Human hair bundles in South Africa are sold by origin label, drawn type and grade, and no one checks those labels for you. On 6 Oct 2026 a single bundle with an origin label cost R180 to R4,200, depending on length and store, and a 16 inch bundle cost R500 to R1,600 across eight SA stores.
There is no universal standard for "10A" or "12A". Sellers pick the number: Hair Majesty, a South African seller, says one company's 14A is not better than another's 12A, and that nothing stops a company calling its hair 15A or even 100A. Judge the hair instead: drawn type, weight, how full the ends are, and whether it passes the tests above.
| Length | Double drawn or bone straight | Not marked double drawn | Products priced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8" | R260 to R650 | R180 to R329 | 19 |
| 10" | R320 to R883 | R280 to R1,200 | 46 |
| 12" | R400 to R983 | R400 to R1,300 | 53 |
| 14" | R500 to R1,094 | R450 to R1,450 | 52 |
| 16" | R600 to R1,269 | R500 to R1,600 | 50 |
| 18" | R770 to R1,389 | R600 to R1,800 | 50 |
| 20" | R930 to R2,500 | R700 to R2,050 | 47 |
| 22" | R1,230 to R2,800 | R800 to R2,450 | 34 |
| 24" | R1,710 to R3,100 | R989 to R2,900 | 27 |
| 26" | R2,050 to R3,400 | R1,100 to R3,100 | 24 |
| 28" | R3,500 | R1,300 | 2 |
| 30" | R4,200 | R1,400 | 2 |
| Vietnamese | Brazilian | Peruvian | Cambodian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Textures in SA stores | Straight (double drawn, super double drawn, bone straight) and curly | Straight, kinky straight, natural, body, water and deep wave, jerry, kinky, deep and afro curl | Straight, natural, body, water and deep wave, burmese, jerry, deep and afro curl | Straight, deep wave, water wave and curls, on wigs and frontal units only |
| How sellers describe it | Strong and soft, full from top to ends, 12 to 24 months or longer (Remore Hair); famous for volume, shine and durability (Hair Majesty) | Often a brand's second quality tier, about 1 year (Hair Majesty); an afro curl said to last up to 2 years (Volure) | Often a brand's top tier, 1 to 2 years (Hair Majesty); not as thick as Cambodian or Indian hair (Volure) | Thicker than Peruvian (Volure); patterns from straight to tightly coiled (NBC News, 2019) |
| Lengths in stock | 8 to 30 inches | 8 to 30 inches | 8 to 26 inches | Wigs and units, 10 to 28 inches |
| Price, 20 inch bundle | R930 to R2,500 | R700 to R1,200 | R850 to R1,860 | Not listed as bundles |
| Stores with bundles | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 (2 sell wigs and units) |
Each passport will show where the supplier says the batch came from, who supplied it, how it was drawn, and what it measured and weighed, with photos of that batch. Not a grade sticker: the facts. The values shown here are examples.
A bundle listing usually gives you four labels: an origin such as Brazilian, Peruvian or Vietnamese, a drawn type, a grade such as 10A or 12A, and a length. Only the length is something you can measure when the hair arrives. The rest are the seller's words, and no one checks them for you.
Take origin. Hair Majesty, a South African seller, says that if a brand sells more than one quality, it will most likely call its higher quality Peruvian and its next best Brazilian. Our price check fits that. Hair City sells Brazilian 10A and Peruvian 14A. Its straight Brazilian 10A bundle was R314 to R945 for 8 to 22 inches, and its straight Peruvian 14A bundle was R699 to R1,499 for 10 to 22 inches.
The same bundle can carry two origins. Shara Hair describes its single straight bundle as available as Brazilian and Peruvian as well as Grade 12a and 13a. Exclusive Virgin Hair sells single straight bundles for Brazilian or Peruvian and calls the hair 12A virgin human hair. So treat an origin word as a name for a quality tier at that store, not a place on a map.
Where the hair really comes from is a separate question that a bundle cannot answer. The ABC reported in 2018 that most hair is sourced in Asia, and quoted an industry source saying that buyers go to South America, India and Vietnam, buy the hair, then process it, mostly in China.
Length is the biggest driver. In our check of single bundles at 8 SA stores on 6 Oct 2026, an 8 inch bundle cost R180 to R650, a 16 inch bundle R500 to R1,600 and a 24 inch bundle R989 to R3,100. Those are shelf prices that day, including some sale prices. The Hair Trader, for example, showed its 8 to 18 inch Vietnamese bundles at half their crossed-out price.
Within one length the spread is wide, because stores price differently and colour changes the price. At Silky Hair a 20 inch natural black Vietnamese super double drawn bundle was R930 and the ombre chocolate brown one was R1,020.
Weight is rarely shown. Of the stores we read, Volure Hair, The Hair Trader and Virgin Human Hair say a bundle is about 100 g. Most listings do not say. Before you compare two prices, ask each store for the weight in grams, because a cheaper bundle may simply hold less hair.
We left Takealot out of the length table, because many of its listings in the data were packs of several bundles or bundle and closure sets sold under one price, so a single bundle price could not be read off them reliably. We also left out closures, frontals, wigs, bundle sets and hair care bundles, and one listing whose 10 inch price was far above the same store's 12 inch price. Only items in stock on the day are counted.
Volure Hair gives the same rule on its Brazilian, Peruvian and Malaysian pages for its 100 g bundles: two bundles for 10 to 14 inches, three for 16 to 22 inches and four for 24 to 30 inches. Hair City's closure combos follow the same pattern, with two bundles plus a closure at 8 and 12 inches and three plus a closure at 16 inches.
At the prices in the table, three 16 inch bundles would cost R1,500 to R4,800 (three times the lowest and highest 16 inch price), and four 24 inch bundles R3,956 to R12,400. That is arithmetic on listed prices, not a quote from a store. Curly textures, a closure or a frontal, and the thickness of your own hair all change the count.
Double drawn bundles are thicker. Shara Hair says you will probably not need as many as you would for a full head of single drawn hair, but it gives no number. Ask the store how many bundles it would use for your length.
Hair Majesty defines raw hair as unprocessed hair collected from an individual donor, with all strands and cuticles running the same way. Virgin hair has not been processed or chemically treated and has intact, aligned cuticles, but it does not have to come from one donor. Remy hair has intact cuticles aligned in one direction and may have been dyed or permed. In its words, all virgin hair is remy, but not all remy hair is virgin.
These are seller definitions, and they are hard to check. The chief executive of an extension company, quoted by the ABC, said you would need a scanning electron microscope to know whether hair is remy. Another source quoted there said that many bundles sold as virgin remy are really a mix of hair from salon floors or drains with synthetic and other non-human fibres. That is one reason a weight, a ruler and a few honest tests matter more than the word on the packet.
The stores with in-stock, origin-labelled bundles in our check were Clicks, Hair City, Hair Majesty, Remore Hair, Silky Hair, The Hair Trader, Universal Dealers and Volure Hair. We have no deal with any of them and rank none of them.
Read the returns policy before you open, wash, burn or cut anything. On 6 Oct 2026 Hair City said it accepts returns within 30 days if the item is unused and in its original packaging. Shara Hair offers exchanges within 7 days for unused, uninstalled hair and no cash refunds. Remore Hair accepts returns within 10 days for unused, unwashed items and gives no cash refund unless the item is faulty or wrong. Silky Hair says it does not do refunds, except for a price error or stock problem. A bundle you have burned or washed is no longer unused.
Luxora does not sell hair today and has not tested any. Our How we test hair page sets out the method we plan to use and the consumer-law rights you have if hair is not as described.
On 6 Oct 2026, single bundles at 8 SA stores cost R180 to R4,200. By length, an 8 inch bundle was R180 to R650, a 16 inch bundle R500 to R1,600 and a 24 inch bundle R989 to R3,100. Prices rise with length and stores price the same length very differently, so compare grams and drawn type as well as rand.
Volure Hair says its 100 g bundles need two bundles for 10 to 14 inches, three for 16 to 22 inches and four for 24 to 30 inches. Other stores may use different bundle weights, so ask for the weight in grams. A closure or frontal, curly texture and your own hair thickness can change the count.
Drawing means short strands are sorted out by hand. Single drawn has less sorted out, so the ends taper. Double drawn has more taken out, so more strands run full length. There is no standard share: Anka Hair says 60 to 70 percent for double drawn, Shara Hair says 85 percent and Belacio says 85 to 90 percent. Ask the store what share it means.
Not as a standard. Private Label Extensions says there is no universal standard for hair grades, and Hair Majesty says one company's 14A is not better than another's 12A. Hair City labels Brazilian bundles 10A and Peruvian ones 14A, so even inside one store the number follows the origin name. Judge the weight, the ends and how the hair tests.
A bundle cannot prove where it came from. Hair Majesty says SA brands use Brazilian and Peruvian as quality names, and two SA stores sell one straight bundle under both labels. The ABC reported that most hair is sourced in Asia. Treat the origin word as a style and price tier, and ask for weight and photos.
A blend mixes human and synthetic fibre. Ywigs warns that some brands advertise 100% human hair while mixing in synthetic fibres. The usual home check is a burn test on two or three loose strands: human hair burns slowly with a burnt hair smell and crushable ash, synthetic melts into a hard bead. Blonc notes that passing it does not make hair good quality.
Policies differ. On 6 Oct 2026 Hair City allowed returns within 30 days if the item was unused and in its original packaging, Shara Hair allowed 7 day exchanges for unused hair, and Silky Hair said it does not do refunds. A burned or washed bundle is no longer unused, so read the store's policy before you test anything.
At 16 inches on 6 Oct 2026, kinky curl and afro curl bundles were R549 to R1,490, water wave R599 to R1,099 and body wave R800 to R1,350. Those come from Hair City, Hair Majesty and Volure Hair listings that carry an origin label. Curly bundles are often priced above straight ones in the same range, so check the length and weight.
One message if we sell bundles, with a hair passport for every batch. Nothing else.
