Ethically Sourced Hair Extensions

A question being asked more and more frequently due to consumers becoming more conscious of their purchases, is about ethicality. Many of us are reducing plastic, shopping organic, and concerned about the environment, and therefore as a hair extension wearer it is only natural to question how your hair is sourced.

 

The Hair Extension Industry Is Unregulated

Sadly, the hair extension industry is hugely unregulated. It can be very difficult to know how the hair was sourced, whether or not this was done via ethical means, and whether you are receiving exactly what you paid for. The hair extension market is huge, and is estimated to reach revenues of over 10 billion by 2023. That is a huge amount of people wearing hair extensions, and therefore the demand for people to grow and sell their hair is even higher.

 

Sourcing Hair Extensions Globally

Due to the high demand for human hair products, hair extensions are sourced from all over the world. Hair typically comes from India, Russia, Europe and China, and then due to their high level processing capacity, most of the hair is transported to China to be processed in factories, before making its way to Europe and the USA. SimplyHair are fortunate enough to work with a wonderful factory, who process our Indian hair, retaining its beautiful quality. It is important to understand that hair is sourced globally, as it is very easy to become mislead into paying a premium for hair that is not always as it seems. Take Mongolian hair as an example. You only have to do a quick Google search to find companies selling Mongolian hair which is considered more premium and therefore more expensive to purchase. However you will only need a very basic understanding of geography to question how this is even possible. According to 2019 statistics, in 2019 Mongolia had a population of just over 3 million. Seems like a lot, right? It isn’t, as only 1.3 million of this total are women. Great 1.3 million people for which to