Three weeks ago I got hair extensions with Platinum Luxury Hair just off Grafton street.
When they first approached me about reviewing their extensions my initial reaction was that I had no need for extensions as, my hair was in pretty fantastic condition since I stopped dying it & significantly reduced my washing & heat styling a few years ago.
Pre-Extensions
After much online research about the pros & cons of extensions I thought that they would benefit me because;
-Although my hair was at a good length naturally & I’ve plenty of it, its very fine & flyaway meaning that while its likely to look decent in the morning, it then tends to separate & fall flat as the day goes on & any bit of wind comes within a mile of it (hello every.damn.day in Ireland!).
-I was getting bored of my natural colour & liked the idea of adding some lighter shades without the hassle & upkeep of dying it.
-My hair won’t hold a curl no matter how much patience, effort or technique I put into the styling situation & I remember from wearing clip in extensions years ago that the curled extensions blended into my natural hair give a really nice finish.
Sooooo, I responded with a big ‘why not’ & before I knew it I was sitting in the cosy salon chatting to the lovely Platinum Hair girls awaiting my transformation.
-Very swift. I was in & out within around 2 hours.
-There was no pain/discomfort.
-The girls were so friendly & I loved how the intimate setting allowed us all to chat together in the room.
-I asked 101 questions which the girls were more than happy to answer, you can feel how passionate they are about their job & about Platinum Luxury Hair.
-They gave my hair a lovely finish my curling it with an InStyler leaving me walking out with a gorgeous bounce to my new locks.
-My number one concern about getting extensions was the upkeep; my experience of clip-ins years ago was that they tended to become matted really easily which I obviously didn’t want with bonded extensions.
-I was worried that my new extensions would affect my low-maintenance night time routine of brushing my hair & twisting it into a high bun to keep it from frizzing overnight.
-There was concern that washing my hair would be more complicated with the extensions or, that the bonds would feel horrible or be really visible.
Absolutely nothing has changed in the way I need to care for my hair since getting my extensions in which has been a very pleasant surprise. I don’t have to brush it more frequently, I can still pin it into the same (but now bigger…!) bun at night & still use my tangle teaser without issue.
I don’t feel I have to wash it more than once weekly which has been my routine for years and, I don’t feel like I have to put more effort into styling it day-to-day. In fact, unlike when my hair would drop at the first gush of wind, the extensions seem to hold the curl from my bun better making it stay looking great all day.
The bonds did feel weird initially but, like anything, I got used to it very quickly & now barley notice them. They aren’t noticeable at all when my hair is down but, like pretty much all extensions, can be visible when my hair is tied up.
I’m so happy with the finished look from Platinum Luxury Hair. The whole experience was so breezy… far from hours sitting in a chair while someone burnt you with a glue gun like I imagined!
The finished look has blended perfectly to my natural hair while giving my color a life & adding volume that lasts for hours. Here’s to great hair days errrrrry day (or, at least for the next 3-6 months!) xx
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** Disclaimer: Platinum Luxury Hair kindly offered me these extensions in return for a blog review but I was not encouraged in any way to give an untrue review or, paid in any way for this experience. All thoughts shared in this post are my honest opinion & not one word was dictated by Platinum or any outside agent.
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It’s great to learn more about hair extensions and the process. My wife wants to get these, so I’m sure she’ll be glad to read about this. She’ll be happy to know that it doesn’t cause any sort of pain or discomfort.
Glad you found it informative, I know people can be apprehensive but I find them really easy to get in and super easy to look after too 🙂
Being able to get extensions that blends perfectly with your natural hair while giving it life, volume, and thickness is a great idea. Using them to add other colors seems like it would be a lot of fun. I would imagine that extensions would be especially useful if you have thin hair to allow you to do more things with it.