Are Keratin bonds a type of hair extensions?
Yes, fitted by taking small safe sections of your hair and using a cold fusion ultrasonic machine to fuse keratin, your own hair and your new strands together creating a permanent bond that is the size of a grain of rice and lasts 4-5 months and up to 6 months with the best of care. These individual additions will simply grow down with your style, with no need to visit for maintenance appointments.
The most popular of all our applications, perfect to add length, density and colour effects. Great Lengths Keratin bonds are the ideal solution for women who are looking for premium hair extensions with an invisible and seamless application. Sometimes called pre bonded hair extensions, we use this application method in both our luxury length and hair filler transformations.
So, hair fillers are the same thing?
Yes. A hair filler service is a kind of discreet more spaced-out hair extension, using small amounts of real hair in specific areas to ‘fill in’ where more density is desired. Rather than adding extra length, it looks like your hair has been plumped up with a celebrity upgrade, with an end result that is super subtle yet really impactful. So natural, no one will guess it’s not 100% yours.
Hair fillers are perfect for those with finer hair types looking for natural fullness – or for individuals who might be experiencing the trauma of hair thinning and hair loss caused by factors such as post-pandemic stress, or postpartum and menopausal hair loss. Fillers can also be placed to define a haircut such as strengthening the sides of a bob, where hair can naturally be weaker or to disguise areas of broken damaged hair.
Hair fillers are a bespoke service, colour matched to you and your hairs density and length. Your quote includes the Great Lengths homecare products and brush to ensure your extensions will be kept at their best.
Guide price Hair fillers inc homecare
Keratin bonds, cold fusion application From £330 – 500
Can I have longer hair using Keratin bonds?
If your desire is to lengthen your hair, our Great Lengths certified Stylists can create a full head solution perfect for you whatever your vision.
Guide price Luxury Lengthening inc homecare
Keratin bonds, cold fusion application From £850-1125
Our Luxury Length service includes initial consultation appointment, application on the day, full kit of Great Lengths homecare products, brush and a check-up appointment 2-3 weeks after application should this be required.
Why Great Lengths?
We have partnered with Great Lengths www.greatlengths.com the world leading professional hair extension supplier, who source their hair from India in a traceable, ethical and responsible way. Their hair is of premium quality, double drawn, Remy hair – which means all the natural hair qualities are preserved including the cuticle alignment to maintain the hairs health and vibrancy. Each individual hair is sorted to be the same length and is hand blended for the endless colour combinations. Great Lengths look supremely natural with the additional hair moving freely and integrating easily into your own. Hence, it’s higher price tag.
Strands from Great lengths hair can only be applied by authorised, trained and certified Great Length Stylists. The Vanilla Room is the only salon in the area to of been awarded ‘Gold’ standard for its experience in applying Great Lengths hair.
A benefit of wearing Great Lengths is that when the extensions are removed, clients can donate them to the Little Princess Trust, the only charity in the world that produces wigs for children who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy or severe alopecia. Only Great Lengths hair extensions donations will be accepted by the charity due to their ethicality and hair quality. www.littleprincesses.org.uk
Interested in Great Lengths cold fusion Keratin bonds? Here’s the lowdown on what to expect.
Firstly, you come to a consultation, where multiple shades are expertly matched to your hair for an invisible blend. For this we need your hair colour to have been freshly updated and exactly as you like it, as your new hair will last several months. Subsequent regrowth hair colour appointments will then be tailored to work with consideration to where your additional hair is placed.
We will provide you with a bespoke quote based on the number of keratin additions needed, the length of hair required and include the correct Great Lengths homecare products and brush to ensure your extensions will be kept at their best. A 50% deposit is required to order the hair and secure the application appointment.
On the day of application after deep cleansing and drying, the extensions are attached near your roots with a keratin bond using a cold fusion ultrasonic machine with no heat required. As only a small amount of hair is attached to your natural hair, they are super lightweight with no tension caused to your hair and scalp. Once all the sections of hair are added, your great lengths trained expert will cut, blend and style the hair and give you lots of advice on how to look after your newly plumped up tresses.
You’ll need to wait at least 48 hours before you’re free to wash and style your hair at home, but then your new hair will simply grow down with your style, no need to visit us for any maintenance appointments, unlike many other extension methods.
After 4-6 months you return to us for removal and in most cases the application of new extensions – as that extra hair can be extremely addictive! The removal does not damage the hair, we use an oil-based product which softens the keratin bond and a removal tool which gently breaks down the bond and the additions slide off. Because the hair is cut to blend at installation, it is customised to that visit and not suited to be reused, so we use new hair every time.
And remember if you have gone for extra length, you own hair will now have grown, so you may decide that you now need hair fillers rather than luxury length.
What can I do to maximise longevity of my Keratin bonds?
Use the Great Lengths sulphate free shampoo. Avoid conditioner at the roots to maximise the life span of the Keratin bonds, which hold the additional hair in place. If you swim a lot, be aware chlorine can weaken the bonds, so will affect the lifespan. Do not leave the bonds to dry naturally, always blow dry the roots where the bonds sit. Do not use heated irons directly on the bonds but you can use heat to curl and style. If you are regular gym goer or get hot in the head, your homecare kit of products includes a PH balancing spray that should be used regularly to protect the bonds and keep them strong.
Will I lose some Keratin bonds?
This is possible because of your natural hair shedding cycle; this is not unusual. Please be aware that the section of natural hair supporting the extension will shed strands naturally but because the extension is bonded to the natural hair loose strands that would normally have fallen away, will be encapsuled in the keratin bond you will not lose them, until the additional hair is removed.
What about Colour? Can I change the colour of my extensions? Can I have my roots done?
Your roots – Yes. For a full head colour we can go straight on to your regrowth, it just might take a little extra product and result in a little extra charge as the extensions absorb more product and you have more hair. But as we weigh our formulations, we will be really transparent re the cost and only pass on the additional product charge, no extra labour costs. For highlights we can work around the hairline and free space around your extensions to keep you topped up and looking good until it’s time to remove your additions, when it is time to get a full set hi-light refresh and wait at least 48 hours before your next extensions.
To change the colour of your extensions is more complex. We cannot bleach them (and who would want to? It’s expensive hair!) We can go up to 2 shades darker if we need too to get you an exact match to your current look. The thing to understand is that Great Lengths hair does not fade in the same way your own hair colour does, so we need to colour match your hair at the consultation at the time when you like your colour on the ends the best.
The fact that Great Lengths hair does not fade in colour is extremely useful when using extensions to create balayage effects or lighter pieces in darker hair that would not be achievable, if the client’s own hair was to be coloured, due to potential compromise of the condition with hair colour or the desired shade not being achievable on their own hair depth. This is a game changer for colour junkies who want ‘vivid’ bright shades without the pre bleach on their own hair or darker bases who have their eyes on cooler mushroom shades that they have never been able to get to or keep once the toner fades. If your hair won’t lift that far or bleaching is not for you – then why not use someone else’s hair – just like the celebs do!
We also offer different versions of pre-bonded extensions from our other partner brands of Balmain and Beauty works should these be more suited to your desired look.
Whatever your hair goals, achieve it with subtle hair fillers or luxury lengthening solutions and Capture the hair you have always dreamed of.