QuoteReplyTopic: feather hair extensions,so hot? Posted: May 16 2011 at 4:21am
This year,the feather hair extensions is really hot,well,we are so glad,there comes out something new,but nearly weeks later,i can see feather hair extensions here and there,fed up with it!
We get calls several times per day for hair feathers or feather extensions.
Let me jump right to the chase and tell you, we have made a conscious decision NOT to carry them.
What is wrong with you Doctored Locks?? Those feathers look amazing!
Yeah, I hear you. They are really nifty.
If you love the look, you should be aware of how they get to you (and be okay with it).
They are valued only for their feathers - they have NO other industrial use.
They are lazy egg layers and they produce very unappealing meat products
- the feathers are removed and the rest of the bird is thrown away.
These beautiful birds are slaughtered simply for your beauty - which kind of makes you look like a jerk.
Well, but what if they weren't killed?
The alternative to slaughter is LIVE PLUCKING - which in short amounts
to animal torture. That's not much of an alternative in my book.
Just how big is this trend? The amount of birds killed for this
fashion is hard to estimate. Whiting Farms, which primarily supplies
fishing tackle shops, ships out 65,000 feathered bird hides each week -
though they admit they don't have enough birds to meet the rabid demand
of all of the hairdressers and clients - and that is only ONE farm.
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The fact of the matter is that these roosters were not hatched for us. They're used by fishermen for production of flies and lures. So rather or not you or I decide to use feather extensions is not going to matter one bit to the situation. I'd feel bad of they were going out of their way to raise and kill birds just for us, but the truth is the fishermen view us as an annoyance to their supply. Which is why most "fly shops" refuse to sell to stylists.
I actually get my rooster feathers from my friend that works on a farm. She just grabs handfulls of feathers that have fallen off. I sanitize them and use them and they're beautiful!! (and FREE!) They are a fun look, and I also do the tinsel, which is a really fun look, too.
If you can get feathers without killing the chicken or the rooster that is definitely the best way to do it. I am repulsed by people who are wearing the rooster feathers when I see them because obviously they don't care that a rooster had to die for them to look fashionable. What is wrong with that picture?
Me personally even if i new where they were coming from like shedded feathers i still would feel woozy about wearing another animals (hair/feather) just a little weird in my own head i guess lol. Same goes for furr coats Id rather not wear any furr even fake just for the fact i dont believe in wearing something for fashion and kill an innocent animal to do so. At least when the native americans killed animals back in the day they found use for everything from meat to bone nothing to waist but that was to live... i dont need to live to have a feather for a furr coat. just sayin,
After further discussion with the owner of Doctored Locks, some additional point of view was decided to be shared :)
From the owner of Doctored Locks -
"Ever eat KFC? Or wear leather shoes?"
The reality is that there are people that disagree with our stance on this issue. Since you asked, I will add my 2 cents.
Chickens, Piggies, Cows and other industrial animals are used for food. These birds are NOT.
Chickens, Piggies, Cows and other industrial animals are used for clothing. These birds are NOT.
Chickens, Piggies, Cows and other industrial animals are used for household goods. These birds are NOT.
These
birds are specifically killed for their feathers. That's it. Their
meat/eggs/etc. are discarded as waste. That means, when you use their
hides in your hair - that bird was specifically killed for THAT purpose
and that purpose alone.
If beauty was a byproduct of an otherwise
functioning industry, that would be one thing. This isnt. This is an
entirely different scenario.
"Fly Fisherman use them, so why can't I?"
This is not a serious argument is it? The fact that you are adding
to the death toll in unsustainable numbers, adding tremendous amounts
of animal pain and bio waste, your point seems to be that because other
people in other unrelated industries do its ok? Come on now. The point
is that NO ONE should be using these birds as "products." Its gross.
Personally - I believe in what I do, and I believe
that each individual DOES have an impact and make a difference in the
world. I have not eaten meat for over a decade. I only wear second
hand leather goods - and only when a suitable synthetic hasn't presented
itself. Can I do more? Sure. Do I believe that my contributions over
time have spared some amount of animal cruelty? Hell yeah I do! Where
there is no demand, there is no industry. Its up to you.
We currently have a sample batch of human hair that mimics the look of these feathers being produced for us. :)
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Nice and very well said, except for the meat part because i did the no meat thing it doesnt work for me lol. However I do my best to choose things that dont involve the death harm or bad breeding of animals for my personal best. I say best because if its FDA approved you cant trust it anyways, food, spf, vitamins ya vitamins are only required to have 8% of whatever it says it is so if you get vitamin c 1000 mg only 8% is vitamin c the rest is fillers meaning your doing way more harm than good to your body. what blows me away is KFC has a documentary out on them and there chicken farms and how discusting and harmful that shoot is yet people still eat it. soooo wrong.
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