CAN I SWIM WITH HAIR EXTENSIONS

It’s the question of the summer for anyone wearing Hair Extensions because July is here, and we are in PEAK summer season. I blinked, and June flew by with its full weeks and even busier weekends. And just as fast as June ends, the 4th of July holiday weekend is in our lap like a hot potato. So, I hope you snagged an extra day off of work and are planning to use it to the fullest.

One of the top questions about hair extensions is: Can I go swimming with hair extensions? So let’s dive in. It’s no secret that every summer we all hit the water to cool off. Whether that’s pools, lakes, rivers, or the ocean, if you’re anything like me, you want to be able to truly enjoy the moment and not worry about if your hair gets wet.

(For those who prefer not to get their hair wet, a big ol’ ballet bun on top of your head with sunglasses is a great option - it’s giving poolside & floaty vibes!)

Here at Rose Golde Beauty we live life to the fullest, so we like to have the option to do whatever the moment calls for with our hair. Up, down, wet, dry, curly, wavy, straight… all of it. So it’s now question that those with an active lifestyle wearing extensions are need the HOW TO on swimming with Hand Tied Hair Extensions.

This advice applies not just to hand-tied hair extensions but also to anyone with long hair or color treated hair. The key is to fill the hair with a protective layer first, reducing the amount of saltwater and chlorine the hair will absorb. Both saltwater and chlorine can turn hair green and dry out the ends to the point they're crispy tenders! So these tips can be used by anyone wanting to protect the health of their hair this summer!

How to Prepare Your Hair Extensions for Swimming:

Iles Formula

Brush and Detangle Hair: Ensure your hair is free of knots and tangles.

Wet Hair with Fresh, Clean Water: This step saturates your hair so it absorbs less chlorine or saltwater.

Apply a Leave-In Product: Use a detangler, serum, or lightweight conditioner depending on your hair type that offers UV protection. I always bring my Iles Formula travel trio with me – it's all I ever need.

Put Hair in Secure Braids: This helps keep your hair manageable and reduces tangling while swimming.

After Swimming Care:

When you get home and are ready to shower off the day, follow these steps:

Undo Braids and Finger Comb Hair: Gently work through any tangles with your fingers.

Use a Wide-Tooth Comb: Smooth out your hair starting at the ends.

Rinse Thoroughly: Rinse out the leave-in product and any chlorine or saltwater from your hair.

Shampoo and Condition: Shampoo your scalp and work the lather through the ends. Deep condition your hair, rinse, and apply a light conditioner to the ends. Rinse thoroughly again.

Since it's summer, I like to wrap my hair in a towel for 20 minutes while I do my after-sun skincare. Then, I'll let it down and run some leave-in product through it. Use a wide-tooth comb to detangle, and air-dry all day. You only need to blow-dry the base of the wefts at night to remove any lingering moisture before you're out and on to the next adventure!

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This is how I swim with my hair extensions during summer days and while on vacation. It's always what I recommend to my guests here at Rose Golde Beauty who want to go swimming with their hand tied hair extensions. You can watch THIS TUTORIAL if you’re a visual learner to see a video and go step by step with me on the exact steps mentioned in this blog.

Every new guest always goes home with a Welcome Kit that shares all our Summer Hair Care 101 tips and tricks because every one needs to know how to take care of their hair extensions during the summer. Rose Golde Beauty is an Idaho Hair Extension Studio that lives by the motto of “elevated hair with a down-to-earth feel” and you’re welcome to join us!

Let's talk Luxury / At Home Hair Care Video Series

Video 5 is here! How To: Achieve a Smooth Flat Iron Finish for your NBR Hair Extensions 

If you’re on Video 5, then you know what you’re about to learn! Soooo…

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Let’s go beyond the Heat Protectant and Styling Tools in this video, and talk about the reason I wanted to create a Video Series for my clients. 

I think it’s really important as your Extension Specialist - to show up for you! 

Maybe you just invested $1,500 - $2,200 into a luxury service, where we could talk about your top quality, voluntarily donated, less silicone, custom colored, hand tied hair extensions~ that blend with your fresh new lived in color and, installed with a minimal damage method. 

We could start talking about value there - but I think you already know that part by now. We’ve gone over it. 

We’re actually going to get outside of the In Salon Appointment and talk about when you’re at home and taking care of your extensions for the first time!

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Incorporating ANYTHING into your lifestyle and routine can seem a little intimidating - so I wanted to eliminate that fear with education! 

That’s I decided to provided added value and create these At Home Care Videos, and it’s why you went home with all those products and tools!!

Not only do I want you to have an amazing In Salon Experience, I want you to feel REALLY confident taking care of your extensions and incorporating them into your every day life. 

My goal is to set you up for success with taking care of your extensions, so you can be obsessed with your transformation and that feeling radiates into all aspects of your life! 

I am proud to offer a 5 part video series alongside my NBR Extension Services, and I hope you enjoy the added value that comes when choosing Rose Golde.

I also share a lot of LIVE real time techniques and tricks on my blog and social media pages so make sure you’re staying current with me there! 

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My Message to Women Right Now

My goal is always to show women how beautiful they are and to remind them of their inner confidence and power so they can go out and kick ass bringing their passions to life.

I choose to do this through the art of Lived in Color and NBR Extensions. I’m passionate about the mastering skillsets in these, and delivering an amazing experience. I’m even more passionate about women being on FIRE with purpose. A woman’s hair appointment (or nails, lashes, waxing, facials, spa day —- pick yours ) is technically a CONFIDENCE Appointment - it’s about the FEELING afterwards.

The extra pep in your step. That little BOOST you get when you leave. I know that YOU KNOW the EXACT feeling I’m talking about.

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So many things are coming up in the world today about Women - rights, movements, powers - you name it…it’s being talked about on a very MACRO level.

I’ve realized my part in this is smaller, it’s on the micro level. It’s about showing an individual woman that she can have the confidence she needs to THEN go and tackle whatever is important to her.

I’m in it for the confidence of women, the feeling we get after one little appointment that reminds us we are capable of BIG shit!

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I feel like when I’m scrolling online - I see all of these quotes. I know you see them too about women and empowerment and I SEE things. But I want to WITNESS more women lifting each other up in my actual day to day life. What do you do personally to lift up your fellow woman?

I want to be held accountable of this in my own life and my own passion for purpose. Let’s be women of ACTION that do what we say. Let’s not just talk about it.. Let’s DO things that lift up ourselves so we may lift up other women in return.

So when you come in for your guest experience and hair transformation with NBR, I want to know what your passions are. Share with me what you are DOING to encourage and empower the women around you - whether it be in a MACRO or mirco way.

Don’t forget we’re in this together babes! ~xo

Reasons from a Hairstylist: My own #hairstruggles and how I'm taking action!

Hey Babes Hey!

I’m usually always pretty happy but this week I’m feeling EXTRA excitement! I’m have my NBR New Install appointment coming up this week! Cannot.even.wait! You know that feeling you get when you look at your calendar and you see ‘Hair Day’ written down - I’m at that level of excitement and anticipation. Especially since I know I’m going in for a hair TRANSFORMATION!

I’m really looking forward to wearing the new Isla Hand Tied Hair created specifically for the NBR method, and soooooo ready to say hello to my Summer #hairgoals

Take a peek at this video and listen as I share my own personal hair struggles and why I’m choosing to have my hair situation UPGRADED!

I hope you found value in this video and realize that we ALL are faced with something that we wish we could fix about our hair. I want you to know that you have options - high quality, luxury options customized for specifically for you.

If you want to chat further about your current hair, I’d love to listen. You can share your hair history with me HERE.

Let’s have an amazing week babes! ~xo

Exclusive **Isla Hand Tied Hair**

Today feels like Christmas! Because it’s SHIPPING DAY! You know when you order something and then you CANNOT wait until you get the email that says: Order Shipped. That’s where I’m currently at!!

Over here just checking every email alert that comes through hoping it says, your Isla Hand Tied Hair Order has been shipped!

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Danielle, creator of the Natural Beaded Row method has been using different Hand Tied Hair lines for 18 years. Now hat’s alotta years to be working with a product and learning what’s good and what isn’t. Taking this experience and knowledge she created her own hand tied hair line SPECIFICALLY for the NBR Extension Method. I feel like a church choir should start singing right now!

If you need a quick recap of what exactly Hand Tied Hair is, and why it’s THE BEST hop over and read this post real quick so you’re up to speed!

Before now, extensions always looked, well - like extensions. It was pretty obvious.

For one or more of the following reasons:

• The Blend — Natural Hair Color + Extension Color = Didn’t Match

• Silicone — Extension hair was super shiny and fake looking

• The Cut — was more of a weird mullet. Real hair in the front, fake hair in the back….

• The Method —You could literally see their adhesive tabs and bonds/beads attached to their head.

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Danielle recognized these issues and created the NBR method with no glue/adhesive, no heat, no tabs no bonds AND minimal points of contact for a less damaging extension method. Cue that choir again will ya?!!

She then began to custom color the hand tied hair which as you know from your own personal sightings around town, was NOT the norm for extensions. BOOM her clients didn’t have issues with the color blend anymore! Check that one off the list.

Because Hand Tied Hair is on a weft & super lightweight, and the NBR track carries the weight of the extensions - you can put MORE hair in than you can with other methods…and because there is more hair - you have material to work with to cut away and shape the extensions to blend perfectly with the natural hair. We can cross off Mullet Extension Cut off the list now.

Lastly, and the most unpredictable variable - which Hand Tied Hair Brand to use, and which will be best to custom color, how is it processed… (This is a hot topic right now in the Hand Tied Hair Extension world)

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Here are the things I personally look for in Hand Tied Hair Lines.

100% Remi Human Hair

Ethically Sourced

Voluntarily Donated

Cuticle In Tact

Low Amounts of Chemical Processing

Little to No Silicone

* To eliminate that weird fake hair shine, to not be a color barrier when custom coloring the extensions, and to NOT look and feel like fake hair that gets matted and tangly.

I made it a personal mission to NEVER negotiate on the top 3, but I always had to find a way around the other 3 - special washes and baths - lengthily PRE coloring processes.

The new Isla Hand Tied Hairline meets ALL of my requirements and even surpasses them by offering 12 TRUE TO TONE amazing blended colors! ! I feel like I am now able to offer the highest quality PRODUCT designed to work hand in hand with the highest quality METHOD. #praisehands

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Danielle is only releasing her hairline within her own salon DKW Styling and to the students within her NBR Mastermind program! I am BEYOND happy that I am able to offer this luxury service AND this luxury hairline to the guests that sit in my chair.

It’s my goal to provide you with an amazing quality experience so that when you leave you LOOK BEAUTIFUL and FEEL CONFIDENT!

I’m going to keep checking for my tracking number, you share with me your hair goals in the NBR Application and we can start creating your custom NBR Experience with Isla Hand Tied Hair!

Xo Babes~

Your ONLY job @ your Hair Appointment

I’m subscribed to several different magazine publications (before you think, man this chick subscribes to a lot of things) I get magazines monthly to have in the salon! I like offering a variety of magazines from Travel to Wellness, Architecture and Beauty and of course I have to throw in some Style & Decor.

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I like to have options displayed for you to choose from, so you can set your phone down and fully unplug at your appointment. It’s really easy to spend an entire hair appointment sucked into the mindless scroll, which is a slippery slope the can lead into the negative comparison game. Let’s break that cycle.

This is time for YOU. It’s the time to fill your cup [both literally - “would you like red or white wine during your appointment today” and physically restoring yourself with a little R&R]

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There is something about a magazine in print that when you’re holding in your hands, feeling the paper, maybe finding a sample perfume packet tucked into the spine, and - reading about things that have NOTHING to do with people you know on Facebook — you disconnect and get lost in imagination!

I found myself reading this quick article from Domino because I just HAD to know what the Unofficial Color of Summer ‘19 was going to be - - and then doing a mini living room makeover in my mind. Like - I’m pretty certain that I NEED THAT RUG. Don’t you think?!!

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My goal when you come in for your appointment is that you take a break, relax, read a magazine, enjoy a refreshment, have a snack and unplug for a moment. You need to recharge sister. When your appointment is over I promise you will LOOK beautiful and FEEL emotionally refreshed and with both of those in your favor you can’t help but feel confident and like a whole new woman!

When you sit in my chair you’re not there ‘just to get your hair touched up’ the goal of your appointment is to show you a physical transformation that is an outward reflection of your strength, your intelligence and your beauty!

This is how I want to help you on your Self Care Journey! Remember, we’re in this together! xo babes~