Now,down to the subject matter....hair extensions,or better yet,what I like to call them : WEAVES!!! These concoctions of mangled and straightened (to stiffness by the way) synthetic hair which is mostly woven or sewn on to the corn rowed hair of our African sisters and friends. They annoy me!!! Nairobi girls just look HIDEOUS in them. Even the ones with the supposedly near realistic "Human Hair" type.
The other day (and the days following as well) me and my guy friends from Law School were discussing our feeling towards them. Many of the girls in our class that did have hair extensions,just looked like they had some fine fabric mops on their heads. Some of them so fine that they glistened....unbearably!! It was like looking at brand new straightened steel wool lying miserably on a human head.
Many (if not all of us) were in consensus that we liked our girls MINUS the woven accessories. Very few of them looked good with these. And it's because they actually took the time to integrate them into their own natural hair to make it look as if it was their hair. Now,you must be wondering what it is I mean by this,yes? Well,what they did was just use some of this synthetic material (of the famous "human hair" kind) and merely have it sewn (or glued) into their already well done natural God given hair. And with exactly the right amount,same length and same colour. Now this,was a girl we could bear. This was the kind of hair extension frenzy we wouldn't mind. She's come off looking like God gave her all these locks of hair,and she KNEW she had to look good with them. A Gold Star to that one!!
Then there's the Medusa of all...the girl with the weave that's just "planted" on her scalp. No use of her natural hair to try and at least lie to us a little that "it's mine,don't hate! Appreciate!!". She will sew it on,and even show you the "hem" from which it's attached,right near the front,at an angle simillar to that right angled triangle...at the side of her head. Then you see the little bits of her hair under that sewn part,peeping like the hide and seek champion of the childhood neighbourhood.
It disgusts me to see girls do this. And yet many of them have BEAUTIFUL hair. Why do you hide it? Why do you suffocate your strands of hair?? We like you the way you are. Long or short hair! Even Tyra Banks and Beyonce admit that all that hair ISN'T theirs. But at least they do it right.
At the end of the day,me and my boys concluded that for the hair,the best way to go is the God given way. Be natural!! You can perm your hair,that's fine! But stay off the weave,to be safe.
Say no to the weave!!!!
(I must admit though,I've met many a fine girl with some good hair...and it wasn't all theirs.) The saying "If you can't achieve it,then weave it" is only for the few blessed with good hair dressers. Mama Wilbroda will not do your hair justice. Stick to Afro Kinky please!
Until next time,these are the thoughts in a script! :-)
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