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    Recently, I decided to grow my hair out. It's going okay so far, and I'm out of the Deeply Stupid phase. I can gather it into an approximate, albeit abbreviated, ponytail. This pleases me. I toyed with the idea of getting extensions, because what I really want is long fucking hair, but I'm not dancing right now, so it wouldn't have been a smart investment. As a compromise, I bought some cheap clip-ins yesterday. I was so excited that I put them in and waited for the sexy to happen.

    But they looked dumb! Like, it was so obvious that they were fake. The color is kind of close, but I think my haircut is off. My hair, although straight, is not straight enough, and I think it's too blunt to blend in with the extensions. What I want to know is: how do I style it? Do I need to cut it? Should I cut the extensions? Should I get more of them? Attached are some pictures (perhaps more of them than necessary, but I tried to capture the extensions being very wack as well as less wack), and below are some important addendums.

    -I have never "blown out" my hair in my life. I do not own a blow dryer and would not know where to begin with this endeavor.
    -Likewise, I do not own a straightener or a curling device. I cannot exactly tell the difference between the two (though I think with practice, I could learn to distinguish them).
    -I have been styling my short, funny hair in the same hippie/gutter-punk way for years: I wash it with Dr. Bronner's soap and shape it with beeswax. Sometimes, when I need to look like a nice young lady, I shampoo and condition it, and then style it with texturizer and that magical weightless $22 Aveda powder that blows my mind. But I only do that sometimes, and I don't really like it as much. This is not especially relevant, but it shows how low-fi I am. I'd prefer to keep it that way when dealing with making my extensions work.

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    You can do a lot of work with rollers and shit, to kinda blend it in.

    But really the texture is so different than your own, it will still be obvious.

    You could use the extensions in a ponytail but that still might look weird.

    The problem with extensions is if they are not well done they look absolutely tacky.

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    You'll get better advice than mine but I just wanted to be the first to say that you are absolutely adorable.

    They actually look like a great match. I've just get them tapered so that it looks like your hair is layered. This will elimate the two-do's look you have going on.

    FWIW (and I hate myself for even saying this because I hate hearing it) short hair suits you so well.

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    First extensions NEVER match the hair. What you need to do is mix them up around the head for highlight looking streaks. I see them, they are pretty and lighter. Maybe put them in how you like them and cut a few shorter! Many ladies i worked with done this.

    The bangs in the front are at a "stage' i see of growing, but not there yet. Perhaps clip them back and add a few shorter extensions in that area!

    Play around...i have seen ladies go bonkers trying to get them right. After a while they do. Tuck that clip deep to the scalp and play... have fun!

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    well, you'll have to straighten your hair. they'll look a lot better then. for under 100$ tho, you can get real hair extentions.

    I got some for under 45$. Are you in srq right now? if you wanna get real hair extentions, let me know. I'll help you do them.

    w/ real ones, you can curl them, and it'll fit in soooo much better!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lola Rose View Post
    well, you'll have to straighten your hair. they'll look a lot better then. for under 100$ tho, you can get real hair extentions.

    I got some for under 45$. Are you in srq right now? if you wanna get real hair extentions, let me know. I'll help you do them.

    w/ real ones, you can curl them, and it'll fit in soooo much better!
    I am in SRQ. That is a very sweet offer By "real" hair extensions, do you mean permanent ones, or just human-hair clip-ins? Do you mean you will help me insert/attach real permanent hair extensions? You know how to do that?

    Sorry that I am so confused! I know nothing about hair.
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    Get human hair clip ins, and then damage them with perm solution to get them 'normal-person' hair texture.

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    Quote Originally Posted by teeth_of_the_hydra View Post
    I am in SRQ. That is a very sweet offer By "real" hair extensions, do you mean permanent ones, or just human-hair clip-ins? Do you mean you will help me insert/attach real permanent hair extensions? You know how to do that?

    Sorry that I am so confused! I know nothing about hair.
    human hair clip ins. I could show you how to place them and style them to look good, and natural.

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    I have human hair clip ins. They will last you so much longer. One thing I do to make them look like my own hair is get them a hair cut. During my regular visit to the salon I get a hair cut then I put my extensions in and she trims them up a bit to blend in better. Still costs me the price of a regular hair cut.
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    So basically, synthetic clip-ins are doomed? Compared to human-hair ones, I mean?
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    yep. you can't style them at all, so they're going to always look fake

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    You are so adorable!

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    LATINA ROSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    That girl had an amazing tutorial on here somewhere about getting this hot Victoria's Secret head of messy waves with clip-in extensions and it is awesome, I tested it.

    I'm hair retarded myself, but I can handle a curling iron and it seems to do the trick with blending the extensions.

    And I think you look good with long hair! Very pretty.
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    ya, but you can't do that with fake hair. it'll melt and ruin your iron!!! ^

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    Okay, as someone whose hair is and always will be between waist and the floor, let me assure you: if you're trying to grow your hair out, just be patient. The damage you'll do to your hair with any sort of clip ins, sew ins, glue ins is not woth it. Not to mention the straightening *shudders*. Treat your hair like delicate lace - you wouldn't jam metal clips into an antique doilie every day would you? The damage may not show up immediately, but it will later.

    That said, I know I'm a bit of a hair nazi. But my hair is always super long, suer shiny, and super soft because I treat it delicately, no heat, no commercial products, no dye, no chemicals.

    Just my two cents - and for the record, you're very lovely and will look great with long hair or short.

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    I had them before and there is really nothing you can do. Just get real hair. YOu can curl it and straighten it. I know here you can get decent quality hair in the little asian stores. Look one up online, I got my hair for my extensions for like $60!! They lasted about 3 months! YOu have to take good care of them though.

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    You can get good human hair extensions for $70 at Sally. That's where I get mine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Andygirl View Post
    You can get good human hair extensions for $70 at Sally. That's where I get mine.
    The ones from Sally's are awesome! I just got them on 18 inch, had the 14 inch ones before. I washed them once a week and I styled them with my regular hair, either with a flat iron or curling iron.

    242_fair: it looks to me that if you flat ironed your hair it would blend better. I agree that you would have better results with real hair clip-ins.

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    Quote Originally Posted by holiday View Post
    LATINA ROSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    That girl had an amazing tutorial on here somewhere about getting this hot Victoria's Secret head of messy waves with clip-in extensions and it is awesome, I tested it.

    I'm hair retarded myself, but I can handle a curling iron and it seems to do the trick with blending the extensions.

    And I think you look good with long hair! Very pretty.
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    If you want to get ruffly, wavy hair to blend without curling irons twist the (real hair) extensions into buns/pincurls. You can do this with your real hair too. As long as they aren't tight buns on your head, it'll come out with Shakira-like waves, which you can brush out. Or not. Might take some practice, but it looks good and helps blend the fake and the real.

    Or I think you'd look totally cute with a half wig-like Alice in Wonderland.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cherry_sin View Post
    Okay, as someone whose hair is and always will be between waist and the floor, let me assure you: if you're trying to grow your hair out, just be patient. The damage you'll do to your hair with any sort of clip ins, sew ins, glue ins is not woth it. Not to mention the straightening *shudders*. Treat your hair like delicate lace - you wouldn't jam metal clips into an antique doilie every day would you? The damage may not show up immediately, but it will later.

    That said, I know I'm a bit of a hair nazi. But my hair is always super long, suer shiny, and super soft because I treat it delicately, no heat, no commercial products, no dye, no chemicals.

    Just my two cents - and for the record, you're very lovely and will look great with long hair or short.
    For reals! Your hair shines like the sun, CherrySin!

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    Quote Originally Posted by cherry_sin View Post
    Okay, as someone whose hair is and always will be between waist and the floor, let me assure you: if you're trying to grow your hair out, just be patient. The damage you'll do to your hair with any sort of clip ins, sew ins, glue ins is not woth it. Not to mention the straightening *shudders*. Treat your hair like delicate lace - you wouldn't jam metal clips into an antique doilie every day would you? The damage may not show up immediately, but it will later.

    That said, I know I'm a bit of a hair nazi. But my hair is always super long, suer shiny, and super soft because I treat it delicately, no heat, no commercial products, no dye, no chemicals.

    Just my two cents - and for the record, you're very lovely and will look great with long hair or short.
    well, i think that depends on the hair. i blowdry mine, i straighten it too (its straight, but it makes it *stay* straight when i sweat). i recently started highlighting it again. and my hair is long, super healthy looking, and sooo soft. i get a *ton* of compliments on it. so really it just depends, everyone won't be the same.

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    Quote Originally Posted by teeth_of_the_hydra View Post
    Recently, I decided to grow my hair out. It's going okay so far, and I'm out of the Deeply Stupid phase. I can gather it into an approximate, albeit abbreviated, ponytail. This pleases me. I toyed with the idea of getting extensions, because what I really want is long fucking hair, but I'm not dancing right now, so it wouldn't have been a smart investment. As a compromise, I bought some cheap clip-ins yesterday. I was so excited that I put them in and waited for the sexy to happen.

    But they looked dumb! Like, it was so obvious that they were fake. The color is kind of close, but I think my haircut is off. My hair, although straight, is not straight enough, and I think it's too blunt to blend in with the extensions. What I want to know is: how do I style it? Do I need to cut it? Should I cut the extensions? Should I get more of them? Attached are some pictures (perhaps more of them than necessary, but I tried to capture the extensions being very wack as well as less wack), and below are some important addendums.

    -I have never "blown out" my hair in my life. I do not own a blow dryer and would not know where to begin with this endeavor.
    -Likewise, I do not own a straightener or a curling device. I cannot exactly tell the difference between the two (though I think with practice, I could learn to distinguish them).
    -I have been styling my short, funny hair in the same hippie/gutter-punk way for years: I wash it with Dr. Bronner's soap and shape it with beeswax. Sometimes, when I need to look like a nice young lady, I shampoo and condition it, and then style it with texturizer and that magical weightless $22 Aveda powder that blows my mind. But I only do that sometimes, and I don't really like it as much. This is not especially relevant, but it shows how low-fi I am. I'd prefer to keep it that way when dealing with making my extensions work.

    Thanks for being superhelpers!

    Yeah, the Pure Abundance hair potion by Aveda does rock.

    We've played with the synthetic extensions at school. We glued and sewed them in. They shed like crazy.

    If you want to blend your hair in better you're going to have to get a flat iron. You can get a decent flat iron at Sally's for 20 bucks. If you need help the girl behind the counter should at least be able to help you locate where they are. I wouldn't make a habit of straightening my hair on a regular basis. Any form of heat can damage the ends and make them split more rapidly.

    I wouldn't cut my hair then you're defeating the purpose of growing it out. I like your length.

    If you are just bored you can also buy the temporary hair color at Sally's. It doesn't require a developer, it typically comes in a little tube and they should be able to help you find it as well. You can try a new color and see how you like it. It should wash out in one or two shampoos.

    Anyhow, good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 242_fair View Post
    You can do a lot of work with rollers and shit, to kinda blend it in.

    But really the texture is so different than your own, it will still be obvious.

    You could use the extensions in a ponytail but that still might look weird.

    The problem with extensions is if they are not well done they look absolutely tacky.
    Synthetic hair will melt if you put heat on it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by britt244 View Post
    well, i think that depends on the hair. i blowdry mine, i straighten it too (its straight, but it makes it *stay* straight when i sweat). i recently started highlighting it again. and my hair is long, super healthy looking, and sooo soft. i get a *ton* of compliments on it. so really it just depends, everyone won't be the same.
    It also depends on your how thick your hair is and how much of it you actually have.

    I have very fine hair but a lot of it. I can flat iron it once in a while but must do so at the lowest setting possible or my ends will be fried.

    If you have medium to thick hair texture your hair can typically take the beating a lot better than someone like myself with fine hair.

    I know girls at the cosmetology school I attend who have very thick hair and straighten it every day. It doesn't affect them. But if it's fine in texture you have to avoid chemicals and heat like the plague.

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