How To Do Hair Extensions! Fusion Extensions Tutorial.

Yeah - and i think that's like with anything as you do it more and more, you start to realize like what works for you, what doesn't work for you like even now like to this day, every single time i do a head of extensions like i find something Else that works for me that doesn't work for me or i'm like. Oh, i really liked that placement or you know what i mean like it's there's so many different things that goes into it. So it's so different, absolutely yeah yeah, because i mean most people too, especially if they haven't worn extensions. They don't really know like what they like or what they don't like. So you kind of just have to gauge it, but every single time i do a head of extensions. I feel like i learned something. So it's never ending. Okay, cool, so um, everyone kind of has an idea of what a k-tip is a carrot. Chin tip extension is um. I'Ve got this sheet here, i'm kind of probably just going to like talk, because i feel like it'll, be a little bit easier. But if you guys want to read through this or have it to like look at after the class, it's just a little bit more information, but basically um keratin tips. A lot of people also call them like fusions or bonds, or anything like that. I prefer to call them a k-tip or a keratin tip, because i don't know about you guys, but i feel, like i've heard. I have a lot of people in and out of the salon that come in that um almost have like a bad rep with fusions or they come in. They say i don't want fusions, they damage my hair, or i hear like horror stories from like bonded extensions. So i feel like a lot of people too, haven't really heard, like keratin tip name, i feel like it sounds a little bit better too a little bit more professional, but the biggest thing with them. Is they? Don'T they don't damage your hair? It'S just like any extension: it shouldn't damage your hair. If it's applied correctly and the proper at-home care is taken, that's the biggest thing is people come in and they spend all this money on extensions and they think that okay, i can just leave my hair, and now i can just do whatever i want with my Hair, like i, don't have to touch it like, i don't have to care for it. That'S the point of extensions right, but it's actually like the complete opposite. You need to be it's just like it's just like when you buy like some. If you're gon na buy a luxury car or something like that, you're spending all this money on this item and you're, not gon na and you're gon na put like regular gas in it or you're, not gon na, take it for regular tune-ups, like you spent all This money on the hair extensions are a luxury service. You need to spend the money on the products and you need to take the time to care for them at home, too um. So i feel like that's probably where most of like the bad rep has come from as well as they've been around for, like a really long time. Like you said, you took the great lengths course like 10 12 years ago, and i know they've been around for way longer than that, like i feel like since, like the 90s or 80s yeah. So it's like anything when it's first developed, like especially like in the hair industry like same thing with like color, you know, there's different things that that happen that they evolve it to, and so it's come like a really long way, um. So, basically, i'm going to show you guys what a k-tip looks like, which you probably all already know, um so they're, basically, just like a small strand, each one usually comes in the size of a gram. What the bond is made out of is it's basically um made out of a keratin based glue. So obviously we all know keratin is the protein. That'S in our hair, i feel like people get kind of scared of the idea that you're, like melting it into their hair and they think oh you're melting, like plastic into your hair, especially when you start doing the insole and they hear like the sizzle. I don't know if you notice that it sounds kind of frightening but um it's it's just um. It'S just made out of keratin and then it's got like a silicone additive as well. So it's really really safe for your hair. It doesn't melt your hair or anything like that, um. Basically, what you're doing is you're just heating it up it's expanding and then you're rolling it onto the hair, and it sets really really hard. And then, when you remove it, you basically just break down the bond and it slides right out. These ones are my fave, because they're the most natural looking and feeling i feel so like you said you had tape ins and you hated them, because your scalp was so sensitive. You probably noticed like they're, really heavy and they're, also really hard to to hide. So with the k-tips, because they're installed in individual strands, they're, so much more natural feeling, they're really not heavy at all. Obviously you have something in your head, so you notice that, but after they've been in for about a week, you don't even notice them anymore. So that's really great as well. Um also like jess was saying: what's really great is once you put them in they're in there from three to five months so, depending on the client's natural hair, how well they take care of it and all those kinds of things. That'S what's going to determine how long the extensions can last so i have a full head of fusions. I'Ve been wearing them for like five years consecutively. I think the longest break i've taken was like a month from them, and i always like to tell my story because i feel like the same thing like fusions, have helped my hair grow, because when i went to hair school i was like. I want to be blonde and i fried off all my hair and i went from like rihanna red to like level 10 blonde, and i had like a chemically cut mullet, like literally in a crown along the top of my head, and i had these like ratchet. Tapens in it was so bad. I should show you guys pictures guys they're on facebook they're on facebook. Every now and then someone like goes through my facebook they're like whoa. That'S you like. I keep it on because it humbles me um, but yeah. So, basically kind of what happened was my girlfriend was like okay, we're coloring your hair, back, dark and you're wearing fusions, and so i took all my tape, ins and i went back to like a level four and i've been wearing fusions consecutively. Since and um i mean i just went through another color correction, so i've got some damage in my front pieces again, but my pieces went from like this long to like down to here, so i really believe highly that, like fusions, don't damage your hair they're. Actually, the safest for your hair um me personally, yeah um, both now. Obviously, like i cut my hair, my hair is probably like. I think this is my hair, so it's more just volume, but i feel like i'll, be the type of person that like not only because i work with extensions i'll always have extensions in my hair, like my hair will finally get to the length that i want And i'll still have extensions in there, mainly because you know that's a great question, because i feel like people get this stigma, that, if you're doing extensions, it needs to be like a full head. You know you need this dramatic transition and it needs to be like 25 inch hair. No, that's something else we'll cover too um, but typically you need to be blow drying them every single time you wash your hair. What if they just did like yeah? That'S the biggest thing like the hair, totally fine, but if the bond sits wet for long periods of time it can kind of start to break down and then it'll yeah. The bond will start to break down and then the hair can start to shut out, and also i mean like i'm not going to lie like i air dry, my hair every now and then too, and it's usually fine. But if you think about your clients, they usually follow about 75 of the steps you actually give them. So you you naughty yeah, if that, if that, so, i always am like extra like careful. When i tell them like you need to be drawing them every single time, because you know they're not going to do you know what i mean so, but if they do sit wet for long periods of time it will break down and the hair will shed. So that's really important too um, so the bond kind of starts to get looser and it starts to kind of like break down. And so, if the bond isn't as strong, the hair will shed out of it. Because you'll notice, when, like i'll, show you when i'm doing an install, basically what's happening when you're heating, this bond up, is it's expanding and you'll notice that, like all the hair strands, are kind of just open and they're free. So then you're taking your hand and you're forming them, and then it's resetting. So basically it's that that bond, that's holding it all together right. If that starts to break down, then the hair has nothing to hold on to so it'll just start shedding out. So if you have clients who come in they're like i don't know why the hair is like shedding all the time like nine times out of ten. It'S because they're not taking the proper care, um yeah, absolutely um and then do you know like the melting point on them, is because never had that experience with bellamy, um i've worked with great lengths and bellamy, and i find like bellamy is quite similar. It'S a little bit of a lower price point, so that's positive for like us as stylists, because we can mark up the hair and make more off of it um, but the bond itself. I'Ve never noticed. I mean obviously, if you're, putting like your curling iron, but even so like i leave mine in for like five months and at that point like they're quite grown out and when i'm curling it there's definitely times when i hit it with the iron and it'll soften It it'll start to melt it a little bit, but for the most part it stays in there. I don't know exactly what temperature yeah, but for the most part they're pretty damn sturdy. I would say that fusions are probably the most durable method of extension um, especially for somebody who, like works out quite a bit or it lives a really active lifestyle. They'Re really great, because they're constantly sweating and they're they're not going to slide right out like a bead would or like. Sometimes a tape in wood can break down like the glue in it. So i find that they're the most durable um. What was he seeing yeah? So kind of what i was saying before was with clients, thinking or sometimes stylists thinking that extensions need to be this really big, dramatic makeover, like you were saying you feel like the front of your hair, is a little bit fine. You can take a pack of extensions. I have a few clients where i just throw a pack in, and so i do half on this side and half on that side and it just kind of fills in the front. So, what's really a really great thing to do is like think about your current clientele, like look at that as a platform for offering this service, you might have clients who have had really really fine hair all their life, but they like the length of their hair. You can talk to them about adding like one to two packs or three packs, depending on how long their hair is just to add some volume. You don't need to like throw like six seven packs in everybody's hair. So that's really great and you can kind of talk to them about it and like introduce them to it, and i feel like more often than not people don't know, that's an option. You know people are always just like. Oh, my hair is just so shitty like there's nothing. I can do about it, no matter what i do, it's, it's never going to change. So that's also a really great way to talk about extensions, yeah um. I mean i feel, like i shouldn't have said yeah. I feel like people who don't want to commit to the aftercare um like i was saying you need to be blow drying them every single time you get them wet or drying that bond, and if people aren't willing to commit to like blow drying them every single Time, that's not going to be good um, i would say: that's not an ideal client anybody whose hair is not long enough for an extension. So pretty much from like chin length up, i wouldn't put a k-tip in, but i wouldn't put an extension in general in anybody's hair. That'S that short in terms of fusions in general, they're, so customizable you can really put them in any any hair. So somebody like kk's hair is really really fine, but you can cut down the bonds to to match the density um other than that i'd, say: they're really really great for anybody. Unless there's somebody like you, you have a client who you know doesn't take care of their hair and you know they're going to go through to five months and just destroy their hair and not ever do the aftercare. They'Ll probably see damage in their hair. So sometimes, if i know like, if i have a client who like has done fusions they're, like oh, it's damaging my hair, and i know that they're just not taking care of it. I might transition them to like a microbead or something where they have to be back in the salon every six to eight weeks, because then i can kind of monitor it and be like okay, no, you know you're taking them out and you're reinstalling them. So they're not going for so long other than that. I feel like i like to kind of get people kind of transition them to fusions over every method. It'S my favorite um yeah. I kind of already went over ideal client, basically yeah they come in every like absolutely. You can do it once they're in there you can do all color services, it's totally safe on it. The only thing you're going to notice is that when you go to take out the fusion the spot where the bond is is not going to be bleached. True true, true yeah, would you be worried about like the tension on the picture, though, what do you mean like the weight of the extension, the biggest thing like when you're, when you're worrying about like the integrity of somebody's hair? Obviously, if somebody's hair is just like, you can't pull a comb through it you're. You might not want to think about putting extensions in there. That being said, i've put fusions in people's hair. That is like extremely chemically damaged and as long as you're using the proper placement and putting enough hair in that section, then it's basically you just need the weight to support the extension and, like i said you can customize the bonds, so you can cut them in Half you can cut them even down to quarters even down to eight, depending on how fine their hair is so usually anyone's hair like around the hairline is always finer. So i'm always i'm never putting a full full-size bond around the hairline, because it's just not going to be enough to support it. Um with like kk's hair i'll, show you guys later, but right around her hairline and then there's some spots kind of throughout. I don't know if it's maybe where her tapings wear, but that there's not quite enough hair, so i cut them down into quarters, but there's also sections where it's just like it's too fine, i'm not going to put an extension in it. I'M kind of going to work around that because, if you're putting it in something and it doesn't have the weight to support it, it's just going to rip out or pull out as soon as they go to brush it. It'S just going to pull out what about. I know i was told not to put it on women um. I haven't heard that they're saying like that's interesting, because you want to stop breastfeeding your hair. So if you're wearing extensions yeah, i that's actually yeah. That'S a good point. I have not experienced it personally with any of my clientele um because i feel, like everyone is so different right like some people will lose and that's the thing that's when your extensions are going to start sliding out as if you start shedding hair. So if you know that there's somebody who's doing that, maybe maybe wait but yeah i've never actually personally experienced it. So i've never done it because i always always would want to do it to them. I have a lot of girlfriends who wear fusions, who had fusions when they were pregnant, so i'm gon na reach out to them and ask them that question yeah. That'S a really good question tbd or tbd um! Okay, so i already went over educating your clients. I think that's the biggest thing too, with extensions, like i said, is educating them. Um, like we said, they're going to follow, maybe 50 of what you actually tell them. So when you do your consult, that's the biggest thing is you want to make sure they know everything and make sure they know what a commitment it is because it is a commitment with fusions when you're, comparing them to all the other methods. I would say that they have the least in salon maintenance, because you're able to wear them in your hair for three to five months, but they do have a lot of at-home maintenance so, like i said because you have to blow-dry them all the time. So make sure that they're, aware of that, that might not be something they're willing to commit to and then that's when i would say a fusion isn't ideal for them. No, so that's the other thing with fusions. Is you typically can't reuse the hair? So once you break down that bond, it's no good. I would say that at about the like five month mark anyway, usually hair like after, like a couple months like after, like the seven month mark, is gross anyway and it shouldn't be reused. So when people kind of look at it as like - oh it's - i can't reuse the hair, so it's kind of waste of money in a couple months anyway, that hair is going to be ready to be thrown out. Um you there is a way to re-bond the extension, but it's so tedious and takes so much time and by the time that you've hit that that mark you've also shed some hair too. When you do the removal you lose hair, so it just. It would be a waste of your time to do that. Um. Okay, do you guys have any other questions so far? I feel like everything is mainly going to be more of like just kind of watching and me explaining as i go and then we're going to do like some hands-on and you guys can practice. So if you flip to actually the very end, there's an aftercare sheet that i've put on there, so this is everything that you need to tell your client when, in terms of doing aftercare, um i've got a thing there. I think that talks about product, i think the biggest thing is that they know to invest in a good dry shampoo, as well as a good oil, because that hair, just like any extension, it's not attached to your scalp. It'S not getting all the natural oils that your hair typically. Would you need to be applying an oil to it every single day, so i use the young again. I think it's really really great. You can literally just take a half a pump and apply it from mid to ends, and you need to do that every single day, also when it's wet anytime you're, going to use any kind of heat tools or anything like that. You want to use a heat. Protectant, basically just tell them they want to treat it better than they would treat their own hair. That'S what's going to also help to determine how long they can go with the fusions in their head. What'S that, i just saw that literally yesterday me and shea were talking about it. Have you tried it? I'Ve just been using my clients, it's so nice, you like it. I really like it because i was saying to shay i've seen a dry conditioner once in my life. It was like the me oh do they i didn't like it. I hated it. I didn't feel like it did anything. So i'm really stoked about this so yeah. That would be a really great product to offer them too, because you need to blow dry the hair every single time and it's. It is a commitment i would say people are probably going to wash their hair, like. Maybe one to two times a week, so that's why it's really good to have a good dry, shampoo, um! Also you don't want to be over washing the hair too right. So if you're constantly shampooing your hair or the extensions, it's going to dry them out and they're not going to last as long they're, also going to tangle too so a good dry shampoo is important, um every now and then anytime, i do an install. You always have to clarify shampoo twice and i always use maxi wash sorry. I don't think it's necessary to do it every single time i mean, i would say that you tell them to shampoo their hair twice when they do shampoo it, because it's a lot more difficult to get in. There there's also some instructions in the at home care that talks about thinking about shampooing it in sections. So you can tell them wash your hair shampoo, it maybe go like separate it in half and then like scrub, underneath and make sure you get all of that and then go in and scrub. Everything else really important to tell them too, to brush your hair before you wet it, that's going to prevent any matting or tingling, because sometimes when you get in there like and you're going like this and you get out, the hair is really really tangly. I find that there's not a huge point in like trying to detangle it a lot when it's wet with like a wet brush like i'll. Take it a little bit, but i find once you start drawing it and kind of rough dry. It then the tangle starts to come out itself, and then you can take a round brush through it once it's more dry and it'll come out quite easily. But if you are constantly trying to brush it out when it's wet, it could put tension on the hair, and then it could slip out a little bit. That'S another thing, too, is that you want to be telling your clients that, when they're brushing their hair to put take the tension off the root so hold it like this and then brush below so hold below the bond and then brush so you're, not pulling anything With a wet brush, you can't take it over top of the bond it gets tangled. So this one especially too, i would say that a lot of people experience a lot of like itchiness, the first like anywhere from like week to month, just because your scalp is adjusting to having something in there it's totally normal, but it is something that they have To get used to so being able to take that brush and brush over top is really really nice. I also want to tell them too, if their head does get itchy to avoid like getting your nails in there and like digging under, especially when they're really tight to the scalp, because you could be pushing hair around or pulling it and then that's when it could Cause damage, so i always tell them to like tap it tap your weave or use the brush. So that's why i really like the boar bristle brush when you're washing. We already talked about that. Do it in sections, remove any tangles before you start washing. You want to make sure they're using a sulfate, free and paraben free, shampoo and conditioner. I like the kev. I love the kevin murphy shampoos on my extensions. I'Ve never had, like my extensions, feel so soft as to what the first time eliza used young again on me. I'Ve used young again, i've used repair me. I'Ve used hydrate me i find like young again and repair me are probably my favorites, but i really like young again yeah on the extensions, not no actually not really well do you know what like there's, i don't find there's any point. In spraying, a volume volumizing spray at your root, where the extension is because it's so heavy you're not going to get volume at your root um. I still will spray like i've used um the thickening spray. I don't know if anyone's used, that from bumble and bumble but i'll just use it at my root, where my natural hair is that's another thing too that's important to talk to your clients about is. I have a lot of people who come in for consults, saying i want volume on the top of my head. That'S why i want extensions and, like that's, not gon na extensions. Aren'T gon na give you the type of volume that you would get from back. Combing. Your hair, because it's heavy at the attachment part, so it's just gon na weigh it down, but you do get lots of body. So i feel like also having that much volume at your root is not cool anyway, like nobody wants that. Look like that's gross, so you can kind of talk them out of that and say you know: you're gon na get lots of body and that's really what's important. That'S what's going to make your style stay, looking more modern! So when, when they're drying the hair, obviously extensions are extensions hold on to onto water really really easily, so i find it takes a long time to blow dry them anyone any one of you have probably experienced that, especially with like tape, ins or a weave, they Hold on to water, so much so i always say if you're getting ready in the morning or if your client is has other things to do, go wash your hair. Let it air dry a little bit, it's totally fine to let it sit wet for like a little bit of time. You just don't want to like be going to bed with it wet or leaving it all day. That kind of just gives it some a chance to air dry or you can towel dry as much as possible and then go through with the with the hair dryer, and you want to rough dry it as much as possible. There'S no point in trying to like take a round brush. Just like you would do normal hair into like the extension when it's still decently wet, because you're gon na be there for like three hours trying to round brush the hair. So i always blow dry it until it honestly almost feels completely dry, because once you get in there with the brush, it's gon na open up the hair and you're gon na realize it's still quite wet under there. So i'll just rough dry it until it feels like it's almost fully dry and then i'll go through with the round brush when you're round brushing it, because the hair will still be kind of tangly from rough drying. It you always start at the bottom and then kind of work, your way up and that'll kind of work out all the knots styling. It'S the same. I mean same with any kind of extension. You can use any kind of heat tools on them. Just they have to avoid the roof. They'Re straightening their hair. They can't be straightening, obviously from the root to the end. Otherwise, it's going to melt the bond if your client is going on vacation unless you're like super, confident and they're super confident that they're gon na follow the aftercare steps. I find that usually, like i have clients who i've told like wait until you come back from your vacation to get the fusions put in um because, like you said nine times out of ten they're going to go on their vacation and they're, just going to be Like swimming in salt, water, they're going to be like trying to take cute pictures, so their hair is going to be down like, and you know it's it's going to start matting and also what can happen with the salt water is. It can discolor the extension a little bit um. So if you have blondes who are like an ashy blonde and they go in the salt water, it can turn them a little bit yellow. Sometimes i i'm not going to lie. I have noticed that sometimes they do fade in the sun or in salt water for sure the blondes will turn yellow. So it's really important to let them know if they can avoid like dunking their hair in the ocean. That'S really going to help. Also, you want to let them know that, if they're going to be in the water, even if it's in a pool or whatever tell them to wet their hair, first put like a leave-in conditioner in and if you can put it in like a loose braid or Something do that and then, as soon as you get out of the water as soon as you're done swimming wash it out and then put a leave-in conditioner in again. So you just want to make sure you're just adding all that moisture back in um yeah. So i typically will tell people to wait if people are like i'm going on vacation. So i want beautiful hair that i don't have to worry about. It'S not a good idea, because you do need to worry about the hair. Once it's in your head um, when you're sleeping too it's you want to tell them to put it in a loose braid, especially for the first like week and a half when they're tight to your scalp. You don't want to like you can i can pull my hair in a tight ponytail completely off my face, but for the first like week and a half to two weeks, i won't do that. Even if you physically can pull it up, it's going to be causing tension on the bond and then that'll cause the hair to kind of rip out. So that's what's going to cause damage. So usually, what i'll tell my clients is just put your hair in like a low ponytail or a loose braid um sleep with it like that for the first week and a half two weeks, once it's grown out a little bit, my favorite thing to do is Use the i always forget what they're called invisabobbles and i just pull it in a top in a high ponytail put in the invisibobble. And then, if my hair is like curled or something when i wake up the next day and just take it out, brush it and it's wavy and it doesn't ruin the curl, because i find, if you braid it that's going to ruin the curl. If you sleep with it in a low ponytail, usually you're like sleeping on the hair, so it gets all crinkled and gross and then wakes up. Looking you wake up looking stupid, so that's a really good tip as well. You can also tell them too, to invest in a silk pillowcase. That'S going to stop, especially as the extensions grow out as you're, like sleeping on your on your pillow. They can kind of it can kind of cause tension and put pressure on it and cause them to mat a little bit. So if you have a silk pillowcase, then you don't get that friction and then it's what's that? Do they amazing they're, cheap too right? You can get them on amazon for like ten dollars, yeah they're, probably not like real yeah, but i mean it's similar. It does the same thing and apparently they're really good for your skin, too hot tip. Obviously, you want to tell them to avoid coloring their extensions at home. It is like normal hair, but that's not something for them to be doing purple. Shampoo too, if you have blonde clients, i would make sure that they're not using like a super super strong one, because i know like i've got a few blonde clients who are like so obsessed. You know like with being that ashy blonde they'll sleep with purple shampoo. If you do that with my girlfriend, did it and i'm so mad at her but like if you do that with the extensions it'll dye them like that, we know purple shampoo is really really strong and if that happens, there's nothing. You can do right. If you try to, if you try to lighten through the extension, it's going to ruin the integrity of it, so that's another thing you want to consider too, if you're trying to color match somebody, you never want to have to lift through the extension, because it's just Going to dry it out and make it feel gross, you always want to tone down yeah i rarely ever use like permanent or anything on them yeah. Unless you're, like very confident that you know exactly how like the tone, unless you're coloring darker like say, you're taking, like i don't know, you're coloring like a 5n or like a 1 1n i'd, say it's okay to do it dry. But if you're toning, like blondes, i almost always do them wet um, just because i mean even within bellamy, i find that different packs. Obviously, the hair is different right, so different packs take color completely different, so if i do it wet, then i know that it'll always kind of work as a buffer. Sometimes i find too that like they can get really patchy, so you really have to make sure you're working through it. I will be yes, yes, totally yeah and um, something that i have that to do too is like i mean i should have been doing this. Probably forever but um just making them sign a release form in general when you're doing their extensions, um kind of just going, covering like covering your ass right. Because if you put all this hair in them and then they go home and say they use like a purple shampoo on it overnight, and then it completely changes the color of their hair they're like well. The extensions are they're going to try to complain and say it would somehow make it seem like it was your fault right, yeah or if the aftercare exactly they come in and they're like you ruined my hair and it's like no, you agreed that you were going To do that all of these steps, so that's on you, like the responsibility now that i've put it in your head and educated you on. It is now off of me and on to you how you want to treat the hair and your investment is completely on. You because people will do that right, like people are always trying to gon na try to be snaky and find a way to get their money back and be cheap, but yeah. So i think that's super important, especially too, when doing color yeah pretty much. I will only install bellamy hair if i like, if someone was like, i have great lengths. I know that's a reputable brand i'll, install it or like babes or, like. I think that's what what do they have bombay hair bombay hair is a decent company too, like anyone that you know has a good reputation is good, but that's kind of the plan yeah and that's. What i would say is if somebody brings in a reputable brand, say i'll install it, because i know it's okay, but i'm not responsible for the longevity of it, because it's not a brand that you're 100. Confident in that, you work with all the time that you know how it is so it's up to you like you like easy hair pro, so, like obviously, that i'm open to other things, but i think it's just like well, because i've had experiences with inverted hair Before - and it was the worst thing - what's inverted: hair inverted so something the cheaper hair um when they collect the hair. All the hair won't be in the same direction. So then the cuticles are in opposite directions. So when you're wearing the hair, it just starts to like matte up and you're constantly having to detangle it all the time. That'S how i feel like when i first wore great lengths. They were in my hair. It can be because with greatness, they have a guarantee. So if that happens, will replace it for you. So is this stuff like the cuticle, intact, remedy, hair or yeah yeah yeah yeah as well? Yeah bellamy does tape ins um a weave. They do fusions, they do what's called eye tips as well, which is basically like a micro, bead um. I'Ve never had a problem with like any of the hair itself or the bond itself, sometimes they're. Just like. I just really don't like how they're always out of a lot of colors and sometimes they're, just completely out of stock of everything. So sometimes that's really frustrating. That'S also why it's great to have like another brand that you're open to working with, because if you try to get a certain color - and you just really can't get in that, then you know you have that option of going to another brand they're, mostly asia and Russia, okay, so they do that um, i'm not sure exactly which lengths they use russian, for i just know that the reason they they go to those countries is because a lot of those countries like they naturally have a little bit of lighter hair, especially in russia. So yeah so to get to their like platinum, blondes, they're, not having to put it through so much chemical processing, whereas if you're, if all your hair is coming from like india, it's all going to be like dark. So you have to put it through a lot more to get it to that level. 10. Ash that you want um yeah. I don't know yes what okay yeah so um. What they told me is basically what happens? Is it's a religious thing in these countries where they donate it for um? They donate it to the church or they sacrifice it or whatever it's a ceremony right, so they they grow their hair long and then they like they give it to the church and the church like sells it to these companies, but basically what the money that they Make from it they take that money and they turn around and put it back into their community, so they do it to benefit their community. I don't know like exactly where bellamy gets their hair from, but i know that it's supposed to be ethically sourced, so yeah totally. We can talk about pricing um. How i charge for keratins. Are i charge per bundle to install so i charge 125 per bundle, um and then the hair? I think the hair is marked up by about 40. 30 40. So, what's like one by the way, how much do they pick um? I know i think 20 inches are like one 145 per bundle like that's what they're paying and then i'm charging 125 per bundle to put in never tell your client, that's how you're charging them, what what's really important, what i've found it's it's hard to like stray Away from this like explaining it to them, because, like sometimes, you feel like a little bit scared almost to be like your bill's going to be 1700 today, you know like you, but you can never gauge, like the type of person like i've. Had people come in being like there's no way she's going to spend money on the hair, i'm going to tell her the price and they're going to be like yeah i'll call back and people like i've told them their bill is going to be eighteen hundred dollars And they're like yeah, okay and they pay the deposit and they're good. So you can never really gauge what a person is willing to spend on their hair, especially girls um. But what's really important is when somebody comes into your chair you want to. You want to obviously talk to them about what they're hoping to achieve. Look at tons of pictures decide on what length they want um if they're going for just volume or if they're, going for thickness for length and volume and what i usually do is i'll be like okay. So for the look that you want to achieve, this is what the cost is going to be don't be like. The hair is going to cost you this much and then the install is going to cost you this much because then they're going to start being like well. I probably don't need like six packs like i could probably do like four or five packs, but it's like they don't know that, like they don't know. How many do you know what i mean, and sometimes what i've done like i've kicked myself in the butt for doing is because i know that you're gon na lose about like for sure two inches when you're evening out the hair and you're cutting it. I always order longer, but a lot of times too people will come in they'll be like oh. I just want like to hear like nothing, crazy and so you'll be like okay. You need five packs for that. Look like in your head, you're telling yourself that and then you order five packs and they get this like 20 22 inch hair and they see how long it is and they're like. Oh no, i want to keep it longer, but you can't if you didn't order that much hair the longer you go, the more hair you need. So if you don't order enough hair for a 22 inch, look, it's just going to be stringy and gross, and then it's going to look horrible. But honestly, like nine times out of ten people come in and they say, i only want this length and then they see the hair in like the length in their head and they're like oh, do i want to keep it long? Do you ever do like so say underneath if they want, like the 20 20 inch look, would you ever do like 16's, underneath in the 20s up top um? That'S typically, why i just order longer in general, i find like it just kind of gets like a little bit complicated like i don't know, i'm a i'm a perfectionist, so i take a long time to i take a lot longer to do my install and i'm Always like stepping back and looking at it, but i find, if i'm like, trying to like look at lengths and organize links, then it just gets confusing. I usually just will order all one length unless i'm customizing a color, so some of the extensions like these ones from the bellamy um line the rooted ones, how far the root comes down, is going to be dependent on the length of the hair. So if you order a shorter extension like a 16 inch extension, the root isn't going to come down as far so, if you're doing um somebody who has like a face frame or obviously like a balayage, it's lighter in the front and a little bit, not quite As light in the back, sometimes i'll order, if i know that i'm going to want like a lot of lightness in the front i'll order, like a 16 inch for the front um, you kind of just gauge it from like working with the brand and knowing kind Of where, where the blend happens, but i've tried that - and i like to do that with when it comes to customizing colors. Another thing you can do too is, i think, the biggest thing when you're putting in k-tips is the bond. So you most of our blondes, aren't naturally that blonde. So if you put in like a white blonde extension right against the root you're going to see the bond if their hair is really short or their hair separates you're going to see this like white thick bond. So i love that bellamy has the rooted ones. That'S something i really really like, but sometimes the root is just slightly off or the root is too long, and you don't want like that long of a root. What i'm doing on kk and i'll show you is i've got. This is the same color. That'S in this, this is a 60. i've got like one that comes all the way up and i'll cut them in half and when i'm fusing them together i'll fold, the dark one on top and and roll it so that this kind of blends out the root. So it's not so harsh and it comes up a little bit higher, but then you only see the dark bond. So that's something! That'S really wicked about k-tips that you can't do with any other extension in terms of color like you can customize it so much so if somebody has like a balayage or something which most people do like, you can't blend the colors as well or make them look As custom with like a weft or a tape in even like the eye tips and microbeads, you can't cut them in half. You can't cut that bond, so there's just really nothing that comes as close to being customizable than keratins any other questions. Can we go back to texting? Oh yeah, sorry, um? No, so i don't charge um. I don't switch up the price when it comes to length um i just charge 125 per bundle. Um! That'S how i figure out my costs right, yeah so say, you're doing six spot or so you're doing like yeah, say you're doing six bundles 725. I think no 750 - let's just say it's 750. 750 for the install and like the hair, is like 800 or 900 dollars - probably 900. um you're, not gon na, be like okay. So the install is going to be this much. The install is going to be 750 and the hair is going to be 900 i'll, just say it's just going to be 16.50, but the hair itself that varies in price yeah yeah. It varies. It varies in price through bellamy. The cost is not that different. Like i think i want to say, there's about a four to six dollar cost per bundle in terms of the difference in length, i'm like 99.9 sure. Let me grab my paper really yeah on the sheet. It'S different! No! Oh sorry: okay, yeah, um! Okay! Let'S look at for bellamy hair for k-tips 16-inch. The cost is 90. 18-inch. The cost is 94. 20-inch. The cost is 97. So not even it's like three dollars. Difference 22 inch. 103. 24. Inch. 117.. That'S specifically, why i'll usually be like i'll order longer so that i have the length and then cut right. It'S really gon na for them. It'S gon na be like maybe like a ten to twenty dollar difference. Maybe, if that, because yeah and just throw in a number like what what so that's our cost of 90, what's their cost? Okay, what bellamy? What bellamy suggests that you list it as um so say for a 16 inch 90, the cost, what you should list it at is 140., so you're making like 50 bucks off of one bundle retail. So that's something! That'S really wicked too, like your retail numbers are like through the roof right. My retail numbers are sometimes the exact same as my service services like. If i you know what i mean like, which is crazy, so i mean what's great about extensions. Is there's no overhead cost, there's? No really, unless you're coloring extensions, there's really there's no overhead cost the client's paying for the hair and it costs absolutely nothing to install it. Your your iron itself, like i think, the bellamy irons, are like 30 bucks yeah. That'S what the install cost is, because it's it's like cutting extensions you're, not giving them like a thorough haircut you're. Basically just like you're, obviously blending it a lot, but it's very very like you're eyeballing. It kind of you do the length and i'll show you guys later, but you're kind of just i mean the thing that i didn't agree with. That is that you're giving them the option you should net like they're, giving them the option to say i don't want that, and i would never ever ever ever. Let somebody walk out of the door with extensions and no cut. I would not. I would not install them before i let them do that. Do you know what i mean because like if i just feel like, if you give them the option, if you tell them that this is something different, they're going to try to break down the price and try to figure out a way to make it cheaper? If you just say this is the cost, you either want this or not. If you want, if they're like you know what that's too high for me, then you'd be like okay. Well, you know what we can talk about, giving you a different look. That'S going to bring down the cost, but you're not going to be able to have that length, maybe you're just going to be able to have them for volume. And honestly i mean. Obviously, the install is very important, but the cut is just as important as the insult. What do you charge for um removal usually about a hundred dollars, and then i just kind of gauge it based on based on no, i just gauge it based on how many bundles they have if they have two bundles in there, i'm not going to charge them 100 bucks, because it's going to take me like 15 minutes to remove that right as long as they take care of them yeah when you're first starting i'd, say it probably takes you like half hour per bundle to remove okay yeah. It see it depends like and if they're mad, when you're first starting out, i don't think it's great to charge per hour, because you're obviously going to be slower than somebody who has been doing it for a while um. But that's kind of what the general like around what i've been charging for removal is. Usually i don't like i have like, maybe like two or three clients who i just put like a bundle or two in most of my clients are around like five ish bundles. So usually, i'm charging them around 100 bucks to remove and then, when you remove them yeah. So when you're doing the install um, so let's kind of go through i'll talk a little bit about the install before we like actually get into it. When you're doing an install, you need to be clarified, shampooing their hair, twice, no conditioner no product or anything there can't be any oil or any dirt in the hair. Otherwise that can get in the way of how the bond adheres to the hair, and then they could just end up slipping out. So i've been using maxi wash i'll, just clarify shampoo, their hair twice, it's gon na feel gross, obviously um, and it might take you a while to try and brush out the tangles, so usually i'll, just get in there with a blow dryer and start rough drying. It instead of trying to like spend like 15 minutes combing out their hair um, like i said, no product or anything and then yeah you'll, just blow dry them straight and then get in and start sectioning. And then i guess we can just get into the install. If you guys don't have any other questions currently jess do you have any more questions on price may be cool just to have like something at the guide, though? So if you are doing that, okay yeah so um, i've got a few sheets from um. The this bellamy handbook that i can print out for you guys if you want, if you guys, are serious, if you guys, are going to be offering this service i'll print out the sheets and there's something that i kind of want to work out. They have a sheet in there that explains like a breakdown, so if you're charging this per bundle, this is how much the hair has cost. You'Re timing, this by this, and that's how i like they have a formula basically, so i can print that out for you guys if you want and then also they've got a few head sheets in there, i'll kind of talk to you about placement. But if you guys want like a physical head sheet, i can print those off for you too, and give them to you as well. You