“I have only been in the extensions scene for a few years. I offer most techniques and have been certified by several brands. I’ve narrowed it down to mostly offering hand tied/machine and hybrid wefts, as well as keratin bond and micro bond extensions. My extensions clients are only about 15% of my business, which is fine with me.
I’ve had several clients in the last few months complaining about excessive shedding. It seems to be a real issue, as big as the issue of matting in my opinion. One of those clients had several different colors of wefts layered in a row. When I removed them to reinstall, the top weft (which had been a brunette) had completely disintegrated. All that was left was the seam with two very small tufts of hair on each end. Whaaat?? Luckily I had some leftover hair in that particular color to replace the weft, but the next time I saw her the same thing had happened on another row.
It made me question if they had a defective batch.
I also had another client complaining of excessive shedding almost immediately after installing her new hair. She sent me pictures almost every time she washed her hair.
I’m very frustrated and was considering a brand change before I listened to this podcast. Now I’m more concerned than I was before, as it sounds like it may be happening everywhere and within all of the brands!!
Are they truly trying to make us replace hair every 6 months now? I can tell you that when I tell my clients that they now have hair meant to last 6 months instead of 12, they aren’t going to be happy. I feel as if I’m going to lose their confidence and trust.
Thank you for addressing this, Britt. Hopefully airing this dirty laundry in public will make the manufacturers step up to the plate and address this issue, or at the very least explain the situation and circumstances regarding the decline in the quality of their wefts.
As always, Britt, your podcasts are timely and on point. Excellent! 💗”
Cluffy88 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/23/23