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15 Protective Hairstyles With Clip in Hair Extensions to Save Short Transitioning Hair

by CURLS QUEEN

Transitioning from relaxed hair to a natural texture is a long journey that requires time, care, patience, and managing tips for different hair textures. One of the most frustrating parts is when your hair doesn't behave as expected while blending new growth with your existing hair. Some people with natural hair opt for the big chop, but that’s an irreversible change that requires preparation and bravery. If you choose to transition gradually, there are 15 easy-to-do protective hairstyles with clip in extensions for short transitioning hair in various textures. Whether you have 2b/2c loose curls, 3a/3b spiral curls, or tighter curls from 3c to 4d, you can rock them with ease using the matching textured curly clip ins.

High Afro Puff   with Kinky Coily Clip Ins

Protective Styles for Natural Hair Transitioning with Curly Clip-ins

Materials you need:

  • One bundle of Tight Afro Coily clip ins (5-10 pcs)depending on how thick you want puff be
  • A wide toothed comb
  • Leave in conditioner
  • Gel

Step by Step Tutorial to create Afro puff hairstyles with clip in extensions 

  • Wash and deep condition your natural hair.
  • Find the middle of the top of your head and make a tiny circle part on the top.
  • Add the curly clip ins in the back and the front of the middle part and make sure they are in the right place.
  • Part a larger circular part around the middle part you’ve made and add the short clip ins again. Repeat the step so that your puff will be full enough.
  • Put some gel on your natural hair closing to the root.
  • Shape your hair into the puff and tie them up.
  • Tuck the fly-aways in to make a more natural look.

Butterfly Locs with Clip in Dreadlocks

curly clip in dreadlocks for short transitioning hair

Tools to prepare:

  • One set of curly clip ins or  clip in dreadlocks matching your natural hair texture
  • Moisturizer
  • Scalp oil
  • Gel

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Loc Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

  • Wash and air dry your natural hair as well as clip in hair extensions
  • Section your natural hair into parallel rows in horizontal and vertical directions and twist them into locs row by row.
  • Moisturize the roots and add the scalp oil to make your scalp healthy.
  • Secure the clip-ins and separate each weft into strands.
  • Twist every strand into locs and curl the ends with gel.
  • Put the upper part of your natural hair into ponytail and add the twisted clip in extensions layer by layer from the bottom to the top.
  • Cover the tracks with natural hair in the top middle part of your head.

Natural Afro Hair with Tight Curly Clip Ins

Protective Styles for Natural Hair Transitioning with Curly Clip-ins

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Natural Afro Curly Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

Take an overall shower and blow out your natural hair to get rid of any dirt. Brush your hair thoroughly from top to the bottom. Because scalp grease or dirt would result in the hair extension loose and fallen.

Section your hair into layers and clip the rest on the top of your head which is conducive to installing the clip in hair extensions in case of getting the extra hair sandwiched in between. Each section you put the clip need be combed and sprayed. Fix the clips with an anchor in case of slipping out. Where the anchors will be depend on your hair texture, but they should scattered evenly around the sides and back of the head.

Take your clip-in hair extension weft out and open the the clips. Insert them over your sectioned hair and gently slide them on. Press the clips to keep them in place when they are properly merged with your natural hair.

Repeat last step until you get the volume you want and the clipped areas are properly covered.

When you finish adding all of your clip in hair, gently comb your hair and take the gel to the roots to lay it down.

Rake your hair strands by strands and apply oil to your hair.

Repeat until the full head is moisturized and warp your head with satin scarf or bonnet.

Dry out your hair and unwrap the hair then you can get well-defined curls.

Half Up Half Down with Kinky Curly Clip Ins

Protective Styles for Natural Hair Transitioning with Curly Clip-ins

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Curly Half up Half Down Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

Wash, shampoo,and condition your clip in extensions before using them.

Section your natural hair into 2 parts in horizontal direction and leave out some hair from ear to ear in both sides to cover the lash tracks on the top.

Secure the front part and leave-out part on the top and add some oil on the ends.

Detangle your natural hair with brush or wide tooth comb.

Make the lower part hair into flat twists and make them as flat as possible.

Fix the twists at the bottom and clip them at the back of your head with bobby pins.

Apply the clip ins to your natural hair and release the leave-out.

Add some oil on the leave out and twirl them to blend with natural hair.

Release the front part and spray some water on it. Detangle your hair with wide tooth comb and slick them down with gel.

Make the front side of your hair into bun and apply short clip ins around it. Clip the long weft upwards around the bun from top to bottom and take a piece of hair to wrap it around.

Half Up Half Down with Bangs Using Water Curly Clip Ins

curly clip ins for short transitioning hair

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Water Curly Half up Half Down Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

Section your natural hair from ear to ear and make the lower part of your hair into twists while fixing the upper part into bun.

Add some scalp oil into the twists and section apart a strand of twist in the middle from ear to ear.

Divide the upper part into 3 sections in the vertical direction and tie the left and the right parts together to make them into a small bun.

Attach the kinky curly clip ins hair into the twists and wrap the bun with some extension pieces.

Untie the middle twist and apply some curling gel on it to blend it with the extensions attached in the bottom.

Apply the short pieces to the front side of the bun and trim them into appropriate length as your bangs.

Cover the tracks with the middle strand that you left.

Half Up Space Buns with Water Jerry Curly Clip Ins

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Half up Space Buns Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

curly clip ins for short transitioning hair

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Space Bun Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

Wash and condition the  water jerry curly clip ins extensions before using them.

Part your natural hair in the horizontal way from ear to ear to comb out the upper and lower parts and leave out a thin layer in the middle so as to cover the tracks.

Divide the upper part into 2 parts and make them into small buns in both sides.

Tie up the small buns with rubber bands and braid the lower part into several cornrows.

Crochet the ends into the braids and apply the curly clip in extensions from the bottom to the top along the braids.

Untie the middle thin layer and apply some gels to make them blend well with lower clip ins. Twist the thin layer with clip in hair along the edge and mix them together.

Insert short pieces of clip-ins into the upper buns and wrap the pieces around the buns. Cover the tracks and fix the pieces with some bobby pins.

Headband High Puff with Afro Kinky Curly Clip-ins

curly clip ins for short transitioning hair

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Headband High Puff Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

  • Wash and apply leave-in conditioner on your natural hair to define your curls.
  • Section your natural hair into upper and lower parts. Fix the upper part and braid the lower part as you want.
  • Attach pieces of clip in hair wefts into the braids and you can cut the long wefts into short ones to apply flexibly.
  • Release the front section and apply some eco-styler around your head.
  • Brush out your hair together for a moisturized look and pull all of your hair up to the top of your head then tie them up with scrunchie. Wrapping your hair not too tight will make your scalp more comfortable.
  • Put on the headband and apply some edge control to keep your edges healthy.

High Puff with Bangs Using Water Kinky Curly Clip-Ins

curly clip ins for short transitioning hair

Step by Step Tutorial to Create High Puff with Bangs Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

Apply some eco-styler gel on your natural hair and brush all around to make your natural hair as sleek as possible.

Make your hair into a high small bun and secure it with a hairband.

Brush your edge with edge control and cover it with scarf.

Clip the extension pieces around the bun and add volume until you are satisfied.

Wrap the roots of the puff around with the ends of extension pieces to cover the tracks.

Take one piece of clip in hair extensions and install it underneath the puff. To make the bangs thicker, you can apply layer by layer and take a strand of the extensions to wrap around your puff so as to conceal the tracks again.

You can have a trim to make the bangs shorter so that they won’t obscure your vision.

Apply a little bit curling cream to define the curls and the bangs will be more natural.

High Bun With Front Pieces Using Afro Kinky Curly Clip Ins

curly clip ins for short transitioning hair

Step by Step Tutorial to Create High Bun With Front Pieces Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

  • Apply your eco-styler gel around the perimeter of your natural hair and brush out your edges a little bit.
  • Put some edge control around the front perimeter, leave two little sideburn pieces out and brush all your hair up to make a small bun.
  • Install the short CurlsQueen clip in hair extensions around the bun and cut the long wefts into short pieces to increase the volume.
  • Wrap the short curly clip ins hair extensions around the bun and hide the tracks with strands of clip in pieces.
  • Comb the two front pieces down and define the two strands of curls with curling jam.

High Puff With Two Strand Braids  in the Front

Protective Styles for Natural Hair Transitioning with Curly Clip-ins

Step by Step Tutorial to Create High Bun With Two Strand Braids Front Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

  • Leave two strands of hair in each side in the front side your head and twist them after applying twisting cream.
  • Brush all your hair up, twist them into a bun, and insert the curly clip in hair extensions into the bun.
  • Wrap the roots of your bun around with a strands of clip in extensions to conceal the tracks.
  • Tie up the clip in hair with rubber band from the middle of your hair and let the hair strands fall down to form a fluffy look.

Messy Bun with Kinky Coily Clip Ins

curly clip ins for short transitioning hair

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Messy Afro Bun Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

  • Section off your natural hair from the front of your hair and make that into a ponytail.
  • Place the first clip towards the ponytail and snap the clip in extensions into place.
  • Insert the clip ins towards the nape your head and decrease the size as it gets more narrower than the crown of the head when closing to the nape.
  • Take down the ponytail and spray some water to dampen the hair.
  • Apply eco-styler into hair to get a seamless and more sleek look.
  • Put the elastic band around your head and grab it from the back to create an “X” then bring the opposing elastic band over the whole ponytail to create the bun.

Micro Braids With Curly Extensions

Protective Styles for Natural Hair Transitioning with Curly Clip-ins

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Micro Braids Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

  • Wash and condition your natural hair and texture matching curly extensions and allow them to dry overnight.
  • Apply some moisture butter or leave in conditioner on your hair.
  • Place clip in hair extensions properly from the back neck to the top.
  • Divide your natural hair and extensions into several parallel and vertical small areas and prepare to make mini twists.
  • Take the first section of hair and braid it till the hair end.
  • Set braid ends with styling gel to prevent them from loosening.
  • Repeat the step until you finish braids the whole hair over head. 

Space Buns With Curly Clip Ins

Protective Styles for Natural Hair Transitioning with Curly Clip-ins

Step by Step Tutorial to Curly Space Buns Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

  • Make a straight part down the center of your head and split your natural hair into two sections.
  • Put one side up to keep it out of the way and make sure the sizes of the two buns are similar.
  • Apply some eco-styler all around your hair and take soft bristle brush to smooth your hair out.
  • Grab all your hair together and put it into a bun.
  • Get the other side into a small bun as well.
  • Wrap the clip in extension weft on the top of your bun and clip them onto your head.
  • Wrap the hair around and create a bun around the small bun to cover the tracks.
  • To make the bun bigger and get more volume, you can take extra weft of hair extensions and clip it underneath the bun. Wrap it around the same way as previous.
  • Take some bobby pins and pin them right up to secure the ends of the bun.
  • Turn to the other side and add the clip in hair extensions as before.
  • When the buns are secured enough, you can take a little bit of eco-styler gel and lay down your edges a little bit more.
  • If your natural hair is not long enough to gather together in a bun, you can make the short hair into braids and fix the ends into the bun.

Sleek Low Ponytail with Curly Extensions

curly clip ins for short transitioning hair

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Sleek Low Ponytail Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

  • Make your natural hair freshly washed and air dry.
  • Section your natural hair into different areas and make them sleek section by section.
  • Apply the freezing spray on your head to hold your hair in place and when you get everything sleek down, just put your hair in tie.
  • Apply some mousse on top of your front head and spread to lay your edges down.
  • Tie down your front head with silk scarf and let it dry gradually.
  • Make all your natural hair into a bun in the back and attach the clips underneath the bun. Wrap the bun with clip in hair extensions and take a strands to conceal the tracks.

Twist Out Hairstyle With Clip Ins

Protective Styles for Natural Hair Transitioning with Curly Clip-ins

Step by Step Tutorial to Create Natural Twist -out Hairstyles With Clip in Extensions

  • Part your natural hair and attach the clip-in extensions from the bottom.
  • Add some mousse on the extensions and blend them with natural hair.
  • Detangle your hair and smooth it out. Mind not making the extensions fall out.
  • Do regular two-strand twists with your natural hair and extensions then fix the ends with perm rods.
  • Let your hair air dry after twisting all your head and take down the perm rods overnight.

You can experiment with these protective styles to maintain the healthy look. Daily styling and color treatments will damage your natural hair. These options are helpful whether you choose make the chop or grow your hair gradually.

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