At Home Care.
A cheat sheet on taking the best possible care of your extensions at home.
K-Tips
Use a soft boar bristle brush. I will provide you with you with one after your first install. Brush 2-3 times a day supporting the roots with your hand to avoid tension.
It is VERY important to brush your K-Tips to prevent matting. Especially during cooler months when you are wearing high neck clothing; coats, sweaters, scarfs, etc.
Brush before you get into the shower to help with tangling. Brush your hair in the shower as well while you have conditioner in.
Wash gently with flat finger tips working your way down the head. You want the bonds to stay in the same direction. Condition mid shaft to ends.
DO NOT sleep on wet bonds. Sleep with a low loose ponytail or braid. A silk bonnet and pillowcase will also help reduce friction. You will be provided with one of these after your install as well.
Use your fingers to separate bonds daily.
Heat styling is fine but do not apply heat to the bonds.
Wefts
Use a soft boar bristle brush or wet brush. I will provide you with you with one after your first install. Brush 2-3 times a day supporting the roots with your hand to avoid tension.
You can use a claw clip in your hair to separate your rows/wefts to wash each row at a time. Using two fingers like a peace sign to scrub the top and bottom of the wefts.
Blow dry the top of your wefts/rows completely.
You do not need to vigorously shampoo the ENDS of your hair, focus on the scalp and around the wefts.
You do not need to condition the top of your hair, focus on the mid lengths to ends.
Use sulfate and paraben-free salon grade shampoos and conditioners, ALWAYS! I have all the products you will need for you at the salon.
DO NOT sleep on your wefts wet. Sleep in a loose braid or ponytail. A silk bonnet and pillowcase will help reduce friction, I will provide you with one of these after your first appointment.
The use of leave-in conditioners, heat protectants, and a conditioning mask once a week is highly recommended to protect your extensions.
Extra Tips!
When wearing hair in a high ponytail slightly pull the front corners of your rows to avoid any tension in those spots.
Before swimming, get hair wet in clean water and apply a conditioner or a leave-in on the lengths of your hair and put in a top knot or braid. Try to avoid completely submerging hair in water. You risk discoloring your wefts or drying them out.
After extra curricular activities such as working out, swimming, ect. make sure you dry the wefts immediately after.
When using sunscreen make sure it does NOT include the ingredient "Avobenzone" this will turn your extensions a peach color and is almost impossible to get out.
Do not use purple shampoo on extensions. It will turn them purple and dry them out.
Do not exceed 340 when using hot tools.
Recommenced Products
Kevin Murphy Hydrate Shampoo & Conditioner
Kevin Murphy Young Again Oil
Kevin Murphy Untangled
The entire Goldie Locks line
All of these products can be purchased inside the salon, you also will be given samples after your first install.
Extra Recommenced Tools / Products
Wet Brush & a Boar Bristle Brush
Shower Head Filter
Silk Scrunchies
Silk Pillowcase
Silk Sleeping Cap