How to Blend and Feather Your Extensions

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Posted by Melanie Johnson on February 4, 2010

If you look at photos of short-haired celebrities who take the plunge with long, beautiful extensions, one thing you won't notice is that tell-tale ‘shelf' where their natural hair ends and the extensions begin. Even those with naturally short hair - Paris Hilton, Frankie Sandford of ‘The Saturdays' and Katie Holmes to name just a few- make sure the two are cleverly blended.

One great tip is to wait until your install is complete and then use a razor comb (gently) drawn downwards from just above the ‘join' area. This will graduate the ends of your hair as well as the top layer of the extensions. Go slowly at first- it's better to take too little than too much. You can also use this technique around the front of your hair to blend the long extensions into your natural layers, creating a ‘feathered' look to the front of your style.

Many girls love a layered look like that of Girls Aloud instead of a long, straight, blunt cut a la Lily Allen's extensions. If this is the case, try sectioning off horizontal layers of your hair and using either a razor comb or hairdressing scissors to chip into it (unevenly to avoid a ‘shelf) all the way along. Let down the next layer of hair (easy to find if you have used liquid gold and wefts or a weave!) and repeat, feathering the length slightly above the previous layer. By starting from the bottom up you can make sure not to go too short or thin.

It's always useful to have a picture of your style inspiration for reference and remember that the best tip of all for natural extensions is making sure you have added enough hair- if your own hair is particularly short and thick this may mean a full head and a half of extensions, or in rarer cases even two, in order to create that natural look! Though our full head hair extensions are suitable for 95% of users.