Not Extensions but....

How many of you would use those clip on ponytails if you had short hair and didnt want the pain of getting extensions?

All of you have lovely extensions,and believe me,I have considered them...but where I live,not many people have them and I dont really have the money from what I've read they can be quite expensive.

My mom wears the ponytail clip ons all the time,but says people at her job rib her about it.

I see them everywhere now,even CVS,so they cant be that unpopular.I want to wear one till my hair grows out some.

Yeah, I agree, extensions can be pretty cheap!

What I would suggest though if you don't want to go through with extensions, is to try some of the clips, even clip in hair extensions, and 3/4 falls.

They can all be pretty cheap, and work on a day-to-day basis or just when you are going out or doing something special.

I've used the clip in ponytails & would if I didn't have extensions or was in between installs.  The one I had was from Sally's & not human hair so it wasn't the best quality but enough for once in a while.

hey julesyjul! before i got into wearing 'real' extensions (that sounds silly...'real fake hair'!) i wore the clip ins to help disguise a very crappy hair cut.......there are a ton of things online, but its fun to go to your local beauty supply/wig stores and try on phony ponys...the clip on ponys are totally nondamaging to your hair and i know you are trying to get your hair healthy as well as long :)   they are very fun!

I think it's all about practice, that's why it took me so long to wear them. You have to know how to put them in, and when you do it right, with the right clips, you pretty much forget about them all day!

I would suggest making your own, because in my opinion, it's way cheaper, and easier to get what you really want. Plus, if you know how to thread a needle, it's super easy.

So you can look anywhere for hair you want that's on a weft, and just buy clips, and sew them together.

What I would suggest as far as hair goes, if you want some cheap stuff, for synthetic I really love Outre balik because they have so many different textures and they are so fun and soft, so you can buy ones with a curl, and the curl never seems to fall out. For cheap human hair (which I am just testing some now, but so far I love it) is Unique Wiiv.

If you want some that will be more expensive, but will probably last you longer, I would say go with bohyme hair. Sherrie sells in on her page, but it might be hard to do the clip-ins with hand tied wefts, I have some here that I am going to make into clip-ins, so I will let you know how it goes when I actually get around to it if you want to know!

Personally, I hated having clip ins.
I had plenty for a full head and smaller parts for the sides etc very well thought out. However, it was annoying that I couldn't cut them because they would never been in exactly the same place twice. And yes, the falling out was annoying! At least they were easy to straighten.....but sometimes I would tug at them by mistake or get them caught around my fingers without noticing since they were very long. I wouldn't recommend clip ins that you wear down. A hairpiece like a pony tail, however, I think is a much better idea and a lot less effort and trouble! Believe me, with clip ins your mind is never at rest...

oooh, I love the clip on ponies!  So low maintenance!  I wore them for about one year (alternating w/ 3/4 cap falls) when my hair was so short that I had to use a ton of bobbie pins to hold it back.