Too shiny but passable it your braids or twists aren't too big. [SEP] When I first received this hair I didn't think I was ever going to use it, the color was slightly darker and with a bit less red than it appeared on my screen it was close enough to the image provided that the discrepancy was reasonable, what I received is actually almost an exact match to my own natural hair when it's been allowed to grow long and be lightened by the sun however I was initially very dissatisfied with the amount of shine that this hair has and didn't think it would ever look at all natural, the only reason I decided to use it was because my dog decided to destroy the Brazilian yarn I was going to use to do faux locs and I needed my hair in something that at least slightly resembled locs for a cosplay that same weekend, I used this hair to do small Senegalese twists and the shine was much less noticable when twisted, it could pass and freshly washed and oiled natural hair in the style I'm wearing now. I've had the twists in for about a week now and plan to where them at least two more. I would consider buying them again but it wouldn't be my first choice. The pre streched ends were very convenient and did save me a lot of time styling my hair which was very helpful as I was a bit rushed.