Christina Jenkins invented her hair weave technique in 1950. Let’s learn more about her, her method of weaving hair, and other hair weaving techniques.
Jenkins Invented the Modern Weave for Hair. Throughout the centuries, people have used some kind of hair extensions, wigs, and hairpieces. There has been braiding and weaving, sometime with ribbons and other decorative things.
Christine Jenkins was an African American hairdresser from Ohio who has changed hair care around the world for women of color. She was the wife of a jazz musician named Duke, and she thought it was possible to sew the hair directly onto the head instead of attaching hair with pins.
Christine came up with a technique and patented it in 1951. She and her husband started a company called Christina's Hair Weaves and achieved international success. People from other countries would pay her to come and teach her hair weaving technique.
Christine’s hair weaving method takes a lot of time. Locks of hair are sewn onto netting, hair is braided into cornrows, and then the netting is attached to cornrows in the hair. These hair weaves were stiff and didn’t move much and women wanted hair that was longer and would move like natural hair.
As is the case with many inventions, people came up with improvements. By the 1980s, hairdressers came up with a way to make the hair weave look more natural and flowing.
Methods of Hair Weave
To better understand how hair weaves were invented, it is important to consider all the different methods.
•Bonding: One popular temporary method of weaving is bonding. Hair is glued onto your hair at the roots with adhesive. This method only lasts for a week or two. After that, it can damage your hair. The two kinds of bonding are soft bonding and hard bonding. The hard bonding is only recommended for people who have tried the soft bond and it does not hold. Hard bonded attachments last from four to six weeks.
•Fusion: The fusion method uses a device that looks like a hot glue gun. Hair extensions are actually hot glued to your hair. This looks very natural and you can wash and style your hair as usual. However, you have to pay a price for this natural look, as it takes between eight and sixteen hours to do and costs from 800 to 1800 dollars. Recently, cold fusion extensions made of human hair have been developed which do not require heat.
•Tracking: The tracking technique involves braiding your hair into concentric circles. Then, the braids are sewn down and extensions sewn into them. Eight to fifteen tracks are needed to cover your whole head.
•Netting: Netting is a method that braids your natural hair under a net. Then, extensions are woven into the net. This technique is more flexible than tracking, because the hair stylist does not sew the extensions into a braid. Netting can last up to three months.
•Tree Braiding: Tree braiding uses a basic cornrow. The extension is added at the beginning of a cornrow and braided with the natural hair. When the cornrow is finished, it can be tied or sewn down.
•Hair Extensions: Clip-in or clip-on hair extensions are great for a night on the town or other special occasion. This is just sections of hair clipped into real hair at the roots. The average number of clips is eight. They have to be removed when you sleep.
•Lace Extensions: Lace extensions are made from a nylon mesh cap and single strands of hair are knotted into the openings. Hair can be woven or glued to the hairline.
Hair weave methods have changed significantly since Christine Jenkins invented the first weave for hair. These methods will continue to change and improvements will be introduced so that women can achieve the appearance that they are seeking with their hair
Author: Christy Rakoczy
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