Ok friends, are you a synthetic hair or human hair fan? Or both?! Let me know.

I love synthetic! I’m lazy and I like to have perfect looking hair so synthetic wins! Plus I can buy 8 to 10 pieces for same price of human so it’s win win!

Synthetic! All the way. So sick of fading color and frizzier with human hair! And I wore human hair for 14 years so I know!

Both. Just got my first real hair ever and honestly, I’m overwhelmed! It feels nice and moves nice but it’s a lot of steps to keep! Synthetic, put on. End of steps...

I used to HATE synthetic! Over the years I’ve learned the truth... if you know what you are doing you can tweak a synthetic wig to look natural. The style LASTS, low maintenance, etc. Synthetic is the truth!

I’m team synthetic! I don’t have to style the wigs. The style perks back up upon washing AND doesn’t frizz!

This came at a perfect time for me! I've been considering purchasing my first HH piece and I've been trying to weigh the pros and cons. The maintenance and styling are scaring me off. I am a low maintenance girl and can't do styling to save my life! Thanks for putting your two cents out there.

Young lady you're speaking abilities are always a pleasure to listen to. Thanks for helping the public with you tips 👍

When I started wearing wigs, I was investing human vs synthetic and read this in the description of a human hair with: "perfect for the lady who misses the experience of stying her own hair." 😳 I live in Texas, too, and spent most of my life on the gulf coast where we had flat or fizzy humidity hair but great skin. I never want to fight my hair ever again, so I knew I would never "miss the experience" of styling my hair. That is when I knew synthetic was for me. I now have great skin and good hair every day.

Synthetic all the way!! I agree with all your reasons 100%. I used to wear human hair. I started buying synthetic out of necessity to save money. I was so sure that I was going to hate it lol. I love it! So much faster, easier, cheaper, better colors, etc. I love that I have so many different looks ready to go on any given day. I have so many pieces to choose from. My current collection would cost a fortune if they were human hair. I literally have enough hair to last me the next 10 years for under $1000. It's like a dream come true! Plus, I get way more compliments than I ever got with my human hair pieces 😊

Synthetic! I'm a hairstylist and yes, I prefer synthetic :)

I prefer synthetic because some human hair is not ethically sourced ( easy to find info if interested) also synthetic styles last for multiple days once styled.

Synthetic all the way! My hair is naturally curly and I spent so much on curly human hair wigs and they didn’t at all look as natural on me as a synthetic straight wig. Something about synthetic hair didn’t look as fake. Human hair didn’t look cute on me at all. Also the glue and the freeze spray broke me out when I wore lace front human hair wigs. Synthetic is easier

Just had a bad experience with a human hair wig, but all the synthetic hair I have is mostly just brilliant... and affordable! To get a decent quality human hair wig, you need to spend. And synthetics can be so silky and soft, you don't have to fork out for human hair for that. And I love playing with colours. I have blue wigs, rainbow wigs, pink wigs, purple wigs... love them for a bit of dazzle and fun! I also have hair my own colour and they're wonderful. I do have to say I prefer synthetic. Right now I'm adoring silver grey shades and have a few synthetics in that colour - some just straight, some with different coloured streaks added. And if you have a number of synthetic wigs for the price of one human hair wig, you have more possibilities. Besides, playing with wigs gives my natural hair a rest and, as you said, human hair is SO time consuming, wig or not! I always buy heat resistant synthetics so if I want to, I can change the style as I please. I've had wavy wigs which looked excellently better after a go with my straighteners - and vice versa. But synthetic wigs are just there for you, shove them on and go, don't waste your precious time styling when you don't have to - and for a really quick rush job, just put a headband around your lace front wig - et voila! Instant headband wig and you don't see any of your hairline - much better for putting up in a quick pony tail too. (And of course I always use a mister spray on my synthetic wigs before I use anything heated. Helps them last longer, besides, you'd never put a heated styler on your own natural hair for fear of damage, works for synthetics too, although all they need is a spray of water before you style.) Sorry for rambling, but this is my passion!

Definitely synthetic! They always ask me how I keep my curl pattern. Synthetic, duh! I love them, take them out, put them on, add powder ✔️

Your voice sounds amazing. It's so smooth.

Thanks ! For this video -I had waist length hair and started missing it so decided I would try extensions for length yesterday! My stylist wouldn’t stop commenting how much better and how much longer human lasts -but your references/facts are a great debate for it

When I had long hair I really didn’t like styling it, so synthetic hair extensions is the wayyyyyy to go. Also I’m a student on budget, so it’s more affordable

I hope I will meet you one day and give you a hug. I cannot deal with my thinning hair anymore. But hair for women is so personal and so feminine, thank you for sharing and walking me through this process and making it normal.

LOVE THIS! I am soaking up all the advice as I am brand new to this world even though I have been losing my hair for about 20 years. I have purchased 1 decent synthetic topper which I love (and have ordered another 3, lol), and 3 SUPER CHEAP (less than 20 bucks) wigs that I think are only good for Halloween but maybe when I get really good that this I will learn how to fix them up and make them wearable. I am going to stick with Synthetic for awhile until I get really really great at wearing them and then maybe get a high quality custom Human Hair wig or topper for a special occasion.

Just the thought of carrying some strangers DNA in my head is a no no for me

OmG yes! I hate having the "red hue" in EVERY single color that Human hair has NO MATTER what you do to it. Annoying & disheartening in so many ways...

I totally get it in terms of the humidity, sleekness, and styling, (also my synthetic wigs last wayyy longer). I'm just so afraid of the way it looks in sunlight, plasticy. Synthetic is better for me at night, human hair in the day.

I wear toppers and am happy with synthetic for all the reasons you mention- but mainly because I don’t have to style it. I have lately been looking at hh but am not very inspired to purchase. My concern is that I want to wear it straight, but I only get to see the photos of curled toppers. I’ve contacted a few companies about this. But it’s a lot of money to pay without not being able to really see what I’m getting- in it’s straight form.

Human hair is the very best. I've bought some real cute synthetic wigs but they end up frizzing up & shedding. This doesn't ever happen with my Human hair wigs or toppers. They may cost more but they last so much longer it's well worth it. I don't have to purchase another one every 3 or 4 months. Synthetic has gotten very expensive lately, and then I've worn it one two or three times & it gets it starts looking frizzy. I like long hair, synthetic isn't bad for shorter hair.

There’s pluses and minuses for both. I like human hair wigs because they’re more realistic looking and they last longer. I like synthetic ones because they’re easier to manipulate and they keep a style. I’ve spent a lot of money on both kinds of wigs, but if I had to choose i would pick Human.

Absolutely agree - AND I detest “heat friendly” or “heat defiant”. They are hard to style and get frizzy, snarly, dead. I avoid them now, after a lot of experience with them.

I have enough hair for toppers. I prefer toppers because they’re not as hot. I prefer human hair because with toppers you’re blending your own hair (I don’t have a lot at all & it’s super fine, but it still works, for now!) & it’s hard to blend synthetic with your own real hair...they don’t twist together & blend together very good. I do have synthetic wigs from when I first started my journey & they’re very nice ones, they’re just so hot & scratchy. My favorite wig I ever bought though is the wave cut by Hairdo.

I am a wig business owner. I started wearing wigs 20 years ago I was at necessity. I started out with synthetic. I did not like the shine that most of them have. Also I was with the long hair and I did not like after wearing them that they hear actually starts the part it looked wiggy to me. The short synthetic wigs from some of the companies I’ve dealt with were fairly nice they have gotten much nicer over the years. I wear Jon Renault wigs in the human hair. What I love about them is I get them in a beautiful brunette shade I lowlight them and then I highlight in the places that I want. I do have a awesome hairdresser who styles them. Nobody knows I even have a wig on , they are breathtaking. I see your reasoning behind hot weather but I have really not had any problem with my wigs even in the summer I wear them up also. I may try my hand at Racquel Welch rewind style wig I am liking to go maybe shorter. Thank you for your video you do a lovely job.

I switched from human hair to synthetic. My first wig was Veronica by Jon Renau, my second was Blake. Blake was just perfect, i payed for her a sh!t lot of money, she is full hand tide, 100% human, lace front, everything.. but gosh, how much i got fed up from styling… and she was getting ungly and frizzy and the lace get fried.. and i my soul was crying for the money i spend for her including the JN care products.. Thn i just needed new wig.. i didnt had tht much budget for new blake so I got Mirage by Ellen Wille.. ok, she was also like 500 euro, but.. I am amazed.. mirage is HD wig, when is getting frizzy i just straight her with flat iron and is like new again, no blow drying, simple styling, realistic hair density, when i want some curls, they stay until I straight the wig.. Iam working as a nurse, i have a lot of shits and when Iam free.. i just dont want to waste a time at washing and styling a wig.. now i got at clearance Columbia by Belle Tress for summer and yah, iam really amazed.. I dont think so, tht I will ever come back to human hair..

GURL you know I’m lazy and I love my synthetic. Hah! So glad the human hair crisis is over by getting a decent synthetic option!

Human because I have dark purple hair and it's hard to find a good topper in my color with synthetic. I can always dye my topper to match my hair!

Synthetic. I bought a HH wig last year and it was so heavy weight wise and this may sound strange but touching some stranger's hair gave me the creeps. Needless to say, I never wore it!

Both For Travel or when I am in a hurry, I use synthetic. Other times, I wear my human hair.

I would love to kmow how you guys incorporated the wig look into your lives ...did you just wear one or informed colleagues...friends...etc before exposing yourself with one on lol ..big step ! Perhaps there is a video? 😊

New to this, thanks for the tips. You have made me rethink synthetic hair.

I could connect with you, you speak clearly and simple with no gestures. Good luck from Tehran.

I am 49 years old and grew up much of my childhood in Dallas so I know the humidity. That being said, I started off with faux ponytails in Texas in my youth and yes I agree the synthetic are way friendlier as far as heat in Texas, humidity etc...I still to this day prefer the ponytail as seen in my little thumbnail from Forever young wigs. I think it's called eternally young? lol I should really know considering I've ordered the same one for YEARS now and Amazon even sells it in shade 4, my shade. I love sythetic front lace wigs due to the color options and being a lace front they are more realistic. I was just seriously considering spending a grand on a human one until being reminded of all the reasons I don't do human hair! Great video. Thank you. God bless

Synthetics are awesome but I prefer human mixed wigs

I can afford to have either, and have a full head of long bio hair, and I prefer synthetic because I like the ease of style with synthetic plus humidity makes HH friz. I wear wigs because it’s so much fun to have a different style with my changing moods.

My hair turns light during summer, and dark during winter. I personally haven't had any problems with it. The colour of my hair depends on whether I spend more time outside or inside, I always assumed it's the same with human hair wigs.

Synthetic all the way, I love it so much. I can throw my hair on, run a comb threw it and be done with my hair in under 5 minutes. Plus, it looks so real that I get compliments on my hair weekly and people asking me where I get my hair done.

I'm a synthetic hair fan because firstly I know that it doesn't come from people selling their hair in desperation, I saw this video in refinery which was just so heartbreaking to see all those woman love their hair but have to cut it because of fininacial needs so I know I won't be paying for someone else's pain. Secondly, the hair on the bottom of my head can go frizzy so it's nice that no matter what weather the synthetic hair can help hide that. Thirdly, I have never had issues with colour matching with synthetic hair. Fourth, they're just so much easier on my pocket, I can't get so much synthetic hair and I know it doesn't last as long as human hair but I swear it still works out cheaper.

I got a tip for the human hair discoloration that happens after a while. Dye it! I recently dyed my 1 year old topper with a store brought kit and the colour + hydration made it look so much nicer, almost like new. I've only tried 1 synthetic topper, but it was very poofy in the back, so it looked fake and just not my style :( I wish I could find a synthetic topper that looks perfectly flat in the back. Any tips? Also, any tips about transitioning from a piece with fringe to one without a fringe without your co-workers figuring out that you wear fake hair? I'm having that dilema now...

Hi Lauren! Your updo is so adorable! Can you show us how you do it or reply with what kind of clip you use to keep it up? Thanks!

I LOVED this video, it was really thoughtful and well put together! Thanks for posting this!! I’m a both!

i prefer synthetic better because its affordable, even though its basically plastic but there are lots of synthetic wigs that looks like real hair, so yeah, synthetic it is

Im sure totally me but never had synthetic hair not turn to horrid tangled mess even with all the expensive products and trestments and brushing all the time. Just always ends up trash after about 10 wears. Also heat safe synthetic is always heat safe but I can never style synthetic. Its always just stuck exactly how it comes. Def checking out pros and cons video. Thanks

Synthetic... human hair takes 1 hour plus and over time it gets tangled in all the wrong places...a total waste of money. It's best to buy 3 or 4 synthetics over 1 human hair piece that may look fab but in a short period of time will drive you cracy

Human hair 💓

so glad I discovered you!!! Love your personality and confidence

I have many human hair wigs and I find myself throwing my fun long fun colored synthetic wigs more

Human hair is better in my opinion. Its just that synthetic hair looks too shiny and fake when I wear it. Human hair just blends naturally into the rest of my hair. I care very much whether or not people can tell I have extensions on...so I wouldn’t risk it by wearing synthetic hair pieces/wigs/extensions.

Mostly I prefer synthetic wigs, although occasionally I prefer real hair. It depends upon all of the things that you mention.

Synthetic! (I'm in Australia, I would imagine the climate would be similar to Texas) And yeah the whole UV vs human hair thing, totally true, if you're talking blonde; human hair in blonde will go from lovely to awful YELLOW. Also I'm lazy and can't be shagged styling anything, however they style the synthetic jobs in their production... well it's way better than what I can do

HD in synthetic is most definitely bc the whole entire purpose is to have easy helper hair, IMHO

Thanks for the tips! I have had both and am tending to lean to synthetic. My human hair ones really frizz up 😢

Human hair toppers, but willing to try synthetic--having a very hot summer & its too hot.

Human hair is the very best. It looks more real & last so much longer.

Summer colors unite (ash equals pink perfection) ❤️

Love your video! I do agree with everything you said; however, and despite not having hair since I was 4yo, so I basically know nothing about styling hair (my first wigs were synthethic) I prefere human hair over synthetic any time, I just could not deal with freezy fibers, I hate them, I need hair I can wear everyday and that it is long lasting, synthetics were not.

My hair is thinning rapidly and I desperately need a wig or full topper. My biggest problem in finding the right topper or wig is color - I like you, prefer a nice medium dark brown but very ashy . So I bought my first topper from a local wig shop and ordered a human hair medium dark ash brown. It is not what I consider ash - has a definite golden hue. I hate it. It was expensive and I can't wear it and feel good about it. Even after several attempts to professionally color no one can get rid of the gold/red hue. With the popularity of ashy browns, I can't understand why so many Wig companies offer tons of warm browns but almost no ash colored browns and if they do they are usually one flat boring shiny color which scream WIG. Can you point any of us gals that prefer a true ash brown to a company that sells that ashy color range, preferably with some subtle ashy highlighting to look natural or what type of human hair wigs will actually take color and highlighting well - clearly the one I purchased did not? PS. you look fantastic in the ash brown!

I used to be anti synthetic until I actually tried a high quality one. Never looking back. The main thing I dislike about real human hair is I never truly know the original texture of the hair, even if the wig seller knows who’s head it came from! and as someone that has always never did their hair, it’s annoying having to basically learn how to do hair lol

Synthetic. My hair is thin and frizzy so now I can have the hair I want at an affordable price.

I have worn synthetic wigs and they are hot ,just bought my first human hair wig will be delivered tomorrow so we will see how I feel, I wouldn’t mind styling my hair I think it will be fun because I have never been able to style my wigs because they have been synthetic,so it will be fun to maybe flat iron or do curls or whatever.

To be honest I’m a frugal girl lol 😂. I like variety and long big hair... I’ve been wearing synthetic blends for years and if you take care of them you can bring them back to life. Human hair wigs I don’t mind having them if you can afford it. If you want a thicker density and longer hair these vendors want to charge you 400.00 up to 700.00 bucks. So for me I want what I want at a cheaper price and the synthetic companies are stepping it up for the frugal girls lol 😂 so if I paid 700.00 I have a collection of styles not just 2 wigs for the year. But that’s just me

Totally disagree, but this is a great video with great points. My one experience with synthetic hair was that it became soooooo easily knotted and it felt so scratchy on my skin. It wasn’t a cheap piece either so I’m not sure if that’s normal or what.

I only wear human hair, now. I spent 13 years with synthetic and it was awful.

Synthetic! 👍 I enjoyed your video. Thanks!

I like synthetic better. I also live in Texas.

I'm interested in synthetic, but I've never seen a synthetic silk top. Do those exist?

Thank you, so helpful!

I love human hair. I get silk tops with lace front kind, so the look is very natural. I find that every wig needs customization. They are usually too full for my tiny head, so I take out a lot of hair from the hairline to make it more believable. I enjoy the feel of human hair and the fact that it’s not shiny. It’s true, they do need some styling time, but I don’t do too much to mine, aside from curling bangs to the side and I wear at least 16 inch hair. I would like to try synthetic hair like Jon renau, but I’m a little scared about the upkeep. I had synthetic hair extensions years ago and they required a lot of washing in fabric softener and straightening to look and feel nice.

Thank you so much. Great video❣️

I guess if you can afford quality synthetic hair, it's a fun alternative, but not as much for someone who cannot spend more than $150-$200 every 6 months in hair. I mean, even for someone with alopecia, like us, hair is superfluous compared to a roof over our heads and food on the table. In these cases (and it's my case), a decent human hair wig that is well taken care of might last for those whole 6 months, while allowing for styling and color changes with no need to invest much more $ into it.

How long would a synthetic hair last? How often are you finding your needing to purchase another one?

Team synthetic for all the reasons u have stated

Human hair toppers because I wear it to bed (satin pillowslip) and know I will forget and stick my head in the oven and ruin it--if synthetic. Want it to look more real. And good looking synthetic is very expensive and does not last that long for the money.

I have never used hair extensions. But I would use only 100% synthetic.

I love synthetic 😍

both!! synthetic for fun colors party, and human hair for real events, family, beach etc

Any guidance on matting or tangled wigs please?

Both!! Ideal weather human hair, the rest synthetic.

I have curly hair and haven't found a curly synthetic topper yet.

Synthetic 100%. I don’t know anything about styling hair

Human

What is the piece you have on in the clipped-up style? The part looks so realistic! As to your question- I don't know yet. Very new to all this. So far, I've just got one synthetic wig, which I adore- but I do wish that it FELT more like hh. Any ideas on which synthetics feel softest? Thanks for the great video- really appreciate you not padding it and getting right to the info!

Doesn't synthetic wear out quickly, though? That's what I was told but not sure if it's true.

Synthetic. Good video!

Both

110 DEGREES?? I now understand why TX has it's 1 star rating.

I am new to wigs. I have significant hair loss on the crown of my head. I would like to know some favorite brands of wigs, and the price range. I am interested in chin to shoulder length ,in current hair styles. I have a Godiva Secrets lace front mono wig that I love, but thought it was spendy. I also have a Paula Young wig which I paid less then a 1/3 of the price of the Godiva Secrets wig. I am happy with both, I use them for different things. One for every day ,the other for good. Who has nice synthetic wigs for under $300.00? I would love a decent topper also. Got one from Paula Young, it was terrible. I should have had it cut or thinned maybe. Help!

Thank you I’m am new to wearing hair but I’m tired of looking for a solution. I have curly and thinning hair. I have a topper but it’s straight and it’s so much work

Hi. Would you be interested in reviewing some of our wigs?

Doesn't synthetic hair look awful in the sunshine?

Where do you buy your synthetic hair?

I am just getting into all of this. But I bought 2 synthetic wigs. Haven’t used them yet. I’m kinda scared to. I just don’t know what I’m doing. I’ve been looking into toppers but they are so expensive. Ugh.

amazing review ...thanks

Thank you,! I like how you explain

Human hair toppers.