How it's attached - Our methods: Beaded Row and IBE
Beaded Row
A row of small beads is placed along a section of your natural hair, and the weft is sewn to that row. No glue and no heat. The row is lifted back to the root at every move-up.
IBE, Invisible Bead Extensions
Still a beaded row, installed with a specific layered method that hides the beads. The result sits flatter and the attachment stays hidden, even when your hair is up.
Why your extensions need a specialist at every appointment
Extension hair isn't your hair. It has no roots feeding it, it's already been processed once, and it's attached with bonds, beads or thread that heat, lightener and scissors can damage. A stylist who doesn't work on extensions every day can undo a good install in one visit.
Some stylists do only extensions. Others do only color. At Alchemy you get both, working on the same head of hair and talking to each other.
Color
Where it goes wrong: lightener near a bond or track
Extension hair takes color differently and can't recover from over-processing. Our colorists work on extension clients every week and color your hair and the extensions to match.
Cutting
Where it goes wrong: blunt ends that show the blend
Extensions are cut into your own hair, not trimmed like it. We cut after every install and at move-ups so the line stays invisible as your hair grows.
Maintenance & removal
Where it goes wrong: rushed move-ups and removals
That's the breakage people blame on extensions. The studio that installed them maintains and removes them, and checks your natural hair each time.
THE 12 - MONTH WEFT PLAN
Your hair and a year of move-ups, in one plan
Your initial hair plus 9 move-ups, with color, treatments, removal, tools and product included.
Initial install, then 9 move-ups, hair care productand maintenance across the year.
Schedule a consultation to build your customized plan.
Qualified clients can finance through Cherry: 0% for 6 months, soft credit check.
The cheap weft costs more the second time
Weft Corrections
At least five new clients a month come to us after a bad experience with extensions somewhere else. Bad wefts tend to fail in the same few places, and the photos below show what that looks like up close.
The Row Was Built Wrong
Too much hair was hung on too few beads, or the beads were clamped onto too much of her own hair. The weight lands on a narrow line of roots, and that is where breakage starts.
Nobody Moved It Up
Your hair grows, and the row grows out with it. Left past its move-up, the weft hangs low and the beads slip and twist. The hair you naturally shed collects between your scalp and the row and knots into a mat.
Nobody Taught You How To Care For It
Brushing at the base of the row, drying the row all the way through, and how to sleep on it all get skipped at checkout. That missing lesson shows up as matting at the row.
WHAT WE DO INSTEAD
Before: Rows are placed for your density, with enough beads to carry the weight.
At install: You leave knowing how to brush, wash, dry and sleep on your rows. It is all written down on our Aftercare page as well.
After: Move-ups happen every 6-8 Weeks in the same salon. Color and cutting are done by people who know where your rows sit, and when it's time, we remove them too.
Training & certification
Certified, and certified to teach
Extension certifications come from the hair brands themselves. We hold several, and we now train on our own brand, Alchemy Hair Extensions. We use other brands only for specialized hair orders, when one gives you a better result.
Rich Stylist certified
A group of seasoned extension professionals who meet, train and collaborate on all things extensions. We are certified by Rich Stylist to run our own training.
Alchemy - Our own certification
Every Alchemy stylist, from apprentice to pro, completes our in-house certification, with hundreds of hours of practice before working on clients.