- This is, I will have to say a very frightening look.
- Oh no, maybe we shouldn't have brushed through it.
- That's not obviously realistic at all.
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- Hi, I'm Megan, and this week we're trying
cheap versus expensive Amazon wigs.
- Uh (beep)
- So ever since I cut my hair short in 2018,
I definitely have been a big wig person.
It's definitely good when you're a Gemini,
cause one day I want to look cute and curly,
The next day, I want to look long and sweet,
the next day, I want to look bald.
- For those who don't know my story, back in 2018,
I was diagnosed with colon cancer, shaved my head,
Oh my God.
Today's the anniversary of the day I shaved my head.
Oh my God, what a funny day to be making this video.
And now my hair has totally grown back,
but I just love playing with them
as fun accessories and extensions of my fashion.
- I definitely have a lot of experiences with wigs
being a black woman, or at least in my family.
It's really a part of the culture,
wigs, weaves, box braids you know,
the diversity in black hair and changing up our look
is something that's very important to us.
- I have a $20 wig
I got off of Amazon (cash register ding)
for Halloween last year.
And I also have wings like this.
This is $150 (cash register ding)
from a small shop in Hollywood.
So I'm very curious to know if the really expensive
Amazon wigs measure up to the expensive ones
that you buy not on Amazon.
- Let's do some searching for some wigs.
- So we have a $300 budget,
and the way that's going to split up is
cheap wig is around 20 bucks,
medium wig is around $80, and expensive around $200.
I'm looking for really long colorful wigs
because that's like so opposite of what I have.
- Okay. That wig is cute, that wig is cute.
The reviews on it are pretty good, we love a good review.
I definitely lean more towards curly hair.
I think that's more of my vibe and the look that I like.
Okay, 16.
16 inches.
- Ooh. (gasp)
Oh, I like this one.
Colorful, long, straight bangs, 18 bucks and it's purple.
This is like my dream wig.
I think the purple wig is the one that
I'm the most excited for, even though it's the cheapest.
We'll see if that ends up disappointing me.
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- Alibeauty curly human hair wig with
bangs for black women
density 9A Brazilian Virgin Kinky curly.
If I'm going to go cheap,
I'm going to go as cheap as I possibly can.
I think that's the one.
- Ooh, I have nothing like this wig.
It's not a Bob.
Is it a Bob? I guess it's technically a Bob.
(gasp) Oh, it's human hair.
That's going in the cart.
This looks like a good medium priced wig.
- I think I found my expensive wig. It's $180.
It's by Brenda's hair ombre highlight lace front wig,
hair wig brown-blonde mixed color Brazilian Remy.
Wow. Okay. I mean it has good stars.
Let's add it to the cart.
- Okay. She's 20 inches.
She's the most beautiful blue ever.
I'm obsessed with this wig and I'm immediately buying it.
This is
$175.
- Now I wait for the wigs to arrive.
- They're here. First up, the cheap wig.
- So let's start with the cheaper wig that was $18.99.
And it's a bob.
We're just gonna pull this bad boy on. Ooh, ooh.
I mean first impressions, it's a little flat.
(cash register ding)
- Okay. I mean, that's not obviously realistic at all.
- From coming out the bag to putting on my head for $18.99
It's a good look.
It's so, this is definitely what I call a shake and go.
I look like I read like really long books.
(hair brushing sound)
- If I throw a beanie on it,
that solves a lot of the problem because you don't run
the risk of seeing the really unnatural hairline.
I kind of feel like an E-girl elf, an E-elf named Stephanie?
Hold on.
(metal music)
'Sup, I'm Steph
- Okay. So this is what I decided to style with the wig.
It's giving me very cottage-core.
Very look at me, strawberry... (beep)
This is a cuff-able wig, this is a cuff season wig.
- I'm gonna give this wig five out of five stars.
It's not my favorite wig.
It's not the best wig I've ever put on,
but it's delivering on what it says it is.
- I give this wig four stars, (bell dinging)
like a solid four stars for its price.
I'm ready to go on that picnic with you.
I'm ready to be cottage-core.
I know how to make oat milk from scratch, honey.
Learning how to make jam right now.
- Time for the medium priced wig.
- Looking at the wig, (cash register ding)
I am a little concerned. I'm a little scared.
It's not as sick as I thought it was going to be.
- This mid-priced wig is the one
that I am the most suspicious of.
Mostly just in terms of how it's gonna look on me,
but it seems like really great quality.
Got a really good amount of lace in here and I see
inside it has these three little hair clips,
which the cheap wig did not have.
- Okay. So for $85, you can get this
beauty here.
This is frightening.
- Wow. It's so soft.
It's human hair.
Oh my God. Tiny pig tails.
- The hair is... it's definitely human hair.
It is not synthetic like the last wig.
I wish it was kind of like twice as thick just for fullness
because you can see like through the hair a little bit,
which is very interesting for a curly hair look.
Yeah. Just thinking thoughts,
just thinking thoughts on this wig.
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(blow dryer noise)
- I kind of look like Rachel Leigh Cook in "She's All That."
(jazzy music)
- Okay, so I washed the wig just in case
because it did come out a little matted.
This is definitely giving me like
a little bit of rock and roll.
So I decided to do a little bit of a newer age 90's look
and kind of update it with a pair of jeans and a belt.
Got my little, witchy, Gemini necklace.
It's spooky season, got my necklace.
- I really wasn't sure how I was gonna feel about this wig,
but I love it.
I'm gonna give this wig a five out of five stars.
It has a lot of lace, the three clips, it's really soft.
- I would give this hair a three and a half out of five.
(ding) Or maybe I'm just cute.
Maybe I'm just that cute, damn.
All right, maybe I'm just that fine.
Who knew? I knew, you knew, we all knew.
That's look number two.
Time to go to the most expensive wig.
Cash money, cash money, ya, ya, ya.
This is definitely 10 times more blonder
than I thought it would be.
And it does come in this cute little baggy. We love a baggy.
Very soft, very nice, very long, very long.
- This one is
more than double (cash register ding)
the price of the human hair wig.
It comes with a lot of lace, which makes it easier to style.
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Let's brush it out before I make any rash comments.
- It definitely looks cute, definitely.
I like it, I like the color. The hair consistency is great.
- I don't know. I'm gonna look at the ad on Amazon again,
to see if there's something I'm missing.
No.
It's human hair.
100% Brazilian human hair.
We're going to get a curling iron.
- Look at me in my wig.
So I decided to style it with my favorite nosh shirt.
I'd definitely wear this at the hangout,
at the cookout, with the crew.
Yeah, I like it, I like it, I do!
- (laughs)
Y'all. My hair is going to be so beautiful.
I'm going to do this, be right back.
- Oh girls just want to have fun.
That's what they really want. (beep)
- Look at this hair.
Are you kidding? Look what I did to the bangs.
I'm just, I'm beside myself, I'm so excited.
- I think I'd rate this a four out of five.
(ding) I think for the money,
it's really good hair, very soft.
I think the only thing that I did try to curl it
and the curls kind of didn't stay intact.
Yeah, I look so different with long hair.
- It goes without saying,
I'm giving this five out of five stars.
It looks exactly like the add on Amazon.
We're calling this wig, Amy,
(camera clicks)
after the lead singer of Evanescence.
Alright. Those were my three different Amazon wigs.
I liked the cheapest one the least,
the middle one the middle-est,
and the most expensive one the most.
- I think for me, I would definitely buy a wig
from Amazon if I was in a clutch.
But I personally like getting my wigs
from black owned businesses.
- Don't be afraid of color and have fun exploring
the different versions of yourself.
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