Don`t beat yourself up ..we`ve all spent hours reading, evaluating etc. when considering wearing ..... if you`re in a ` situation` with your current piece, maybe you could get away with a stock from Toplace? You say you bought elsewhere ..was it an all -synthetic system ? They never look good ..they reflect light differently to human hair and they tend to be obvious under flourescent lighting too..... and if the density is ` off`, you have a real problem as you just cannot thin them out like you can with real hair on a lace base ..... this is never plain -sailing for most of us at the start....persevere and you`ll be fine.