Caring For Your Extensions

aftercare

To ensure the health and quality of both your natural hair and your extensions please review my at home care instructions and recommendations.

Extension Care 

  • Brush out any tangles BEFORE showering to avoid matting
  • Always use Davines shampoo and conditioner (sulfate free)
  • Gently scrub your scalp while shampooing using the pads of your fingers and make sure to get in between your rows
  • Complete a double shampoo to fully clean the hair (three shampoos if your hair is extra dirty)
  • Rinse well, including in between rows
  • Apply Davines conditioner to the mid lengths and ends, you may use a Wet Brush and brush the conditioner through the extensions to distribute evenly (hold the top of your wefts while brushing) 
  • Use a weekly hair mask to keep the hair in optimal condition

Cleanse

  • First, get as much moisture out of your extension using a towel
  • Then spray Davines detangler (DEDE Mist or OI All In One Milk) throughout your hair. Hold the top of your wefts and use a Wet Brush starting from the ends of your hair and work your way up
  • Be sure to remove all tangles to prevent matting
  • Apply a Davines heat protectant all throughout your hair and extensions (Melu Heat Sheild or OI All In One Milk)
  • Section out each row and rough dry your hair 80% of the way using only your fingers
  • For the last 20% of your blow dry, section down your bottom natural hair and use a brush to smooth and blowdry
  • Next, drop down your bottom row and blow dry using a paddle brush with minimal tension
  • Drop down your natural hair in between your rows and blowdry using paddle brush. Then, drop your top row and blowdry using a paddle brush with minimal tension
  • Lastly, drop down your natural hair on top and blow dry using a paddle or round brush

Brush & Blowdry

  • Always brush before bed to remove all tangles
  • Apply Davines OI Oil to the mid-shaft and ends of your extensions
  • Sleep with your hair in a loose braid or low-loose ponytail using a scrunchie
  • Sleep on a silk pillowcase—I love placing hair inside a silk bonnet to reduce frizz

Sleep

  • I do not recommend going in salt water or chlorine with hair extensions. Always wear your hair up when heading to the pool or ocean
  • SPF protection that is not mineral based can stain hair extensions. Blonde hair extensions are particularly susceptible to discoloration. Only using a mineral-based sunscreen (Bare Republic is my favorite). 
  • Any use of a sunscreen that is not mineral based has ingredients called Avobenzone and Octocrylene that will turn the extensions a pinky-orange color
  • To help keep your hair extensions from fading, wear a sunhat when you're exposed to sunlight for long periods of time

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