Quick Tips to Choosing the Right Hair Extensions

Wigshop.com’s Face Shape Guide can assist you in selecting the perfect style. Facial shape is the starting point to choosing a style that is flattering. To find out the shape of your face, measure it with a tape measure – and write down the measurements for four easy areas:

• 1 Measure your face across the top of your cheekbones.
• 2 Measure across jaw line from the widest point to the widest point.
• 3 Measure across forehead to the widest point. Generally the widest point will be about halfway between your eyebrows and hairline.
• 4 Measure from the tip of your hairline to the bottom of chin.

Once you determine the shape of your face, Wigshop.com offers several suggested styles and showcases a variety of cuts for each shape. For example:

RECTANGULAR – avoid styles that add height on top – long and slender, about the same width at forehead and just below cheekbones. Try: Short to medium lengths, fullness at the sides, soft wispy bangs.

Size does matter
It’s easy to find the right fit for a new wig or hair extensions. Wigs today come in a variety of sizes from mini-petite to extra large. First, measure your head with a cloth tape measure according to steps 1 – 4. Then refer to the Wig Size Chart at WigShop.com for wig measurements. Generally speaking, most will wear size Average. Before beginning, flatten your hair and be sure not to stretch or pull tape measure.

Color
Your skin tone is the starting point to choosing a hair color. Find out what category your skin tone falls into, WARM or COOL, by utilizing WigShop.com’s Color Connection. Once you find the perfect color, add to My Colors at WigShop.com where shoppers can select and save favorite hair colors. Save time by shopping styles while viewing only the colors you have chosen and quickly see which of your colors are available in each style.

For example warm skin tones should consider these tints: Golden highlights, golden with red highlights, golden brown, honey brown, chestnut, copper, auburn, mahogany, warm tones of gray, or warm tones of white.

 

Style
WigShop.com wants to make sure that your hairstyle fits your personality. Our quick quiz asks simple questions to find out what style works best for you. Sometimes you find it just may be time for a brand new look. Questions can include what is the favorite outfit you would wear everyday if you could, jeans and a t-shirt or a sundress with sandals? Our customer’s answers can help to determine if they are looking for a hairstyle for a trendy, fashion maven or an easy going, minimal fuss look for an on-the-go mom.

Human hairs vs. synthetic
Beauty just doesn’t get more natural than WigShop.com’s human hair wigs. Human hair wigs can be brought to a stylist for customize cut or washed, blown dry and take the heat of a straighten iron. Nothing feels quite as feminine as lush human hair. Stick straight, wavy or somewhere in between, human hair wigs or extensions come in thousands of styles. Change your human hair style to suit your own personal style vision – and crimp, curl, or blow dry for extra body.

Synthetic wigs today are so weightless and breathable that you really can’t tell you are wearing a wig. Synthetic hair are similar to human hair as it can be washed, blown dry and curled with a hot iron.

Extensions vs. wigs
Brides are taking advantage of one of today’s hottest wedding trends. by using hair pieces, extensions and clip-ons, insuring that the wedding day “do” is the least of her worries. WigShop.com offers brides the perfect solution: Easihair clip-in hair extensions and hair pieces. Easihair is made from quality human hair along with heat-friendly synthetic. The line is offered in a wide range of colors and styles providing brides and even bridesmaids with a variety of options. The Easihair line of extensions, clip-ons, ponies, and hairpieces are easy to use and can be added to hair or taken out in seconds.

Wigs are a convenient way to temporarily augment and change one’s style without having to pay a lot of money and run the risk of damaging hair with chemicals. Wigs have become a popular fashion supplement used by highly celebrated actresses and working women alike. Pop star Britney Spears unveiled a string of contemporary wigs, of which several styles can be found at WigShop.com. And she’s not alone. Among celebrities known to wear lace-front wigs are Beyoncé, Gwen Stefani, Li’l Kim, and Tyra Banks. The social taboo associated with wearing false hair is wearing thin. Wigs used to be associated with illness, but with the increased celebrity exposure, they are seen today as in vogue fashion accessories.

Personality is in the Hair

Some people believe that certain attitudes are aligned to particular hairstyles. In a recent poll, more than 80% of people agreed. Does your have personality?

Obviously, a person’s personality is very dynamic and complex, and cannot be determined by the looks of their hair; yet, there are stereotypes:

Women with short hair - are perceived as confident and outgoing
- Women with medium-length, dark hair are perceived as intelligent and fun loving
- Men with longer hair in the front are considered sexy
- Men with parts to the side are considered competent

Fashion professionals also take part in making their own inferences and recommendations such as these:

- Petite women should avoid wearing tight spirals as to avoid looking too young
- Women seeking a classical look should wear their hair longer and neat
- Women of an athletic build should consider wearing ponytails
- Women with angular facial features can try more hair styles.

How to Be All Kinds of Beautiful

Wigs offer a solution to this question. You can have short, medium, or long hair in any style and any color you like. It requires no cutting, dying, or styling.
For curiosity’s sake, the following provides some information on preferences for long and short hair.

Long hair = lots of attraction?
Traditionally women have had longer hair. Most iconic figures of feminine beauty through history and in the present age have featured long, luxurious locks. Longer hair offers the ability to change frequently. One day a woman can have straight hair pulled back, and the next day, display long, flowing curls.

The shorter, the better? It has become more acceptable and prevalent for women to have shorter hair. Though styling choices are more limited, maintenance and preparation is easier. Shorter hairstyles can better accentuate the face and offer a fuller, healthier look for those who are suffering thinning hair.

The best of both
As aforementioned, wigs provide the best of both worlds. A woman with short hair can purchase a long, great looking wig to wear at her convenience, and a woman with short hair can easily acquire a short wig rather than cut her hair. Beyond length, wigs offer the ability to wear your hair in any style and color without undergoing expensive and damaging styling and coloring procedures. The artisanship of wigs is excellent and the invention of human hair wigs makes it virtually impossible to tell the difference between what is real and what is due to a wig.

Donate Wigs to Charity

At WigShop.com we are devoted to the needs of women experiencing medical hair loss and donations are a small way of easing patients through this time.

Donate your new or gently used wig and, as our special thank you, you will receive 20% off your next WigShop.com order.

To learn more about this program, click here