The Wonder of Hair Weaving

Hair Weaving Basics

Hair weaving can either be done by using bonding the hair weft to your hair with glue or it can be done by having your own hair braided into canerows (cornrows) around your head and then the human or synthetic hair wefts are sewn, into the canerows.

Hair Weaving 01Relaxed Straight Hair weave wefts

Some salons call this integration as it’s viewed as integrating the hair weft into your own hair.

It's a fairly straight forward process in itself but there are many variations to the basic process.

Who Can Wear Hair Weaving Extensions?

Weave hair extensions are all inclusive so anyone can wear them (providing there is enough growth hair to secure the weft hair extensions), so whatever your growth hair texture, you can find a texture that suits.

Why Hair Weaving Extensions?

Weft hair extensions give you the ability to wear virtually any colour, texture or length of hair without altering your own, the new closure techniques mean that quite often it will be hard for anyone to tell you are wearing weave hair.

Hair weaving extensions can be heat straightened if made from human hair and there are plenty of daily styling weave hair products for glue-in weave hair and sew-in weft hair as well as guides about how to nourish weave hair with oils and how to condition weave hair.

What About Hair Weaving Textures?

Brown wavy hair weftMedium Brown Wavy Hair Weft

Weft hair extensions also come in a range of textures from straight to curly; so whether you’re looking for Afro hair extension weaves or loose wave hair wefts or silky straight weave hair extensions, you'll be sure to find them.

What About Weft Hair Lengths

If you’ve read any of our other articles on hair weaving hair textures, you'll already be a learned fellow and know that lengths range from 8-32 inches.

As a learned friend (love that phrase) you'll also know that longer lengths are available but will require that you search like Jessica Fletcher to find them as they're not in plentiful supply... just look, look and look some more as they're not widely available.

If you're not sure which length to choose, it might be an idea to start from the point of thinking about your final look. If you intend to get your weave hair cut and styled then choose your look based on that final cut.

Weight of Hair Extensions and Hair Loss

Human hair weighs more than synthetic hair so if you want an uber full look, then synthetic would be a better option.

Prolonged wearing of heavy extensions can cause traction damage to your own hair.

It takes a while for hair follicles to recover and produce hair again and if the follicles are under strain over a prolonged period of time, they sometimes don't recover.

What About Weft Hair Colours?

Hair Weave 01Hair Weave Colours

Weaves come in all the natural colours that hair comes in as well as vibrant colours like pink, blue, yellow and green.

It's not always easy to know which colours that complement your skin tone so we've put together a hair colour and skin tone guide to help.

So whether it’s a funky look you’re after or a mainstream feel you can be sure to find the colour that suits you.

Hair Weaving Ideas

Neat Net Weaves
Another way to attach hair weaving wefts is to use the method known as net weaving, or net-weave.

This involves the use of a net-cap or just a piece of netting material that is sewn onto the canerows and the wefts are then sewn onto the net instead of your own hair.

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A lace closure piece was used for the parting, which was sewn onto the cornrows

Do It Yourself
One of the advantages of hair weave is that if you're able to braid your own hair into canerows  (cornrows) then you could ultimately sew-in your own hair weave extensions.

Make a hair weave wig
Not everyone knows how to braid or has the ability to braid, but that doesn't mean you can't use hair weaves in another way.

You could still make your own wig using a wig cap, glue and hair weave, so if you're unable to braid hair, this might be an option for you.

Try a hair weave ponytail
You can even add length to your own hair by using hair wefts as ponytail attachments, where you tie your own hair into a ponytail and wrap the hair weft around it and pin it into your ponytail along the way using bobby-pins and cover the join with a thick hairband or pretty scarf.

Other types of hair wefts
The world of the woven hair doesn’t stand still and there are now new
tape hair also called skin wefts that do not require cornrows and can be placed straight on top of a section of your own hair in a similar way to bonding weave to your hair with glue.

When wearing weft hair extensions it’s important to keep your own hair clean by washing the weave hair on a regular basis as well as ensuring that you have the weave hair removed (which you can do at home) within three months to avoid the hair matting together.

You Might Also Like These

Hair Weave Textures
Awesome Afro to super silky straight and all textures in between

Hair Weave Care
Learn about daily styling tips, washing hair weave, combs and brushes

Oils for Hair Weave
Keep your weave tresses looking and feeling good.

If you want to keep up to date with the next guide about hair weaving extensions, other types of hair extensions, wigs and hair pieces then join our blog, or check the Hair Extensions Q&A section.

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