plastikhaar question?

Ok, so all the pictures I've seen of it look beautiful.It looks better than alot of human hair I've seen.I would get some.You cant beat the price.But I have one concern.One of the reasons I took the last hair out was because it felt dry and itchy. How does the hair feel when wet?And when its dry does it ever feel scratchy.I know that doesnt seem like a big deal.But I'm leery because I hate that feeling.Any help would be apprecciated from the synth wearers and people who've dealt with synth in general.

AFAIK, all synth feels like straw when it's wet, and PH is no exception. As synth goes, PH is some of the silkiest you'll find (especially after steaming), but I agree with Metalgirl that synth in general is stiffer than high-quality human. I wear PH, and the way it feels when it's wet doesn't bother me at all, but if that's important to you, it may not be the best choice. :)

PH looks incredibly real but it does have kind that kind of scrunchy crunch when you give a handful a squeeze.

When wet, yes, it's like straw. It dries nice though.

Funny thing, when I was in Extensions Plus, the girl who was waiting on me didn't know I was wearing extensions. I had it pulled back and looped through a pony so it was only about the middle of my back. When I took it out and let the 30" fall free, the store came swarming to the counter to see it. They had never heard of Plastikhaar or that synth could look like this.

They also put their hands in it and recoiled. "Ewwww. It's stiff," one replied.

I think it's pretty darn soft, myself. But when you deal with real European and Italian hair all day I can imagine this feels like rope.

Same here.

Yesterday I was at a stand at the mall looking at the ponys. She was astonished i had a 'weave' as she called it when she started messing with my hair. But then when she started messing with it she was like, "Oh, this needs to be replaced" (YEs it was ratty bc we just had the top down in the convertible haha and i am do for a replacement i have treated this round like CRAP, bad bad mer"

OF COURSE SHE SAID IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED SHE WANTED ME TO BUY HER $70 PONY!

No, really. It does feel nice. It doesn't scratch my neck at all and it
feels great on bare shoulders and against your back, imo.

I'll always have PH and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. Matter of
fact, I just placed another order last night. It's time to kick up the
blonde!

I don't think it's scratchy, but that's because I only wear synth (and for a while, I wore lower-quality synth than PH). I will say I don't think it's so much "scratchy" as it is "stiff". If you compare PH to cheap human that's been washed a few times and frizzed up, then the human will definitely feel like steel wool, but PH will just feel a little heavy. So, you know, good synth is definitely better than bad human.

I'll readily admit that it doesn't feel quite the same as human, but it's still worth a try. Doing some highlights in PH is a great idea; you'll only have to buy one bag's worth, so it's no big loss if you don't like it.

-Rae

I love the stuff.  And at the difference in price you have nothingn to lise by trying out some for highlights.

Steaming it or blow drying does make a huge difference on how it feels too. 

How curly/straight is your hair?

my hair is stick straight.It looks like what others have to use a straight iron to get.Except I hate it and love curly hair,lol.You always want what you dont have.

thanks everyone.I will definitely give it a go.Who knows maybe I'll like it enough to wear a whole head of it.

 

I've been using PH on my clients for a couple of months now. No complaints from them at all.
I do notice that it tangles quite easy due to the length of it, so I usually cut about 4-5" off which makes it more managable when blending. My clients aren't really "butt length" types anyway.
I'm in the process of installing my own first set with PH, so we'll see how that goes.
I've had every brand of good synth hair so far.

Synth never feels like human hair at all but looks much better in my opinion.
Plus with the color options, you can't beat it.