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16–18″ Luxury Nano Tip Hair Extensions (Low-Cost Range, 4–6 Month Lifespan)

16–18″ Luxury Nano Tip Hair Extensions (Low-Cost Range, 4–6 Month Lifespan)

16–18″ Luxury Nano Tip Hair Extensions (Low-Cost Range, 4–6 Month Lifespan)

Price range: £37.50 through £42.50 inc. VAT

  • 25 x 0.8g strands (20g total weight)
  • Double Drawn Remy Hair
  • 16-18 inch long
  • Italian keratin bond
Quantity

Description

Luxury nano tips give the smallest and most undetectable fitting in the world! The metal tip which is set in hard Italian keratin is the size of the nib of a pen!

One of the most popular methods of hair extensions due to the application being completely free of heat or glue, making them easy to remove and re apply over and over without damage to the natural hair.

To fit the nano tips you will need Routes silicone lined nano rings, available in 9 different shades available here.

How much hair is needed for a full head:

Only a qualified hair extension specialist should decide how many strands or grams would be suitable for your hair by carrying out a consultation. However we have added an approximate guide below:

  • Fine hair full head: 100g ( x 5 packs )
  • Average thickness hair: 120g ( x 6 packs )
  • Thick hair: 160g ( x 8 packs )

Luxury Hair:

Sourced and selected from Southern India. The hair is not over processed to ensure the cuticles of the hair lay correct and intact. This hair is the most natural to see and feel giving long lasting gorgeous locks. The Luxury range gives a full look and has a natural kink to its texture. As a result you will experience a thick full look however the hair will need styling either sectioned to straight or waved/curl. This will avoid a frizzy look. We do not recommend leaving the hair to air dry.

Lifespan:

Luxury hair has an approximate lifespan of 6 months (up to 4 months for light blondes) tests have proven many cases have longer lifespans reported.

The lifespan of hair extensions is always dependant upon the end users lifestyle. The above guide is only as there is no definite lifespan due to hair extensions being a perishable product thats longevity depends greatly on the care of the user and the lifestyle of the user.

Our guide is based on sole use of the full range of Routes aftercare including:

Routes Hair Extension Shampoo

Routes Hair Extension Conditioner Routes Protein Spray.

Use of any alternative aftercare products will likely severely reduce the lifespan and will void any quality guarantee once fitted.

Origin:

Ethically purchased at the top market value to ensure donors are fairly compensated. Hair is only purchased from consenting adults to ensure there is no underpayment nor child exploitation in practice. Sourced from South India.

We always advertise with full disclosure and integrity and we always recommend customers to fully be informed of the true description of what they are purchasing. Many brands are falsely advertising hair as Russian/Mongolian hair when there is simply no such thing. For more info on this topic please visit the Advice/FAQ page and scroll to “ Where do hair extensions actually come from?”.

Quality control:

Aside from the strict selection process at the source, our factory will perform many quality control tests to ensure the hair meets the standard for Luxury Hair. After each step of processing from bleaching to colouring there will be testing carried out to ensure the hair still has its cuticles in tact and that the processing has had minimal damage to the hair. Hairs that have their cuticles stripped or damaged enough to effect the quality or lifespan of the hair is discarded at this stage and will not be packaged or sold by Routes Hair.

After processing tests are completed the hair is drawn to remove shorter or loose hairs. An inspection is carried out to check the ratio of thickness is correct for Luxury Hair.

Checks are then made to ensure the hair colour matches the shade on the colour ring to ensure that any difference is so minimal it is not visible. If hair is a different tone to it’s matching colour swatch on the colour ring it is removed from the product line and will not be packaged for sale.

Once the method is determined (either weft, tapes or nanos) and attached the hair is then weighed per piece and per pack to ensure that every single gram is present.

Once the hair reaches our warehouse we then repeat the quality control checks on colour matching the shade swatch, the weight per pack and length correct as advertised. Anything that isn’t just so or hair that in any way feels defective does not reach out picking stations and is returned to the factory.

Additional information

Weight 40 g
Colour

#2/6 – Choco Light, #4/9 – Fudge, #6/60 – Biscuit Blonde, #9/60 – Cali Blonde, T#1/99j Rooted Plum, T#1/Grey Rooted Grey, T#1b/10 Rooted Light Brown, T#1b/4 Rooted Chocolate Brown, T#2 Rooted 14/60, T#2 Rooted 9/60, T#2/24 Rooted Champagne, T#2/6 Rooted Golden Brown, 1 – Jet Black, 1B – Brown / Black, 2 – Darkest Brown, 3 – Warm Dark Brown, 4 – Chocolate Brown, 6 – Golden Brown, 8 – Warm Light Brown, 9 – Ash, 10 – Lightest Brown, 12 – Darkest Blonde, 14 – Dark Ash Blonde, 16 – Caramel, 18 – Dark Blonde, 24 – Champagne Blonde, 18/60 – Beach Blonde Mix, 4/16 – Mix Choc, Hilight, 27 – Rose Gold, 30 – Chestnut, 33 – Copper Brown, 99j – Plum Brown, 530 – Bright Burgundy, Red – Bright Red, 613 – Lightest Ash Blonde, 60 – Platinum Blonde, 1b/4/24 – "Ombre", 4/6/12 – "Ombre", 18/24/60 – "Ombre", Grey, 350 – Bright Burnt Copper, 2/8 – "Ombre"

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Frequently Asked

Questions

I have forgotten my username or password what do I do?

Due to data protection we do not have any access to customer usernames or passwords. You can use the reset password option. If still having problems you may wish to set up a new account. However you do not need to sign in to an account in order to make a purchase. You can go through and make purchases as a guest and you can still use your trade discount code if you are a trained professional.

Will Routes ship orders outside of the UK?

Yes, we ship worldwide! Please see our international deliveries information.

When will my order arrive?

POSTAGE / SHIPPING WITHIN THE UK

We dispatch all orders made before 5pm on a weekday (Monday- Friday) the same day. No orders are dispatched on weekends or bank holidays. You can choose from the options below which service you require. Orders made after 5pm will be dispatched the next working day.

You can choose at checkout if you require delivery by 9.00am or 1.00pm the next working day. For orders made before 5.00pm on Fridays you may also opt for Saturday guaranteed delivery. Orders made after 5.00pm on Fridays will be dispatched the following Monday. Royal mail standard special delivery only guarantees delivery Monday to Fridays. We do offer a Saturday option and there are no postal services on Sundays or bank holidays.

PLEASE NOTE: please ensure that the address details including postcode are correct as Routes cannot be held responsible for customers supplying incorrect address details.

POSTAGE / SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL
International orders are sent via Royal mail signed for service at the flat rate cost of £20 for weights up to 2kg (we are unable to send parcels that exceed 2kg due to postage restrictions- if your parcel exceeds 2kg we will contact you) International orders may be subject to your own countries import charges based on your destination, as those exempt from paying UK tax on products will be liable for their own import tax. This is the responsibility of the customer to check and pay the relevant import tax.

ROYAL MAIL INTERNATIONAL PARCEL GUIDE
All our Tracking and Signature services aim to deliver to Western Europe within 2-5 working days, Eastern Europe within 3-5 working days and worldwide within 5-7 working days. (Please note this is a guide supplied by Royal mail and is not a guaranteed time frame – we find many of our clients in USA and Canada tend to arrive between 10 and 14 days as an average). Items will not be deemed late/missing/lost until 25 working days have passed since postage.

Where do hair extensions actually come from?

Everyone knows that Russian Mongolian hair is very popular but did you know it doesn’t actually exist?!

Yep! That’s right it’s a selling technique that so many brands use to make to make the public buy their products.

If caught out they will tell you that is what the factory (in china) told them. This means either they didn’t do their due diligence AND they have no real Knowledge of the industry (scary)! Or they straight up lied to you as they know full well that nobody mixes origins of hair and true Russian hair is more expensive than the retail price of the well known brands (even worse than scary). The same goes for Brazilian and European hair. It’s so unheard of in Brazil and Europe simply because it is so scarce (not because it’s better hair but simply because people are not lining up to sell their hair for religious reasons). How many people do you know that have “sold” their hair? And how many factories that process and package human hair in and around Europe? Our guess is less than one right?

90% of the worlds hair extensions are processed and packaged in China with some hair originating in China and some purchased from India in “hair vendor auctions” then sent to China for processing. There are some “hair factories” in India however they usually export raw hair that has not been processed so mostly in very dark brown shades only. The vast majority of professional hair extensions will have been processed in China where as the vast factories with hi tech equipment is the leader for mass production for each step of hair extension processing and exporting.

We know from experience the restrictions with genuine Russian sourced and Russian manufactured hair extensions as our manufacturers in Russias price point is so high that it is not an everyday best seller (due to being 5 times the price of our luxury range.

So far there is no legislation on how hair extensions are marketed and we feel that transparency and honesty is imperative to help expose the myths, stop the false advertising and give our customers REAL facts so they can make informed decisions. Unfortunately most hair extension brands still use “Russian/Mongolian” and “European” titles to mislead their customers. If legislation is brought in it will be very interesting to see all the information change overnight.

Here at Routes we spent many years searching for the best quality hair and best price points from ethical only manufacturers across the globe. We now have several manufacturing partners that we are proud to work with

Below shows where each of our manufacturing partners are located and the location of the raw material hair is originated from:

Luxury hair
Source/origin of hair: South India (temple hair)
Partner factory location: North China

Premium gold hair
Source/origin of hair: South India (temple hair)
Partner factory location: North China

Russian Routes
(now discontinued – our remaining stock can be found in the Outlet sale at less than cost price)
Source/origin of hair: Russia
Partner factory location: West Russia

MVP hair
Source/origin of hair: Mongolian/ North China border
Partner factory location: East China

What grade is Routes hair?

Lots of hair extension brands use a grading system such as AAA or AAAA or 4A, 5A, etc. So much misrepresentation and misunderstanding is in the grading system that we decided to scrap it all together and let the hair quality and lifespan represent its place in the market.
In the grading system the A’s are supposed to represent many things such as whether or not the hair is single/double drawn, the length of the hair, the lifespan of the hair, the level of processing the hair has gone through and the overall quality of the hair. As there is very little regulation in the industry many brands have taken selling tricks such as grading their own hair and advertising the hair inaccurately as 8AAAAAAAA+ with nothing to back up this grade and when the lifespan, quality, length etc may be far less than another brand advertising at a more realistic grade.
So many customers simply see the grade and trust the brand and simply believe that the higher the grade the better the hair when this is not necessarily true. As we refuse to use false advertising techniques or try to fool customers we give an accurate account of each part of our hair from weight, length and lifespan and let the hair speak for its self.

What is the difference between single drawn and double drawn hair?

Single drawn hair: is the standard thickness of hair and many hair extensions are available in single drawn particular cheaper brands of hair. Single drawn hair is from one donor such as imagine a pony tail chopped off the one person. The hair will generally taper down thinner on the ends due to hair growing at different rates and general hair loss/ breakage. 50% of the hair will be the advertised length and the rest will be shorter strands that are various lengths- sometimes very short. Single drawn hair will look very thick at the top near the roots and towards the end it will thin out considerably. You will need approximately 30% more hair to create the same thick look as double drawn hair when using single drawn.

Double drawn hair: thick from root to tip as a lengthly process takes place to remove at least 80% of shorter hairs. The hair will be from multiple donors to ensure there is enough hair of the longest length. The process of creating double drawn hair is expensive and time consuming. It takes around 10lb of hair to create just 1 single pound of 20 inch double drawn hair. The process is painstaking and has to be carried out by hand therefor the material and labour cost adds to the price of the finished product. Double drawn is far more desirable than single drawn hair with many professionals choosing to use only double drawn. As although the price is higher than single drawn hair you would require less strands to achieve the same end result. Therefore you would probably arrive at a very similar end price for a better result as the less strands/ tracks fitted the kinder to the clients hair. These are the main reasons that professionals with this knowledge choose to only use double drawn hair.