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    So I wear hair extensions on a daily basis and have been doing so for years. I have a shop I buy them from in LA that I absolutely adore. I've been buying them whenever I travel back to LA but I don't think I'll be returning to LA for a while after this trip so I really need to find somewhere I can get them in the UK.

    I have dark brown hair with lowlights and highlights, which brings me to medium brown hair with blonde highlights basically. My biggest troubles so far have been finding hair extensions with SUPER chunky highlights that look disgusting unnatural.

    I don't like super long extensions, I usually buy in the 16 inch range, and I'm willing to pay up to £150 for a set but not really higher, unless it's going to last me months, which I have yet to find any extensions that do.

    I live in London and don't mind going to an actual shop or ordering online.

    Would appreciate any suggestions. x

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    Seriously ladies? Nothing?

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    Default Re: best place to buy extensions in the UK?

    Have you tried foxy locks?
    Also how are you taking care of your extensions? Most should last at least a few months

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    Pak Cosmetic Centres have a huge range of different types of hair. I don't wear extensions myself but I know a lot of people go to Pak or other similar Indian owned stores, they sell a lot of Afro hair products and all kinds of human hair, wigs, extensions, the lot. I know a few white girls who say it's the best place to get their hair and cheaper than places in Central London.

    They have stores in Finsbury Park but may have others elsewhere too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newb2 View Post
    Have you tried foxy locks?
    Also how are you taking care of your extensions? Most should last at least a few months
    I wear mine every single day, only wash with conditioner, brush from the bottom up, and curl the shit out of them and straighten them constantly just because I have to get to them to blend normally with my hair. I've been wearing hair extensions everyday for ten years but the longest I've ever had them last is six months. I get about a month of really beautiful smooth hair out of the ones I have now, and then they start to dry up. Four months is when they're finished.

    I used to get mine from the Paks at Finsbury Park but they're just so chunky with their highlights, and I spent a lot of money to make sure I go to good stylists who do thin natural highlights, so they don't really match

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    How often do you condition it?
    You should put leave in every other day or so as well

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    Default Re: best place to buy extensions in the UK?

    I don't know about for the UK, I live in Canada and I use ebay, valencia rose or foxy locks. I've heard good things about yourhairshop.com. I just ordered from bellami and my order took 3 weeks to fucking come and I ended up paying $60 in customs, when all was said and done they were almost $600 ! They are very nice but fuck! I was not happy with their customer service AT ALL. As far as getting ones without chunky looking highlights, I always have to buy 100% real human hair and tone it or have it cut & dyed to match my hair. Extensions should last you at least 3 months especially the permanent ones

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    There's a company based in the UK, head candy. I know someone who has them and likes them. I bet they have nicer hair than in the US as I haven't found good ones that last here at all. Miss Andria good knowing bellimi are good. I see xstacy saw. I'm glad as she was asking about them.

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    ^thanks Michelle those look good. Won't be able to say for sure until I order and see the highlights in person of course but they look better than the ones I've been buying.

    I buy mine from the Hair Shop in Hollywood and they're always super thin highlights that match perfectly, just haven't found the same quality in the UK. Have never had to dye mine to match my hair ever. I've thought about going the ombre route as it would be so much easier to match extensions that way, but I have super pale skin naturally and need some highlights near my face to stop myself from looking sickly if I don't want to spend every day in the tanning booth.

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    Default Re: best place to buy extensions in the UK?

    That's my problem too. I'm limited to two brands because my color is hard to match. Let us now how you like hard candy. There was some brands I researched on youtube like 6 years ago and they were all in the U.K. Head candy is the one that sticks out.

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