In Myanmar's Shan and Kachin highlands, women grow their hair from childhood without dyes, relaxers, or heat tools. They wash with sandalwood and water. When the hair reaches the length we need, it's cut in one motion, kept directional, and packaged the same day.

We pay above the local market rate. We don't take more than one cut per donor per year. Every bundle is traceable to its donor — if you want to know whose hair you bought, we can tell you.

It's slower than blended raw hair. It's more expensive than chemical-treated hair. It's also why our customers come back every two to three years instead of every six months.

— The Elysian sourcing team