All About Indian Hair

Early 20th Century Hair Facts...

The Birth of Hairdressing - in the United States, the first known school for hairdressing was established in Chicago in 1890.

Bleaching and touch-ups in 1891 were done the same way as they are done today using peroxide of hydrogen and ammonia.

The term "colorist" was born in the late 1800s.

A first class establishment charged only five cents for cutting bangs.

The two most influential devices that drastically changed the grooming habits of women in the late 19th century were the creation of the Marcel wave and the hot-blast hair dryer known today as the blow dryer.

The first electric hair cutter was used in 1903. It was a comb with a fine platinum wire connected to the electric lighting system. The wire was heated to incandescence, and as the comb was run through the hair, the ends were burnt off.

The permanent waving machine was invented by Charles Nessler in the early 20th century. A spiral method of perming hair was first introduced in the United States in 1906.

Synthetic hair was invented in 1908 and was comprised of a cellulose base obtained from corded cotton, corn and other grains.

The 18th century saw the emergence of elaborate wigs, mile-high coiffures and highly decorated curls. White powdered wigs with long ringlets were the order of the day often tied back with a black bow for men or decorated with feathers, bows and garlands for women. Big hair was definitely the "in" thing and many styles were modeled over a cage frame or horsehair pads and the bigger the better. Some immensely tall coiffures took hours to create and were heavily starched and powdered. However, the length of time spent creating these elaborate styles did mean that weeks went by between styling and the mixture of horsehair and heavy powder created perfect nesting material for vermin!
This didn't seem to put them off though, and some adventurous souls had mini gardens or maritime scenes complete with model ship incorporated into their style and in fact it was not unknown for imaginative ladies to create mini-bird cages complete with birds on top of their heads!

Native American Indians were divided in their hairstyles and those on the East Coast sporting entirely shaved heads save for a ridge of hair along the crown, whilst Plains Indians, both men and women, wore the recognized long braids adorned with feathers. Further South the Incas sported black headbands over relatively, short often bobbed hair, whilst Aztec women plaited their hair entwined with strips of colored cloth then wound around the head. The Mayan nobility, although having shaved heads, donned high, ornate headdresses.

Due to the many tribal customs African hairstyles were many and varied and usually signified status. Masai warriors tied the front hair into sections of tiny braids whilst the back hair was allowed to grow to waist length. Non-warriors and women, however shaved their heads. Many tribes dyed the hair with red earth and grease and some even stiffened it with animal dung. The complex style of the Mangbetu women involved plaiting the hair thinly and arranging over a cone-shaped basket frame, flaring the top then adorning the whole thing with long, bone needles. Other tribes such as the Miango took a more simple approach, covering their long ponytails with a headscarf and adorning with leaves.

1. Did you know that hair growth is influenced by the season of the year, your age, sex, location of hair, what you eat and even the time of day? Its true.

2. As stated above, what you eat IS important. Fill you diet with lots of vegetables and foods high in vitamin A, C, B complex (very important) iron, iodine, and copper.

3. While hair grows on an average of 1/4 inch a month, as you grow older, it does slow down. It will take longer for new hairs to reproduce and sometimes it never happens. Luckily for the ladies, very few of us will ever suffer from baldness.

4. Hair does not turn gray, it loses color due to the lack of new color pigment in each hair.

5. There is no right answer for how often you should wash your hair. It is different for everyone. You will know when the time is right by the appearance and feel of your hair. If it doesn't feel dirty, there is no reason to wash it. It is as simple as that.

6. A few mistakes are made when your hair is shampooed. Here are a few tricks for you. Wet hair thoroughly and then add just a dab of shampoo. You will be amazed at how little is really needed. If you don't have the lather you desire, try adding a little more water instead of shampoo.

7. Using too much shampoo will strip the oils from your hair and contribute to flyaway hair.

Description:

Clip on extensions are easy to use and maintain and are a simple solution to temporary hair style. These extensions are sold in forms of sets. Each set of clip on extensions contains four three-clip pieces, four single clip pieces and two extra strains. These CLIP-ON have 18 inches of finished hair length.

Product Summary:
Pieces: Three clip hair pieces, four single hair pieces and two extra strands.
Texture: Wavy/Straight
All hairs are priced per pack
Virgin Indian Remy Hair
Can be color treated.