Thought I'd show you how I do mine! Buying hair in a big weft is usually cheaper than buying them pre cut.
Step 1:
Buy your weft in a big 3-4 ft weft, this will give you enough for a full head. Wash them with a clarifying shampoo and air dry.
Step 2:
Divide your hair up from the base of your neck to about the middle of your ear, clip the rest up
Step 3:
Measure out a piece of hair that's the same length and double it over for extra thickness, cut the track with some sharp scissors
(ha I added that pic cos its stupid)
Step 4:
Next, half the piece you've just cut (so it fits the part of your hair you just measured) and either stitch it down or glue it. I glued!
Step 5:
Dab a little glue at the end of the track to stop hair shedding
Step 6:
Divide your hair where you want the next piece to sit. Repeat steps 3-5.
This is where I wear the next piece (ignore the roots I have no idea what's goin on the haha!)
...and the next 🙂
Now your extensions are ready to dye! Follow this tutorial from bluehawk, or watch this tutorial I made to see how to dye them.
Then wash and stitch on the clips
and tadaaaa!!
Posted : July 22, 2012 5:31 pm
too much beautiful! i love the sneaky leopard print shoe in the first piccie =)
also loving the new colour with extensions. very informative =)
Posted : July 22, 2012 6:00 pm
Leopard print shoes, leopard print scissors...pleaaaaase decorate the glue gun with a leopard print theme and post pics!
Also, I love the tutorial - it's really helpful and I'll see if I can get wefts when I need a new set so I can try it as well :')
Posted : July 22, 2012 6:51 pm
Haha I do have lots of leopard print stuff!! Yay glad you like it, and thanks pippaaaa
Posted : July 22, 2012 8:12 pm
where did you buy the weft all the one i find are like £100 and cheaper to get than already made extensions
Posted : July 28, 2012 7:44 pm
EBay! Although the ones I bought there ended up being a real hair and synthetic mix so I had to buy more, therefore i had to buy more 🙁
Posted : July 29, 2012 9:32 am
What is the shortest hair this will work on?
Posted : July 29, 2012 6:20 pm
They say 4"! Have a look on ou tube for short hair tutorials I think I've seen some before
Posted : July 29, 2012 8:32 pm
Bum! Bit of a while to wait then!
Posted : July 29, 2012 8:35 pm
can you put up the link to the eBay seller you got yours from? i dont really know what im looking for :/ lol
Posted : July 30, 2012 3:34 pm
im sorry if i sound tooo perthetic but iv never used extensions, so the tutorial went over my head, i dont get most of it but the main question i had is,,,they just clip in? like with them clips you added? dont they just fall out? god i sound like a retard...
Posted : August 6, 2012 11:27 am
they just clip in? Yes
like with them clips you added? Yes 🙂
dont they just fall out? If you have very straight sleek hair, maybe. But to counteract that I believe you can backcomb a small amount of hair underneath where you want it to go for it to clip to and that holds it. Of course, if they're pulled hard enough they'll come out and unfortunately take a chunk of hair with it probably. I might be wrong, but I think some of the clips have a strip of rubber underneath the teeth which would also help the clips stay in tightly.
Honestly, I've never used them myself (I don't like long hair on me at all), but I've seen a lot of others use them 🙂
Posted : August 6, 2012 11:46 am
^everything Janineb just said
They'd only slip out if your hair was over conditioned in my experience. If the clips are a decent size for the weight of the extensions, they should stay in place fine 🙂
PS, Meeshy, I'd never thought to use a glue gun to stick the wefts together, I usually sew mine, do they stay together ok like that?x
Posted : August 6, 2012 1:21 pm
Yeah totally fine! Totally quicker than sewing and just as secure 🙂 x
Posted : August 6, 2012 3:28 pm
Oooh, that's great, will do that when I buy my new wefts 😀 Thanks for this tutorial, it is amazing xx
Posted : August 6, 2012 4:15 pm
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