Hair today, gone tomorrow... :: Mmegi Online

Chances are that you will never ever see me donning a weave. Only a few years ago, the common name for weaves was fake hair. Today the word is considered obscene. Word is still out on how these inventions came into being but most people still swear that they are either made of horse tails or dead people’s hair. Whatever they are made of, I just have a hard time warming up to the craze.

I once tried a weave, about seven years ago. The hair piece, as they call it, didn’t come cheap. I paid an arm and a leg to have it sewn to my head and after sitting down on a salon chair for close to three hours, my new hairdo was firmly in place. There is just something about salon mirrors. Just Like jewellery store glass displays, they can be very deceptive! I walked out of that salon feeling like a star but I had no idea what awaited me a few hours later, and I am not referring to the disapproving looks I got from my then 7-year-old daughter here. In short, my journey with the weave lasted exactly 21 hours!

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