yaki hair

[afrikurl]

This my be an ignorant question... Please school me. Is yaki, braid and weave hair from the yak animal? I think I read that somewhere. I read alot so I don't know where .. if not why do they call it yaki,yaky... or however you spell it.

 

[Freesia]

I believe back in the day yak hair was actually used, though nowadays it's just a descriptive term for the texture. I've heard that horse hair was used as well, but not anymore, as far as I know.

 

[MaintaintheSexy]

Yak simply means that the hair has a thicker and denser texture in comparison to silky, straight hair. The more yak in the hair, the more coarse it will be. Me personally, when it comes down to weaves, the hair HAS to have yak in it, even if its a little. It looks more realistic for me, being a Black girl with a coarser hair texture. I don't think it comes from an animal, however. Like I don't think they kill animals to get yaky hair. Similar to hair that says "human hair". It's not actually human hair, sometimes it is, but it is waaaay more money. They're just saying that the hair behaves like "human hair". Meaning it can take day to day styling with disintegrating the way synthetic hair would. For example, if I attempt to hot curl or flat iron synthetic hair, it will burn and singe. With human hair, this does not happen.

 

[afrikurl]

Thank you ladies for you responses. I didn't think they killed the animals, just probably shaved them like the do with sheeps to get wool. I am about to do a lottle m ore research.