DIY Hair 'Feathers'

drunken housewife commented:

Aug 8, 2011 12:19 PM

Thank you so much for this! My daughters want these feather hair extensions so much, and this looks like a great cruelty-free way to replicate the trendy look. We love birds very much (I've done volunteer work at a wild bird rehabilitation center) and would never eat one, so it would be a bit hypocritical to buy these hair extensions.
hairstylist commented:

Aug 5, 2011 5:01 PM

Since day one when the feathers became popular i didnt like the idea. I can only imagne when they are in such high demand and on back order for weeks and weeks, that the need to supply us all wih feathers is becoming more and more unethical. Some even still have raw hide attatched to the end. So wrong and so gross. In which case i came up with an ethical alternative at my salon. Neutral and brihtly colored individual fusion human hair extentions, dotted with black or brown hair color. Voila! Looks even better than feathers, and can be washed and heat styled like your own hair! No birds harmed!
Rev. Meg commented:

Jul 29, 2011 1:34 PM

This is the 21st century. The only beings who should be wearing feathers are birds. For many years I wore hair wraps; a lock of hair would be wrapped in colorful string with beads woven in. No animal had to die for that.
Cat commented:

Jul 28, 2011 11:21 AM

If I may...I like the look of these feathers, especially the undyed ones; many birds have some religious significance for me; and I would've been wearing found feathers in my hair years ago, but that there was no way to do it (bobby pins definitely don't hold in small feathers.) However, not wanting to be part of the animal-abuse demographic any more than we all already are, I brought my stylist feathers I'd picked up off the ground, in the woods, from birds I recognized--gift feathers, you might say. They're more subtle than the rooster saddle, more personally meaningful, cruelty-free...and cheaper. For me, that's the win-win way to do feathers.
Piranha commented:

Jul 15, 2011 8:02 PM

The best way to get this trend to stop is for someone in Hollywood or the fashion industry to find the newest thing and wear it. Tomorrow my daughter and her friends are going to get ribbon and barrettes to make some "xanadu" barrettes. Maybe even bring back that 80's trend!!
AW commented:

Jul 11, 2011 4:31 PM

People, there is no live plucking. The birds are grown and then killed for their feathers. The feathers are typically sold in a bunch still attached to the skin. Also, these chickens are all specially bred for creating these specific types of feathers (they were actually created for the fly fishing industry). There is no meaningful human meat consumption associated with these birds although it's likely that the meat is incorporated into pet or other animal food, maybe McNuggets?
nope commented:

Jul 8, 2011 10:52 AM

The birds are geneticly engineered for the long feathers... these are NOT just normal chicken. The Roosters a killed and then skined for the feathers. None of the feathers are "plucked from live birds"
BLL commented:

Jul 7, 2011 4:45 PM

JustSaying well of course birds loose their feathers naturally but people aren't going to go scouring through the woods looking for these feathers. If that were the case these feathers would be even more than they already are. I like this ribbon idea, too bad they don't stay in longer...
aleknows commented:

Jul 6, 2011 10:42 PM

Real feathers can be shampooed, styled and even curled. These ribbons will melt as soon as you put heat on them and you will have a disaster in your hair. They do not just kill the bird for the feathers, if they want to make any money they will harvest the entire corpse (food, etc).
animalstoo commented:

Jul 2, 2011 2:56 PM

Every part of an animal is used. If its a meat chicken, those feathers are pulled and sold. When egg layers are dying, their feathers and pulled and sold. Nothing is free and no one is kind about it. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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