by Arwa Jawaid

Created on: November 08, 2010

When it is your short hair that needs to be treated with the hair extensions then you ought to take care of a couple of factors like the length, color, thickness, texture of your natural hair and the length that you want to achieve.

For short hair, you need extensions which are capable of mixing with your natural hair so that no one is able to tell that you have put hair extensions in your natural locks. According to most of the people, the choice of the extension and the way your stylist attaches them to your hair plays an influential role in proper blending. Instead of taking things in your own hands and choosing the type of extensions yourself, it is suggested that you refer to your stylist as he/she will greatly help in choosing the perfect extension for the type of hair you possess.

The most utilized and preferred extensions for short hair include glued on or fused on with heat. The former one is indeed very effective and produces great results if your stylist knows how to do it in a proper way. Having a good and an experienced stylist is of great significance because if your hair is thin and the stylist does not attach the extensions properly, then there are chances of the glued portions being visible which would be disastrous. The fusion method is better than the method discussed earlier as there is no glue involved in this case. Unfortunately, this means of putting extensions in your hair is pretty expensive.

There are cheap methods too like weaving and using of clip ones, but for the utilization of these methods, it is necessary that you have naturally longer hair. This is so because weaving requires braiding and the clip ons have tiny micro clips which are clipped on your hair, so if you do not have a bulk of hair, then these supplements would be very much visible to others which you really do not wish for. So, in order to get satisfactory results, it is essential that you go for the costly methods.

If you belong to the lot of people who have really short hair, then it advised that you do not choose extensions which are very long as this will put in a lot of weight in your natural hair which it might not be able to resist. The extensions which reach your shoulders or a little below than that should be your ultimate choice.

references:

http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-choose-the-best-hai r-extensions-for-short-hair.htm

http://www.articlesbase.com/beauty-articles/hair-ext ensions-for-short-hair-3378571.html

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