I've always had semi-long hair. But it's hard to get it long without it being dead. I usually grow it long in the winter, and then cut off the dead hair in the summer. This summer I didn't get a chance to cut my hair, but it got fried in an over chlor
inated pool in May. I wanted to cut the hair off but really wanted my hair to stay long. I heard about clip in hair extensions on youtube years ago - prior to that you had to get extensions glued/bonded/woven into your hair which was damaging, and it'd have to be redone once your hair grew out.
I decided to look into the clip in hair extensions. I didn't have the money to buy any all summer, since the job situation was baaaad =( . But I researched. I found all the popular ones: Foxy Locks, Hello Gorgeous, EuroNext from Sally's, Luxy, Pro Extensions ...and that's all I can remember.
I watched youtube videos on what people thought of them. I watched mostly black girls' videos since their hair is more like mine, since it's coarse and would need to be ironed out to blend into the extensions. I didn't want super baby soft fine extensions because my hair is nowhere near that. Pro Extensions looked very thin, although their legnth was good and so was the price. But they were a consideration. I actually almost bought them despite this fact. Foxy locks was also a good brand based on the reviews I watched. They were more than what I wanted to spend though. Hello Gorgeous had the thickest ones, so I heard but they cost more money. I didn't hear good things about EuroNext that you get from Sally's, so I nixed that one right off the boat.
Finally I was able to afford them so after months of research and thought, I decided to go with Luxy hair extensions. They had great reviews, I only saw 2 bad ones. The rest were all great. They seemed popular. The girls that run it, Leyla and M
imi are two sisters from Toronto and they do hair tutorials on their youtube channel. They show how to put the extensions in (although many other videos will show you this) but it seems like they really care about their product. I ordered mine on a Sunday evening, they shipped first thing Monday morning, and I got them Thursday afternoon. Shipping was free. It's also free for ProExtensions.
I opened the package and the hair was so soft and healthy feeling. Its real hair, not synthetic barbie type hair. It feels like its coated with something but maybe thats just how regular hair should feel. Mine is so thick, dry and coarse, I really don't know WHAT normal hair is supposed to feel like. lol
This is what the packaging looks like. I got the 1B - off black color.
I was so tired Thursday night, since I had school and band rehearsal every night so far, I was planning on doing them Friday. I had also been sick for a week. Still am not 100% yet. On Friday I was feeling crappy but I decided to put them in because I wanted to wear them to a wedding I was supposed to go to Saturday. But its sat now and I didnt feel good enough to drive up to the wedding and sit there. I'm in bed as I'm typing this! After my cousin called to tell me that they condemned his building that he was renting and his landlord made off with the Oct rent and his security and disappeared, I flat ironed my hair out on the highest setting (don't recommend this unless you have really course hair!). Oh and always use a heat protectant spray too! I made my hair as un-voluminous and as moveable as I could. It still didn't match the texture of the extensions, but I couldn't pull it off if I didn't iron my hair.
My natural hair. I just got it cut pretty short. Ironed. Eek no makeup! Eh whatever... I watched the tutorial on the Luxy youtube channel and clipped the tracks in as shown. It took about 7-8min to do. Not bad. The clips are strong and tight. They don't hurt at all. I feel like there wasn't much room on my head for all the tracks. I guess I have a small head? But I got them all in. They give you 10 pieces: 2 four clip, 2 three clip, 2 two clip and 4 one clips. Once I finally got them all in, it was AWESOME! I had long hair again! Longer than what it was before I cut it. It went down past my boobs. I'm 5'8'', so that's pretty long.
Extensions in. My real hair is still pretty voluminous even after ironing the hell out of it (top of head). Oh well... It kind of looks like Scene Hair. But the hair in front of my shoulders isn't all of it. Theres more on my back! Its really alot of hair! As for the color blend, I got off black and my hair I always considered to be ''almost black''. Its a tiny bit off. The extensions are a little darker than my natural color, but I definitely think the Dark Brown color was way too light. Dark brown is a large range of shades and its nowhere near my shade. I'm definitely closer to black on the color wheel. In this picture, the flash obviously lights up my hair when I took the picture. Normally, there won't be flashes of bright light around me. I'd wear the extensions out at night or to a concert that I am in, or go see, special events, holidays (only if there are NON SMOKERS there!) I'm not gonna have these things getting all smoked up from secondhand smoke like my normal hair does. I febreze my hair but i'm not gonna febreze these! I'd have to wash them,and washing will shorten the life of them. They do need to be washed, but not as often as your own hair. I dont' plan to heat style these. I will use flexi rods to curl in advance so that should prolong the life of them. I don't know what the money situation will be in the future so Iwant them to last. I would definitely get them again! As far as whether or not they'll be Luxy depends on how these extensions weather the storm. Some of the girls wore them everyday for months. I'll be damned if i'm gonna get up early to put that in my hair before I go to the job du jour! Hell no! I get up, shower and go. So it's only for nights out like I said before. Hopefully they'll last long. I really do like to be able to have shoulder length hair sometimes, and boob length hair other times. Plus its really glamorous. Alot of celebs have extensions, like Kim Kardashian. I always loved her hair. Lots of models and singers do too. I'm very into hollywood glamour. I feel like its very superficial but I just love getting all done up, in fake eyelashes, dramatic makeup, hair extensions, accessories, nice clothes and shoes. *shrug*. Thats just me. What can I say? Except I'm poor! lol
Enough babbling... this is how thick the hair is. My hand is open pretty wide as you can see there. Its 2x as much hair as I have normally!
From the front. 
Just another shot. Oops, forgot to fix the red eye. Obviously, time will tell how the Luxy brand holds up, but so far, I love them. And extensions in general. Definitely will become a regular user. Putting them in was so easy. So was taking them out. And if you're looking for extensions, it really depends on how much you want to spend, and your hair type. I think Pro Extensions are kind of thin looking, and some people have said if you have thick hair, they're not for you. But if you have thin hair, maybe they are! They also have 24'' hair which is longer than the others. Foxy locks and Hello Gorgeous got good reviews too, but were more pricey. Definitely check them out. If this helped anyone, great! If not, I wanted to put my 2 cents out in the web world. I don't feel like making a video. This is good enough.
For more info on Luxy hair extensions, go to www.luxyhair.com
