Long Feather Hair Extension (brown/black)

After my experience with my short feather extensions, I really wanted to try longer hair extensions. I was browsing Ulta one day and in their sale rack, they had tons of these long feather extensions. They were cheap so I just had to get one!

So this product was only $2.99, which is super cheap for ULTA. In fact, I would say these are cheap even by ebay standards. What I also like about them is that they have a piece of synthetic black hair attached that wraps around so it looks like a rope and it goes down to the bead where the feather is. So it looks like you have a piece of hair integrated with the feather. It's pretty cool.

It's actually longer than my real hair so I tend to wear it with extensions. It's a nice long length. In the picture, I'm wearing it with my short hair extension set.

Braided Hair Headband

Now I absolutely love this headband. It makes a simple look very classy and it makes it look like I put more effort in than I actually did into my appearance. I got this from ebay, I don't remember who the seller was. I don't remember exactly how much I paid for this but I do know it was cheap, under $2 most definitely.

Now, it is synthetic hair so it does look very shiny, but it blends just fine with mine. It's not so overly obvious that it is fake. Another downside is that these headbands have a limited variation of colors. My hair is easy to match with because it is jet black (#01) and most synthetic black is the same color. The other colors, I believe, are dark brown, light brown, and blonde. I don't know the exact shade of the colors and most sellers don't say so on their page, which makes it harder to match it to your hair. You will just have to guess from the picture if the color will match your hair or not. Quite risky, I know, but at least the risk comes at a low price?

Just get your hair to go over the sides of it and it should blend right in!

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Update!

Seller: fttattoo-us
Price: $1.89

Short Feather Hair Extensions

So this nice set of feather extensions, I actually got for free as part of a Christmas deal along with my 15 inch hair extension set. It did not come like this though.

Purchased from: hairextensionsale

Stated Price: $19.99

price I paid: $0

Includes: 6 feathers (pink, brown, blue, red, orange, purple) and a pack of micro rings.

The clips did not come with it. I have these clips from my extensions when I combined some of the pieces, which warranted taking out the clips on a few pieces. I still have a lot left over in terms of these black clips. Now here is how I modified these to become clip ins.

I bought a whole lot of tiny black rubber bands from the dollar store. They are so small and that is what I used there. I cut two of them in half and looped them through the holes of the clip. Then lined them up with the feather and used the micro ring to attach them together. This was a pretty simple task to do. It turned out quite nicely.

I usually like to wear two at a time, one on top of the other. It looks nicer to me than just having one. They are good sized feathers and very visible, especially against black hair.

Green Hair Extensions

Length: 22 inches
Texture: straight
Color: neon green
Material/type: Synthetic
Price: $1.50 (per piece)
Purchased from: ebay


I bought this a long time ago. I don't remember who the seller is. Supposedly, this type of synthetic hair can be curled or straightened at low heat but I have yet to try it. I like to keep my hair straight anyway and the good thing about straight synthetic hair extensions is that they stay pin straight all the time. The color is very bright and vibrant. They are extremely shiny and obviously synthetic, but it's more of just a pop of color piece for me so I'm not so much worried about that. After all, I'm not trying to make it look natural. It's green.

In the above picture, I'm wearing it with my short hair extensions set. As you can see, it is a lot longer than that hair. It really pops amid the black. I wear it more with the long hair set just because it is the same length. Sometimes, I wear it as a pop of color at the bottom of my hair, underneath all my extensions.

NuMe Couture

Features & Specifications

• *100% tourmaline-infused ceramic plates
• *Precision-engineered, 1 1/3-inch floating plates
• *Temperature control from 140°F t 410°F
• *Tourmaline-infused heating elements
• *600% more negative ion technology
• *Infrared heat technology
• *Rounded barrels with floating plates
• *Ergonomic design
• *Salon-style swivel power cord
• *Heats up within 6-10 seconds
• *Versatile
• *Dual voltage 110v-240v (50-60Hz)
• *Power: 45w (USA) and 25w (Canada)

Purchased from: NuMe

Stated Price: $155

Price I paid: $35 + $12 (shipping)

I got the couture in black. I just wanted a good straightener that has temperature controls with smaller plates and is strictly for dry hair. I didn't want to spend that much but I still wanted a good straightener that I can use on my hair. I originally wanted the petite straightener, but they didn't have it in stock and I wasn't willing to wait for it to go back in stock (I'm impatient). Also, the company is slow with email replies. They reply much faster on their facebook page.

I like this straightener a lot. I like how big the range for the temperature is, so I can straighten my extensions at lower temperatures to reduce the damage I do to them. It's not as small as I hoped but it is small enough. It works very well in straightening my hair when it's dry, which is quite a feat as it is. However, the temperature is adjusted by a dial instead of a digital adjuster so you kind of just have to guess or estimate what temperature you are on the dial. I don't know yet but I've been thinking of buying the petite. Having a straightener with less than 1 inch plates would be nice.

NuMe 4play

Yes, I know it sounds dirty, but it's legit.

Features & Specifications

• *Temperature control ranging from 140°F to 410°F (210°C)
• *4 chip-free, tourmaline-infused ceramic wands (19mm, 25mm, 32mm, and Mini Reverse 9mm to 18mm)
• *Infrared heat technology
• *Negative ion technology
• *Ergonomic design
• *Dual voltage
• *A variety of size choices to create the most versatile curls and/or waves
• *Heat-resistant glove included

Purchased from: NuMe
Stated price: $199 $179
Price I paid: $79 + $12 (shipping)











I paid a lot for this set. This was a big splurge for me and the most expensive hair styling tool I have ever bought. Parting with this much money for a single item was almost painful, but I still think it worth it. Now, I've owned a lot of cheap curling irons before just because I'm such a cheap person. They never really curled my hair and after curling with lots of hairspray, they would fall out within 20 minutes. It was very disappointing. However, I never could justify buying such an expensive curling iron before, but my family members changed my mind. You definitely get what you pay for.

Now this 4play is pretty pricey, but it's like you get four curling irons in one. You can have a variety of sizes and the tiny 9mm to 18mm mini reverse is quite an interesting little gadget. Of course, I had to put it to the test. My friend, who has pin straight Asian hair, reports having hair that does not hold a curl and even with lots of hair spray, does not stay. She says the only time her hair stayed in curls was when a professional did it for a wedding but even then, it had fallen out by then end of the night. She had such long hair so I found her to be the perfect candidate in putting this curling wand to the test.

I chose to use the 9mm to 18mm series. I did her hair myself. I did not use any hairspray because I wanted to see the ability of this curling iron on its own. The left picture is the hair right after I had curled it. Then my friend put her hair in a bun and slept in a bun overnight. The right picture is her hair the next day.

I'd say it worked pretty well and she thinks so too.

NuMe Wet-to-Dry Straightener

Features & Specifications

• Precision-engineered, floating 1.75-inch plates
• Tourmaline-infused ceramic technology
• Tourmaline-infused heating elements
• Salon-style swivel power cord
• Ability to dry, straighten, and flip hair
• Innovative system that safely releases moisture through specially-designed steam ventilation
• Channel and vent drying system
• Dual voltage 110v-240v (50-60Hz)
• Power: 45w (USA) and 25w (Canada)

Purchased from: NuMe
Posted Price: $155
Price I paid: $50

I happened upon the NuMe site when I saw a pretty good deal for a voucher. I was looking for a new straightener, preferably wet to dry, because my cheap straightener just did not do the job. My hair is wavy/curly and very resistant to heat. I needed something much stronger. I checked out the website and the positive comments really appealed to me. The site happened to be having a Christmas special in which they offered this straighter plus a bottle of their argan oil for $50. It was such a good deal! I didn't actually want the argan oil but I gave it to my mother as a gift. It was actually a pretty expensive bottle on its own so I thought it would be a good gift. She loved it.

Anyway, about the straightener, I got the Wet-To-Dry in black. At 1.75 inches, it is a pretty large straightener. It's harder to use with short hair. You cannot adjust the temperature. It is at a constant 410 F. If your hair is dry or gets damaged easily, I do not recommend this at all. But for me, it was perfect. It dries my hair to a kind of straight that I have never had before. You would almost think I had naturally straight hair! And the straight hair will last until the next shower. It was wonderful. Still currently my favorite straightener.

Long Hair Set

So this set of hair is pretty large. It is actually made up of 3 different sets. It was really hard making long hair thick enough to my liking just because the ends get so thin. Longer hair needs to be more grams to look as thick as short hair that is maybe only 100g or so. Not to mention long hair is pretty expensive. I really had to hunt for those cheap deals. So here is information on the original sets:

Original Sets
Length: 22 inches
Weight: 110 grams
Texture: Straight
Color: #01
Material/type: Remy Human Hair
Price: $27.74
Purchased from: greatlength

Length: 24 inches
Weight: 120 grams
Texture: Straight
Color: Ordered #1B but got #02
Material/type: Remy Human Hair
Price: $35.99
Purchased from: dohairx

Length: 24 inches
Weight: 120 grams
Texture: Straight
Color: Ordered #1B but got #01
Material/type: Remy Human Hair
Price: $35.02
Purchased from: dohairx

As you can see, this is quite a large set. But the reason I bought so much is because the ends of these long hair sets are so thin that it doesn't look good. So I found that I had to buy more sets to make the ends look thicker to be the way I want. That's the downside with ebay hair, the ends are so thin even though the top can be thick. They kind of try to cheat the system by saying the hair is a certain weight but it is actually the package weight and not just the hair weight. Not all the strands go down to the length that is stated, probably only like 25% is actually of full length.

So I did modify the hair to my liking and here is the set now:

Length: 20-21 inches
Weight: unknown (maybe around 300g?)
Pieces: 8 pieces
Texture: Straight
Color: #01
Material/type: Remy Human Hair

As you can see, I did quite a bit of modification. I managed to bring all three sets down to a combined total of 8 pieces, making all these pieces quite thick compared to other pieces of this length. I trimmed them also to make the ends look nice and thick instead of thin and ugly. The 22 inch set was actually not so bad so I did not have to trim it by very much. The 24 inch sets were just so thin at the ends that I went ahead and trimmed them to the length that I trimmed the 22 inch set to. So now, they are all the same length. Two of the sets were already #01, which saved me some hair dye. I did like the #02 set at first just because the brown contrasted with the jet black. I used to wear the brown at the bottom then all the black on top of it so it peeped out underneath. However, I did eventually get sick of it and dyed it to jet black to match all the others.

Here are the few pieces of this set:

One 9 inch piece with 4 clips

Two 8 inch pieces with 4 clips

Five 6 inch pieces with 3 clips


















With all this hair, I won't have to buy anymore for quite a while. Not that I would want to. The total amount I spent on this set is $98.75 (but still cheaper than my short set). I don't normally wear these on their own just because they don't have any small side pieces to make it blend better with my hair. I usually wear it with my medium hair set to create a layered look. Haha surprising that I have enough space for all of it. I must have a pretty big head then. So here are some pictures with the extensions in:

As you can see, it's very thick. It's a lot of pieces but it creates a really nice look. You can sort of see where my hair stops. I tried to make it more obvious so you can see where my real hair stops and where the extensions start.

Wearing them in these pictures along with my medium hair set, some pieces of the short hair set, and the top piece. I love big, thick hair!

Medium Hair Set

So this is my medium hair set. I name it such because I really have only 3 lengths of hair extensions, so I just named them short, medium, or long so I can differentiate between them and it gives me a way of organizing them in their containers. Anyway, I made modifications to this set too so here is the info on the original set:

Original Set
Length: 20 inches
Weight: 160 grams
Pieces: 10 pieces
Texture: Straight
Color: #01
Material/type: Remy Human Hair
Price: $48.60
Purchased from: ebay (I don't remember the seller)

I really loved this set. It is nice and thick and I did not have to buy another set to satisfy my thick hair desire, which is surprising. It is nice and soft, softer than the other sets for some reason. I did make a few modifications though with trimming the ends for a thicker look and combining the pieces. So here what the set it is like now:

Length: 18/19 inches
Weight: unknown (150g?)
Pieces: 5 pieces
Texture: Straight
Color: #01
Material/type: Remy Human Hair

As you can see, I've cut down the number of pieces by half. Therefore, each piece is very thick. It leaves room for my head to maybe layer it with the short hair set for a thick medium hair style or with the long hair set for a super thick look. So here are the separate pieces of this set:

Two 1.5 inch pieces with 1 clip

Two 4 inch pieces with 2 clips

One 6 inch piece with 3 clips

One 8 inch piece with 4 clips


















So very few pieces but very thick hair. I don't normally wear this set on its own. It is usually worn with the other sets to create a layered look to blend it better with my own hair. Although with the top piece, I don't really have to try very hard to blend at all.

As you can see, it's quite a nice thickness already. However, it's not thick enough for me, which is why I wear multiple sets. I made my short hair quite obvious so you can see where my real hair stops and where the extensions start.

Short Hair Set

My short hair set is actually a combination of two sets of hair. I wanted my hair to be thick so I bought two sets. Since I bought the sets, I've done a lot of modifications to them to make them work better for me. But here is some of the original information before my modifications.

Original Set (this is per set)


Length: 15 inches
Weight: 70g - 80g
Pieces: 7 pieces
Texture: Straight
Color: #1B
Material/type: remy human hair
Price: $49.95
Purchased from: Hair Extension Sale


Keep in mind, I bought two sets. So my total expense was $99.90 for 140g-160g and 14 pieces of 15inch hair. As nice and thick as it is, it is just way too expensive to get more. And this is only for 15 inches of hair! That's not exactly very long. The price just deterred me from purchasing from there again. And the price doesn't include shipping, so you have to pay extra for shipping. Although I did get a small discount when I purchased them, and they came with a free set of short feather extensions, I still paid about $100 for everything. That, to me, was just way too much.


Since then, I have made a lot of modifications to the set because there were still a lot of things I didn't like about it. It did not match the color of my hair, so I had to dye it darker to a jet black. The ends were very thin and it just did not blend well with the blunt ends of my own hair. I trimmed it to make it look thicker and blend better. I have a bob so my ends are quite thick and blunt. Also, I thought 14 pieces were just way too much and it's uncomfortable having so many clips on your head. This was my very first set so I wasn't used to having so many clips in. I ended up combining some of the pieces because the single pieces were just thin and it didn't make sense to have such thin pieces. So after all these modifications, the set was quite different from what it was before. Here is the set now:

Current set


Length: 14 inches
Weight: unknown (about 140g?)
Pieces: 7 pieces
Texture: Straight
Color: #01
Material/type: Remy human hair

One 9 inch piece with 4 clips

Two 6 inch pieces with 3 clips each

Two 4 inch pieces with 2 clips each




















Two 2 inch pieces with 1 clip each



















So I've made it quite a thick set in just a few pieces. To be honest, I like it that way. Not only does it have more hair in less pieces, but it lets me have more space on my head to put on more hair extensions! I just love having super thick hair but who doesn't?

As you can see, it isn't very long but it is quite thick. I made where my hair ends obvious so you can see where my hair stops and where the extensions start.

Hair Tie Ponytail

Hair Tie Ponytail

Color: Black
Type: Synthetic
Length: About 24"

Bought from: ebay
Seller: sg3global
Price: $3.31 + free shipping

Now I'm not a fan of wavy/curly extensions just because it's hard to match my real hair. I find it easier to straighten my hair than curl it to match the curliness of the extensions and for wavy extensions, my real hair is wavier and frizzier than the hair. I don't have such pretty waves like my extensions.

The pro of this is that I can keep my hair straight and just put it in a ponytail and attach this to it. It is a tie around type of extension so you have to attach it to your ponytail and tie the ribbon around it and make a nice bow to keep it together.

The cons is that, being synthetic hair and also curly, it tangles so terribly. I do mean terribly. I guess I got what I paid for. It is kind of shiny so like I said before, looks more natural in dim and cloudy settings. In harsh sunlight, the difference is obvious. It doesn't stay in as well as the claw clip type. I probably would not buy this again. It isn't really that great. I might go ahead and buy the claw clip type of this. Anyway, here are some pictures.

Before:

After:

It's long though, which is good. But it's probably not something I would ever get again.

Hair Ponytail Clip

Hair ponytail Clip

Color: Black
Type: Synthetic
Length: about 24"

Bought from: ebay
Price: about $8

For a synthetic hair purchase, I actually like this one a lot. I would get human hair if I could but I can't afford it. Human hair ponytails are actually pretty expensive.

I don't actually have the seller saved for this (I should really start to archive all my purchases. I don't buy much anyway). But I do remember the package coming very quickly. It's always nice to receive something ahead of schedule. Anyway, I bought this because my tiny ponytail nub just doesn't look as nice as a long ponytail. Plus, an updo type of extension will add some variety to the types of long hair I can have.

Anyway, the pros of this item. It is so much cheaper than its human hair counterpart. It's a claw type clip so it looks like a thicker and fuller than the wrap around ones with the ribbon. It's pretty thick and extremely long.

Cons: synthetic and all the cons that normally go with synthetic hair. So it tangles much more than real hair but it does tangle less compared to the really cheap synthetic hair I had before that I bought for like a dollar. It is shiny. The harsh sunlight especially shows the shinyness and the difference between the synthetic hair and my hair. In dim or cloudy settings, it is not as noticeable.

Before

 After

It's quite pretty and I like it. I might buy another one so I can have pigtails :)