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4.5
At first opening of the package, I was really disappointed that the wig looks NOTHING like the picture of the product. Not even close. I decided to try it on and play around with it a bit and in doing so I made the decision to keep it. I figured I could trim it and shape it and the color, although not what I was hoping for, wasn't bad, and for the price if it didn't work out--no big loss. I should have taken a photo of the wig before I trimmed it but frankly I couldn't see the front was so long. I took A LOT off the front of this wig. I can't stand hair in my eyes, especially synthetic hair, so I trimmed those bangs up. However because of the size of the wig, I can adjust the front further down making the bangs appear longer if I want.This wig is BIG. I had to cut the side tabs off--they should have hit at the temples but ended up covering my ears. Also the tightening straps are sewn in incorrectly so they don't properly hook together unless you twist them. I found them to be useless as they made the back ride up the neck and back of the head because of the way they are installed on the cap. Not using those either. Instead I use a hair cap and a velvet band to hold the wig in place and they work best.The wig has far more dark hair than the silvery gray depicted but the coloration isn't bad. I ended up washing (with a synthetic wig shampoo and leave-in conditioner) That made it a bit easier to work with but the hair texture is VERY inconsistent. The back is a very stiff texture and has a tendency to flip out away from the neck because of the way the wefts and neckline are made. As you can see in my last photo, the back is very choppy but only on the one side and I did not trim the back at all, YET. But I will be to try and make it lay properly.In the 4th and 5th photos you can kind of see the machine tease and the main cap center point that looks like really fake hair whorl. I will be working that area more to make the hair spikier and more natural looking.One reviewer said this wig is 'thin'. Not at all. It has a lot of hair in it however the wefts are very widely spaced. Because of that spacing the wig hair tends to get inside the cap so it needs to be pulled back out before wearing. You would think the wig would be cool to wear given all that weft spacing but NOPE, it's hot--even in an airconditioned house it's hot to wear.Overall, for the price, not bad if you have the time, patience and ability to work on it, you can make it look pretty good. It is not high quality but it's also not high cost.
