This is not a natural hair blog. I repeat this is not a
natural hair blog! That was much more for my sake than yours. We seem to write
a lot about our hair don’t we?
I took these pictures a few weeks ago, the last from “ode to
Maun” series. There she is, my fro in
all her glory. These days my hair is
braided eighty percent of the time, usually some form of twist because it takes
the shortest amount of time to braid and take down. These days I’m all about protective
styles and reducing the amount of damage to my hair when manipulating it. My
aunt who I lived with in Maun always did my hair and we had over the years developed an awesome rapport.
After much nagging she finally understood my Natural Hair Nazi ways. Then I
moved to Lusaka and had to begin the search for a new hair dresser. *sigh*
Interesting thing amount Zambia. Having natural hair isn’t a big deal, lots of
women have it. What lots of people don’t have is natural hair that does not get heat treatment. I blow dry my hair twice a year for length checks and trimming
my ends. Besides that its heat-free, something that seems hard for people who aren’t
deep in the natural hair movement to understand. And so my kinky fro and I went in search of a
new hair charmer. Our first audition was an disaster of EPIC proportions. This woman yanked, pulled and did everything but pull my hair out (allow me to embellish, I’ve earned it). My constant pleas
for her to be gentle fell on deaf ears. And if that wasn’t enough she decided
she was going to comb my hair bone straight because it wasn’t blow dried. I
could hear individual split ends forming each time she attacked the fro with
her machete (comb). She was cheap and came well recommended so I suffered in silence. Okay fine, I'm a coward, don't judge me!
Lesson learned. My selection process will be a lot more
thorough in future and never let cheap hair get in the way of good hair.
From a heartbroken Lekgarebe to all of you out there. Share you hair dressing horror stories with us comrades,
lets band together, vent and heal.
Pants
and T Shirt – Mr Price
Blazer
– Thrifted
Shoes
– Old
Scarf
– Chinese Shop
Bag - Gifted
Accessories - Here and there
