Twenty-Two Inches, Strand by Strand: Tori Knox's K-Tip Install

Some extension results are about a little more fullness. This one was about length, and plenty of it. Tori Knox, a Bellami Master Certified stylist at Canterbury & Co. in Gulf Coast Town Center, placed 22 inches of K-tip extensions for this client and shared the result with the salon on Instagram with a caption that sums it up: “22 inches of luxury, length, and confidence.”

What a K-tip is

K-tips are individual strands of extension hair, each attached to a small section of your own hair with a keratin bond. They go in one at a time, which is why they give the most freedom in how you part, tie up and wear your hair, and why they move so much like your own. That same strand-by-strand placement is also the trade: the appointment is longer than it is for tape-ins or wefts. Our guide to tape-ins, wefts, K-tips and I-tips sets the four methods side by side.

The install, row by row

Tori’s photos from the chair show how the length is built. The crown is sectioned up and out of the way, and the bonds go in row by row beneath it, close to the scalp. Up close, each bond is small and sits flat against the hair it is attached to.

Where it finished

Once the top section comes down, the rows disappear under the client’s own hair. What is left is one long, full head of blonde, finished in loose waves, with the extensions blending into her own color from the root rather than starting at a visible line. In the way we describe extensions at Canterbury, this is a length-and-fullness look.

Another K-tip result: dark brunette

Extensions are not only for blondes. In August 2026 Tori shared this dark brunette, which her caption describes as “mini dimension + ktip install”: a touch of dimension in the color, with K-tips for length and movement. The method is the same. What changes is the shade, matched to the hair it has to disappear into.

How pricing and upkeep work

Extensions at Canterbury & Co. are priced by the look you want: more density; length and fullness; or length, fullness and max volume. Your extension specialist confirms the price for your look at the consultation, before anything is booked. Upkeep is set the same way. With K-tips, your specialist sets the maintenance schedule to your hair before the first full installation, because how fast your hair grows and how you wear it both matter. There is more on the methods and the hair we use on our hair extensions page, and on what the credential means in Bellami Master Certified stylists in Fort Myers.

About Tori

Tori is a stylist at Canterbury & Co., a licensed barber and cosmetologist, and a Bellami Master Certified hair extension specialist. Her book covers extensions, color, smoothing and barbering, and she is one of the stylists who take the complimentary extension consultation.

• Instagram: @2dye4tori, where she shares her latest work
• Start with a consultation: the extension consultation is complimentary. In online booking, choose Consultation, then Extension Consultation, with Alli, Kristen or Tori. Booking it online asks for a $1 card hold, which simply secures your appointment.
• Book with Tori online: Tori’s booking menu
• Or call the salon: (239) 266-0403

Photos and captions from Tori’s own Instagram posts, shared with Canterbury & Co., July 2025 and August 2026.