Do clip on hair extensions look real?

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! :)

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.

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

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?

Also even if you buy clip ins since you're going to have to take them out every night they are easy to take out and pput in (interm of the clip).  therefore you can practice putting them in to your hearts content without having to worry about damaging your hair.

Most of the places that sell clip ins online have very good instructions about placement.  That's what I based mine on and it wasn't hard at all.

depending on where you order them they can be custom made with different colors.  You could also buy them with your primary color and order a little bit of the high/lowlight colors and attach those yourself to the clip ins.  This would be very easy because you will have it right in front of you.  It is al ittle work but definitely something you could handle and wuld give you muchmore control of your color scheme.  You could pinchbriad them in (which takes some coordination and practice, but is free) or get some microrings/extendtubes and a pair of pliers which isn't too expensive and doesn't take as much coordination.  I would guess that in an hour you could modify your single color clip ins to tricoor clip ins using rings for the firs time.  I'm not sure where to custom order clip ins if you don't want to do any of the work yourself.

Sally's has wefts, but frankly when i saw them the other day, they looked like the horse hair on my cello bow...YUKKO.

i got my Remi from Doc's...and the clips and the thread too.  I found a site which sold the full clip-ins, and just measure them off that.

I never wore my clip-ins out .....i can't get them to stay in my hair - my hair is really thick so i was doing it for length....of course, i have trouble getting barettes, etc to stay in.  I only get two twists with a normal size elastic.

i've been tracking my Doc's shrinkies since Monday....Washington to PA in3 days is awesome!  i've been pretipping the hair from the clip-in wefts as it is such nice stuff....i'm just not really liking Gorilla Glue - there's an oily or latexy feeling to it...like trying to clean up oil-based paint.

And while the hair at Sally's is typically crudtastic they the colors when numbered are reasonably standardized.  I don't even know if its a chain or just a place we have here but 'Beauty Works' has slightly higher quality hair and a better range of colors.  You might not wan to get hair there but it would be a good bet for getting afeel for the colors.

You might want to check out 'ethnic' beauty supply places in your area as they are more likely to carry hair.  Also the difference between #4 HH and #4 Synthetic, for example since I use it, is trivial so you can at least see the coors even if they don't have human and thats what you want?  Is human what you said?  Must review previous posts...

PInch braids or microrings/extendtubes.  And when done right oh yeah they stay.  ~3 months again.  go to the 101 sticky post and look at Rae's site on pinch braiding or Docs for rings.

ya, I've been looking at them and trying to figure everything out. I like the ones that don't actually glue in your hair and would last over the summer. I was thinking about maybe buying my own hair and having someone put it in for me...and if I love it then I'll keep it. Was it hard for you to learn to do it yourself?

Thanks for the help :)