12 Feb
Industry News

Affordability with Creativity

When Simon Forbes first invented hair extensions at the beginning of the eighties there was massive unemployment, inflation and strikes! Sounds familiar? Nevertheless, people flocked to Antenna salon to have this new service in hair. Even though it was the most expensive service in hairdressing it was still affordable. The same applies today. Even though everyone is feeling the pinch one’s hair is such an important part of one’s life. The beauty of Monofibre extensions, even though they are high quality they are the most affordable extensions on the market. So if your clients are thinking that they don’t want to splash out and have been wearing human...

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03 Dec
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Why man-made hair extensions will outlast human hair

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Opinions will differ greatly, but why? There are many opinions on this subject throughout the net. Some of which are valid and others which are either biased due to product placement or just sheer ignorance. Many of the writers purport to be experts, but don’t show us their credentials. Let’s start at the beginning. When Simon Forbes invented hair extensions he had two choices. Human hair or synthetic loose fibre. Neither suited his requirements. Human Hair Human hair was hardly an ethical issue, and certainly not sustainable, even going back forty years ago. Application required either glue or sewing of wefts. This was not good for the natural hair and scalp. Spots of glue would damage...

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