Hair Extensions by Brijón

English descriptions of commonly used hair extension terms

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Body Wave

This is a style of hair offered by BRIJON that is comprised of 100% human, Remy natural hair. The hair is very soft with wide, sweeping waves. The wave itself has been applied through a delicate, chemical-free process that is designed to protect the integrity and quality of the hair. The wave is wider than both the Deep Wave and Jackson Wave, which are two other processed waves offered by BRIJON. This wave can be seen at the BRIJON Hair Extension Style Chart.

Bonding

Bond is a type of keratin that is used to “bond” the hair extension with the customer’s own hair. Bonded extensions typically have a keratin polymer bond that is applied at the tip/root of the hair. Through the fusion technique, the keratin bond is melted and attached to the customer’s own hair. BRIJON uses an Italian keratin polymer for all of its bonds as they bond well to the hair and are long lasting. The bonds also include BRIJON’s EX logo so that clients are assured that they are receiving only the highest quality keratin bond available in the market. This bond is pressed flat against the customer’s hair or rolled to ensure the connection between the hair extensions and the customer hair is strong. Also referred to as Hair Bonding, Hair Bonds, Bonding for Human Hair.

Braiding

Bond is a type of keratin that is used to “bond” the hair extension with the customer’s own hair. Bonded extensions typically have a keratin polymer bond that is applied at the tip/root of the hair. Through the fusion technique, the keratin bond is melted and attached to the customer’s own hair. BRIJON uses an Italian keratin polymer for all of its bonds as they bond well to the hair and are long lasting. The bonds also include BRIJON’s EX logo so that clients are assured that they are receiving only the highest quality keratin bond available in the market. This bond is pressed flat against the customer’s hair or rolled to ensure the connection between the hair extensions and the customer hair is strong.

Bristle Brush

High quality hair brush used with hair extensions. The brush includes bristles that work well when combing through hair extensions with ease and care. These brushes work especially well when combing hair between the bonds as these areas may be more difficult to access.

Bulk Hair

Loose hair that has been shaved at the root but has not had processing applied at the root (eg, no wefting or bonding). Customers will typically purchase this hair to have it sewn to their own hair, or more commonly will create their own weft or tips at the roots, and apply accordingly. BRIJON offers very high quality 100% human Remy Indian bulk hair.

Certification for Hair Extensions

It is very important that a stylist is properly certified to apply hair extensions. Stylists should go through a formal hands-on training certification course to learn how to apply hair extensions, prepare a customer’s hare, the dos and donts of installation and hair care, etc. Applying hair extensions is a very specialized technique and so it is critical that a stylist is certified and that a customer only goes to a certified hair extensionist. BRIJON offers world class hair extension training that includes understanding the hair, tools, accessories, assessing the customer, preparing and diagramming the customer’s head, hands on training, care and maintenance, communication with the customer, marketing to customers, etc. To see more details on BRIJON’s training courses, please go to Hair Extension Training.

Clip Hair

This is hair that has tracks sewn at the top and clips (above) are sewn onto the wefts. These are for customers that like to put on and take off hair extensions quickly and easily. Typically, customers will remove the hair when they shower or going to bed. These are usually sold in different clip on sets whereby there are various size clip on sets (2 clips, 3 clips, 4 clips). As noted above, many customers will purchase wefts and sew the clips onto the hair itself to use as clip on hair. This hair may also be referred to by a number of names including instant hair extensions, clip human hair extensions, human hair pieces, clip extensions, clip hair extentions, clip on hair, clip human hair, clip on extensions, clip on hair pieces or clip hair pieces.

Clips (for clip-ons)

Clips can be attached (sewn) to the wefts and then attached to the customer’s hair (clips are snapped closed). This is typically used for customers that want to quickly and easily put on and take off their hair extensions on a regular basis. BRIJON offers three different sizes of clips (2.3 cm, 3.2 cm, 3.6 cm) and four different colors (black, brown, beige and blonde).

Cold Fusion

This fusion technique does not use heat, but rather electromagnetic energy to melt the keratin. Cold Fusion irons are often referred to as Ultrasonic Irons and are becoming more and more popular because they do not require time to heat up, are effective in melting the keratin, and for many stylists and customers, they prefer to install extensions without heat.

Color Ring

A Color Ring (aka, Color Wheel, Color Chart) is an accessory that is purchased by salons to showcase all of their colors that they can offer to customers. BRIJON’s Color Ring includes more than 40 colors that can be used by customers to match to their own hair or to provide the perfect highlights or lowlights. The colors include BRIJON’s standard colors, various combination colors and numerous fantasy colors (also known as fancy colors, party colors or funky colors). An image of each of these colors is provided at the following link: Color Chart

Conditioner

Is a hair care product that alters the texture and appearance of human hair. BRIJON offers EX Conditioner which is specially designed for hair extensions and is formulated with silk amino acids to help the customer’s hair retain its natural moisture balance.

Copper Rings

Used as part of the microlinks technique, these rings are used to connect the hair extensions and the customer’s own hair. The hair itself is inserted into the rings, and clamped down to hold the hair extension in place. Copper rings are softer than aluminum rings making them easier to clamp down to close and to open when the customer wants the extensions adjusted or taken out. BRIJON offers two different sizes and four different colors (black, brown, beige and blonde).

Cornrow

Term used to describe an on-the-scalp braid. These braids can be used to form a track for the cornrow weaving method.

Curling

Is a process used to provide a curl to a customer’s straight hair. This can be done with a curling iron or through a formal perming process. BRIJON provides the EX Styler which can be used to curl your hair as desired.

Curly Hair

Hair that has a natural curl pattern, which in India, is found with 2-3% of females. BRIJON’s Curly hair is comprised of 100% human, Remy natural hair. The curls are tight with a good volume of bounce. The hair maintains its curl without a significant amount of maintenance. The hair is 100% virgin human hair and has not been processed, colored or texturized.