African American Mannequin Head with 100% Human Hair Manikin Head with Stand for Styling Hair Blowing Hair Cutting Braiding (Afro Kinky Straight)

Thickness and texture of hair is perfect. Just like my fiance hair. Now I can practice on here and not his head. Takes and hold product well. A great product to do styles and braids to learn on.

I shampooed and conditioned her hair right after I got her. Her hair turned out well . I had no large loss of hair. The hair is easy to work with, unlike the other brand that I bought first and threw away. This Zenyinfa brand Mannequin head is easy to work with, and I would recommend it to any and every one who needs one .

I have searched far and wide for a mannequin that has a realistic African-American curl pattern, as there are no known hair banks that stock true ethnic hair for mannequin use. Therefore the closest we can get is by using either yak hair (which I think is rediculous) and that obviously fails by a long shot, as there is zero curl. Then we must rely on Eastern European or Indian hair that has been very closely and tightly coiled and permanently waved. The above method seems to work however even permed hair loses much definition very quickly, albeit less noticeably with a lose curl. Though with a tight coil it is very appearent and not desired. This mannequin: Out of all the mannequins I have come across (and that includes most available) this is unique in that it arrives with the hair untangled in a demure way. As soon as you wash it the curls spring from seemingly nowhere! Is this magic? The hair remains very manageable and soft yet tightly coiled, giving a texture close to that of a 3 to maybe 4b curl pattern. With good care and the least amount of heat styling she will keep these coils and is the best I have for cornrows, sew-ins, you name it. An unexpected find. As a liscenced cosmetologist practicing for over 15 years I recommend this.

It is braid-able. I will definitely give it that. However, it is thin, very thin once you get towards the bottom of the mannequin head. It looks full, but just like any other hair unit, shorter strands of hair are added to make the mannequin appear full when it is actual very thin. Sad face. Easy to wash, but it does shed. Can't really escape that with any unit. One thing i really do like about this mannequin head is the ability to part. It looks so much more realistic than other heads I've purchased. Lastly, the hairline is so unrealistic. It's hard to get a clean part around the ears because the hairline literally looks like a upside down letter J. I think it would be easier to braid around the edges if the hairline was softer.

I’m a fairly new braider who braids my own hair. Lately folks have been offering to pay me to also braid their hair. I’ve never braided anyone’s hair and never had even braided my own until about four months ago. I need to learn how to Plat (a.k.a. Cornrow, French braid) because it is sooo beautiful and I want to Plat my own hair and other people’s if I decide to braid others’ hair. I order three of these heads with three seemly different hair textures: coily, wavy and straight, or so I thought. I was thinking of why it’s so difficult to get my hands on beautiful coily, truly coily hair like my own; you know the kind that shrinks when wet or while it’s air drying. My hair is the later kind, it elongates when wet and shrinks as it dries (unless it’s manipulated by some external source). Then I realized that haír like mine is very, very rare and precious and I think that it doesn’t occur to many people with our hair that it is worth selling when it should really be the highest priced kind of hair because of its uniqueness and rarity. That being said, the coily (kinky) hair is not truly coily. It is exactly the same as the head that has wavy hair. I agree with the other reviewers who said that it isn’t truly coiled so if you’re thinking of buying three heads, save your money and skip the wavy because that is what you’ll get anyway. I could’ve made due with the straight and so called “kinky” looking heads.

Happy with the product. It’s stand is sturdy the hair is just like in the picture just has a few grey strands in there which kinda freaked my daughter out is it made it feel VERY REAL but on a manican head

Granddaughter loves it. (11yrs. old).

Well other than being awesome at scaring the hell out of my cleaning lady I am successfully able to give my daughter a french braid. Please beware first time hair braiding people that this doll head does not yell or scream at you if you are doing this to rough or tight so please practice being gentle.