6 Best Hair Extensions 2025 for Instantly Longer, Fuller Hair

For the clip-ins mentioned above, hairstylist Marcus Francis instructs that you must “brush all tangles out after each use.” Wearing your straight extensions curly? Make sure you brush out the curls before starting a new style. If you’re working with straight extensions, use a paddle brush. If you are working with curly hair, use a wide-tooth comb or a detangling brush when hair is wet and conditioned. In addition, hairstylist Sabrina Porsche recommends using as little product as possible on extensions. “Product is good…if you know how to use them,” Porsche shares with a slight warning. If your extensions are straight or silky and non-synthetic, she says it’s best “not using much product throughout the style because it’s already straight and straight hair usually stays pretty good.”

What is the least damaging type of hair extension?

Clip-in extensions and halo extensions are the least damaging because they don’t require heat, glue, or chemicals. You can also remove them daily, preventing stress on natural hair and they don’t pull on the roots like permanent extensions. If you’re looking for long-term extensions tape-ins (if installed correctly) are gentler than fusion or sew-ins.

How we test and review products

We always enlist a range of testers for our makeup vertical, but hair-care products and tools are another story. While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind. Many are created in order to address a concern (dandruff, breakage, brittleness) or to work most effectively for a specific hair type (4C curls, wavy hair, gray hair). You wouldn’t want to pick up a purple shampoo that’s only been reviewed by someone with, say, auburn hair, or a diffuser that’s never been tested by anyone with curls—right?

For our review of the best hair extensions, we enlisted the help of multiple editors, writers, contributors, colorists, and hairstylists. Testers considered performance across four primary categories: efficacy, texture and experience, fragrance, and packaging. For more on what’s involved in our reporting, check out our complete reviews process and methodology page.

Our staff and testers

A beauty product is a personal purchase. You might be searching for a face cream to address persistent dryness or a new nail product to add to your Sunday self-care routine; you may simply be browsing around for the latest launches to hit the hair market. No matter what you seek or your individual needs and concerns, Allure wants to ensure that you love anything we recommend in our stories. We believe that having a diverse team of writers and editors—in addition to the wide range of outside testers and industry experts we regularly call upon—is essential to reaching that goal.

After all, can we really say a skin-care product is the “best” for people over 50 if the only testers we’ve solicited opinions from folks who have yet to hit 30? Can we honestly deem a high-end diffuser worthy of your hard-earned cash if it’s never been tested on curls? We’re proud that our staff spans a wide range of ages, skin tones, hair textures, genders, and backgrounds, which means that we are able to fairly assess any beauty product that comes into the beauty closet.

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