Hair Extensions Aftercare & Maintenance
HAIR EXTENSIONS “KERATIN TIP” AFTERCARE & MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
WASHING:
1. please wash your hair at least twice a week, so that you shall maintain them clean and shiny.
- before washing your hair, please thoroughly comb them with the special hair extensions brush through the roots and the keratin connections with no fear.
- always wash your hair in a stand up, upright position.
- gently massage your routes and spread the shampoo to the rest of your hair in a gentle and straight manner. you should avoid circular moves, perplexed massaging and scrubbing. Please repeat with a second hand.
- apply plenty of conditioner only at the tips of your hair (and not on the keratin connections up top) and let it work for 2-3 minutes before rinsing. after rinsing, “squeeze” the water out and comb your hair.
- wipe out water by gently tamponing your hair with the towel. you should avoid circular moves and scrubbing. please apply silicon, silk or any high quality moisturizer at the tips of your hair before blow drying. pls avoid pointing the nozzle of the blow-dryer vertically on the brush but use an angle instead. direct heat shall damage and dehydrate your hair extensions.
- when using any type of styling iron, press, or toaster, it should be wise that you do not use maximum power but a medium heat scale. hi temps dehydrate your hair extensions and shorten their life “expectancy”. never start up with the iron close to the keratin connections (bondings), this shall damage them.
- never style your hair before thoroughly blow drying them off. any humidity may add extra tension to your roots while straightening with the styling comb.
AT THE POOL / SEA
1. before diving, pls spray your hair with protective hair reconstructor or moisturizer, or conditioner thinned in water and then, thoroughly brush and untangle your hair.
- use a band to hold your hair in a tight ponytail at the base of your head. for extra safety, you may tie your pony tail midway and also at the end. then you may fearlessly dive in the water or indulge with your favorite sea sport.
- in case that you have access to tap water, it should be wise that you wash sea salt out of your hair. when back home, you may untie the pony tail and wash your hair the proper “hair extensions” way.
SLEEP
1. always comb and untangle your hair before sleeping.
- never go to bed with wet or humid hair, there is a great risk of tangling in your sleep. for your convenience you may use a hair band or do a simple pony tail.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
- in case that it is your very first hair extensions application, there shall be a chance that you feel a slight tension or irritation at the routes. this is no reason to worry, the tension shall disappear within a few days and you shall feel your brand new hair prosthetics as a natural extension of your hair.
- after the application, you may wash your hair at the third day, not earlier.
- you should absolutely avoid bleach or any hair color between your routes and the keratin connections. first the connections are done in areas that do not “show”. secondly there might be danger that the color or bleach might infiltrate at the top of the keratin connections and not being able to be completely rinsed away, it shall damage your own hair. so when you dye your hair, pls dye only your ring “perimeter” and top routes.
- keratin tip bonding application, is incompatible with a 1% of women, due to hormonal, or other medical conditions. any hair routs tolerance issue, is opposed to hair extensions application.
- women with excessively oily hair should be applied on with weft (cornrows) system only…