European Human Hair Wig - How Much Does It Efficiently Fee?
I am sure you have wondered what the fact is about the prices of wigs made from European human hair. From store to supermarket you will find a great variation in prices - anywhere from 300 USD to as high as 10.000 USD (!). So let me take you through each step of the method of producing high quality handmade wigs, and show the true costs.
Firstly, take the acquisition of hair. The fee of hair for one wig (0,2 to 0,4 kg) varies from 30 to 40 USD throughout generally Eastern European countries. There is tiny variation there, but an principal additional value is incurred by high-quality wig-makers who collect hair in an appropriate and effectively-controlled way. The best wig-makers visit hairdressers and care for the hair themselves, using no middleman. They do not buy hair from wholesalers because wholesalers blend hair, because it is so time-consuming to get well excellent hair. One only has to find a girl among hairdresser’s clients that has lovely, well hair and who needs it cut. The hairdresser be able to offer a free service to such a girl and really pay her for her hair - and clearly together sides profit from such a transaction. But this shows that, by its very nature, acquisition of fine-quality hair cannot be a effortless huge-scale automatic method. That explains why outside of Eastern Europe the value of acquiring good quality hair is skyrocketing - not because the hair in itself is expensive, but because of its rarity. It is difficult to imagine a huge-scale cheap method of acquiring high quality human hair in European countries.
Second, take the other materials used in making wigs. These are not expensive and their costs do not exceed 50 USD for a typical wig. These are the materials used to produce a cap. More and more wig-makers are now buying ready-made caps, so called “monofilament”, which are gaining reputation and their cost is not very high.
Third, take the labor involved in making high quality handmade wigs. This is the main price factor. Handmade wig needs at least a week to be produced by an skilled knowledgeable worker. It takes a week of not easy work, with every hair being knitted to the cap with a very small crochet-needle otherwise glued with a personal glue. In the case of long hair, the production period could be two to three weeks. Reputable wig-makers knit hair with a double-knot which makes the construction much more durable but wishes some extra work-time. Depending on the type of wig, length of hair and type of cap the value of labor is from 150 to 300 USD.
Lastly, you cannot forget other typical business costs - investment’s amortization, management costs, taxes, insurances, rent, and profit. Altogether, the charge of a handmade human hair wig made from European hair cannot be lower than 500-600 USD even for the shortest hair. There is no upper limit and it only depends on how much a client is willing to pay, but sooner than you pay 1000 USD or more for your wig remember the real costs of its creation.
And now for a real mystery. Why are European human hair wigs not made in China where labor costs are much lower than in Poland, Russia, or else the Czech Republic? The main reason is no fine quality European human hair available in huge satisfactory quantities to make profitable great-scale production in China possible. This is because wig-makers in Eastern European countries are buying all of the available hair for their own production. Surprising? - but that is how it is. And that is why mainly of wigs created in China are made of Asian hair or blended hair commonly available on a wholesale market.
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