California Hair Glimmers

Wondering what that little sparkle in that ladies hair is? could it be, it looks like tinsel. Not any ordinary tinsel it looks like Hair tinsel. The thin poly strands that you tie into your hair to add sparkle and color is a great option for getting festive for the holidays.

With all the new colors that are out there you can create any combination with tinsel and they will look great in your hair. The sparkling colors come in pink, lime green, blue, green, purple, red, aqua blue, and fuchsia. The most popular colors being the pink, gold and fuchsia. Caliglimmers carries the extreme 3D where you can get black, brown and copper colors which blend into your hair color. We call these the natural colors, they have a lot of sparkle.

The tinsel, sometimes called hair shimmers originated in Thailand. The vendors in the market place would tie in a few strands for a very low price. This made it affordable for anyone to add a little color to your hair. The tinsel was made out of silk strands that they would die all different colors. The strands where about 20" long, they would fold the strand in half to tie it in. Sometimes they would leave one end longer than the other to offset for longer hair.

The Tinsel has been popular in Asia for about 3 years, and now the new hair bling has made it's way to the United States. We have seen it become really popular in the western states like California, Nevada, and Arizona. Many salons are carrying hair tinsel now. This new option for adding color or sparkle to your hair is great fun for the holidays. It's not just for the Christmas tree anymore, the new product is made out of a very strong poly but as thin as hair.

Anyone can learn how to tie tinsel to your hair, and there are a lot of salons that can do it for you too, if you don't have the time to learn how to tie in hair tinsel. To learn more about this new product you can go to