Hair Extension Terms

Bonding: a method of weaving that lasts for a shorter period of time in comparison to sew-in weaving

Bulk hair: Bulk hair is not bound to weft and is packed loose. It is mostly used for braiding as well as strand by strand application

Closure: a tiny piece of Remy hair combined with a thin piece of lace

Cuticle: the hard and outer layer that works as a defensive fence for the softer inner structure, is known as the cuticle of the hair

Cuticle hair: the hair has all cuticles healthy, intact and all cuticle flow in the same direction from the root to the tip

Chemically treated: coloring, perming, straightening, bleaching, these are the processes that are usually referred to as chemically treated. On the flip side, these processes can weaken and damage natural hair structure

Depigmentation: Erasing the color pigments from hair

Double drawn: it contains hair of only one length. Double drawn hair is drawn a second time to remove shorter hairs so that all hair is the same length.

Hair extensions: Hair extensions are used to add length or to increase volume of the hair. Extensions can be bonded, sewn in, clipped in, microbonded, glued on or can be attached to natural hair.

Hair installation: The process in which human hair extensions are applied to the natural hair using methods of fusion, bonding, sewn and others.

Lace frontal: A tiny part of Remy hair attached to a thin lace

Machine weft: A small machine used is used to attach a weft or a track to be used in human hair installation

Microbond: Microbond ½ ordinary strand of pre-tipped fusion hair

Remy Hair: Remy hair use cuticle layer intact. They are collected from the donor and all of them lie in the same direction.

Single drawn: hair collected from a single donor and has the cuticle layer intact. It retains its natural form shine and form and is considered the highest quality.

Tangling: When hair gets knotted because of lack of care of low quality products.

Virgin hair: Refers to hair in its original form