REVIEW: Wig from eBay (Old review from 11/9/2014)

10/22/2015 Edit: This review was made on November 9th, 2014 and some of the links could be out of date. I am currently in the process of transferring my reviews from tumblr to this blog as backup. From now on, I will be posting reviews both on tumblr and here. If you'd like early access on reviews though, more than likely they will be on my tumblr. 

Hello! I’m going to finally be reviewing a wig from eBay. This is a very delayed review because I got this wig 10 weeks ago. ;~; Sorry! But VERY special thanks to Festive-Pirate-Ninja who held a giveaway for their 100 followers. I won second place of the giveaway with my personal blog which is $15 towards anything and I chose to get this wig. You guys should really check them out<3

Review below the cut~

So, unfortunately, I can not review the specific eBay seller because I did not keep track of which store it was! My apologies. However, I can say they’re the typical taobao reseller eBay store and they had a bunch of positive feedback (probably +99% positive). The wig was $15.01 (free shipping), if I recall correctly (bless festive-pirate-ninja for being so kind to spend an extra cent on this). These wigs usually comes from the Taobao seller Ghost Cos Wig, as shown in its stock photo. If you want this exact wig, popular eBay seller JCPunk has it as well.

Beforehand, I would like to apologize for the constant change in lighting, I’m not sure what caused that. I do make a few adjustments to the pictures but not enough to deviate from the true colors of the wig.

Stock Photo

Shipping & Packaging: 

Shipping

I believe the shipping said it would take 7 - 14 days, but because I wasn’t the one ordering the item, I was not able to keep track of the exact amount of days the item took to ship to me. However, I know the shipment time leaned more towards +7 days rather than taking the full 14 days, so shipping was pretty fast. 

Package

It came in a very basic grey bag. It wasn’t lined with bubble wrap or anything. Nothing was damaged though.

Package Contents

The wig was placed in a plastic zip lock bag and neatly folded into the grey bag mentioned above.

My Photos

The wig laid out (I need to invest in a wig head and I apologize for my knee being in the photo) <~<

As stated on the listing, the wig is 80cm long and it seems true to color/accurate to the stock photo. Based on Ghost Cos Wig reviews, I knew this wig wouldn’t be too thick but that wasn’t a huge issue to me.

Inside of the wig/the wig cap

The wig cap is adjustable. The cap isn’t exactly small but if you have a huge head or a bunch of hair that’s hard to fit into wigs, I wouldn’t suggest this wig (or taobao wigs in general because their wig caps run pretty small). 

The hair pulled to the side 

This is just reference to how thin this wig is. Because this wig is for a very casual cosplay that I wasn’t trying too hard to be professional on, I wasn’t too picky on the thickness. It’s tolerable and something you can maintain by not splitting the hair so often. In fact, when worn, I don’t think the wig cap or wefts show through when the hair is split.  

Other comments: The wig is actually very soft and could pass off as real had it not been so thin. The bangs of the wig cam in medium length so they can be swept to the side or cut. I forgot to photograph this, but the hairs on the bangs seem to be the roughest out of the wig and it shows (I think there are also baby hairs sticking out but not severely or annoyingly). The wig can tangle very easily, but it’s manageable. I do not suggest combing or brushing this wig. Running your fingers is the best way to detangle the wig. The wig isn’t too shiny at all, however, it will not look well with flash photography. 

Worn Photo

This picture is sort of a wig length reference as well. The wig is 80cm (+30 inches?) and I am 5'4".

Final verdict:

In terms of wig to price: 10/10 - You are getting exactly what you’ve paid for. However, I find this to be high quality in terms of cheap wigs.

In general: 6.5/10 - Obviously, this isn’t the best quality wig for the reasons stated above, but it is very tolerable and it has such a lovely color that will go with my Fem!Rin Matsuoka cosplay.

I am not able to rate on the shop’s customer service because I didn’t buy from them but I can rate their shipping 10/10 for arriving pretty fast. 

Finally, a huge thanks, once again, to Festive-Pirate-Ninja for being so sweet and holding that giveaway months ago! They were really kind and helpful throughout the whole process! Even though I answered within the 24 hour limit they gave, they allowed me to fully redeem my prize a week or so later because of how I was moving and didn’t have an official address. ;~; If you guys have a similar blog or like their blog, you should check them out and follow them!

Review: My new long black wig from eBay~!

So I'm going to be cosplaying as Fem!Castiel from Supernatural and I needed a wig. I purchased this wig from this seller on ebay.

Here's the stock picture

I thought it was really gorgeous and for only $13 and 5 - 10 day free shipping I was sold.

These were the color options they had

So, as the title states, I got the wig in black. There wasn't a stock photo for the black version.

After looking through the pictures on the eBay listing and doing some intensive research, I found out that the wig comes from galbalmania which is a site that sells other wigs. The website is in Korean so it was a bit of a challenge to navigate through and read the reviews for this wig ( which is right here ). Not even the website had the stock photo of the black version so that worried me a bit.

But no worries because I actually got the wig after three? four? mail working days! 

Here's a picture of the package and its contents.

The package came with the wig inside a clear bag you can close. The wig was wrapped in the net as shown in the bottom right and inside the bag was also a mesh wig cap/net. The item did not mention that it would come with a mesh wig cap so I was very happy when I saw that n.n

Here is how the wig looks

Hehe, I used my Chucky doll as a model because I don't have a wig head yet.

Here's how it looks on me

The ends of the wig were a bit tangled when I pulled it out of the bag but I brushed it through and put a tiny bit of hair oil on it to give the ends that shiny, healthy look and feel the rest of the wig has

here's more pictures n.n

Wig Texture: It's so soft! The ends are still a bit rough from them being tangled but it's nothing that's too bad that I can't fix. The hair comes out a bit too easily but it's probably because I tug on it a lot when trying to brush it.

Color: It's a nice, solid jet black color (I even compared it to my mum's dyed black hair and they're exactly alike). It doesn't look faded at all.

Overall: I love this wig! It's so pretty and manageable. It doesn't look fake. Not only am I going to use it for cosplay, I'm also using it for everyday use. Yay~<3

Other Info:

Seller: The seller seems very trustworthy and reliable. They have +99% positive reviews. 

Shipping: Shipping was amazingly fast. It came here in three days.

I recommend this wig for anybody that wants a natural-looking black wig. n.n