Diy Hand-Tied Hair Extensions

What is up everybody? My name is Jessica Jean, and I am here to show you how I do my very own hair extensions. The method that I use is a hand tied beaded wept method that I saw on Instagram and decided to give it a shot, because I didn't want to spend a couple thousand dollars to have a professional at a salon. Do it I figured. I could try to do it myself and it worked so I wanted to share my technique with you guys, so you can try it at home yourself and hopefully save some money. This technique is not for everybody and I'm not a professional hairdresser, so I don't really know what the fuck I'm doing. So I'm just gon na show you what I do. It'S worked for me and I'm gon na. Take you from the very beginning, the very first step to the very end of the steps. Okay, the very first thing you want to do is make sure that you buy high quality human remy hair. There are two types of hair out there. There is the 100 % real natural remy hair, and then there is the synthetic hair. The synthetic hair is garbage, don't waste your money on it. I'Ve made that mistake before, because it was a little bit cheaper and it does not curl. You can't wash it nothing. So it's fake, don't even use that so I'm going to show you guys what brand I used and the color that I'm using right now, which is right here. I get my hair extensions from Bellami.com and I'll post the link below for the website, and I get the guy tang regular clip in extensions on Bellami. They have tons of different hair extensions. You can get so you just go through and pick the one that you like the most there's different influencers on there. They have different collections of hair extensions, so the one that I get that I found to be the best is the Guy Tang, and I love the guy team because he does kind of balayage ombre kind of look, so it blends seamlessly with practically any hair color. As long as you're in the area of the hair, color it'll blend right in no one has ever known that my hair is fake because it blends in so well because of the Guy Tang extensions. So there they are. The color I get is the 8/60 ash brown ash brown ash blonde hair extensions, and I get the 22 inches because I want long. They have different lengths. So when you buy your hair, you're gon na get it in the mail and it'll come in the package. Like this you're gon na take out the bottom package, if you buy it from Bellami, but most hair extension places that send you hair will always have a tester, so you want to take it out test it put it in your hair, make sure it matches perfectly. If it does not match you, don't like it put it back in don't open. This is once you break the seal on this. You can't get your money back, put the tester back in the package and then mail it back to the company and order a different hair color get that hair color make sure it's perfect. I can usually get my hair extensions to last between four to six months, depending on how well I take care of them and I'll go through a whole video on how to wash your hair extensions and how to take care of them as well. So they last longer, so I have some tricks. I'Ve been doing this method for about, I don't know a year and a half two years now and it saved me a lot of money and a lot of time, because I can do my hair at night. My kids are sleeping, I'm not wasting hours at the salon and it just works out for everybody. So especially my husband he's very happy. I'M not spending twelve hundred to two thousand dollars on hand tied weft extensions, though you're welcome husband. I got your back but anyways. Okay, so you get your hair and then I take you through exactly what I do once I get the hair and then we'll keep on moving forward all right. So the tools that you're going to need for your hair - and you can get this tool at Sally's, you're gon na - need a little beader thing. It looks like this. It'S a little metal thing with this thing at the bottom. Okay, I have to I load both of them up, so I'm ready to go. Might waste some time putting beads on you're gon na need a curved needle. You can get this at Sally's as well. It has a little spot for the hair thread to go through, and then it has a pointy edge. Okay, so you need a pack of those you're gon na need some of these beads. There are two types of beads you can get. There are beads with a silicone insert and without the silicone inserts I have tried both and I have found that the one without the silicone holds longer in your hair, the one with silicone it has like a two-part to it, and the silicone tends to just come Out which leaves the bead loose in your hair and it falls out quicker, so I like the ones without the silicone insert in it, you can get those at Sally's as well. Just get the color that matches your hair. They have brown dark brown, black and blonde. So just pick the closest one - you won't see them anyway, so it doesn't have to be exact exact, but as long as it's close to your base of your hair color, I'm you're gon na use some of these clips that look like this to section off your Hair and you're gon na need clips that look like this. I don't know what these are called, but whatever they're called to hold up on the top part of your hair and as well as hold the extensions in place, while you're sewing them in alright. Here I need a clamp er one of these boop-boop. You can get that as well. At Sally's, you're gon na need one of these combs with the metal edge at the bottom. It says for parting, your hair, making a straight perfect line and see what else you need. You'Re, gon na need, string or hair strain, make sure you get this at Sally's or a beauty supply store, because it's specific for hair leaming. So get this again. They have different colors, you just pick what color matches close to your natural hair color see what else you gon na need some scissors boop-boop for cutting the string, and then these handy little things. This is from a sewing kit and this is to take the clips out of the extensions once you get your extensions, so I'll show you how I do this, but this is very handy tool to get those clips out. First, alright, so you just get your hair and you put your tester in and it's perfect, so you do decide to keep your hair extensions, though, when you get your hair extensions, they are going to have clips on the back of them. You can leave the clips on I've never done that before, but I've seen some YouTube videos where people leave the clips on. So when they take the weave out, that's weaved in they can still use it as a clipping. I'Ve never done that before because I feel like it would be super heavy. So I always take the clips off and I do that with this little tool for my sewing kit. So you take your clip and you just go around to where the string is and you pop the string off okay, so you go through you're gon na. Do that to your hair extensions, get all the clips off all right, I'm not gon na! Do it all here so take the clips off and get your hair ready to go. So the next part is setting up your mirrors. You want one mirror in front of you and then you want one mirror behind you, okay, the mirror behind you. You need to have light, so you can see the back part of your hair. This is from a vanity that I have in my closet, so it has all the lights on it. If you don't have that get one of those floodlights, it's like one of these things, so it has a cord, has a little clamping thing and you can clamp this to your mirror and turn it on, and that will give you the light. You need to be able to see the back of your head. You definitely need light like really really good light, no get back. Now we move on to how to do it. I already have two rows on the bottom of my hair, so I have one the very bottom just a straight line, and then I have another row right above that, so I'm gon na do just the top row for you guys to see one first brush your Hair brush your extensions, if you screw it up, what's the worst that can happen, you just take it out and start again right, not a big deal. So this is like a learning process. Okay, so I have my mirror here on my front, the mirror in the back and make sure I can see I'm going to start just sectioning off like a random part. I'M gon na put this up with the clip. I like to do it, so my lines are going down my hair okay, so that makes sense so down like a crown like that, a little halo on top of your head and you'll know why, in a minute, All right, so the extra hair I just take this clip and just flip it up, and then I can comb it up like this to get a nice view of the line. Okay, then I get everything ready, so I will put my beads on my beader and I've drawn music when I'm doing this or I'll put on netflix on my phone to make the time go by faster. So I got my beader ready to go. Then I'm gon na string, my string, The amount of string is dependent on what section I'm doing since I'm doing like a top section, it's gon na be a big string. I have a lot of left, so I usually do my arm length and I'm gon na make a loop with the string make sure it's super tight and does not come off because you don't want it to come. Unraveled in your hair, hey cut off the excess. So here is my knot: I'm gon na cut kind of close to it, so I don't want that popping out, make sure it's tight, pull it. Okay, that's ready to go. I got my feets ready to go. Okay, let's get it started. So here is the final. What it looks like see how it blends in really really well and yep: that's all you do.