Hair Weave – This is the most widely used method to attach hair extensions.  Weaving is done by a special needle that is either curved or straight.  First, a very thin braid track is made across the client’s head and the stylist takes the weft of the hair and sews it on.  Since the hair is being sewn on it is permanent until you remove it.  You’ll have to sleep with it and wash it on average 2 times a week.  With this method, you'll have to buy hair on the weft for weaving.

Hair Fusion – Now this has many variations in terms of the methods to attach.  Initially, fusion was done by using a glue sticks and glue gun, but now glue comes already attach to hair.  In the beginning, stylist needed to take some hair extensions and use the glue gun to attach and mold the extension onto the client’s hair.  With new ideas and techniques, hair manufacturers and attached the glue onto the hair.  With this you simple take a heating iron and melt the tip and mold it onto the person hair. 

Skin Extensions – We’ve come a long way from the old days of weaving and bonding hair extensions.  Now with more people wearing commercial extensions, a more efficient and natural looking method has surfaced.  Skin extension has a thin polyurethane base where you can attach by using tapes.  A double sided clear tape is attached to top and bottom of the client’s hair and then you seal it by applying heat with a flat iron.  It is strong as a bond, but much cleaner and you can attach it at home. 

Lace front wigs – Lace front wigs are very natural and it eliminates the need for a stylist to weave hair extensions.  It’s a wig but it can create a very natural looking hair line.  Many celebrities wear them.  These lace front wigs have been around for ages and they were used by Hollywood special effects to create a new person.  Somehow someone decided that it should go main stream and provide this type of wigs for anyone that want to look more natural with wigs.

Hair Closure – Hair closure is a very useful hair piece to finish off a weave and make the whole hair extensions look very natural.  The hair closure is a handmade hair piece that is made on a either a skin base or a mesh base.  When this piece is put on, a natural looking hair line can be made and will look very natural.

Hair Bonding – Hair bonding is relatively a quick and easy way to add hair extensions in a hurry.  You can buy hair bonding glue and simple apply the glue on the weft of the hair.  However, this is not permanent meaning that it will come out when you wash your hair.  It’s a nice way to have a little volume in areas where you want more hair and you can do it on your own or have a family member apply it for you.

Strand by Strand – This is another variation of the fusion method called pre-tipped hair extenisons.  In a package of hair, you’ll have up to 200-300 tiny bundles.  The tips look like shoe string.  You can attach them by using a ring and closing them.  There’s no heat involved and it will stay and last about 3 months.  If it comes out, then you can reapply.