I bought this wig for my Halloween costume, wanting a darker colored wig with long curls for my Christine Daae costume. I looked at many wigs from a variety of sites to find just the right one, not wanting to spend too much on a costume wig while also wanting a wig that looked more like real hair. The packaging the wig was received in helped it keep its shape and curls.  I wore it with the part slightly off to the side and put decorative crystal bobby pins in the hair to hold back strands of curls from my face.  It held in place all night with a few bobby pins and I was told repeatedly that it looked like my real hair. What a hit!