Review on K'Ryssma Blonde Ombre Long Straight Synthetic Wig 22In Silk Middle Parting by Stephen Vasquez

The first thing I noticed about this wig was that the color was fabulous. It's a very dark brown (at least a 4N, maybe a shade darker) with an overall wash of color over it. In warm light the highlight appears burgundy/wine, but in cool light it has a hint of violet to it. It's truly beautiful. I would consider this to be a great choice if you wanted to try something a BIT more wild, but you can't go too crazy because you're too shy for it or because you have to work in an office (as long as your office isn't uber conservative).Is this wig ombre? Nope. Not in my opinion. There might be a darker root, but the highlighting is really finely weaved in, not chunky or ombre at all, from what I can see, and pretty much all over. Maybe in the sunlight you could see more color on the bottom, but I haven't looked in a mirror in the sunlight. But I actually love this color distribution, so I'm fine with that.The next thing I noticed, once I put it on, was the hairline and the top of the wig. This wig is flat. I mean FLAT. I mean F-L-A-T, flat. Did I mention it's flat? If you don't have the head shape to carry off the "drowned rat" or "hair pasted to your head from the rain" flat look, this isn't for you. There is no permatease. NONE. I mean none. And the wefting is sparse. If I didn't already have dark brown hair (I use 4N color), you'd be able to see the dark wefts easily. You probably still could in sunlight, especially with the wind blowing. I would never, ever try this wig in any color that wasn't dark rooted, and honestly, I'd stick with a completely all-over dark color like this 99j.The hairline was not flattering (for me) when I first put it on. I noticed the lace was darker on this wig, so I think it's meant to be marketed to a medium to dark skin tone, and I've often noticed that some of those wigs tend to have the hair styled so that it appears to be hair sprayed way off to the sides, showing a lot of forehead. That probably looks good on certain face shapes, but not on mine. I used a warm hair dryer to try to train the hair to go straight forward, in the hopes that it would come out a "happy medium" and fall a little bit over the sides of my face. I had some success, but it will need more work. This may not be an issue for you, but I thought I'd mention it. It's also a very silky texture, which is great for me as a caucasian (and the darker lace wasn't an issue), but with the very silk texture and the extremely flat styling, I think anyone with thick or textured hair or a lot of hair will have a hard time hiding it under this wig, especially if you don't have a very small head to begin with.What IS an issue is that this hair style and cut was kind of jacked up. The layering in the front was nice, but then it was like they just got tired of cutting it, and left it long in the back. There is still some layering in the back, but it doesn't match up with the front--it's MUCH longer. It looks silly. And because of the razored layers, I can't just cut this myself--it really needs a hairstylist who knows what they're doing. So my cheap wig isn't going to be as cheap as I'd hoped.The next problem is the hair flip. When someone styled this, instead of making a gentle inward flip at the ends, there was a VERY noticeable BEND inward, on both sides. I've tried blowdrying it and using a hot curling brush, and it's a lot better, but it's still there.The cap feels very tight, but I won't blame that on the wig. Most average caps are tight on me, but this is a little tighter than usual--I'd say on par with Noriko's average wig cap. The sewing is a bit off--someone sewed over the first loop where the adjuster is supposed to hook, and since the cap runs small on me as it is, I just cut both adjusters off, because I couldn't use the first loop on one side. That was my only problem with the sewing, and considering that I only paid $23 for the wig, it's about what I'd expect.Overall, for what I paid, I guess it's pretty good. If the hair length hadn't been royally messed up between the front and the back of the wig, I would have given this a 4 star FOR THE PRICE. I can fix a weird part in the front of the wig, and the sewn-over loop, and even the strange sharp bend in the hair (that was not "box hair", it was definitely styled that way), but I can't fix the length issue and have it look right, so now I need to get it trimmed professionally, and I'm going to lose all that pretty length that I bought the wig for.I'm keeping the wig because I love the color. I wouldn't consider this realistic in the least as it comes out of the box, but if you're experience with wigs you may be able to work with it and get it to look realistic enough. I think for $23, this is as close to realistic as you're likely to get. I'm going to try another K'ryssma wig, but if I have more issues with having too little hair and a bad cut even with a more expensive ($40) wig, I'll be moving on to a different brand. Again, for the price, this is probably as good as it gets. If I'd have paid more, I'd probably be mad.