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"We first heard about the feathered hair extension trend when we were putting together our March anniversary issue. Our West Coast Editor had come across a stylist who was sewing them into the hair of celebs, and forwarded us the details. To our great surprise, the results were so cool that the entire beauty team\u2014myself included\u2014fell in love with the look. We ended up featuring it in the issue, and Beauty News Editor Heather Muir had her stylist sew some in that very weekend.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nA few weeks later, while backstage for L.A.M.B.'s Fall 2011 runway show during New York Fashion Week, I ran into Jaylin Youm, a hairstylist working for L'Or\u00E9al Professional who was rocking a tail of feathers right at the nape of his neck. Intrigued to find out that he had been wearing them in his hair for years, I asked him if there was any way I could get the look without a trip to the salon. \\\"I actually buy those big tackle kits at a fishing store\u2014it's like ten dollars for 400 feathers,\\\" he told me, promising to email me detailed instructions. Of course, as with many of my best intentions, I hadn't quite gotten around to making a trek to my local fishing tackle store (wherever the heck that would be) when I discovered that Hair Flairs, the makers of the tinsel extensions that Beyonc\u00E9 wore at the Grammy's last years, now has an at-home [feather extension kit](http://www.hairflairs.com/Feather_Extensions.html)!\\n\\n\\n\\nOf course I had to try it on myself, and on several of my fellow editors. To put them in, you simply place a small bead onto the threading \\\"needle\\\"\u2014a wire in the shape of a figure eight that you then slip an 1/8\\\" section of hair through. Pull the bead onto the strand of hair, insert the feathers inside the bead and clamp down with the \\\"crimper\\\" (basically a blunt pair of needlenose pliers) to flatten it out. You can add anywhere from one to six feathers in a range of colors. To remove them you just clamp down on the bead the opposite way you did initially, to open it back up, and slip the whole thing off.\\n\\n\\n\\nI found it pretty simple to do on a friend, but a bit more tricky to do on yourself (my cubicle-mate had to help insert the feathers into the bead). Still, there's no sewing involved, and the extension can be taken out in seconds. It's definitely an easy way to try out a fun accessory without spending a lot of money; I just wish the kit came with more natural-colored feathers instead of so many neon pinks, greens and blues. There are only a few brown and tan feathers included\u2014meaning that when I need to get more, I may just have to ask my boyfriend to take up fly fishing."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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