Introduction Into Pre Bonded Hair Extensions

Hey yes, so, while we're in the isolation at the moment and I've decided to do a few videos, so in the past, quite a few of you have asked me about pretty fond of extensions: how to apply them and infinitely that. So I thought, whilst my block is brunette and and I have some preponderant exceptions and that I'll do a little video on it just so, you can M see how it's done and just learn a little bit more about extensions. So weird any type of hair extensions were used in. If you use an heat or no heat, you have to make sure that you're preparing the hair correctly. So the first thing about preparing the hair is making sure it is clean. So we normally shampoo the hair without no conditioner. The best shampoo to use is actually a clarifying shampoo. So it's going to take away all the dirt, the oils all of the stuff that builds up on the hair and an everyday basis. So that gives us a clean canvas to work on, and so there's nothing that's going to interrupt the link between the bond and the hair to make sure it stays as long as it can do. I'M recommended following your manufacturer's instructions. So normally what you do em is obviously beforehand your color match your extensions with your color ring to the clients, hair and, and you would order your extensions in that side is quite long to go into over videos. So we can do that one on one. If you've got any more questions about it, and so we've pretended, though right now, I'm working on a block that we have and prep the clients hair by washing it with clarifying shampoo detangling, it correctly blow-drying it straight. The reason why we want to blow-dry it straight before we put the extensions in is just so: it's easy to work with there's no a little bit of hairs coming around everywhere and their hair is just a nice clean canvas really. So what I've done is I've sectioned out my block already so at the top area, I've taken a horseshoe section covering from your recession line, so your high recession come in underneath your crown area, so the reason being for that is because no extensions go there. So you can see, you've got your horseshoe okay, so no extensions are meant to go in that area and we do actually call that area. Your know gon na go zone, and just so you know don't pay. Any attention is that we also call it the purser. So the perimeter is that outline of the hair - it's really important, that you have your no-go zone in your perimeter, em area a decent size, so the right size really for it is depending on the client's density, is anything from half an inch depth to an inch And a half depth and the reason why we say that is because, when you put your buns in and the client wears the hair up, we don't want to see the bond the whole. The main important thing with extensions is to make it look as natural as possible. Okay, I know some people like to how they're looking fake and all of that, but actually the reason why we have extensions is to make it look natural, so the client wants their hair to be longer. What'S it to be fuller, maybe they just want to add color without putting any chemical in the hair as well. So it's really important that it is as natural as possible and so around the front here as well. You'Ll see that I've taken a diagonal back section, which M just comes from underneath my horseshoe into just the start of the ear again. The reason why I've done that is because that's the area where we'll be put in the hair up if you're wet. If you wear your hair up a lot, okay, making sure that no buns are seen so I'm gon na be starting just to put em a row of extensions at the back to show you. It'S not gon na be a complete video like a whole and a whole full head of how to do it. It'S just something that I know people have asked me in the past and to keep a little bit mention for you. So what we're gon na be looking at first is the preparation of the hair is done. I'Ve put my and my sections in the clients. Hair has been prepared correctly. It straight is ready to go so the next thing that we, that is return of your bonds. So if you look at these bonds themselves, they're actually quite thick, so think about having those bonds in your hair, this side, you're melting them, it's gon na be bigger. It'S not gon na be comfortable. It'S not gon na look nice so make sure what we're doing is cut in these bonds in half to make sure it's comfortable for the client and that it lies softly and for the client and it's not bulky and little bits hanging around. So what you want to do is get an old pair of scissors. Do not use your normal scissors. Okay, your normal hair scissors, don't touch them with the bond, so what you're literally gon na do is you can see the bond and we are gon na cut this bond literally in half, okay, and what that's gon na give us is a smaller bond all right. So again take your extension. You can see this. We are literally gon na cut this in half there. Okay again, do one more time got your full bond cut it down. So now we've got smooth ones: okay, so it's going to be much more comfortable and for the cry in and it's going to look nicer more natural. So the next thing that you want to do is put in your extensions out in an order to make it easy for you to put it into the head. Basically, so I've got two ways to do this and my favorite one is my little grid. I use a grid because I use a lot of loose hair. I like using this. It'S basically a square piece of cardboard with loads of nails coming in and what you do is you put your hair in you close this up together, nice and easy, and then you can easily pull the extensions out, so it keeps it from matting and it keeps It and just nice and smooth next way get a table if you don't have a grid, and so, as you can see, I've already put the hair in. So what you would do is your glide, this flap, you would put one of extension on her like this and then you're literally just gon na roll it over. Just like you would roll in your normal towels. Okay. So then literally you've done that again. You'Ll put in one extension in and you're just rolling it around it's much easier to do this on a flat surface. So do it on your gun or new trolley or on your section, rather than do it in midair, like I'm doing right now and again pop it over in and then twist around and then what you'll have is the hair is individually in sections, and you can Just pull out and it will stop any mat in, so it's just going to keep it nice and neat for you alright. So what we're going to be looking at doing is actually applying them now. So the next thing that we're gon na be I'm doing is actually I've taken sections I've taken horizontal section that is slightly diagonal, remember the shape of their head is round, and so, when you put two straight sections in and it doesn't really marry so we've got To think about this and correct me when you're puttin, the extensions in we want to follow the shape of the head just like when we doing haircuts and we're doing color, we do in placement, we want to follow the shape of the head, so our sections are Just very gently diagonally forward just so when that head comes up, the line will straighten up. Okay, because remember no head is square well, so what we're going to be doing is taking our section. So when we take the exact other sections to actually apply the extensions itself, we're going to be taking a sly, m.u section. Okay and the reason why I be taking au section is just because that's the shape of the bond you're, probably of hit the bonds called like you tips or nail tips. Think about you, know the fake nails or you. It literally looks like EU, so we're mirroring the shape of the bond as well and when we take the amount of hair in each section, and we need to make sure that it is a one-to-one ratio with the hair extension itself. So that basic means that when the extension lies flat, there's equal amount of hair from the clients heads into the bond yeah, so we're not in any added pressure. If you come and too much hair in a bond, you're gon na start putting too much tensions on the clients scalp, but in too much tension on that client scalp can cause OC, alopecia stress, redness and spotting the same words. If we put too little hair into the bond, it's gon na be too heavy for the clients hair. So what is gon na end up doing is pulling the clients, hair and damaging it, and so we need to make sure that the ratio of the hair to the nut clients, natural hair and to the extensions itself is equal. 1 to 1. So I like to use my and pinko clips, I just prefer it and you can obviously use your tail comb and if you prefer, I've put myself cream somewhere and I don't actually um. So what we would be gon na be doing is we're gon na. Take this section, I'm literally gon na apply my clips on the top part of this section as well. What this is doing is just keeping any little hairs out of my way out of my way and it's keeping it a nice and even canvas for me to work out okay. So I'm gon na take my first section and so I'm gon na take it into a slightly u-shaped okay. So let me just pull that forward. For you lot sorry there we go. So it's just a small section there, and this is what we're gon na be applying our extension on okay. So let me make sure that you can see this all right, so we're gon na take one of our extensions. What we're gon na do first is we're. Gon na place the M bond onto the hair, so what you'll notice is that I've put my clip underneath the reason why I've put my clip ins and if hair here is just to keep my sections and clean, there's no hair coming out. It'S just the section that I've taken okay and it's also going to help me to determine how far from the scalp I'm putting my bond. If you put your bond too close to the scalp again, it's going to cause irritation and tightness onto the scalp itself. If we drop it too far down it's not going to last as long, we need some movement above the bonds when you put it in all right, so we're gon na stop what I've got a on. You, sorry, is what we called in an extension gun. Okay, this is a portable extension gun, and so it's really good for if you're going mobile, if you're working on shows - and you need to do anything like that - it's portable okay, so you just make sure that all of your connections are good and so there's no Health and safety, how does going on and with this gun itself, both sides are hot on some of the guns. It will only be one side, that's hot, so always make sure you're reading em your manufacturer instructions before you use these, and because you need to know which, which one's hot and which one is cold. Okay, and so what we're going to do? These get pretty hot by the way they get up to 250 degrees, and some of them will slightly differ. The reason why they are so hot is because of the bond itself. We need to melt it. So majority of the ones that you will be using is carotene bonds. It'S what the hair is made out of it's much softer. It'S nicer when the hair is easier to work with and because this is trained in hair. Unfortunately, not the best and do not put these in a proper person's hair while you're training, it's okay to use and but do not put them in people's hair, because it's really sticky it's not that nice. It'S not moving the actual hair itself. So what we're gon na do first, is I'm going to take my section. I'M just gon na go a little bit closer, so I'm gon na take my section, I'm gon na pop my nail tip underneath my section. Okay and I'm gon na place it flat. I'M doing this just to check where the bond is gon na be sitting and if I've got enough movement for the hair to move above the bond. Okay. So again, because I was obviously twisting it. I'M gon na just redo that just to make it nice and clean okay. So, when we've done that I'll put my gun underneath the bond and I'm gon na close it, I'm gon na counter, probably like five and open it. What I'm looking for is the bond to be fully melted, so I'm looking for bubbles and then I'm gon na use my finger and my thumb to roll up and down the one thing that you will notice is when you're, using like the glue bonds itself, they're Bonds, when you and set them like we're doing now becomes much longer. So this is why it's really imperative to cut your bonds much smaller when you first get them when you're working with actual carotene bonds itself, it's much easier and it's much nicer. So I'm just gon na do a couple of these, so what I'm gon na do is and work in a brickwork pattern. So a brickwork pattern is going to create an length and fullness in the hair, and - and am I just gon na - do one row of these just so, you can see on this side and then on the opposite side. I'M gon na be doing what we call scattering scattering just means. It'S placed out a little bit so again, I'm finding my section popping it in place in my bond and I start to mount my bonds making sure I see all the bubbles come off and literally roll up and down. So what you want to make sure that you're doing is you're close in the top part of the bond, as well as the bottom part of the bond, if you're not crazy, in that it's gon na cause the extension to fall out and not last as long. Okay, so you can see they're starting to lie flat into the hair, so literally we're just gon na carry on with that and extensions are a fantastic and an amazing way to add color, to add fullness and to change the hair. A lot of people get really scared of extensions, so everybody will go. Oh extensions ruin your hair, blah blah blah. Yes, they can ruin their hair if it's not being looked after correctly. So if you haven't educated your client on how to look after the EM extensions, how to make sure they're keeping the extensions in good health and well, that was a clip going. Sorry it's because I've got loads of clips on. Why, and, and and also incorrect application can damage the eyes and also incorrect and removal. So there is a quite a few aspects that can damage the clients hair, but as long as you were educating yourself and you're, educating your client correctly on how to and look after their extensions you're, not gon na get any damage. Honestly, all of you that know me will know that I've I had extensions on and off for ten years, and now my hair is as healthy and the longest has ever been, and I never had long hair that this in pictures you've to see me over long Hair, but it was all extensions, and I can answer that heart say extensions - is the reason why my hair is so good, always make sure that you are looking after your extensions. Just like you would your natural hair. So if a client is one in extensions, but they don't really look after their hair themselves, then probably extensions is not the best thing so again. So what I'm looking at this is going to be my last extension that I'm going to apply on this side. The reason being is I'm coming too close to my perimeter line, and I can see that with the density of this block, that if I go to much closer to the outside of the hairline you're, actually gon na see these bonds, and that is thank that we Don'T want so the way to test it really is when you're and half of who like when you're doing this, and I can see I'm coming towards the end after you put the last and bond in what you can do is you can lift the hair up? Just to see if you can see any of the bonds coming free, so I will show you so if I was to put the hair up like this, I can see. I can tell that you're not gon na be able to see those bonds. If I was to go closer to the hairline, you would be seeing the box okay. So that's the importance of that. So what we've got now is brickwork, so you can see you've got holden. You'Ve got yeah so they're next to each other, they're brickwork, they're, nice and knee I've got movement on to around the hair, so I'm not putting too much stress in so that is brickwork when they're next to each other. Okay, when you would do your section above this, you would make sure that your brickwork is fold in like in between. So you don't have lines just like you would, when you're doing your sets, they slowed slightly um disciplined with the previous one. It'S gon na look better for you, okay, so on this side, I'm gon na do scattering right and after so basically what the scattering is. So I'm gon na keep my clip on here just to keep the hair out of the way and keeping it nice and neat. So scattering is more basically what it says. So you've got space in between each extension. Scattering is really good for layering really good for adding some fullness into the hair they're, not having a foreheads, where it's also quite good, for adding color as well. You can get like an highlighted effect or a low lighted effect for using scattering and so they're literally I'll have one here and then I'm going to space it just a little bit out so you've got you've, got the natural hair in between the bonds. Basically, so let me stop so I'm gon na hold these ones out of the way here and then I'm gon na say this is I'm gon na use, as my first one I'm now gon na jump just over a little bit, so I'm gon na take again My new section from my block, so what you'll notice, if you've got the bonds you've got the natural hair and then you've got the section that I'm gon na be working with. So this is what we call scattering, so I'm gon na be doing the same thing as I did before. I'M going to be taking my extension, I'm gon na be popping it underneath underneath the hair I've, so I've just lifted up my clip just so I can make sure I'm lining this correctly and because we want them all in line and then again, I'm gon na Get my extension gun, I'm gon na hold it and I'm gon na close that for five seconds open it just to make sure all of the buns is completely melted and then I'm gon na start to roll moving up and down. You always want to make sure that your movement is like this, so it's coming up and downwards. The reason being is to make sure that the the bond is closed. If it's slightly open, it's not gon na last. As long it's going to start, the extensions are gon na start to slip, and I think just one would be good so a bit of a waste of time. So again, I'm gon na now, where I would have put in extensions. I'M gon na skip that and go to my next section and then again you just repeat it and I'm a big lover of extensions. I find it very, very peuta cutting them in some of you will love it. Some of you might hate it and so yeah pop it in and get in your extensions. It is all experience, I'm not going to lie to you, but I mean placement and things like that, and your time in will come the more you do it just like the same is when you first thought I'd blow drying the hair at first. It was never quick and then it became quicker when you first put in started putting foils in it wasn't as quick and now it's got quicker so with extensions, it's the same practice or make perfect, as you know, but with people that know me will know that. That'S what I say to use okay, so this is gon na, be my last one that I'm gon na fit and again I'm being aware of my perimeter, my no go zone and opposite side. So let's pop this in okay. So what you'll see the difference when I do this, the difference is brickwork is right next to each other, and our scattering has the natural hair being that okay. So that is the difference, so that is application of your pre bonded hair. So no tips or you tips after you would have obviously done the full heads. You would then cut it into shape using deep point, cutting you wouldn't really use Club cut in and because your ends up get in and quite harsh lines of cosgood. And then you can styling comb as you please, and so I hope you enjoyed your little intro into the pre-funded hair extensions and I was