How to Bond Human Hair

Series Summary

For many years, women have sought the perfect hairstyle. That elusive blend of volume, smoothness and style has created frustration in many women who seek to express their personalities and creativity through their locks. In fact, hairstyles often represent the cultural, social and ethnic identity of many individuals and can also represent social status. While hair density, texture and length are all factors in a person's hairstyle, fashion trends tend to play the biggest role in women's hairstyles. In this free video series on hairstyling, a professional hairstylist discusses several ways to curl and straighten hair. Get information on chemical perms, and understand the science behind hair relaxers and curling agents. Learn to style curly hair straight and straight hair curly using thermal tools and products, and find out how to get hair to grow out faster and healthier. Get creative when styling hair with this helpful beauty guide.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Lauren, and today I'm here to discuss how to bond human hair. There are two types of extensions that you can use: synthetic, which will probably be your least expensive, however not as durable as your natural hair; your natural hair extensions are made of the same keratin proteins that your hair is actually made of, and can undergo the same thermal tools and styling that your natural hair can go through. Bonding, you can either use a glue or a wax, and what you're going to do is you're going to grab a small section of hair, and then add your piece up at the root of your hair, then they use protein bonds or glues in order to bond that part to the rest of your hair. So it is bonded by the root of your hair, and then you can actually either add length to your own natural hair, or you can add volume to your natural hair. The actual process of bonding, because of the size of the sections you are taking, which are very, very small, you're going to take very small bunches of hair in order to create that bond -- it's a very time consuming process, and it'll probably take anywhere from three to five hours in order to do your entire head, to get the desired length that you need, or the desired amount of volume that you need. Another thing that is to know about bonding hair is that you are to have an upkeep with bonding hair. You will probably every like two to three months have to go back to your stylist, have some of those bonds removed and then replace the hair. As your hair grows, those bonds also grow down your hair shaft, so you do need to replace them and there is a good amount of upkeep and maintenance involved. That is how to bond natural hair."