There I am with my plain old short hair. Now there is nothing wrong with short hair if that’s your thing but I like to channel my inner Kim Kardashian from time to time by adding a little length. I have Puertorican brittle hair that tends to break off quite easily so growing it out takes FOREVER!! A long time ago I considered having extentions put in but as we all learned from Britney Spears a few years ago I didn’t want to end up with no hair in two years. Plus getting extensions can cost upwards of $300 and as we all know by now I’m not spending that kind of dough. Then there is the idea of clip-in extensions but those can be up to $10.00 a piece for one! To get that full look you usually need about 15 depending on how much hair you have. So I decided to make my own and go from short to long and luscious.

And just so you know once you have these clips in they stay put. Even through dancing….

So here’s what you need. One pack of human hair weave from your local hair and wig store. (The human hair is important if you want to curl or style it) I like the New Yaki brand.

You will also need some large wig clips….

A little bit of sturdy sewing thread…

And away we go!!! When you take the weave out of the packet it’s going to be one long sort of string…Looks like this.

You will want to cut for each clip three sections that are the length of the clip. Like so…

Then put the hair against the clips and thread through the holes at the to of the clip.

I only have one section pictured here so you can see what it looks like but don’t forget to do three. Any less will be too thin to make a difference once you have them on. One packet makes about 15-20 pieces. For the human medium length hair that I use its $27.99 per pack. The clips are $1.49 for a two-pack. I usually use about 6-8 packs of the clips.

I made this particular set for a friend and we weren’t sure if she would need one or two packs. Sure enough one was plenty and I ended up returning the other. I originally only bought 6 packs of clips so I needed more. So after everything I only ended up spending around $40.00 bucks! Not to shabby being that they are reusable and won’t kill your hair! I have had mine for about two years. I loved them so much that I did them in red when I dyed my hair.

Ick! I look haggard in that pick! But here is the pretty one….

This really isn’t that hard to do. It’s a little time consuming so if you would like me to make yours for you  then you can leave a comment with your email  and we can work something out 🙂 Happy hair making!!

~ Hugs and Smiles ~ RILEY COUTURE