Wearing a protective style like weaves, extensions, and wigs is an investment when considering cost, time, and maintenance. So, shouldn’t taking care of your bundles and wig units consists of using products designed specifically for them? Continue reading to learn tips on how to care to your weave at home to extend its beauty and wearability.
Below Are Ways To Care For Your Weaves
Caring For Your Synthetic Weaves
A synthetic weave is less expensive than a human weave and usually comes already styled at the time of purchase. It’s made of manufactured hair fibres; therefore, it can only be thermal styled at low temperature. While some synthetic hair cannot take heat at all without damaging of burning it. It’s important to note that a weave made of synthetic hair lacks cuticles, so hair products do not penetrate the hair shaft.
Synthetic Weaves Recommendation
Synthetic weaves do not need to be cleansed as often as human hair weaves. Only shamoo synthetic weave to remove impurities or to restore dull hair to a natural shine. Excessive cleansing can shorten the life of a synthetic weave.
If your synthetic hair can be thermal styled – protect it with a lightweight heat protectant prior blow-drying and using hot styling tools. This helps reduce shedding and damage always use low-temperature settings.
Improve hair manageability by applying a lightweight Agran oil to give your weave a soft and lustrous appearance
Caring For Human Hair Weaves
Human hair weaves like Remy hair or unprocessed virgin hair is more expensive than synthetic hair, is of higher quality, and lasts between 1 to 3 years with proper care. The hair cuticles are kept intact and all face the same direction – resulting in less tangling and shedding. Therefore , human hair weave can withstand styling versatility, thermal styling and colour processing with very little issues.
Human Hair Weaves Care Recommendation
Shampoo human hair weaves every 10 -14 days to cleanse hair of dirt, oil, and product build-up. If your weave needs additional moisture use a penetrating conditioning mask to lock hydration into the hair shaft.
Protect your weave before blow-drying and using hot styling tools with a lightweight conditioning spray and thermal serum. This helps reduce shedding and damage. Always use low temperature settings.
Human hair weave is easily weighed down by too much product. So, you may opt out of using a finishing shine spray if needed
For Your Curly human hair weave, always apply a lightweight Argan Oil to improve hair manageability and give your weave a soft and lustrous appearance.
