Kimarie Teter/Hairlocs

Miamigirl,

You kill me! lol :-) Between you and Amm, you both keep me rollin.

Miamigirl,

You kill me! lol :-) Between you and Amm, you both keep me rollin.

Asian hair has barely any cuticles at after it's stripped in an acid bath, which the majority of extensions hair is. If you see any cuticles under a microscope, consider yourself lucky....

I know, Emma: The prices are outrageous. But when I first started researching extensions, I couldn't find much info. on DIY loose methods. I really thought I was spending a fortune for premium hair and expertise. I thought I'd ruin my hair if I did it myself. I thought, "You get what you pay for."

Of course, when those premium methods trashed my hair and looked mediocre at best, I learned pretty quickly that it wasn't worth the $$$. I don't mind investing in the best supplies or in good hair, and I don't mind going to extensionists if their prices are reasonable and their methods are nondamaging, but a lot of these places are just a big scam. I'm so happy that there's more information available now. I think it will save a lot of people a lot of money and even their hair.

And you're right, it's very hard to tell what the quality of any hair is until it's in your head. All you can do is try to educate yourself, read reviews, ask questions, etc. It's impossible to take a microscope to a weft if you're buying it over the Internet, and most hair looks good in the bag--the real test is how it looks after you've been wearing it awhile....

Well, I agree with you that very few European or American women are doing this. So the idea that these companies are offering "European" hair is basically a scam--unless it's coming from prisoners (which apparently happens sometimes in Russia) or dead people.

Nevertheless, in India it's common for women to grow their hair long, and then cut it off either at their wedding (as a symbol of a "new beginning," starting married life) or as an offering to deities at religious temples. Hence, the term "temple hair." In addition, many Indian and Asian women collect the shed hairs from their brushes and then sell it. This hair is, of course, subjected to all kinds of chemicals to remove the cuticles and produce certain colors and textures.

I don't know anything about cloning, but I wouldn't doubt that it is done. But if they are cloning hair, I would expect the quality to be better, frankly.

I doubt anyone is "donating" their hair to hairlocs (which is a for-profit company), although many people donate to Locks of Love.

A couple of dollars doesn't seem like much to most Americans, but in some third-world countries, it can mean the difference between eating and starving, which is why many third-world people (and children) work for multinational companies like Nike for just pennies a day. Apparently, most hand-tied wefts are sewn in third world companies for just pennies a day, too.

i didnt mean to right about hair locs i meant to say locs of love... O and yaki hair comes from yaki animal the yaki animal is located in africa..

Ummm Kris, where on earth are you getting your information?

Considering that Locks of Love receives probably 100,000+ donations of hair each year, while making 100+ wigs and selling excess hair, I'd guess it's a major source of European-style hair on the market today.

Yeah, we got it Hairlocs Rep. One thread with the same message is enough. See the Kimarie's Work thread for my response.

Hi all.

I live in LA and I work in the entertainment industry. Just so you know, most celebrities trade on their image, which changes CONSTANTLY. This means many hair cut/color/length changes. Hairlocs, Great Lengths, weaves.... It doesn't matter if a studio is footing the bill for you to get your hair redone every 2 weeks. This is about a $5,000 bill, just for hair, per month. Not to mention flying out a stylist to wherever you are. So don't get too impressed when a company shows some big celeb on their website.

Half the time, the actors/actresses/performers have NO idea what is being used on their hair. In this town (Los Angeles, just so you know), the key phrase of the day is, "Just get it done." You need long hair by 6pm? Sure hon, we'll get it done. Need it out of there tomorrow, sure. Yea, whatever.

Another thing you should know about is that stylists in LA have a nasty practice of paying celebs to visit their location. Remember when I said celebrities trade on their name? They do. And command $10,000+ for a stylist to do their hair and take photos." What? A celeb getting paid to go to a stylist? " You may ask. Well, it happens all the time. They get $10,000 cash (not reported on tax returns, by the way), and the stylist gets her photos of the celeb in her place with her hair. The stylist also gets to pull in 250 more clients for that year alone, plus the oodles of word of mouth publicity, each paying $1500 + for their extensions. See where I'm going with this?

In LA, we call them "starf*ckers." In wherever else you're at right now, just call them excellent sales people or... well, crooks.

Unless you get famous and rich real quick, your hair ain't never gonna look like J-Lo, Britty, or Paris-Darling. Apporach extensions with caution, and .... don't go to Kimarie.

If you still want those extensions, I'd say get them once in a while for a special occasion when you're taking photos and you're all dolled up. Anything else is a waste.