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Complete guide to feather hair extensions

Stylist-ish — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:49:49 +0000

Feather hair extensions are a great way to accessorize your hair easily. Read on for more info on how to do it your self, celebrity style photos of feather extensions and more info in why you may NOT want to use feather hair extensions.

Firstly, feathers and super versatile and can be straightened, washed, blow-dried and curled, and they can last up to eight weeks when care for properly! Second, you can get feathers for extensions in virtually any color or length you want (usually between 3 and 16 inches). Many feather extensions come in bundles of 4 to 6 feathers that are fused together to make it super easy to add them to your hair.

You can go to many salons for extensions that are professionally done, but it is also super easy to do on your own or with a friend. Check out the next section on DIY feather extensions.

HOW-TO DIY Feather Extensions:

Feather hair extensions are super easy to put in and take out by yourself or with a friend. See the supply list and how to videos below.

You’ll need:

Pliers (most supply shops will try to sell you special crimping pliers, but generally any pliers you have around will work fine).
Wire Loop or Hair Hook (you could also use a small crochet hook).
Micro crimping beads (silicone lined ones grab on to hair and feathers better and are easy to remove later).
..and the feathers, duh.

silicone lined crimping beads for feather hair extensions in various colors

feather hair extensions tool kit

hair hook tool

Feather Hair Extensions How-To Videos.

Where the feathers come from:

When buying feathers or getting the extensions done at a salon consider where the feathers come from. According to Glamour “salons can’t get enough feathers to satisfy the demand of their clientele for the feather hair extensions.” Basically this means they are running short on roosters to slaughter for harvesting their feathers. Environmentalist and animal rights groups liken feather extensions to wearing real fur. I’m not here to make a decision for you but keep in mind that there are synthetic feather options available out there instead of natural ones.

Feather hair extensions come from roosters like this one.

Celebrities wearing feather hair extensions:

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus, Ke$ha and others have been seen wearing feather hair extensions. The first photo below of Jennifer is a great look with long wavy hair.

*no word on whether or not these are real or synthetic feather extensions.

Jennifer Love Hewitt feather hair extensions

Hilary Duff feather hair extensions

Kesha feather hair extensions

Ke$ha feather hair extensions

Miley Cyrus feather hair extensions

Selena Gomez feather hair extensions

Hair Sticks – Cool accessories for your style.

Stylist-ish — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:29:43 +0000

Hair Sticks seem to be a traditional Asian method for holding hair out of the way. Probably stemming from the use of chopsticks… Anyway, hair sticks are now more of an accessory than anything else. Even though they don’t seem to be a super ‘in’ thing at the moment there are many occasions where hair sticks would be the perfect touch. Weddings, prom and other very formal events usually bring out most of the hair sticks we see, but why not look glamorous every day!

Check out some of these great hairsticks I found online:

Hammered Sterling Silver Hair Stick with Garnet Dangles.

The Garnet and Sterling Silver hair stick above is one of the nicest looking sticks I have seen anywhere! The hammered sterling silver is just so rich and textured and is in perfect contrast with the deep red garnet stone accents. Simply beautiful!

Sterling Silver Rose and Daisy Hair Sticks.

Another beautiful example of hand-crafted silver hair sticks. Although the rose is nice, I think I prefer the daisy. It just seems like it would go flow much better.. maybe it’s just my imagination.

Swarovski Crystal Hair Sticks

These aren’t my my personal style, but I could see how they could look great at a black tie event or a night out on the town wearing that new little black dress.

I remember a girl sitting in front of me in high school used to use a pencil every day to put her hair up, after flipping me in the face with it(I think she liked me, and wanted attention, lol). About half way through sophomore year she finally got some real hairsticks and stopped loosing her pencil in math class every day. Not to mention I only got hit by her hair once per class period.

Don’t feel like being glamorous? No time for a great do? Throw on one of these trendy hats and look HOT anyway!

8 Hats from every-day to funky just some of Paris Hilton’s hats.

Stylist-ish — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:39:06 +0000

Some trendy, some every-day styles, and some just weird hats; Paris definitely has a closet full of varied hat styles to match any occasion. Personally I throw on a hat running out the door when I’m late for work and don’t want to deal with my hair. But even if it’s just for convenience, having a few versatile hats that can go with several outfits can be a great time saver and cute accessory.

Check out these 8 various styles Paris has tried for us to see if it really works or not, hahah:

Casual style.

Crazy / Glamor hat

Questionable style - Green Leopard Print Beanie.

Just one of several Trendy style hats.

A simple every-day type style hat.

Another every-day type hat.

A more glam look, just don't drop that white hat.

Ok, so not a usual look, but I like Christmas time and Santa hats!