How to Take Care of Your Hair Extensions

Second to breast implants, hair extensions are perhaps Hollywood's best kept secrets.  With celebrities and models sporting different gorgeous do's every day, it's a small miracle that they still manage to have healthy, beautiful and natural hair which bear no signs of the regular styling abuse. Thanks to hair extensions, natural hair can be protected from damage and breakage without sacrificing on beauty and style.

Hair extensions can either be synthetic, all natural or a mixture of both.  Synthetic hair extensions are made from plastic and other materials. They look too shiny and coarse for these extensions to appear like natural hair.  Natural hair extensions on the other hand, are very hard to tell from the real thing, simply because these extensions are made from real hair.

If you're a woman whose work or career requires frequent hair styling, you should take advantage of natural hair extensions.  You can choose from short sections of hair that can be clipped on to add a few attractive inches to your regular hair.  You may also have pieces woven in or braided onto different sections of your hair to add volume and make your hair appear thicker than it really is.

The needs and methods of applying hair extensions may vary from person to person, but one thing remains true: you should take care of your hair extensions as well as you would your own head of hair. Since this is real hair we're talking about, hair extensions need to be thoroughly cleaned with shampoo and treated with deep moisturizing conditioner. You may also apply leave-on conditioner or hair serum on it to increase its life and make it look even better.

To keep your hair extensions looking good longer, you need to take great care of them. Shampoo, moisturize, have treatment wax or hot oil from time to time and you will see how much fun you can have with your hair extensions.