Celebrities use hair extensions to enhance their looks
Hair extensions are everywhere in Hollywood! Not just on the usual suspects (Britney, Paris) but on lovely starlets who you’d never guess were getting a hair boost. Check out this gallery!
But what’s a regular girl to do? You don’t have 5 hours and $2000 allotted for hair extensions? Or $6000 like Kate Gosselin? Or an insane $24,000 like Miley Cyrus?! No problem! New Hollywood Secret’s Hair Extensions can be completed much more quickly and at a much lower cost.
Before Hollywood Secret's Hair Extensions
After Hollywood Secret's Hair Extensions
The model shown above received a full set in her makeover; with individual extensions, this would have taken 4 hours and cost roughly $1200-1600. With Hollywood Secret’s, they were done in less than two hours and carry a price tag only $750. Certainly not a bargain, but hair extensions are not something to look for a bargain on! You definitely want 100% real human hair, and if they are applied wrong you could be looking at pain, itching, scalp irritation, even hair loss!
The method of taping extensions into the hair has become more popular in recent years, because it is fast and the pieces lay very flat, making them nearly undetectable, even on fine, thin hair. Two pieces of taped extensions are sandwiched around thin selections of natural hair, allowing them to stick to each other while holding tight on the anchor hair. Hollywood Secret’s brand boasts a few advantages over others: the brand uses Japanese surgical tape, which holds strong for 3 months without any heat during the application. They come in 2″ strips, which can be cut to different sizes for ease of application and excellent color blend. Last, but certainly not least, each strip contains significantly more hair than other brands’ pieces.
Japanese Surgical Tape/ Density comparison
For Shawna, I used three colors of Hollywood Secret’s Hair Extensions (1B, 2, and 3.) I like to layer colors (two different colors sandwiched together) to give a highlight/lowlight effect. Below, see some examples of color layering and strip placement.
Extension placement
With all extensions in, pre-cut. Isn’t it beautiful?
Hollywood Secret's Hair Extensions placed, pre-cut/style
More before and after photos by other stylists can be seen on Hollywood Secret’s Facebook page.
Stylists can find information about training classes and ordering Hollywood Secret’s Hair Extensions by contacting Mike Johles at 310-415-0742 or MIKE@LASHEAR.COM.
Jordana Lorraine, who did Shawna’s hair extensions for this post, offers 7 different types of hair extensions in Santa Monica, CA.
Contact: 310-922-2645, JordanaLorraine@gmail.com, www.JordanaLorraine.com, on Twitter: @JordanaLorraine
photo credits: Jordana Lorraine
I am so excited about this new type of hair extensions–they look great, and were so quick!