How to Blend Ethnic Hair with European Hair

Learn how to blend ethnic hair with a European hair weave.

Many women wear hair weaves as an alternate style option and give their hair a break from the everyday stress of styling. You must blend in your natural hair to the hair weave to prevent others from seeing any hair tracks. If you have textured hair, blending in your natural hair with straighter European-styled hair requires a bit more effort than other types of hair.

Things You'll Need

• Hair dye
• Headband
• Flatiron
• Hair curler

Instructions

1. Match the color of your natural hair and the hair weave for a flawless blend. Contrasting colors between your hair and the hair weave is a dead giveaway to others that you aren't wearing your natural hair. Visit a local beauty supply store and take a sample of the European hair. Ask a store clerk to help you find a hair dye similar to the hair weave's color. Dye the portion of your hair that will remain out to cover the hair tracks.

2. Wear your hair straight and comb it over the add-on pieces of European hair. Straightening your hair with a heating tool will flatten it and help it resemble the European hair.

3. Use hair accessories to hide any seams where the European hair track is sewn into your hair. Headbands help cover up add-on sections if your hair is only a few inches long. If your hair fails to cover the add-on pieces, place a wide stretchy headband over the add-on piece and a portion of your hair to cover the gap.

4. Consider curling the European hair and your hair with a large barrel curler. Wearing a curly style will help your hair blend in seamlessly with the European hair. Take sections of your natural hair and the hair weave and curl them together as you would curl your own hair.