Thanks guys. I listened to all of your advice closely. Especially you Hersute, you and Irish Paul have been so helpful. Seriously, if it wasn't for you guys and this forum I never would have been able to pull off this look. You guys are awesome!!!
So I took the hair out for a test. Saw my family and a lot of my friends and no one said anything but how great my new haircut looks.
A couple more pics. In the face shot it looks like you can see a grid pattern but that's actually artifacting from the camera. The hair completely covers the lace so you can't see any of the lace at all regardless of the light. I haven't tried bright direct sunlight yet though.