Jacob Owen Burger

K-Tip aftercare tips part 2 ✨

Honestly, taking care of K-Tips is pretty simple. You just have to be a little intentional about what you’re doing around the bonds.

Almost every “rule” we give you is either to protect your natural hair or help your extensions stay in longer. That’s it. Don’t overcomplicate it.

K-Tip aftercare tips, part 1 of 2 ✨

Sweat, steam, and extensions can coexist, but your aftercare matters. If your bonds start sticking together, gently separate them underneath the attachment point using a little tension. Never pull directly on top of the bond.

After hot yoga or a sweaty workout, wear your hair down and use the cool setting on your blow dryer for a few minutes to dry your scalp and create space between the extensions. Keeping wet extensions compressed in a bun or ponytail can cause them to dry together and eventually mat.

For saunas and steam rooms, wrap your hair in a towel to protect it from excess heat and moisture.

Regular separation is one of the simplest ways to keep your extensions comfortable, clean, and moving naturally.

If you saw her walking down the street, you would never clock that she was wearing extensions, and that is exactly the point.

These are keratin bond, or K-tip, extensions. Each tiny bond is attached to a carefully matched section of natural hair so the weight is evenly distributed and the result moves and behaves like her own hair, just longer and fuller.

We also make all of our extensions in-house in Philadelphia, which allows us to custom blend the color, texture, density and overall finish specifically for each client instead of trying to make prepackaged hair work.

This is not hair you can simply order online. Every detail was created for her, and the final result looks completely seamless.

The plan for today’s dimensional brunette: preserve the depth, maintain her existing highlights, and add just a soft kiss of blonde through the ends without making the overall result feel over-highlighted.

We created five custom K-Tip blends, using lighter tones toward the front and deeper brunette blends throughout the back.

Placement is also completely customized to her natural hair growth, including around her whirl and the curves of her head, so every bond can move naturally and remain comfortable.

This is what goes into planning a dimensional extension transformation before the final result ever comes together.

Our second annual staff photo shoot is officially complete! A huge thank-you to Philadelphia portrait photographer Samantha Oyola for spending the day with our team and capturing everything we’ve been building.

We’re hiring experienced hair stylists and hair loss professionals in Philadelphia.

We’re looking for established stylists who are ready to grow into a more specialized area of the industry. Your current experience does not need to be exactly what we offer, but it should be adjacent to our work, such as hair extensions, wigs, toppers, hair replacement, thinning-hair services, customized color, or detailed transformation work.

At Parlour Hair Enhancements, we specialize in highly customized K-Tip extensions and advanced hair loss solutions. We dedicate extensive time to hair preparation, customization, placement, blending, and creating an elevated experience for every client.

This opportunity may be a good fit for a stylist who enjoys detailed work, values education, and wants to expand their skills in hair extensions or non-surgical hair replacement.

We’re also interested in connecting with professionals who have experience working with wigs, toppers, mesh integration, bonded hair systems, or other hair loss solutions and want to continue growing in that direction.

If you’re an experienced stylist looking for a salon environment where you can deepen your specialty and thoughtfully expand the services you offer your existing and future clients, we would love to meet you.

Send us a message to introduce yourself and schedule a conversation.

I moved to Philly with a dream, a goal, and a hope of where it would all lead. Seeing the Parlour Hair Enhancements name outside of this building now feels so surreal. It’s more than just a sign. It represents every long day, every risk, and all of the hard work that went into building this business.

It was done a few days before my parents came to visit which made the moment even more special.

Thank you Darin Rowland for making the entire process so seamless and bringing it to life so beautifully.

A full transformation in eight hours!

These appointments involve so much more than the final install. We started with removal, moved into a custom color, took a quick lunch break, and then completed the installation and styling.

Having a skilled team allows us to work efficiently without rushing the process, making big transformations possible without keeping our clients in the salon for more than necessary.

One client, one full day, and one completely customized result.

Ponytail of the Week is a naturally curly, colored blonde.

While we work with a lot of virgin hair, colored hair is sometimes the better choice, especially for lighter shades like this. Most people cannot naturally achieve this level of blonde without highlights or lightening, so a client choosing this ponytail would likely already have color-treated hair.

The added root and dimensional blonde tones help it blend beautifully while still maintaining the natural curl pattern.

Why do we place some extension bonds so low? Because placement should never be one-size-fits-all.

Installing too close to the scalp can create unnecessary tension and discomfort, but placing the bonds lower does not shorten wear time or create more maintenance at home. This guest comfortably wears her extensions for three to four months, and this is her fourth installation.

Most importantly, her natural hair continues to grow and thrive because every bond is placed intentionally.

Good extension work is not about getting as close to the scalp as possible. It is about protecting the hair so the guest still has healthy hair when they return.