Hair extensions

[Brissles]

Im neither the age or have the desire to wear 'mermaid' extensions, so having seen Catherine with hair down to her waist got me thinking about the maintenance of these extensions.
Very few women on tv now have short styles and it's fashionable to choose to have navel length hair.
So, does anyone on here have experience of these long pieces ? Is it continuous weekly visits to hairdressers? Does the hair matt when you wash it yourself ? Do you sleep in them? And how much do they cost?
I lost a lot of hair last year and the bit I had left I pinned up with a false hair scrunchie, - cost £9.99 off Amazon and few people realised it wasn't my own hair. (my hair has now grown back).
Just wondering.

 

[Patsy]

Im neither the age or have the desire to wear 'mermaid' extensions, so having seen Catherine with hair down to her waist got me thinking about the maintenance of these extensions.
Very few women on tv now have short styles and it's fashionable to choose to have navel length hair.
So, does anyone on here have experience of these long pieces ? Is it continuous weekly visits to hairdressers? Does the hair matt when you wash it yourself ? Do you sleep in them? And how much do they cost?
I lost a lot of hair last year and the bit I had left I pinned up with a false hair scrunchie, - cost £9.99 off Amazon and few people realised it wasn't my own hair. (my hair has now grown back).
Just wondering.

Not sure but I think there are 2 types, the glued in ones and the threaded/woven ones. One of the girls in the office were I worked had the glued in ones, I was on door duty as the other two removed her extensions. They used nail polish remover to soften the glue and took the extensions out.
I've just realised there are temporary clip ins I think as well.

 

[Grizelda]

The clip in one's they can take off and put back on themselves. I think they need a lot of practice to get it right and their own hair has to be long enough to blend in. The Black American BA's are stitched in. This is painful and expensive. It's bad for the hair roots, too. She seems to have it taken out and replaced every 8 weeks, or so. There's also a lace cap glued on wig. I believe Ophelia wears one. Then there are Ruth's individual strand extensions, and so on, and so on. Damn nuisance, all of them, imo.