I used 4 whole packs. The hair is very light weight and easy to maintain. It holds up pretty well however, my ONLY complaint is that I won't be able to to reuse the hair. About 5 inches of the braid from the bottom frizzed. It's not too bad of a frizz but it would become a bad frizz after installing it again. But I will definitely be making another purchase. I wore this hair a total of 8 weeks