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‘Dancing’ Star Kym Johnson Advises Everyday Women on Hair Extensions with New Collection

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Kym Johnson won the Mirror Ball Trophy with Donny Osmond on Season 9 of “Dancing with the Stars,” performed on Broadway in “Burn the Floor” and is now educating women around America about hair extensions with the new line inspired by the show–”Dancing with the Stars Hair Extension Collection.”

Kym Johnson demonstrating the Dancing with the Stars Hair Extension Collection

The Australian model, dancer and TV personality (now thanks to the popular reality show) has been dancing since the age of two and knows the importance of hair extensions in her career.

“We wear them on the show, so I’ve always been involved with wearing them…they thought I might like to help promote [the hair extension line], and it has been so much fun, because I wear it on the show a lot, and I also wear it myself in my everyday life,” Johnson told LA’s The Place about her role in the “Dancing with the Stars” hair collection. “I’m so busy with ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ so I will be rehearsing, and my hair will be so disgusting after rehearsals, so I come back and have to go to an event. I will just pop a Glamarama in or something like that. I really love them. It’s really fun to be involved.”

The Glamarama is one of the styles offered in the hair extension line, and it is 7 ½ inches resting on a clip-in comb with barely waved layers. It’s a lighter piece that adds more hair to an up-do. Another option is the Go!Go! Girl, which is a full piece that clips in and uses multi-levels and layers for a fuller style. It can add volume and length and is 11 inches wide by 19 inches long.

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Dancing with the Stars Hair Extension Collection

“We use the whole line. When you see us on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ with the amazing hair, it takes a lot of help from the hair extensions,” Johnson revealed at an event at the Burbank Ulta promoting the line. “Even in rehearsals, because it’s so damaging to the hair when you’re doing something grueling like ‘Dancing with the Stars.’”

The constant teasing, styling and hair spraying becomes too much and damaging to ones hair, Johnson explained. She said that the already-completed pieces also help quicken the transformation process for on-set changes.

With the constant movement that these professional dancers must go through, it’s clear that these pieces also stay on the head very safely, and Johnson advises if your movement will be up to par with these dancers, some extra pins don’t hurt to keep the hair in place.

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In-store demonstration in the Burbank Ulta.

“But if you’re just out for a night and get your boogie on the dance floor, you don’t need any pins,” Johnson laughed, demonstrating small dance moves that could be found among a group of girls on a Friday night.

Another aspect to the hair that Johnson explained was its authentic feel and texture, made of a new fiber with the Tru2Life®, heat-friendly technology. The pieces can be curled, straightened or flipped out for a new do, all while feeling like real, genuine hair.

“Synthetic fiber looks really fake, and you can tell it is fake…these look real, feel real. The last thing you want is to go out and for someone to look and say, ‘Oh, you’ve got fake hair in..,’” Johnson said. “And on ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ under those lights, and in full HD, it will pick up, so they’re not going to use anything that looks cheap and nasty.”

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Kym Johnson helping a first-timer with the hair extensions

Several other styles are available in the collection, including Salsaloosa, Bellisima, Flirtini, Bango Tango and Starlights. Johnson explained that a common worry in first-time hair extension users is the concern with color, but these pieces have seven to 11 shades in one and blend with various hair.

They range from $10 to $50 and can be found online or at local beauty retailers. Visit www.hairuwear.com/pop/collections/dancing-stars for more information and where the pieces are available.

“You can really have fun and play around with different styles,” Johnson advised. “You can look around at magazines, see your favorite stars at the Oscars and emulate [their styles] with these pieces…and let’s be honest, a lot of the celebrities on the red carpet probably have hair extensions!”

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