How Do I Sew in My Own Hair Weave?
(*Note: instructional video now added at the bottom)
Sewing your own weave can be difficult and time consuming. Unless you are
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pretty familiar with doing it yourself, in some cases it may be better to have someone else help you with it. If you choose to do it yourself, there is no need to fear: sewing in your own hair weave is difficult, but not impossible. |
You can do the simple ponytail weave whereby you pull your own hair up into a ponytail and wrap the weave around your ponytail and then secure it with bobby pins.
If you simply prefer to sew the weave, you must start with your hair braided. You can do this one of two ways. You can either
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braid it in cornrows or you can braid it in zigzags. Once the hair is braided, you will sew the weave into the braids. If you’ve ever done weaving of any kind, then you will be a little familiar with how to do it with your hair. |
You use a weaving needle and thread the weave through it. Then you weave, as the word implies, through out the braids. You will want to start on one side and move your way to the other side.
Now, if you are adamant about doing this yourself, there is another option that may be easier than sewing. You can do something called bonding, which is basically gluing tracks of hair to your roots with a special adhesive. While this method is certainly easier to do yourself, it doesn’t last as long as the traditional braid weaving. Where traditional weaving can last for 3-4 weeks, it is recommended that you don’t leave the bonded tracks in for more than 2 weeks. This is because the adhesive can cause severe damage to your own hair.
If you have any specific questions, it is always best to consult your hair stylist. But if you really want to do it yourself, these are the best ways for you to do just that.
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17 responses so far ↓
1 raven // Nov 3, 2007 at 8:39 am
i think you should have videos and pics to help visual people learn this
2 lareasha lambert // Dec 15, 2007 at 7:04 pm
this website is sourcefully but it ineed more specific instructions and pictures to show the person who is interested.
3 Jess // Dec 21, 2007 at 4:32 am
While the information is really helpfull and informative videos and pictures would be more helpful for visualization
4 Mavis Naptali // Dec 21, 2007 at 5:23 pm
pictures would be an advantage. please provide.
5 Anonymous // Jan 16, 2008 at 4:09 pm
You need pictures!
6 Prisca // Jan 25, 2008 at 3:00 pm
People keep asking for pictures. So do I. I come from Holland and I’ve been searching for a website with detailed steps to weave hair. But haven’t found it so far. And the hairsalons are to expensive. Can somebody please help me! The most important thing for me is the front of my head. I don’t want to braid it on the front of my head, maybe relaxing. So any help will be highly appreciated!
7 Tamara // Jan 31, 2008 at 11:44 am
youtube.com has a lot of how to videos on hoew to sew in a weve you can also buy the lessons online but it’s really not hard u just have to practice
8 Andrew // Mar 20, 2008 at 11:11 am
Ok, I can’t get images but I did find a good instructional ‘how-to’ type of video that I’ve now added to the bottom. Enjoy.
Andrew
9 ROCK // Mar 26, 2008 at 5:12 pm
That was pretty hot!
10 Britney // Mar 30, 2008 at 5:00 pm
This Video was very informational but i would like to know how to do sew in instead of glue….
11 yiami // Mar 30, 2008 at 7:59 pm
you did a great job it reminds me of keyshia coles hairstyle,uhhh yea im opening my own beauty shop and i need a little help with my sew ins so i was wondering if you could post a video on swing in weave.
Good bye,
yiami
12 ellie11 // May 3, 2008 at 7:18 pm
13 C`A`JEWEL // May 4, 2008 at 12:32 am
The video was very helpful but she did not show how she closed at the top
14 kiki // Jun 29, 2008 at 11:55 am
15 Anonymous // Jul 20, 2008 at 4:13 pm
i just need help with not making the middle show…
16 Blackbeauty // Dec 11, 2008 at 1:08 am
That was really helpful, but what I wanted to know is how you close the top of the head
Don’t go cutting open the top of your head in the first place…
Andrew
17 TresJolie // Jan 1, 2009 at 2:08 am
That hairstyle was hot! I want to do a Rihanna look but I’m not trying to chop all my hair just to satisfy my need to change my look every month so that gave me an idea, thanks! However, I’m a beginner and I’m not quite sure what happened between the platinum blonde tracks and the deep wave tracks
Also, do you have any videos on how to do undetectable closures for sew-ins?
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