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Claw Clip Styles That Actually Hold Thick Hair | The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast Ep. 04 · The Pixie Garden Hair Podcast

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  Welcome to the Pixie Garden here podcast.
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  I'm Jess here with licensed cosmologist Delina Markland.
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  Delina, clock clips are everywhere right now, but every client I know with thick hair says the same thing.
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  They put one in and 10 minutes later it is launched itself across the room.
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  What is going on?
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  I hear it constantly in my chair.
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  A client sits down frustrated telling me she has tried every clip at the drugstore and none of them hold.
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  And here is the thing, it is almost never her technique.
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  It is the clip.
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  90% of the clock clips out there are cheap, thin plastic with a weak little spring.
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  They were designed to look pretty on a shelf, not to hold a thick head of hair.
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  So that is where I start.
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  The clip you are using was never built for your hair.
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  That is exactly why I test every single clip before it goes into my shop.
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  Tell me about that.
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  What does testing a claw clip actually mean?
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  I put it through what a thick-haired client would put it through.
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  I check the spring tension.
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  Can it actually clamp down and stay or does it give up under weight?
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  I look at the jaw width and the tooth grip because a clip needs deep, strong teeth to grab a dense twist, not shallow little ridges.
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  And I check the hinge because that is the first thing that fails on a bad clip.
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  If it cannot hold a full thick twist for an entire day, it does not make it into the shop.
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  The ones that pass are the larger formats, five-inch and jumbo clips, the lay flat styles that sit comfortably against your head.
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  Those are built for volume.
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  That is the whole point of curating instead of just selling whatever is cheapest.
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  So the right clip first, once someone has one of your tested clips, what is the technique?
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  The twist method, and it is the part most people skip.
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  Gather your hair like you are starting a ponytail, twist it until it begins to coil on itself, then fold that coil up against the back of your head.
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  Now open the clip and place it over the folded twist.
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  The twist compresses all that volume into a dense bundle, so the clip is gripping something tight instead of grabbing at a loose heavy mass.
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  A good clip plus the twist is what gives you all day hold instead of a clip that slides out by lunch.
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  What about the half-up look?
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  That is the one that never stays for me.
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  Two adjustments, twist the top section before you clip it.
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  Same principle, give the clip something dense to bite, and place it about an inch higher than feels natural
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  because gravity is going to pull heavy hair down and you want room for that drop.
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  Then here is my finishing step, the one that makes it look salon done instead of thrown together.
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  I run the hair finishing stick along the hairline and over any flyaways after the clip is in.
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  The clip holds the structure, the finishing stick polishes the edges.
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  That combination is how you get that effortless, intentional look in about 30 seconds.
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  Any styles thick-haired listeners should just avoid?
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  The single tiny clip.
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  A small accent clip cannot grip thick hair and a single clip on a heavy top knot puts all the weight on one failure point.
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  If you want height, use two of the larger clips.
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  One to anchor the base, one to secure the top, and let the bigger formats distribute the weight.
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  Work with your volume, not against it.
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  The clip that was actually built for the job plus the finishing touch.
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  Shop delineas, salon-tested claw clips, and the hair finishing stick at thepixiegarden.com.
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  Thanks for listening to the Pixie Garden Hair Podcast.
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