How to use clip-in hair extensions?

Clip-in hair extensions are an easy solution for anyone who wants longer-more luxurious hair without having to care for a permanently sewn-in set of human hair extensions. Standard human hair extensions, while beautiful and realistic in the hands of a talented hairstylist, can be cumbersome to care for, particularly if you’ve got a busy lifestyle. Clip-in hair extensions are a great alternative.

They’re not without rules, though. To get the best look and feel from your clip-in hair extensions, just follow these simple guidelines.

• Before you begin, make sure the hair extensions you’re using match your own hair perfectly! A good salon professional can help you with this. Salon professionals get wholesale human hair from companies like Wagman Hair, which offer a range of styles, lengths and colors, from silky straight to dark and curly. These are often made from Indian human hair and Remi Chinese hair, but are dyed and styled to match just about anyone’s coiffure.
• It takes a lot of pressure to open and close the clips that fasten your hair extension to the hair on your head, so practice with them before you start. You may even need two hands, but with practice you’ll get the knack.
• Use a tail comb to divide the back of your hair from ear to ear – like a part, only horizontal instead of vertical. Use hair clips to hold this hair in place, then begin snapping your hair extension onto the hair just below the parting. This will exert a slightly painful tug on your hair, but you’ll know it’s working.
• Stretch out the hair extension, checking for lumps or gaps.
• Release the hair you clipped out of the way, and make a new part in another part of your scalp.
• Repeat the process in all of the desired locations with a new hair extension each time, until your hair looks the way you want it to.
• Make sure your own hair is combed over the hair extension so it blends in.
• Use a hand mirror to check the back and sides, looking specifically for visible clips or wefts.

With a bit of practice, you’ll soon become a pro at using clip-in hair extensions.
Wagman Hair provides human hair, hair extensions, Remi Chinese hair, Indian human hair and cuticle hair to salon professionals across the country. Visit our products page to see what’s available.