Once I took the hair out of its plastic cover and combed it out a bit, it didn't look to nice.
I had to interweave the hair with v-shaped pipe cleaners. Once that was done all the way around, I boiled the head for 10 seconds then let it dry overnight and into the next day.
The entire tutorial can be found here:
http://beadsbraidsbeyond.blogspot.com/2011/07/natural-hair-for-dolls-tutorial.html The hair turns into rotini curls, which you then separate into a huge, poofy mess! I had to cut it down, brush it and style the hair to a shape that reflects my goddaughter's hair.