"Beauty Tourism: Turkey Offers $500 Hair Extensions Cheaper Than Local Salons"
TikToker Bryn Wright, known as Bryn "Elise," has gained popularity for her love of "beauty tourism," where she travels abroad for beauty, medical, and dental services. In a recent TikTok video, she documented her trip to Turkey to get hair extensions, claiming it was cheaper than her local salon in the US. Her US salon quoted her $4,450 for keratin bond extensions, while in Turkey, she paid only $500 for 300 pieces of 22-inch keratin bond extensions, including bleaching and styling. Wright attributes the price difference to the strength of the US dollar and higher supply and labor costs in the US. She also shared that flights to Istanbul could be as low as $700, with affordable lodging and food costs. Viewers were intrigued by her cost-saving hack, with some expressing their own experiences of traveling for beauty routines. Wright's extensions last four months, and she has made multiple trips to Turkey for this purpose.