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Lets be honest here, one thing I love is hair; fake, real, natural colour, dyed, you name it. I would've probably became a hairdresser if I wouldn't grow up in a household where being a hairdresser is not the job you'd advise your kid to get/study for.
Up until 2 years ago I always believed wigs are for lazy people, it's hair, put some effort in it! But then, my hair was becoming weak from all the dying, I was becoming sick of having it dyed every 6-8 weeks and sometimes, especially when my hair was dyed an unnatural colour, I just wanted to have a rest from all the stares and at the same time be able to attend school when my real hair was pink, but not visible to the teachers.
Yes I know the last part of the previous paragraph might not be the best way of thinking but that's just how it is for me. Small town, small country :/
Up until 2 years ago I always believed wigs are for lazy people, it's hair, put some effort in it! But then, my hair was becoming weak from all the dying, I was becoming sick of having it dyed every 6-8 weeks and sometimes, especially when my hair was dyed an unnatural colour, I just wanted to have a rest from all the stares and at the same time be able to attend school when my real hair was pink, but not visible to the teachers.
Yes I know the last part of the previous paragraph might not be the best way of thinking but that's just how it is for me. Small town, small country :/
So a few days ago while I was getting ready to go out I remembers about a blogger who put extensions in a wig to make it thicker I think and I remembered I was thinking what to do with the old extensions since they're still in good condition but I just ordered new, longer ones. They were still pink since I had light pink hair before I left for Taiwan so I figured why not change my wig up a bit. And I think that the brownxpink color combo looks really nice
I know it looks a bit sloppy but it's difficult to close the clip when there is a bunch of bands running from the top of the wig down holding hair in place.
This is how it looks. I didn't use up all the extensions and I will change them up a bit sometime in the near future after I wash my wig. I will probably put all of them in since I think the pink doesn't show up enough.
A few days later i decided to braid it to see if it can the the waves back since it's becoming flatter and flatter. I've also been straightening it to help with the frizz, so that's also the reason it's becoming straight.
After I braided it if used a blow dryer, from a distance of course, since mine is a century old and it doesn't have any heat settings except hot as hell. Left it braided overnight, and while the result was okay it only lasted a day or two so maybe next time I should keep it heated longer...
Please ignore the mess :/
A few days later i decided to braid it to see if it can the the waves back since it's becoming flatter and flatter. I've also been straightening it to help with the frizz, so that's also the reason it's becoming straight.
After I braided it if used a blow dryer, from a distance of course, since mine is a century old and it doesn't have any heat settings except hot as hell. Left it braided overnight, and while the result was okay it only lasted a day or two so maybe next time I should keep it heated longer...
Please ignore the mess :/
This would have been posted earlier but I never remember to take a photo of the wig you know...outside. In the bright sun...It's not that I don't go out often during the summer vacation it's just that I never remember...really...I still need to pay the bills if not anything else. But because of the unusual lack of sunny days I can't post it yet.
But anyway that's not so important.
But if you just read through that and didn't care please enjoy a blurry photo of Kaohsiung.
Okay onto the review. This is my first wig and I chose it after about a month of going through numerous reviews of quite a lot of brands. In the end I chose this brand because it was one of the cheapest and had pretty much only good reviews. I got it on eBay of course and it got here in a week which is pretty damn fast. It usually takes about 2 weeks for packages to get here so I was surprised seeing the package when I got home.
Since this is my first wig I don't know how a good new wig is supposed to look but wow it looked like greasy hair.
It was nicely packaged with the bag and everything. I also got a wig cap with it and I think the seller would have sent me a wig stand or something with it if I gave feedback before the item was sent but since it was my first time ordering from them I wanted to be sure about their service. But I think next time I will be giving them good feedback before because everything was perfect and I think the wig is great.
The wig itself was really soft it felt a bit plasticy once you touched it but everyone thought my hair has miraculously grown overnight including my family (they thought it was extensions actually because my hair was dyed a similar color at the time) and friends who thought it was my real hair since they haven't seen me in a long time because you know exams mean no social life for me. I cut the bangs a bit but I don't think it was really necessary. There was no info on heat resistance but I think I read a review where the girl used heat on it and everything was okay. It also has a skin top and the color (flaxen) looks really nice and the wig looked the same as the seller advertised it. In day light it looks natural, it might have a bit of an unnatural shine to it on direct sunlight but other than that it's okay. But with flash it looks just like any other synthetic wig. SHINY, REALLY REALLY SHINY. But the baby powder helped toning down the shine a bit.
It's been holding up okay I think. I've had it for almost 3 months now and except for the time while I was in Taiwan I wear it pretty much everyday. The ends started to get a bit frizzy so I got rid of it by straightening it. I used the lowest setting on my straightener (40 degrees Celsius). This also means the lowest layers are straight but I hope that washing it will revive the waves it had. If not then I guess I'll just have a really long straight wig or I might curl it.
Also why do I keep typing thong instead of thing and shine instead of shiny? What is spelling lol.
But anyway that's not so important.
But if you just read through that and didn't care please enjoy a blurry photo of Kaohsiung.
Okay onto the review. This is my first wig and I chose it after about a month of going through numerous reviews of quite a lot of brands. In the end I chose this brand because it was one of the cheapest and had pretty much only good reviews. I got it on eBay of course and it got here in a week which is pretty damn fast. It usually takes about 2 weeks for packages to get here so I was surprised seeing the package when I got home.
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| Ta-daaan~~ |
The wig itself was really soft it felt a bit plasticy once you touched it but everyone thought my hair has miraculously grown overnight including my family (they thought it was extensions actually because my hair was dyed a similar color at the time) and friends who thought it was my real hair since they haven't seen me in a long time because you know exams mean no social life for me. I cut the bangs a bit but I don't think it was really necessary. There was no info on heat resistance but I think I read a review where the girl used heat on it and everything was okay. It also has a skin top and the color (flaxen) looks really nice and the wig looked the same as the seller advertised it. In day light it looks natural, it might have a bit of an unnatural shine to it on direct sunlight but other than that it's okay. But with flash it looks just like any other synthetic wig. SHINY, REALLY REALLY SHINY. But the baby powder helped toning down the shine a bit.
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| day light, inside, flash |
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| day light, inside, no flash |
It's been holding up okay I think. I've had it for almost 3 months now and except for the time while I was in Taiwan I wear it pretty much everyday. The ends started to get a bit frizzy so I got rid of it by straightening it. I used the lowest setting on my straightener (40 degrees Celsius). This also means the lowest layers are straight but I hope that washing it will revive the waves it had. If not then I guess I'll just have a really long straight wig or I might curl it.
Also why do I keep typing thong instead of thing and shine instead of shiny? What is spelling lol.
