How To Mink Your Hair With Blonde Extensions

Just in case you’re wondering, minking is when you put light-colored extensions such as blonde under your dark hair or dark under blonde. It has been around since the 80’s, and now it’s more popular than ever. Back in the 80’s, people would usually dye their hair to achieve this look. These days most people simply use clip-in hair extensions. This allows you the versatility to change back and forth between looks as often as you like without damaging your hair with harsh chemicals that are contained in dyes.

That’s a broad overview of minking, but exactly how do you get this look? I’m going to assume that you have dark hair. If your hair is blonde, you just need to substitute the light-colored extensions with dark-colored extensions.

You start by purchasing a quality set of clip-in extensions that are much lighter in color than your natural hair. Blonde extensions work best for this application. If you were to choose extensions that are only a couple shades lighter than your hair, it may look like you made an error in judgment. People will just think you had trouble with matching your hair color. It’s important that there’s a lot of contrast between the two colors. You want it to be obvious that your hair is minked.

Now that you have your extensions of choice, you will need to make a few preparations. You will need a large banana clip to hold your hair as you put each weft in. You will also want a comb to divide your hair. Having some hairspray handy is a good idea as well, because you will want to tease the roots of your hair and/or spray hairspray where each weft is to be placed. It’s best to style your extensions prior to clipping them in. Before applying heat, you will want to use a heat protection spray on them. This will reduce damage caused over time as a result of heating real hair. Don’t even think about applying heat to synthetic hair. It will melt.