How to Make Your Own Hair Extension

You will learn how to make your own hair extensions for your hair style. To make it look fuller or longer or both.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1.Package of hair
• 2.Hair glue
• 3.Clips
• 4.Needle and thread
• 5.Scissor

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   First go to your local beauty supply store and pick out the color and length of hair you want. They come in many length from 6,12,16 inches. Make sure to buy the hair with no attachment on them. Then also buy the clips that are shown in the picture. Also you need the hair glue, make sure to get the white super bonding glue, which works the best.

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   Now that you have everything you are ready to start. Measure your head from ear to ear. Then cut the hair pieces to that size until you have the hair all cut. The piece I have in the picture is about 8 1/2 inches wide.

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   Now glue the hair pieces together. With one piece put glue on the very top part where the stiching or seem is. Then take a another piece lay it flat on a clean surface and put the glued piece of hair on it right below the stiching (make sure it is not on the stiching because that will make it to thick). Now repeat and glue 6 pieces of hair together. Then start the new hair piece and do the same. Now you should have two pieces that are 6 layers thick and the size of your head measurement. You can see in the picture how they are glued (so make sure to copy how it looks)

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   Now sew the clips on just like in the picture. Sew 3 clips for each hair extension one on each side and one in the middle. Now that you have both pieces sewed, you can put them in your hair to see how they look. You may need to cut them to fit your style of hair. You should cut them were they are not just straight across. Place one at the middle of your head and one at the bottom. The one in the middle may need to be cut a little shorter to blend with your hair. The bottom should be ok, make sure to have your hair styled when you put them in. If you bought human hair you can curl or straighten them and also wash and color them.

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   When wearing them you can mix it up a little, like by just wearing one to add fullness in the middle or wear it at the bottom for length or both for fullness and length. (make sure when you put them in your hair that your real hair covers them up) Have fun with them, as do I.

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   Here is a picture of the hair glue bottle so you can get the right one. Hope this helps you.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Here a picture of the hair glue, that you can get at Sally Beauty Supply Store for a dollar. Hope that helps.

Tips & Warnings

• One tip I can tell you is if you have highlights and lowlights in your hair get two packages of hair one to match you highlights and one for your lowlights. This will help match your hair color better.( and when glueing them do one light then one dark and so on.
• Second tip is to not put alot of hair product in them because it make them dry out and they don't really need product because they keep a curl with no problem. Also if you don't put anything on them you don't need to wash them that much, maybe once a month. That's if you wear them everyday.
• Third make sure to pick a thread color that matches your hair pieces. If you like this article let me know and I will do a step-by-step video on how to do it. Thanks

[jenng]

on 11/6/2009 GREAT ARTICLE ON How to Make Your Own Hair Extension 5*

[swampfox27]

on 7/31/2009 Hair extensions are not for me, but I'm going to pass this onto a hot girlfriend of mine that I know uses them. Thanks

[scoobylucy]

on 7/30/2009 I followed all the steps for you hair extensions, it was so easy and simple to do. And it's fun! I've been wearing them everyday, it feels like my own hair. Thank you!

[counselor40]

on 7/29/2009 Very interesting. I will let my daughters know about it.

[theanwser]

on 7/28/2009 thanks for the comment and the best glue is Proclaim super bond glue, which you can get at Sally Beauty Supply and it cost 99cent I put a picture on here of the bottle, which is white and red. Thanks