Ditto what Mer said. I actually think human tangles more (at least the
overprocessed blonde HH brands), but the synth tends to "bunch up" a
little more. In either case, you'll need to detangle in the morning and
the night, at the very least. As Shadow said, cutting into the hair on
the ends is the only way to go (don't cut them straight across,
whatever you do); razoring works well. I haven't noticed that synth
feels any "hotter" than human hair.
I think there's can be a bit of an adjustment period with synth, but
once you figure out how to work with it, it's less work than human, at
least for me.
Most of the challenges anyway have to do with washing and drying the
hair, and in your case, Kim, you'll be wearing clip-ins, so I don't
recommend washing them much. WHen you remove them at night, just spray
'em with a bit of Febreeze, if necessary, and detangle with a bit of
Dome spray and reapply in the morning. Voila! When you do feel you need
to wash them (and again, I'd put that off for as long as possible), do
so in cold water, with a bit of fabric softener, and let them air-dry
completely overnight (you may want to set them in Velcro rollers while
you do this). If the wave drops (and with enough washing, it will
drop), you can reset them it using the Velcro rollers, or flocked hot
rollers, and they'll be wavy again. If the hair gets rough at some
point, you'll need to blow it out or steam it straight, then reset it,
which is fairly easy too.
I wouldn't worry about it too much, Kim. I'm sure it'll look good, and
even if you decide not to stick with synth long-term, you will have
spent a lot less on a trial run than you would've spent trying out a
human-hair brand.
You guys are getting me worried . I did not get my plastikhaar yet but it seems like it is a lot of work to keep nice - yes? I did order the dome spray so hopefully that will help with the ends. I just hope this hair does not end up in one big rats nest.
This might be a silly ? but does the synth hair feel hotter on the back of your neck than human? In other words does it stick to your skin like plastic does?
Cutting the hair ? - I have read that it is best to razor cut the hair. Is this true? Did you do this Shadow?
It's hard to tell from the picture, but it still looks pretty good to
me. Do you have the Dome spray? And what kind of combs/brushes are you
using? I've found detangling with a wide tooth comb and the Dome Spray
to be the best daily care. Even so, the hair tends to get sort of ratty
after a few weeks or so, at which point you can steam or blow-dry to
make it smooth again.
I had planned to steam my own hair last week, actually, but I had major
problems with my steamer (long story). So I sort of gently blow-dried
the top layers, which seemed to help. I haven't done a full blow-out
yet. Maybe this weekend, if I can summon up the strength, LOL!
Here is a really good photo of the colors. This was taken today, it has been a week having them in. I wound up cutting off about 3 inches and then cutting up into the ends to thin them, as they tangled easy. It is much more managable now. It doesn't look super smooth, but I am so hard on my hair....
Thanks to RoseRose, I'll be sporting her old dreads sometime soon, lol.
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. I did not get my plastikhaar yet but it seems like it is a lot of work to keep nice - yes? I did order the dome spray so hopefully that will help with the ends. I just hope this hair does not end up in one big rats nest. 
