pro10 fiber for hair extensions, weaves and braids. Recently several of them attended an international hair and beauty trade show in Atlanta, GA, where they taught and demonstrated extension, weave and braiding techniques to other stylists. Here’s the behind-the-scenes story. More »

Ask the Pro10 Ambassador Stylists: Hair Extension Care

Question: How do you keep up the Spanish Curl texture of Pro 10 hair extensions made with Ultima Protein Hair? Some people said to use mousse but others disagreed. Also what can i use at night?

Answer: O’kela Neveaux owner of Extended Beauty Salon and Boutique in Oak Park, Michigan: The best way to keep the Spanish curl pattern is to reset it before it begins to lose its natural pattern. Pro10 hair extensions can be set on rods or straws, and can be twisted or braided - or you can use a combination of two or more of those techniques together.

For night-time care: I always tell my clients that care is easy and any curl pattern will look better in the morning if they take a few minutes before they go to bed to refresh the extensions with water or a light styling product an then throw in a few rods, braids or twists under a satin bonnet to keep the curl pattern in tact.

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 »

Vote: Does Nicole’s Hair Look Better Long or Short?

Pro10 Ambassador Stylist O’kela Neveaux owner of Extended Beauty Salon and Boutique in Oak Park, Michigan, demonstrates how to do a stocking cap quick weave on Jasmine Nicole of Atlanta. O’kela used Yaki Straight Pro10 Hair Extensions made with Ultima Protein Hair, in two highlighted colors, 1B 30 and 1B 33. Imagine! No waiting to grow your hair out or change the color! No chemical processing either. Just a quick and easy way to get a new look.

Because Nicole’s own hair is so short, O’kela created a removable custom wig she can wear any time she wants a completely different look. Pro 10 is easy to care for too! It also is possible to tack the stocking cap to her hair for more long-term wear. Lots more photos on the No More Bad Hair Days Blog Flickr Group.

What do you think?: Do you like long hair or short on Nicole?

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How to Have Gorgeous Eyebrows

Looking fashionable is about more than having great hair extensions. Skin care, make-up, and how you tame your eyebrows all contribute to your polished look. “Don’t overpluck your eyebrows!” warns celebrity make-up artist and brow specialist Elke Von Freudenberg. More »

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.”

Ask the Ambassador Stylists - Is a new Pro10 fiber coming out?

Question: Blayde asks: Is there a new Pro10 texture coming out? What is it like? What is the soft yaki like? is it similar to African-American hair, or is it viable for Caucasian and clients whose hair is medium thickness?

Response: Soft Yaki and some other textures of PRO10 hair extensions made with Ultima Natural Protein Hair are similar and close to African American hair. The silkier ones which are suitable for Caucasian customers are available in Yaki and ripple wave. You can see and learn about all Pro10 colors and textures here.

The brand name is of the new fiber is PROTA. It is available with keratin tips and was demonstrated at the recent International Beauty Show in New York. You may already be able to purchase PROTA from Beauty Essence

Pro 10 Ambassador Stylist Miho Kitajima demonstrated PROTA at IBS.

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. :>)

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

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