How To Remove, Clean And Reuse Tape-In Hair Extensions Yourself

Hi everyone and welcome to Blondie and the Boys.. Today we are going to go over how to remove your extensions, how to clean them and how to prep them for your hair dresser, so that next time you go they'll love you because you've done the dirty work.. Your gon na get a little gooey, but it'll save you some money.. So let's get started.. What you'll need is coconut oil.. I started using coconut oil because it's healthy for your hair it'll, give you a nice condition, while your at it it will get a little greasy but hey! You know what it's better than using chemicals right And you can buy this giant tub at Costco.. You can get the stuff that's in liquid form, but it is more expensive.. This is a better way to go.. So if you do that, then you get a measuring cup, put it in the microwave and then pour it into a peri bottle or any sort of squirt bottle that has a nozzle'cuz you're going to just go along the root.. In addition, if you want, you can try using some baking soda if you have, if the extensions end up being a little bit to greasy, and you can't quite get all the coconut oil out of this will help that out of there for you. Alright. So, let's get to it. Alright, so start with one section here: grab it put some just a little bit of coconut oil right at the base. Ooop there it goes. It took a sec., Alright, so just massage in a little bit and start very gently, peeling. You're Going to want to make sure you're not pulling out your hair or any um or ripping the extension.. As you can see, I'm working my fingers in there trying to keep the tape to come off with the extension. Looks like I'm pulling harder than I am actually.. Just working, though, making sure I don't feel any hair pull out and getting that glue to come off with the extension and there you go. And the bottom part same thing. I grab that tape and not the hair, and it should just slide out. Now you're going to have some residue in there totally normal and some hair build up.. So just work your fingers through just get that excess glue or the excess tape off there. And then very carefully with a comb that you don't like too much. ( laugh, ) um, just pull those little bits. Out. Now you are going to have hair fall out. Don'T freak out it's your normal shedding process.! Normally you shed your hair and you brush it out right All that extra hair is stuck in the tape, so don't be alarmed it's okay. You just want to make sure, obviously you're not pulling out any hair that still attached to your head., And here we go again a little coconut oil, massage that in carefully find the edge. They are kind of like to velcro pieces. So that's what I kinda think anyways. Get your fingers in there feel for the tape and try to pull that off. Very gently just working along., Never holding at the ends always going to the centre where you know the closest to where you're pulling there. And one last hair there we go.. As you can see, I desperately need my roots done.. I take mine out every six weeks. Um, because that's when I get my highlights done so that's my rotation., You could leave it longer. Again with my hair. I have quite thin hair, so I I need to do it a little more often because otherwise it will show through at the top. So it's not a great look. And comb the excess out very carefully.. Doesn'T that look wonderful, Nice, greasy hair ( laugh ), wonderful, Alright! This is really getting personal, though, isn't it guys? I must love you to show you this. Alright, and at this point I usually go and take my extensions out in the bathtub, so um just'cuz well uh. I dunno you might as well. Your skin gets all nice and coconutty. So at this point, you're going to take them all out, wash your own hair.. It will take you a couple times to wash that coconut oil out. You can leave it on and have a nice conditioning treatment if you like, or you can just wash it out. You'll, probably have to wash it out three or four times and condition to get it out of there.. You'Ll feel great and your scalp will love it, And then we go on to the cleaning part.. This is where it gets a little more messy, so be prepared, Take the edge of the tape just with your nail scrape away at in and try to get it off in one piece. If you can., It just makes it a little bit less horrible.. Now, if there is some sticky residue left on it, don't worry to much it's not a problem.. You don't you're going to put tape on it again anyway, so you know that's not a big concern. Just get the bulk of it off as best you can.. Don'T put more coconut oil on it to get it off., You don't want to do that because you do want them to remain sticky. You're not going to want them to be all greasy or too ( laugh ) well too, clean in a way. That sounds really weird, But um you just still want them to remain sticky a little bit on the sticky side.. This one, of course, is giving me a hard time because I'm showing you so you know why not be a pain., Alright, so you're going to want to keep your two pieces together at all times, so that the tape the sticky residue doesn't get on the hair'cuz. That'S a bit of a pain. And then you're just going to take a shampoo, preferably a clarifying shampoo and just gently, rub that through washing your extension again just trying to keep the top together, focusing on the part that you have to coconut oil on.. Hopefully ya. Just use the coconut oil as sparingly as possible enough to gently remove it, but also you know not so much that you've completely saturated your extension, because it is a pain to get out., But it leaves them really healthy.. I mean I actually use my extensions, probably at least five times, if not more, depending on the quality of the extension.. I'Ve got some really fantastic ones right now, so I'm kinda, loving them., Oh here, I'm putting on some baking soda just to show you if you want.. Actually, I put a little bit to much on there, but um just it'll soak up the oils and counteract any oily bits. And keeping the ends together so that you don't get any stickiness on the rest of your hair and they stay together with their mate.. So I just let them air dry and just lay them out on a towel.. I usually leave them overnight and them give them a blow dry, the next day or whenever I feel like doing it., And then you are ready to re-tape.. So take one side, get your roll of tape and you just stick it to the ends: carefully., Just matching it up as best you can and then cutting it. Again. The other side stick on the tape on to the sticky side. Make sure you don't make that mistake, ( laugh ), It's been done, before. Cut it and then put it back together. So they are in pairs and voila. You have a beautiful ready to go extension. Alright. So I hope you've enjoyed this video and you found it. Informative and feel confident that you can do it yourself.. You can take out your extensions by yourself clean them and have them all prepped for your next appointment.. So if you have any questions, feel free to leave them below and I'm happy to answer them. And of course my kids would kill me if I didn't say this. Apparently, I'm supposed to say this all the time if you'd like to keep updated with any latest videos hit that subscribe button below. Also come visit us at blondieandtheboys.com and see what's going on on the blog and of course you can find us on instagam.. As always just trying to keep it cute in the chaos. Love, you guys See you next time. }