A single-squeeze applicator and a sealed cartridge interface. One motion seats the strand — no threading, no loose rings, no second pair of hands. Built for studios that install every day.
A full head is hundreds of strands. Shave seconds off each one and the difference is a second client in the same chair — without touching your price list.
The cartridge seats the strand in one squeeze. No opening rings by hand, no re-threading when a strand slips, no second stylist holding tension.
The clamp closes to a fixed depth every time. Even a junior stylist produces the same hold as the senior next to them — fewer re-dos, fewer complaints at week three.
Three back-to-back installs a day is a hand problem before it is a time problem. The squeeze loads the whole palm, not one fingertip.
The applicator is the entry point. The cartridges are what your clients come back for.
Single-squeeze body with a sealed cartridge port. Buy once, install for years.
The strand arrives factory-seated and sealed in a cartridge. Sold in packs — this is the line that reorders itself.
Opens the clamp without cutting and without pulling the natural hair.
Low-cost add-ons that lift the basket value and give clients a reason to buy twice.
Part a clean horizontal line, no wider than the cartridge jaw.
Click the cartridge into the port. It only seats one way.
Strand and natural hair together, one compression to full depth.
Withdraw straight out. Repeat down the row. No finishing tool needed.
Nobody buys an applicator from a spec sheet. Put a real install on camera — hands, hair, timer running — and the objections answer themselves.
You install on clients. You need one good tool and a steady cartridge supply.
You supply the trade. You need exclusivity, consistent quality and your own brand on the box.
Tell us the country, roughly how many salons you reach, and whether you want our brand or yours. You get a quoted price list and a sample plan — usually within one business day.
One body, one port, one motion. The part you buy once and use every working day.
The applicator does not grip the hair directly. It drives a cartridge closed — and the cartridge is what holds the strand. That separation is the whole idea: the part that wears out is the cheap part, and the part that touches hair is never reused.
Compared with hand-threaded micro rings — the most common method in most markets.
| On a full head | Hand-threaded micro ring | Houli |
|---|---|---|
| Seating a strand | Open ring, thread strand, thread natural hair, close with pliers | Load cartridge, squeeze once, release |
| Tools per install | Loop tool + closing pliers + sectioning clips | Applicator only |
| Tension consistency | Depends on hand strength and attention | Fixed closing depth, identical every time |
| Hands required | Often two, for long strands | One |
| Reusable part | Metal ring, opened and closed repeatedly | Cartridge, replaced per install |
| Removal | Pliers or cutting tool, risk of pulling natural hair | Dedicated removal pick |
| Training a junior | Weeks of practice before tension is acceptable | Shorter ramp — the tool holds the variable |
| Where the cost sits | Cheap material, expensive labour | Finished strand, cheaper labour |
Comparison describes method differences. Time-per-head will vary by stylist, hair length and section size — measure it yourself on one model before you quote a saving.
Exact contents and pack quantities vary by market — confirm on the price list.
No — and we will not pretend otherwise. The strand has to be pre-seated inside the cartridge, which happens on a machine at the factory. Loose hair from another supplier cannot be loaded into a refill by hand. The applicator is the tool; the refill is the only thing that fits it.
The body has no consumable parts beyond the cartridge. Real-world life depends on volume and handling — we quote a figure per order and back it with a spare-parts policy rather than a marketing number.
Yes. From logo on the retail carton up to a custom body colour, subject to minimum quantities. Full private-label terms are in the wholesale section.
Yes — the cartridge interface is patented. Patent number and territory list are provided to trade buyers on request. That protection is the reason this is not a race to the bottom like generic sectioning clips.
Most buyers start with a single starter set before committing to a container. Tell us your market and we will quote both.
The applicator sells once. Cartridges sell every month for as long as your clients keep installing.
Every cartridge comes with the strand already seated at the factory. Click it into the applicator, place it, move on. There is nothing to thread, weigh, trim or align at the chair.
That is also why refills are not interchangeable with loose hair from another supplier. Seating a strand into a cartridge takes a dedicated machine — it is not something a stylist does by hand. The sealed refill is the only way the system stays consistent from the first strand to the four-hundredth.
Pack sizes and prices are quoted per market — ask for the current list.
| Line | Type | What it does | Pack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refills sizes on request |
Consumable | Pre-loaded cartridge: the strand is factory-seated and sealed. Consumed per install — the core repeat order. | Bulk packs & refill boxes |
| Removal pick | Reusable | Opens the clamp at takedown without cutting and without dragging natural hair. | Single / salon pack |
| Sectioning comb | Add-on | Carbon-fibre style comb sized to the cartridge jaw, so sections come out even. | Single / salon pack |
| Storage band | Add-on | Holds a full set of strands upright and untangled between installs. Also sells to clients. | Single / multi-pack |
| Starter kit | Bundle | Applicator + cartridges + pick + comb in one retail carton. The easiest thing to sell first. | Per kit |
The storage band is our most-requested accessory from clients who already own a set — it is the cheapest item to test a new market with.
A salon does not buy hair. It buys finished installs. So price the thing you actually sell — material plus the chair time it consumes — and the comparison stops being about grams.
Count the whole kit, not one pack: applicator amortised over its life, refills, removal pick. Divide by the number of installs you get from it.
Take the hours you save on one head and multiply by what an hour of that chair is worth to you. Most of this decision is here, not in the price list.
Add them. If the total is lower than what you spend per head today, the system pays. If it is not, do not buy it — on our numbers or anyone's.
| Per finished head | Hand-threaded micro ring | Pre-loaded cartridge |
|---|---|---|
| Material | Lower — loose hair is a commodity | Higher — you buy a finished strand |
| Labour per head | Higher — every strand handled twice | Lower — one motion per strand |
| Waste and re-dos | Cutting, trimming, uneven tips | Sealed at the factory, uniform |
| Hygiene | Reused rings, handled loose hair | Single-use, sealed unit |
| Where the money goes | Cheap to buy, expensive to apply | Expensive to buy, cheap to apply |
We are not going to publish a saving percentage we have not measured on your numbers. Run the calculation above once, on one real client, before you commit to a volume order.
Accessories will not carry a business on their own — the margin per unit is too thin. They do two useful jobs: lift the average basket, and tell you whether a market is real before you commit to applicators.
Even sections are half the quality of an install. Sized to the jaw, not to a generic 20 cm comb.
Takedown is where clients judge you. A clean removal sells the next install more than any brochure.
Keeps a set untangled and re-usable. Cheap to ship, easy to stock, repeatedly asked for by clients.
Because the strand has to be seated inside the cartridge before it reaches the chair, and that seating is done on a machine. Loose hair cannot be loaded into a refill by hand, so refills come pre-loaded or not at all. We would rather tell you this on a website than let you find out after an order.
It depends on section size and the density you install. We quote a planning figure with the price list so you can cost a head properly — do not estimate from marketing copy, including ours.
Only as part of a kit. An applicator without pre-loaded refills cannot do anything, and selling one on its own creates exactly the wrong feeling — a tool that only works if you come back. Kits and refills, nothing in between.
A finished strand: hair, seating and sealing, in one unit you can place in a single motion. You are paying for the labour you are not doing, not for a commodity material. Cost it per head and compare it with what a head costs you today, labour included.
Yes, in bulk with your label. Minimum quantities apply — see wholesale.
A mixed first order is how most of our trade buyers begin: one starter kit, one refill pack, one accessory. No container, no commitment.
Where does a mechanical clamp system actually fit — and when should you be selling something else?
Every applicator, cartridge and clamp on the market attaches hair one of four ways. Get these names right and a salon will talk to you. Get them wrong and the conversation ends in the first minute.
| Method | How it attaches | Typical wear | Removal | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micro ring micro loop |
Strand and natural hair threaded through a small metal ring, closed with pliers | 2–4 months | Ring reopened, strand slid out | Fine to medium hair, clients who want no heat and no glue |
| Nano ring flat tip |
Same idea, much smaller and flatter ring on a nano-tip strand | 2–4 months | Ring reopened — needs a finer tool | Very fine hair, visible-parting placements, discreet work |
| Tape-in | Thin weft with double-sided adhesive, sandwiched around a section | 6–8 weeks | Solvent release, weft re-taped | Fast full-head volume, thicker hair, price-sensitive clients |
| Keratin bond pre-bonded / fusion |
Protein tip melted around the strand with a hot tool | 3–6 months | Crushed and rolled out with a removal tool | Longest wear, clients who want to forget about it |
Wear times are typical industry ranges, not guarantees — hair type, aftercare, scalp oil and install tension all move them. Clip-in and sewn wefts sit outside this table because they are not strand-by-strand.
Houli belongs in the micro ring family: no heat, no adhesive, nothing bonded to the client's own hair. The difference is that the clamp is driven by a tool to a fixed depth, instead of being squeezed by hand with pliers.
Clean horizontal part, section no wider than the jaw. Comb flat, no crossover.
Click a cartridge into the port. Single orientation — it cannot go in wrong.
Natural hair and extension strand together, one compression to full depth.
Straight out, move down the row. Nothing to crimp, nothing to melt.
Removal pick into the clamp, gentle release, strand slides out. No solvent, no heat, no cutting near the scalp. It takes about as long as the install did to put in, and it is the single most convincing demo you can give a nervous first-time client.
Train your team on takedown before you train them on install. Most complaints in this category come from removal, not from the install itself.
One page, printable, with the section diagram and the takedown sequence. Free with any trade enquiry.
Trade pricing, territory exclusivity and private label — quoted per country, not per wishlist.
A quoted price list for your country, the cartridge spec sheet, and a sample plan. Usually within one business day.
Selling our brand is faster to start and cheaper per unit. Your own brand costs more up front and takes longer, but the customer relationship stays yours. Pick before you ask for pricing — the two price lists are different.
You cannot maximise both. Price the tool low and earn on cartridges, or price the tool high and treat cartridges as a service. Decide the model, then the price list follows.
If your buyers are salons, they need training and takedown support. If they are consumers, they need video. The product is the same; the cost to serve is not.
Bring one number to the conversation: what a finished head costs you now, material plus chair time. Without it, any price list is a guess. With it, the decision takes five minutes.
Yes — a courier sample order first, then air freight, then sea freight once volume justifies it. Most buyers in South-East Asia go courier → air, and only consider sea once they are moving cartons.
On request, for select markets. DDP removes customs work from your side at the cost of a higher landed price. For a first order we usually recommend EXW or FOB so you can see the real cost breakdown.
Then you have the wrong refill size, not the wrong system. We quote the available sizes with the price list and recommend a starting mix — but the honest test is one head, on a real client, before a volume order.
Yes. Applicator bodies are not disposable — we supply replacement parts and quote a warranty per order rather than publishing a marketing figure.
One factory, one patent, one product. We buy at the source and ship from it — nothing else is in the chain.
The product is one thing: a mechanical applicator and the pre-loaded cartridges it drives. The hair in those cartridges is sourced and seated at the factory that owns the mould, because seating a strand into a cartridge takes a machine, not a pair of hands.
So this is a closed system, and we say so instead of hiding it. What you buy is a finished strand — hair, seating and sealing as one unit — not raw material at a commodity price. What we are not is a trading layer sitting between you and an anonymous supplier: we buy direct from the one factory that holds the mould and the patent, and we name it the moment a trade buyer asks.
The cartridge interface — the way the cartridge seats into the body and closes to a fixed depth — is the patented part. Not the plastic shell, not the shape of the handle.
The protection covers the functional interface between cartridge and tool — which is the part a copy would have to reproduce to work.
Patent number and the list of granted territories are provided to trade buyers with the quotation — verified documents, not a badge on a page.
Private-label buyers register their own mark. We do not file it, do not hold it, and do not sell under it.
No call centre. Send your market and we will answer with a quote, a spec sheet and a straight opinion on whether this fits what you sell.