Temple remy hairs vs machine remy hairs , what's the actual difference?
In my last 2 posts I talked about single drawn and double drawn hair. In both of them 2 words kept coming up, machine Remy and temple Remy. So this one is about that, because this is where the real difference in quality comes from.
Machine Remy
In a lot of small villages and towns, women keep the hair that falls out when they comb. People go around to those homes and buy it. Then all of it gets collected and sold to bigger vendors at a higher price, and everyone takes their little profit on the way.
- Hair from a lot of different women gets mixed together
- Machines are used to line up the cuticles and set the heads and tails
- Chemicals and bleach are used, and that's why the quality drops
- You can only color it up to #27
Temple Remy
A lot of people donate their hair in temples. It's a tradition and part of the culture. Companies then buy this hair from the government through tenders.
- The hair can come from a single donor, but it can also be mixed from multiple donors
- No machine or chemical processing at all, that's why it's called temple Remy
- The only processing happens when black hair is colored into another shade, and even then the quality stays really good
- Because of this the quality is much better and the hair stays in good condition
- Price is higher than machine Remy
- You can color it up to #60
What does #27 vs #60 actually mean?
#60 is basically white or platinum blonde. Only really good quality hair can reach that level. Low quality hair will just get damaged. That's why this is the easiest way to tell the two apart. If a hair can only go up to #27, it's machine remy. If it can go up to #60, it's temple remy.
Does it matter if it's single or double drawn?
Both types can come from either source. So you can get single drawn machine remy, single drawn temple remy, double drawn machine remy and double drawn temple remy. Double drawn costs more because the short hairs get taken out. Example: one donor gives 300 g of hair and 100 g of it is short hair. Take that out and only 200 g of double drawn is left.
So "double drawn" alone doesn't tell you the quality. Always ask which source it is.
Quick note, I only work in the Indian hair industry, so everything here is about Indian hair only.
Thank you :)