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| Bonding: |
to attach wefted hair to the natural hair with a latex or surgical type adhesive. |
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| Braid: |
to weave strands of hair together.
On the scalp braiding: is used to form a base or track to sew on a commercial weft. This is the cornrow technique.
Off the scalp braiding: is used for traditional braiding styles and various methods adding extensions such as Warlocks.
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| Bulk Hair: |
term for loose commercial hair.
This hair is used for creating wefts or for services like fusion. |
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| Cornrow: |
term used to describe an on the scalp braid.
These braids can be used to form a track for the cornrow weaving method. |
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| Euro-lock Technique: |
a track is formed
along the scalp by a rolling technique with a lock stitch. Wefted hair is attached to this track. |
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| Fusion: |
the process of attaching small pieces of
human hair with a special adhesive and a thermal gun. This is a hair to hair process, no tracks are required.
This method allows for free movement of hair extensions. |
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| Hair Textures: |
European:
Processed in straight, wavy or curly. Fine and smooth. Ethnic Textures: Processed in straight, wavy or curly. More coarse than European. |
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| Hair weft clips: |
to attach hair wefts by clips.
Clips are places in the hair and snapped close. Wefts are held securely in place. |
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| Heat Clamp: |
a heat gun that is used to seal synthetic hair.
Used for creating warlocks and other styles. |
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| Integration: |
a crocheted web with attached hair.
The loose web allows the user's hair to be pulled through and "integrated" with the hair piece. |
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| Kinky: |
tightly curled hair. |
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| Micro-Linking Technique: |
the process of attaching hair wefts
without braids. The links are sewn on to the wefted hair. The user's natural hair is pulled through and locked secure.
This system is highly recommended for natural hair that is too fine or soft to hold other weave techniques. |
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| Pressed Hair: |
hair that is thermally treated for a
temporary straightening with a heated comb or iron. |
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| Relaxed Hair: |
hair that has been treated to remove all curls and waves. |
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| Synthetic Hair: |
hair that is made by chemicals. Artificial Hair. |
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| Tension: |
stress created by stretching, winding, weaving,
or braiding the hair firmly. Excessive tightness. |
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| Texture of Hair: |
type of hair such as coarse, medium, fine etc. |
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| Thermal Process: |
temporarily straightening the hair with a heated iron. |
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| Track: |
parting or a cornrow that establishes the placement pattern of wefts or strand additions. |
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| Waves: |
to have a series of curves. |
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| Weaving: |
the process of forming a base
(or track) along the scalp to attach wefted hair. This process is not limited to the cornrow method.
Several other popular methods are the Euro lock, Microlinking, and Bonding. |
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| Weaving Machine: |
used to make wefts or form tracks. |
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| Weave Needles: |
needles used in the weave process to sew wefted hair to tracks.
Needles are curved or straight and very dull. |
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| Weft: |
Commercial hair sewn on a fine base
and used in the process of hair weaving. Hair is referred to as wefted. |
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| Wet and Wavy: |
Versatile texture that appears straight when purchased.
When the hair is wetted, waves appear. It can be worn wavy, blown dry to straight or styled with rollers. |
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| Yaki (or Yaky) Hair: |
a relaxed texture for ethnic weave styles.
It has a crimped, course look. |
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