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Samantha Hynes

Hair Stylist
@xsamhair
☁️Find me: @extensionistla 📍Los Angeles 🇺🇸 London 🇬🇧 📩Accepting new clients 📚Hair Extension Education 📣NEW CLASS DATES ⬇️
  • Following 5.6K
  • Followers 129.9K
  • Engagement 12.93%
  • Avg comments 60

About Samantha Hynes

Samantha Hynes (@xsamhair) is a Hair Stylist creator on Instagram. The account has 129,900 followers and 1,928 published posts. Recent posts average 19,588 likes and 60 comments, an engagement rate of 12.93%.

An audience of 129.9K puts Samantha Hynes in the mid-tier, between 100,000 and 1 million followers. Set against 5,585 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 23 followers per account Samantha Hynes follows. Samantha Hynes carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Samantha Hynes under a single category, Hair Stylist.

The Instagram bio for Samantha Hynes runs to 15 words across 5 lines. The bio mentions @extensionistla. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Samantha Hynes dates from January 2025.

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1,928 Posts

All 10 recent posts Flinque holds for Samantha Hynes are videos. Samantha Hynes has built a substantial archive of 1,928 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 67 followers for each post published. Samantha Hynes also keeps 12 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 121 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include install, bead, hairextensionmasters, nano and lahairextensions. The captions tag #hairextensionmasters, #lahairextensions, #losangeleshairextensions, #nanotiphairextensions and #nanohairextensions.

I posted this video yesterday on my stories and then carried on with my evening … opened my IG this morning and it was full of messages and DM’s asking for the deets on this tool!!

I’m not one to gatekeep, because I honestly love sharing with you guys what really works for me behind the chair and what tools are actually worth buying!

This looper tool is from and it’s hands down my fave thing right now. I can section with it, bead with it, and fit the most amount of beads on it compared to other loopers that I’ve used before. For my weft install yesterday I didn’t have to waste time re-loading my looper once!

This is not paid, sponsored or anything like that. I’m just a girl that loves to share… butttt if you do use my code you will save 10% ‘SAMHYNES10’ ❤️

#lahairextensions #hairextensionmasters #losangeleshairextensions #sewinweave #wefthairextensions
Quick little move up 🥰

The deets: every 4-6weeks, around 1-2 move ups tops before a full reinstall, $100 per row ✅

Do all of my clients do move ups? No, some prefer reinstalls each time, typically I’ll do this at the 8-10 week mark.

Ok, I need to know, are you a move up lover or hater??

#lahairextensions #hairextensionmasters #losangeleshairextensions #sewinweave #hairextensioneducation
I got you girl 😉

Nano Tip 🤝 Keratin Tip

Removals as easy as the install, with the re-usability factor we all know and love from a nano tip. No rebonding, no cutting, no shedding.

#lahairextensions #hairextensionmasters #losangeleshairextensions #nanotiphairextensions #nanohairextensions
What do you think, is this method about to take over?

Nano hair extensions without the bead - the hybrid method that marries k-tips and nanos together.

No more re-ripping, no more shedding, and no more loosing length when you remove and reinstall your keratin extensions.

nano tip extensions, pre-made and ready to install. Thoughts? 🤔⬇️

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Back again with some more nano hair extension education, let’s get into it…

Nano’s are beginning to be heavily requested in my chair, and one reason is the re-usability factor, but you could be jeopardizing just how easy they are to reuse if you make this small mistake.

With nanos, they’re designed in a way where the tip can be trimmed down slightly, to create a comfortable and more invisible looking install. As tempting as it is to trim them down a lot, this can make it really difficult to reinstall over time, and more importantly lead to the whole install sliding out.

If the tip is cut down too much, it’s difficult to get enough surface area for the bead to grip onto and secure. That then leads to the extensions being more likely to slide out when brushing, washing, or even if they get snagged in a bag strap etc.

To avoid this, be sure to only cut off a small amount, or honestly avoid entirely if you’re not sure. Here’s a guide to how much I usually take off, and I find it to be the perfect amount.

I hope this helps ❤️

#nanohairextensions #nanoextensions #nanotiphairextensions #losangeleshairextensions #lahairextensions
Do you struggle this the beads breaking or cracking in on themselves when doing a nano maintenance appointment? Here’s why it could be happening!

Your tools and pressure that you apply are so important when it comes to nanos, the bead is tiny, meaning they’re more delicate than an I-tip bead.

When removing I use the little hole on my pliers to make sure the bead pops open easily and doesn’t crack on the natural hair (making it sooo difficult to remove). If you’ve ever seen the bead do this or even cut the natural hair then you need to invest in pliers that help you, not hinder you.

I also find using a high quality beads eliminates these problems too, cheap/flimsy beads are the bane of the extension world!

Pliers are from - use my code ‘SAMHYNES10’ to save 10% ✨

Hair & nanos -

#hairextensionmasters #nanohairextensions #nanoextensions #nanohair #hairextensioneducation
Let’s get into the technicalities behind a nano install 📚

First things first, there’s always going to be a different way of doing this kind of install, and a lot of it comes down to preference.

One thing you can decide is whether or not you want to place the nano tip under the natural hair on top, here’s the pros/cons:

Under: looks seamless, harder to detect in hair, more time consuming to install

On top: quick to install, easier to do if you’re just starting out, more visible in the hair

In terms of growout, whether you do under or on top, it won’t affect the overall install or growout, it’s more aesthetics.

Nanos can be ‘moved up’ like a weft, or reinstalled every time. The maintenance can range between 4, 6 or 10 weeks.

#kovihair #hairextensions #losangeleshairextension #nanotiphairextensions #nanotipextensions
I did 3 tape maintenance appointments today, and it made me realize that tape-ins will forever hold a place in my heart AND be a great option for my clients. Here’s why:

• it’s still the method where application wise I can do the quickest, I can easily do a full head of these in 30-40mins
• they lay super flat, probably flatter than a weft or k-tip, so ideal if your client is looking for a really slick point of attachment
• they can be versatile, I utilize single sided tapes a lot, especially on my fine haired clients
• the maintenance can go anywhere between 4-8weeks, and a full removal and reinstall is done each time, ideal for clients that like to keep up with root touch ups, Brazilian blowouts etc.
• cost wise they’re pretty affordable, my tape in quotes tend to always be at the lower end of my pricing spectrum, so they’re great if you have a budget
• they’re actually a great method for clients with fine hair, I’ve converted a lot of clients onto tape ins, and the difference has been incredible. If they’re maintained regularly (for fine hair I recommend 4 weeks), their hair will flourish.

Will 2025 see the return of the tapes? Or have they always been a favorite?

(Shade deets: x ‘cookie dough’)

#tapeins #tapeinextensions #hairextensions #extensions #lahairextensions
HIDDEN ROW 🫶

I’ll be uploading a detailed version of this on my subscription page where I go over bead & weft choice, placement, stitching tips and tricks & how I do my anchor stitches.

Hidden rows are my install preference when working with hand tied & genius wefts, the result is the flattest most comfortable install I’ve ever been able to achieve, that is also durable & long lasting.

#hairextensionmasters #hairextensionmagazine #hiddenrowextensions #beadedsewin #wefthairextensions

Hair extensions, Los Angeles hair extensions, hair extension masters, genius wefts, weft extensions
A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN ☁️

Top tips:
• the darker bead will always look the most natural
• always match to the root, never the ends
• if they’re a blonde do they have a slight root or is their colour blonde to the root the majority of the time (i.e. global bleach)
• line up your colours on a pin tail comb and pick out the colour that blurs into the hair

#bellamihair #bellamihairpro #bellamiprofessional #bellamihairprofessional #bellamimasterclass

Samantha Hynes's engagement

Samantha Hynes's engagement rate on Instagram is 12.93%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 8 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 326 to 1, with 19,588 likes and 60 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

Engagement rate

12.93%

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19.6K
Avg comments
60
Interactions : followers
1 : 8

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Who is Samantha Hynes?

Samantha Hynes (@xsamhair) is a Hair Stylist creator on Instagram. Samantha Hynes carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Samantha Hynes runs to 15 words across 5 lines.

How many followers does Samantha Hynes have?

Samantha Hynes has 129,900 followers on Instagram (129.9K). Set against 5,585 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 23 followers per account Samantha Hynes follows. Samantha Hynes has built a substantial archive of 1,928 posts.

What is Samantha Hynes's engagement rate?

Samantha Hynes's engagement rate on Instagram is 12.93%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 8 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 326 to 1, with 19,588 likes and 60 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

What does Samantha Hynes post about on Instagram?

Flinque files Samantha Hynes under a single category, Hair Stylist. All 10 recent posts Flinque holds for Samantha Hynes are videos. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Samantha Hynes repeatedly use the words install, bead, hairextensionmasters, nano and lahairextensions. Samantha Hynes's captions carry hashtags such as #hairextensionmasters, #lahairextensions and #losangeleshairextensions. Samantha Hynes writes those captions mainly in English. Samantha Hynes keeps 12 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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