Normally, when you buy hair extensions, you have to walk into a salon or ask your stylist to use their best judgment and measurement techniques to get the extensions of the correct size. In a salon setting, the stylist doesn’t have to be 100% precise because you can always cut and trim the extensions as needed to blend in with your natural hair.
Another popular method of buying hair extensions of the right size is to go to a beauty product and a sales representative can help you choose the extensions of the right size. Often times, they can remove the extensions from the bundle and hold them next to their hair to further aid in measurement adjustments.
When you order your hairpieces online, you don’t get the same face-to-face customer service. Instead, you will need to correctly measure your hair to know what size hair extensions to order.
We will first measure the two middle layers. To begin, you must first section your hair by creating a section at the level of the ears. Ear level should be about 1/2 inch below the tip (highest point) of the ear and secure the top section of hair with a clip at the top of the head. Now, take a clothing tape measure (one that is flexible and bends easily) and measure the section at the nape of the head, which would be from the back of one ear to the back of the other ear. The measurement should be 5-7 inches wide. You will need 2 extension pieces that are 5 “or 7” wide; that is, the section of the track that hooks into your natural hair and not the actual length of the hair strand.
Second, we will measure the top layer. Keeping your hair sectioned, slide the tape measure so that it is about 1 inch above the highest point of your ear. Now make sure you measure this area so that your tape measure is still raised 1 inch above the tip of the ear, but that you want the measurements to extend past the ear as if wrapping towards the point where the ear is located. hairline and find face. This measurement should be between 8 “and 11”.
Then we will measure the bottom layer. Take the tape measure and place it about 1 1/2 “from the bottom of your hairline (where the top of your neck and bottom of your hair meet) at the back of your neck. The tape should start Approximately 1 inch behind the back from one ear to the other This measurement can be something like 3 “-5” wide.
Now we measure the smaller side pieces. Part your hair so that you have accumulated most of your hair, which would be the bangs and a small portion of hair that is on the crown. Now measure the width in a straight line where the hairline meets the temple (about 1 inch above the eyebrow) and ends at the beginning of the ear area. This is usually a 1/2 “-1 1/2” measurement.
Your measurements can look like this:
1 – Piece measuring 3 “-5”
2 – Pieces measuring 5 “-7”
1 – Piece measuring 8 “-11”
2 – small side pieces measuring 1 “- 1 1/2”
