Buying tabs and remover together is the Removal Kit, which adds an application tool and instructions. Buying them as two separate items costs $70 and gives you no tool. Which is right depends on whether you already own a way to press a tab properly.
There is no separate refill bundle
The bundle of tabs and remover already exists and it is called the Removal Kit. Adding a second, slightly different bundle would be four products pretending to be five. See the Removal Kit
Tabs and remover are the two things a move-up consumes, so buying them together is the obvious purchase. There are three ways to do it and they are not equivalent.
One question decides which is right for you.
The three routes
| Tabs + remover separately | Removal Kit | Complete System | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 tabs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Remover, 4.0 oz | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Application tool | No | Yes | Yes |
| Sectioning clips and comb | No | Yes | Yes |
| Quick-start instructions | No | Yes | Yes |
| Step-by-step digital guide | No | No | Yes |
| Price | $70 | See product page | $95 |
The two consumables are identical across all three. What changes is the tooling and the instructions around them.
The question that decides it
Do you already own something that presses the full area of a tab firmly and evenly? If yes, buy the two consumables separately and skip the rest. If no, the kit is the right purchase, because pressure is what forms a pressure-sensitive bond and a thumb presses the middle of a tab and not its corners.
That is all there's to the decision. Most stylists already have clips and a comb, so the tool is the only item on the list that is not substitutable.
Buying for a move-up specifically
- Check your sandwich countSixty tabs re-tabs thirty sandwiches. A dense head needs a second pack alongside.
- Check the remover levelAbout 30 removals a bottle, which is roughly one full head. It outlasts the tabs on a dense head.
- Order tabs more often than removerThey deplete at different rates and ordering them in pairs leaves you with unopened bottles.
- Order before the last pack is openA simple trigger that avoids the mid-appointment problem.
The rate mismatch in step three is the practical reason a fixed bundle is a slightly awkward product. For most heads you want two packs of tabs to one bottle rather than one to one.
Why we've not made this a product
Because it already is one, and calling the same contents by a second name would inflate a four-product catalogue into something it isn't.
And because a fixed tabs-to-remover ratio is wrong for most people. Tabs go roughly twice as fast per head, so any bundle we picked would leave somebody with the wrong balance.
There is no bundle discount on buying the two separately. $45 plus $25 is $70, and the kit prices the tooling rather than discounting the consumables.
What we sell for this
Close to this question
- Tape-in extension removal kit. Argues why a removal kit must include tabs, because a move-up is a removal plus a reinstall.
- Tape-in extension refill. Works out reorder intervals for each consumable so someone can plan rather than run out mid-appointment.
- Tape-in extension tools. Tool-by-tool breakdown, arguing that pressure application is the one tape-specific tool.
- Hair extension move-up cost. Breaks down the recurring move-up appointment by time, and what shortens or lengthens it.
Questions we get asked
Is there a refill bundle of tabs and remover?
It is the Removal Kit, which is those two plus an application tool, clips, a comb and instructions. There is no separate bundle.
What does buying them separately cost?
$45 for 60 tabs and $25 for the remover, so $70, with no tool included.
Which should I buy for a move-up?
If you already own something that presses the full area of a tab firmly, buy the two consumables. If not, the kit, because the tool is the part that's hard to substitute.
Should I order tabs and remover in equal quantities?
No. Tabs deplete roughly twice as fast per head. Most people want two packs of tabs to one bottle.