can i buy the clip on ones and have a salon put them in my hair for me...just to show me I mean? How long can you wear the clip on ones before you have to take them out?
I think the trick to get any extensions to look good is to make sure you add enough hair. On my clients, I add about as much as they can wear and not cause undo stress on their natural hair.
woah! those are clip-in's you have in in those photos? They look great and you cant even tell. Some clip-in's i have seen are really thin looking and sparce at the ends but yours are supperb and it just looks like your real hair
here's picture of me with my clip in extensions from my website. These were 8 ounces of 18" hair. I am now wearing 8 ounces of 22" hair. No one can tell I have extensions, let alone clip in ones.
If it's just the issue of gluing things to your hair you have a problem
with, there are also alternative methods such as microrings/
extendtubes (which can be performed on wefts, too, for quickness)
and pinchbraiding. You can also attach wefts to your head with
toupee tape, if you don't feel confident enough to start making hair-
pieces yet, but that would only be a very temporary method of
extension, obviously.
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I made my own clip ins in a somewhat similar manner. I use mine
when I between real installations. my hair is shoulder length and
with my clip ins its either bra strap length or elbow length depending
on which ones a use.
I used plastikhaar wefts so mine were machine wefted. I use four
4" pieces, four 1" pieces, a 7", an 8", a 9", and two 6" for doing the
elbow length. I use the same 4" and 1" pieces for the bra strap
and a 7" and 8".
Each of the clips has three layers of weft on it except for the 1" ones which have four.
The hardest part in my opinion is getting used to placeing them in the
exact same spot each time. Once you are practiced at that then
you can trim them to fram your face or what not. I would expect
trying to get blunt cut ones even with each wear would be nearly
impossible but maybe I'm just not dedicated enough.
I think clip-ins would be a great option. They're great for people who
aren't sure if they want the commitment of extensions, clip-ins tend to
last a lot longer (so they're cost-effective), and they can look
unbelievably good. Most people recommend making them yourself--you get
better quality for a better price that way--and one of our members,
Metalgirl, has provided detailed instructions on the boards. Here are
some of her instructions:
"I make all my clip in extensions out of hand tied wefts because the
hair is better quality and doesn't shed at all. I sew 3 or sometimes 4
of them together with a zig zag stitch on my sewing machine and then
sew the clips on.
My clip ons that I am wearing currently are
made out of 8 ounces of hand tied hair, 4 tracks that are each 12"
wide. To make them 12" wide (hand tied is only usually 10" wide) I
stagger the pieces so it ends up measuring 12" wide. That way it comes
closer to my hairline in the front and gives me more hair that falls
forward for doing face framing layers."
Here's another good thread on the subject: http://talk.hairboutique.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19808
Good luck! :)
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I don't want to glue anything in my hair but want hair extensions that are just down to my boobs (my hair is shoulder length)...do the clip on's work well or is there something better?
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