Single Drawn vs. Double Drawn U-Tips (And the Combination I Recommend)

When you order U-tips from BLONC, you can choose single drawn or double drawn. Most people don't know the difference, and it's one of the biggest factors in how your ends look once the hair is installed.

Here's what each one means, when to use it, and the combination I've come to love after 21 years of installs: double drawn on the bottom, single drawn on top.

PART ONE: WHAT "DRAWN" MEANS

Every bundle of hair has strands of different lengths. Even in an 18-inch bundle, some hairs are shorter than 18 inches. "Drawing" is the process of pulling out shorter hairs so more of the strands reach the full length.

Single drawn

The hair has natural variation in length. It's full at the top and gradually tapers toward the ends, like hair that grew naturally. It blends softly and looks very natural.

Double drawn

The shorter hairs have been pulled out, so nearly every strand reaches the full length. The ends stay thick and blunt. If you want to guarantee your strands are the same length all the way down, double drawn is how you get it.

"Double drawn on the bottom, single drawn on the top. That's always my best combination." — Bianca Blanco, BLONC founder

PART TWO: SIDE BY SIDE

	Single drawn	Double drawn
Strand lengths	Natural mix of lengths	Nearly all full length
How the ends look	Soft and tapered	Thick and blunt
Best for	Natural blend near the part	Fullness at the bottom
Looks like	Hair that grew naturally	Freshly cut, full hair

PART THREE: WHY THE COMBINATION WORKS

Your natural hair isn't one length all over. The hair near your part and crown is usually finer and shorter, and it tapers naturally. So when you put blunt double drawn hair all the way up to the top, the blend can look heavy right where people look first.

The fix is to use both:

• Double drawn on the bottom rows. These create the length and the thick, full ends.
• Single drawn on the top rows. These blend softly into your own hair near the part.

You get full, healthy-looking ends with a blend that still looks like your hair. This is especially helpful with short natural hair, where the bonds go up to about a half inch to an inch below your part. Read U-Tips for Short Hair.

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PART FOUR: HOW TO ORDER BOTH

• Count your total bonds first. See How Many U-Tips Do You Need?
• Split them between the bottom rows (double drawn) and the top rows (single drawn).
• Keep the color and texture the same in both, so they blend as one head of hair.
• Call us at 1-855-720-4247 if you want help with the split.

How draw relates to hair grades

Higher hair grades usually mean more full-length hairs and fewer short ones mixed in. Double drawn takes that further by pulling out the short hairs. Learn more in Hair Grades Explained.

BOTTOM LINE

Single drawn U-tips taper softly like natural hair. Double drawn U-tips keep nearly every strand at full length for thick, blunt ends. For most installs, the best result is both: double drawn on the bottom for fullness, single drawn on top for a natural blend near your part.

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