How to Make Your Own Hair Extension
Extensions are a fun way to change up your look, whether it be for a special occasion or just to spruce up your look. Going to a hair salon and having hair extensions installed can cost you anywhere from hundreds to the thousands of dollars. To save money, you can easily do your extensions at home and tweak them to your liking.
What you will need:
- Synthetic or human hair bonded onto a track in your preferred length (can be purchased from your local beauty store or ordered online)
- Scissors
- Thick weaving thread (choose a color matching the hair)
- 6-prong snap hair clips
- Needle that can fit through the holes of the hair clips
- Place the hair tracks on the back on your head to measure how long it needs to be. Cut accordingly.
- Set up needle and thread making sure to double knot.
- Place the hair clip onto the outside of the track on the end and pull the needles and thread through the holes of the hair clip in order to secure the clip onto the hair. (Depending on how thick your hair is you may need to use more than one hair track. If this applies to you, place a track on top of the other and sew together before applying the hair clips to the track.)
- Create a knot when you get to the end of the hair clip by looping through the last hole more than once.
- Cut close to the knot when finished.
- Sew each clip about two inches apart, making sure you have a clip on both ends of the hair track.