Nice, but somewhat tangly
Posted on 12/22/15
I think these extensions are nice and they fulfill perfectly the function that I had envisioned for them. These are very long and quite full. I already happen to have really long hair (going down to my waist which is even a bit longer than the extensions, but, again, it depends on where on your head you choose to clip them in - i.e. higher and closer to the crown or lower), I wanted to have thicker hair, particularly for braided hairdos and let me tell you with these extensions my hair is humongous. I am even a bit worried that doing a single braid with these extensions on makes my hair look a bit too full, thus making it look somewhat fake. However, the hair itself isn't bad. It's obviously not real hair, but it blends in decently with my own, even if it has a definite tint of auburn (which my own hair doesn't). It's not overly shiny (as in fake shiny), but also not the silkiest hair either which makes it tangle a bit, but so far I've been able to deal with that very well with a bit of patience.<br />I find that if your hair is already that long and you're simply wearing your hair hanging loose over your back, although the extensions blend well, they don't really add a lot (maybe a change of 5% in the direction of increased volume as opposed to an 80% increase in volume appearance when braided). That's totally fine with me as I ordered these only for occasional wear and the clips aren't really comfortable enough to wear all the time imo. Also, sometimes I find that I have to try several times before a clip closes, based on the position and the curvature of my head, but with the other 4 clips securely in place it would probably still not slide. I haven't noticed any real shedding, although I have brushed through these. I'll see how well they'll hold up to washing.<br /><br />All in all, i am really happy with these for the price. They give great volume to my already long hair and when braided in the hair does not have any kind of conspicuous shine to give it off as fake. Of course, most ppl would not have such a thick braid naturally, but then again I do have one friend who comes terribly close to that w/o any extensions. I'd enjoy a slightly smaller set of say 2 3-clip pieces in a lighter color that I could use alternatively to these to achieve highlights (with my own darker hair sandwiched in between). I haven't tried it with this hairpiece in a lighter shade (the dark brown matches my own shade pretty well), but I think there's probably too much hair in it to result in believable highlights.