Park City, UT October 1, 2008 – Donna Bella Milan has free shipping on all orders placed online over $75.

“We’ve been looking at other online models outside of the hair industry, and we thought we’d give our customers a break while we did some testing” Derrick Porter said. Porter is the president of Donna Bella Milan.

According to sources at Donna Bella, the offer is currently valid through October 31st, 2008. The offer is for free ground shipping and handling to the contiguous United States on new orders of $75 or more. Sources also noted that standard shipping to Hawaii, Alaska and the U.S. Territories are billed at regular shipping rates.

When pressed as to whether the new offer would become a regular part of the business model, Porter explained “We’re all about passing savings on to our customers, but as many know, hair has become a very valued commodity and its price fluctuates daily. If we can make this offer work, we will, so long as it’s a win win for us and the customer.”

Orders can be placed through the online hair extensions store.

For more information call 1-888-HAIR-KIT (offer valid on web orders only) or visit Donna Bella Milan online at www.donnabellahair.com.

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Mailing Address:
Donna Bella Milan, Inc.
Park City, UT, U.S.A.
Phone Numbers:
Toll Free: 1.888.HAIR-KIT (424.7548)
Fax: 1.888.HAIR-KIT (424.7548)

Japanese pop artist and accomplished commercial director Nagi Noda has recently passed away. You might be wondering why we’d be posting this on a hair extension blog, but one of her most recent commercial projects was for “Hair Hats” and the work is absolutely stunning. Take a look:

Ivan Zoot, Director of Education and Training at Andis Company, decided he wanted to raise some money for charity, and break a few records in the process. In just 24 hours, Zoot managed to provide a top rate hair cut to 340 patrons. The previous record stood at 300. Zoot was under the close scrutiny of Guinness judges and was not able to simply sheer heads. He had to perform complete haircuts with approval.

Zoot also managed to break two other records - the fastest haircut, in which he clocked in at 55 seconds, as well as the most haircuts in one hour - which had stood at 23. Zoot destroyed this record, giving 34 haircuts in his fastest hour. “These incredible results show that the Andis revolution cutting system, perfected over ten years, is superior for improving haircutting efficiency,” says Zoot.

Children with Hair Loss and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas are the recipients of the charitable funds earned during this event.

To learn about the Andis Company please visit www.andis.com

The blazing heat of summer is past, September glow is upon us, and the fall change is right around the corner. Road trip to Vermont anyone? Fall is not only a beautiful time in the changing seasons, but style has its most dramatic shake up as well.

Hairstyles for the fall range from short and clean, to a shaggy mess, with everything in between. As expected, extensions are still a huge part of the hair fashion mix this year, with super long extensions being a favorite choice for many Hollywood beauties.

Beauty Launchpad magazine has an interesting article this month on 9 trends to look for this fall. Here’s a clip from the article:

“This fall is about having an edge to your styles in order to balance out the super-feminine fashions,” informs Dean Banowetz, Joico celebrity spokesperson and lead stylist for Fox’s
smash hit American Idol. “They’re classic yet edgy, and detailed without being fussy. Length isn’t a factor for fall—both short and long hair are hot topics—but the training required to bring any length and style of hair to life is a must. To this end, classic haircutting shapes are key.”

Click here for the full article.

Donna Bella Milan's 22" Hair Extensions

Park City, UT August 11, 2008 – Donna Bella Milan has announced it will be releasing a new hair extension product to further fill their line-up. On September 1st, 2008, 22” silky straight hair and 22” body wave hair extensions will become a permanent part of the Donna Bella Hair I-Link collection.

“We get a lot of requests from stylists all over the world, and one of the most common was clients demanding longer lengths for our current I-Link collection,” noted Derrick Porter, Donna Bella Milan President.

“At Donna Bella, we’re always trying to innovate and be a great source for all our clients’ hair extension needs. If we can help them by providing a source for their product needs and put it all under one roof, so to speak, we feel that’s something we should take seriously,” Porter concluded.

Previously, stylists and Donna Bella Hair patrons could purchase hair up to 20”. When asked about the industry trend to offer longer styles, Porter pointed out that “As hair extensions move up past the 18” mark, the hair becomes more difficult to source and for most companies, this is where you see their synthetic products kick in. Because of continuing requests, we felt it important to continue our excellent 100% remy human hair product up the line to 22” length.”

Donna Bella Milan also plans to release longer lengths with their other styles, but those products and dates are not being released at this time.

The 22” I-Link hair extensions will be available for $45.00 per pack, with each pack containing 20 strands, and with each strand weighing 1.0 gram. The hair extensions are 100% human remy hair and can be purchased online from www.donnabellahair.com or via their toll free hotline 1-888-HAIR-KIT.

For more information please visit www.DonnaBellaHair.com.

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Mailing Address:
Donna Bella Milan, Inc.
Park City, UT, U.S.A.
Phone Numbers:
Toll Free: 1.888.HAIR-KIT (424.7548)
Fax: 1.888.HAIR-KIT (424.7548)

Never thought I’d see this, but I suppose I’m not surprised! A new Japanese Sci-fi movie has hair extensions at the center of its twisted plot. Story follows two sets of characters who each have contact with the hair - one who knows where it comes from, and the other ignorant of its source.

Here’s the synopsis:

HAIR EXTENSIONS (Ekusute a.k.a. EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS, 2007)
35mm/108 min./Color/1:85.1 Flat/Japanese language, English subtitles/Unrated
Japanese customs agents discover a huge amount of human hair along with the bald corpse of a young girl. The dead girl’s hair begins to grow, which arouses the curiosity of Yamazaki (Ren Osugi of AUDITION, CURE, and ZEBRAMAN), a mortuary employee with a hair fetish. Now a mad hair-peddler with an endless stock of locks, Yamazaki hocks his wares to salons to be used for hair extensions.

Meanwhile, Yuko (Chiaki Kuriyama of KILL BILL Vol. 1 and BATTLE ROYALE), an up-and-coming hair stylist at the Gilles De Rais hair salon, is entrusted with the care of her timid and frightened niece Mami (Miku Sato) whose body bares the signs of abuse. It’s not long before death surrounds them and their extension-wearing clientele. The hair seems to have a life of its own, along with lethal and vengeful intentions. Now Yuko and Mami must untangle the mystery before more deaths occur. Directed by Sion Sono (SUICIDE CLUB), HAIR EXTENSIONS will make your hair stand on end!

EXTE: Hair Extensions will be showing at select theaters in cool cities crazy enough to showcase such a nutty flick! Check out the film’s website (in Japanese) here: http://www.exte-movie.jp/

Although the long answer is a bit more complicated. At the end of the day, it’s all about where you get your hair, or rather, where your hair reseller get’s their hair, and what they guarantee. Make no mistake however, it’s a hot topic, and one that British pop star Jamelia has tackled in the upcoming BBC documentary Whose Hair Is It Anyway?, which examines the origins of hair used for extensions in the UK.

At Donna Bella, our hair is always 100% real human hair, and is authentic Indian Remy. While the documentary at first may seem critical of this practice of purchasing hair from Indian temple high priests who shave their patron’s heads, there is a glossy finish on the practice as these priests then take all the earnings and put it back into the temple community to feed and clothe the needy.

Regardless of what brand you use, we encourage all stylists and consumers to do their homework and learn where their manufacturer of choice acquires their hair. If they don’t know, demand that they find out and tell them you’ll take your business elsewhere. Like any hot commodity, hair is both ethically and unethically obtained, which is highlighted in the upcoming documentary.

Wow, just when you thought you’d heard it all - someone sells a used celebrity hair extension on eBay!!

According to the AFP of Berlin, A blonde hair extension that British supermodel Kate Moss reputedly lost in Berlin is being auctioned on eBay in an effort to raise money for an anti-drug charity.

The Berliner Zeitung newspaper said Thursday “Moss shed the hairpiece while trying to duck paparazzi as she returned to the plush Hotel Adlon after a night out in the German capital earlier this month.”

The “lucky” Photographer, John Farr, told newspapers that he had picked it up and has posted it on eBay with funds to be donated to a German anti-drug charity Keine Macht den Drogen (No Power to Drugs).

“I hope Kate doesn’t mind. I did not have time to ask her because she was in quite a hurry,” Farr told the newspaper.

Moss, 34, was in Berlin to promote her new perfume Velvet Hour.

Currently, the hair piece is fetching 800 Euros, you can check out the action here.

It’s on the front page of every newspaper in the US - and around the world: the troubled US economy. As consumers, and for many of us as business owners, we’re feeling the pinch everywhere - from the grocery store, price gouging hikes at the gas pump, electricity bills, to raising rents. Like every slump, there’s a mountain high somewhere in the future, but in the mean time, it’s survival mode for many.

Beauty Store Business magazine has a series on the economy and the beauty industry this month. Here’s a clip from their most recent article:

The three best ways to survive any slump, real or anticipated, are to:

• Know your business well so you can fine-tune it to increase profits (see “Knowing Your Numbers,” below).
• Take advantage of federal income tax laws to minimize the bite of taxes and help pick up a bigger portion of your cost of doing business (to be discussed in Part 2).
• Employ cost-cutting strategies to help you weather the storm (to be discussed in Part

The article covers the “how to” of survival and is a must read for any salon owner or beauty industry professional

Get it here.