Before you choose the hair you slay

Charisma unprocessed hair is human hair that has NEVER been chemically processed, this means it’s never been dyed, coloured, or bleached. As a result, unprocessed hair is incredibly healthy, bouncy stunning quality hair extensions.

Features of unprocessed hair:

• 100% pure human hair.
• Super healthy.
• Never been heat treated.
• Never been dyed, coloured, or bleached.
• Can last years with proper care.
• Returns to it’s natural texture after shampoo and conditioning.

Most unprocessed hair extensions are naturally black because they come from ethically sourced donors in countries like IBrazil, India, Peru and Malaysia amongst the post popular.The texture is suitable for Melanated women with naturally black relaxed or natural hair , being a better choice acquiring unprocessed hair extensions rather than extensions that have been dyed to a ‘natural black.

• Easy to manage hair
• Relaxed thick texture
• No tangles
• No Shedding

What is Unprocessed Hair Extensions 

Yes , buying hair extensions can be a complex process! This guide make things a little easier. We’ll explain all the jargon, what the popular terms mean and how they affect the hair extensions. In short, when you’ve finished reading you will be able to make an informed purchase.

Virgin Hair

‘Virgin hair extensions’ is another term for unprocessed hair extensions. ‘Virgin’ refers to hair that has never been heat-treated or chemically processed. This applies for the whole life of the hair not just after it was harvested. Virgin hair must meet meticulous standards, including never having been straightened, curled, permed, dyed, coloured, bleached, or chemically processed in any way. 

Remy Hair

The term ‘Remy’ or Remi hair refers to manufacturing methods of human hair,  associated with exceptional quality. Unprocessed hair extensions are naturally Remy as  the hair is taken from multiple donors. To guarantee the hair is soft, silky, and tangle free it’s collected using a method that keeps all the cuticles aligned and facing the same direction, just as the natural hair would be if the hair had grown from your own scalp.

Though from several donors, Remy hair eliminates tangling and shedding problems associated with standard human hair extensions often sold on Amazon and Ebay. Although it may initially be more expensive we recommend always using Remy hair especially if you’re having it fitted. ‘Non-Remy’ hair is kept smooth using a silicone coating which wears off after a few washes, lasting about 3 Months and is not reusable. It may seem just as nice when it’s new but subsequently becomes very dry and damaged.

Most Ebay & Amazon Remy Hair

There’s extra manufacturing steps which add to the cost of Remy extensions but also ultimately extends the life of the hair, so it’s rarely cheap. Cheap so-called Remy hair on Ebay is almost always ‘Stripped Remy’. This is a way for manufacturers to keep costs down by removing the cuticles completely. This is a dreadful way to produce extensions and this kind of hair is thin and only lasts a few days. So be careful and only buy hair from a trusted company. To clarify, you get what you pay for.

Cuticle Direction

All this information of the importance of the cuticles, but what are they? The cuticle of our hair is the outer layer of the strand, responsible for  locking in moisture,  in addition provides strength to the shaft.

Under a microscope the cuticle looks like scales not smooth to view.. On Raw hair (collected from 1 donor) and Remy hair (several donors) these layers all point in the same direction which is great. However if the layers are pointing in different directions (non-Raw/Remy) they snag/wrap and tangle easily  resulting in short-lived difficult to manage hair .