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What's Your Preference Based On Cost? Synthetic Or Human?
I have had AA for 45 years. (I was ten when I got it, I'm 55 now.) For most of my life, I wore synthetic until college, and then I could find human hair that wasn't full lace. For about twenty years, I was able to have a great human hair system, but that became cost prohibitive two years ago, and I had to switch back to wigs. I like full lace wigs now - I find them less bulky, I don't have to worry about tracks showing, etc., but synthetics are way less expensive. I sleep in my wigs as well. It's nice when I can find a wig style that I love and looks like it's my own hair, but then that means buying multiples of the same style in synthetics. But with the synthetics, it's put the tape on the lace, plop it on my head, and done. With the full lace human hair ones, I lay out a larger sum of money upfront.
So which do you all prefer based on cost? Synthetic or Human?
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Permalink Reply by Alo-mom on
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The best synthetic wig I have found is the UpStage by Rachael Welch, It is all hand tied and mono top. It comes in a number of colors and the length is so nice for someone your age and mine. It is as light as a feather. Looks amazing on.
I am presently working on a line of human hair wigs that will be naturally beautiful and the price point will really help those that still want to be in the human hair all hand tied wig market. I have been working on this so hard because it is my hope to be able to provide quality naturally looking wigs to more then my daughter with AU.
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Permalink Reply by Dollhead on
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Thanks for the suggestion, but at that price, I might as well go ahead and stay with human hair full lace wigs. I'm not crazy about the look, either - I'm 55, not 75! :D
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Hi Dollhead,
I think the biggest challenge in terms of longevity is wearing the wig 24/7, regardless of the type of wig. 24/7 wear is very tough on wigs and will require them to be replaced much more frequently. Synthetics in particular will get frayed and damaged much more from the friction of the wig rubbing on your pillow though this also will happen with human hair as well. You can mediate this somewhat by wrapping your hair at night and sleeping on a satin pillow case.
In my experience human hair lasts much longer than synthetics. The upfront costs are more but if you average what you are spending with frequent replacement of synthetics you will likely find you are saving money with human hair. If you do a daily removal of your human hair wig you can get years of wear, provided you care for and maintain it properly and it is a good quality wig. If you bond your wig, with proper care and maintenance, you might be able to get 8-12 months of wear. As always, your mileage will vary depending on your unique situation.
I hope that helps! :-)
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Permalink Reply by StarShemaya on
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Hi Dollhead,
I understand how you feel. You are still young enough to want to wear a beautiful stylish wig without it breaking the bank.
Of course, you know that human hair wigs are the best. It's an "investment" especially if you wear it all the time...your wig is part of your lifestyle. .it's part of how you show up in the world.
There are some really good high quality synthetic wigs out there, but nothing like human hair. Synthetic wigs are made from certain plastics and "orher" fibers.
Human hair is just that--human hair. I highly recommend you wear a silk or satin bonnet if you choose to sleep in your wig.
I obviously don't know what your wig style is, short, long, dark, light , but check these out https://beautifulhairproducts.com/collections/new-arrivals and let me know what you think.
Hope this is helpful to you.
Peace.
StarShemaya
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That is a difficult question!
Belle Tress has at least one, maybe more, all hand-tied synthetics (I'm thinking of Tea Leaf, which I've never seen in person, but the descriptions say it's all hand-tied). It's a heat-resistant synthetic, so you don't have to worry about Barbie-shiny hair out of the box. That said, like all HR, my Belle Tresses have frizzed as expected (longer ones that rub on clothes - you don't want to wear a microfiber jacket, it turns out) and requires a little more love than just a regular toyokalon (or whatever the non HRs are).
I'm thinking in my hours of looking at hair I've seen a few other hand-tied lace cap wigs. Maybe look under the "medical" category where you find the mono tops? That might be where I've seen them. Once you've had hand-tied, it's difficult to appreciate tracks again. :-)
This is a conundrum. Before I bought my first HH, I wore only synthetics and dreamed of the day I would have "real" hair (ha!). Finally got a Louis Ferre mane, took two months to do an incredibly complex color job on it (low lights, rooting, etc), and started wearing it, only to have issues with frizz that drove me nuts. Took some experimentation to figure out what it did and didn't like, but finally got it under control and enjoyed having "real hair" for a while, and bonding it made everything that much more "real" I just had to put it up in a satin cap each night and sleep on silk pillowcases. Spent the night elsewhere a few times and OMG, cotton pillowcases are surely the enemy of all highly processed hair...
But lately I've been missing the luxury of putting on hair that always keeps its style. Years ago when I still had my own hair, I kept it cornrowed and clipped my pieces on, so when I went to bed I'd unclip, finger comb, mist the hair with water, turn it inside out to let the cap breathe, and wake up to ready to wear hair the next morning. That had me spoiled.
But with synthetic, you always have to be on the lookout for those dang patio heaters that show up at restaurants, valet stations, and your friends' back yards, because getting too close to one of those can be a dealbreaker for synthetic, especially non HR.
The sellers say that synthetics are only supposed to last a month or a month and a half, to which I call BS - if you're as poor as I am, you'll find a way to make them last longer (steam those ends, snip the frizzies, etc). But if you're committed to looking generally the same all the time, you'll need at least two of whatever you have, so that's a budget consideration, too.
If I had no budget restraints at all, I'd get at least two matching human hair, all hand-tied, and have three or four synthetics that were near matches for the days when I did yard work or anything especially grubby/dangerous to hair. And while we're fantasizing, I'd send those puppies out to get washed by someone who has a water softener (and knows how to wash hair) so I could quit hauling home distilled water by the case. :-)
Don't know that this will be of any help to you in your conundrum, but hope you can find something that works and doesn't break the bank! :-)
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