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    Kate Gosselin's New Hair Extensions Reportedly Cost $7,000

    This week Kate Gosselin premiered her new long hair on the cover of People magazine, calling her new style and outlook on life "Kate Clean Slate." But if the fans who copied Kate's old spiky 'do want to follow the reality star's style lead again, they might need to take out a loan: Kate's new extensions reportedly cost a whopping $7,000. Ted Gibson, the stylist who created Kate's new look (and who was taped doing so by TLC), estimated that amount when he discussed the 20 hours he spent on Kate's hair makeover with the online gossip site RadarOnline, so we asked an expert to verify this. Turns out, she backs up Gibson's claims:

    "The stylist [Ted Gibson] was probably using top-quality hair. Hair costs between $500 and $2,000, and anytime you do celebrity extensions, you use the highest quality hair possible," said the Neil George Salon's senior extensionist Kacey Welch, who adds long locks for celebs like Kristin Cavallari.

    Beyond the cost of the hair (she says the best for a blonde are Eastern European locks, which are the priciest), the application can be time-consuming. Welch explained, "It sounds like she got individual hairs added over her entire head, which is expensive because it takes so long to apply. And if her hair was short and she went long, she would need a lot of hair. $7,000 is definitely on the high side, but if he's going to the client's location, then spending 20 hours on color and cut and application, that all increases the cost."

    Stylist Ted Gibson also revealed the most time-consuming part of Kate's hair transformation: "I would say 15 of those hours were working on Kate, trying to convince her to cut her bangs," he said. "I felt like she was hiding behind that front piece." Gibson didn't mention whether Kate paid for the extensions herself.

     

    7,173 comments

    • zigojacko  •  1 year 5 months ago
      $7,000 for extensions is just crazy, you can get 100% human hair extensions from sites like http://www.extralengths4u.co.uk/ which are the higher range and they don't cost anywhere near that. It's just madness. It looks okay tho.
    • Jim  •  2 years 1 month ago
      7000 for hair, you are a pig, get her off everyone's TV please. She might have thought about taking the kids on vacation with that money....damn I just gave the attention @$*re another idea on how to exploit her kids for money.
    • DONNA  •  2 years 2 months ago
      The charge of $7,000 would have been the cost, however it was done in exchange for the great publicity and not for money.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  2 years 2 months ago
      I think everyone should leave her alone.. it was bad enough that her husband stepped out on her and left her to raise eight kids alone. How is her getting a new hair do and starting over with her life exposing her kids? she is human and wants to start fresh. I didn't see her kids on the cover of the magazine with her new haircut. Good for you Kate, your hair looks AMAZING and you should start doing for you! leave all the old mess in the past and move forward. The show started out about her kids and creating a life for them... Now that she is a single mom everyone wants to diss her for her faults. Everyone should mind their own business and let the woman live her life HER WAY!
    • S J  •  2 years 4 months ago
      That much on a hair do? her whole worthless ass isn't worth that much. What a useless troll!!!!!
    • Clifford  •  2 years 4 months ago
      She is a IDIOT !
    • Lynn  •  2 years 4 months ago
      Looks terriable on her!!! Bad hair!!!
    • n2wind2000  •  2 years 4 months ago
      Who cares about Kate G!!!
    • Patrick  •  2 years 4 months ago
      Are you all serious? Who really gives a crap about her or her friggin hair???? There are not two more useless people on this planet then her and her soon to be ex.
    • Ks  •  2 years 4 months ago
      Ohhh poor me I am a single mom with no money but I can sure blow $7k on my hair that will need constant up keep! Here's a thought, why not grow it out for no money? Wooooow what a concept! Then spend some money and getting your kids the things they need! How about maybe putting it in a college savings fund or something? She just can't stay out of the limelight. Kate, you're washed up! Settle in a be a mom to your children! Oh wait, you have nannies for that.
    • i love pink  •  2 years 4 months ago
      WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!! if jon did the same stupid s#!t she would be on some show crying about it. yeah life is expensive but freakin $7k. let the kids manage the money. im definetly not going to ever watch that show again. wasnt she crying that she needed money for her kids? whats next a $10k manicure.
    • FURNITURE ONE 713-694-31 ...  •  2 years 4 months ago
      Everyone deserves a "treat" once in a while. However, I think her short hair looks WAY better then this. She should've gotten a full head of extensions. If your're gonna "treat" yourself DO IT RIGHT !!!
    • Dorothy in Ks  •  2 years 4 months ago
      Who was watching the kids while she was doing this, a waste of time and someones money IMO.
    • MattNtx  •  2 years 4 months ago
      I'm so sick of hearing about stupid Jon & Kate. I don't know why the media thinks the vast majority of the America public gives a flying rat's behind what Kate wears on her empty melon. Jon and Kate are both idiots and are horrible parents and marriage partners. Please for the love of everything that is holy let this horrible worthless show die once and for all.
    • Parent  •  2 years 4 months ago
      I am sure the kids are not going with out and never will she most likely did not have to pay for them I like Kate
    • MAMAJ  •  2 years 4 months ago
      Umm If TLC was taping this I would assume they paid for the extensions. They have paid for almost everything we have seen done on this show except the house. Jon came clean about that on one episode.
    • Thelma  •  2 years 4 months ago
      instead of doing her hair she should have gonna and gotten new stuff for the kids she laid down and help make, the rule is KIDS BEFORE YOURSELF
    • Randall  •  2 years 4 months ago
      What a twat. Jon and Kate should get back together. They deserve each other. They both banked at the expense of 8 little kids. I guess their needs were not being met. Heres a hint...Drop some of your needs. I have 7 kids but I'm ugly so no show or pity for me.
    • leona  •  2 years 4 months ago
      I think she is a horrible mother. Spend the money on groceries, house hold bills, KIDS, but not your hair. It looks like crap and you could of taken the kids out to dinner. You do not deserve to be the center of attention. You were a horrible wife, no wonder Jon left I would of also. You cried on T.V. when Jon took money and you do THIS!! HELLO you are wrong.. GO and crawl in a hole and don't come out till the kids are grown......Thank you
    • A Yahoo! User  •  2 years 4 months ago
      why is everyone acting as if a woman who is a mom cant look sexy? Whats with the "your a mom first" crap? Of course she is a mom, but whats wrong with taking a little time out and splurging on herself. With 8 kids she deserves to spend some money on herself once in a while, ALL of her time and effort goes into her kids. So does that mean she has to spend EVERY dime she has on the kids? Those kids have everything they need and want..I have no problem with her changing her look and reinventing herself. As a mom, i am offended by some of your comments. Whats a "mom" supposed to look like Erica? A plain woman with no sex appeal? A mom cant be glamarous? You people obviously have a sterotyped view of what mothers look like and what you are comfortable with and any woman who steps out of that must be wrong. If this woman has 7k to spend on her hair, i have to believe she has money to do everything else she needs to do as well. Those kids arent going without a thing..so leave Kate alone!

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