If there’s one business in America and Britain that’s thriving, it’s hair extensions – sales are up & in America, it’s a $8 BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY DOMINATED MOSTLY BY ASIANS.
But underneath all that hair there’s a global tale of exploitation called “DIRTY HAIR!”
WHAT’S DIRTY HAIR? “I’m glad you asked!”
DIRTY HAIR vs100% UNPROCESSED VIRGIN HAIR Many hair extension/wig making companies, especially in the Orient, where there are NO “CONTROLLED STANDARDS,” many hair manufacturers, are using what the industry calls”Dirty Hair,” which is hair coming from different sources, even “PRISIONER’S” & “ANIMAL HAIRS,” TO MAKE “BLENDED” HAIR EXTENSIONS/WIGS!SO BEWARE OF CHEAP HAIR!
Dirty hair, also, comes from beauty salons and barber shop’s cut hair, which is swept up, off of “dirty floors,” bagged up and sold!
“YEEKIES!”
The grossest moment in Just Extensions, the self-produced documentary by L.A. serial entrepreneur Riqua Hailes that investigates the global human hair trade, is probably the scene where she arrives at a human hair market in China and ends up picking through a large burlap sack filled with matted hair balls for sale.
The Human Hair in Your Wig May Have Been Pulled from Shower Drains
And that’s not even the worst part.
By Alden WickerApr 22, 2020 In the trade, they call this “fallen hair,” or hair that has been pulled out of hairbrushes, shower drains, and even the trash in rural villages and cities alike in Asia. And if you wear extensions, you might have it on your head right now.
Human Hair Blended with Horsehair Horsehair is much like human hair when it comes to texture and weight. It can vary from soft and silky to coarse and heavy, the smoother, finer hairs are used for wigs/extensions.
@stellasgroovevirginhair.com My African-Buyer ONLY USES 100%UNPROCESSED HAIR CUT FROM ONE LONG PONYTAIL & SHE OWNS A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR MANUFACTURING EMPIRE!
Stella