Hair Day
A long night at the hairdresser!
Back to short and managable
Check out those eyes checking out the hair!
Double checking she is happy!
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I love the new hair cuts! they lok really trendy
Thanks! Miss O 1 hasn’t worked out if she will wear it to school (first day back today) or wear a wig. She is not used to being quite this trendy. I keep telling the girls setting trends, not following them, is the way to make money!
Ah bless them they both look lovely. The afro hair struggle is a relentless and expensive one!
And a dangerous one. Some of those “relaxers” are full of very dangerous chemicals. In Nigeria they used to relax it every week. Some of the brands have been banned here because of the chemicals. We have found a reasonable detangler by De Lorenzo, but even then Miss O 2 struggles to keep her hair tangle free.
The other problem with relaxers is they are so strong the hair just dies and then breaks off unless it is done continuously.
We’ve tried satin pillow cases, the knitted hats they wear at night all to no avail to prevent the tangles and breakage.
Attachments here are shockingly expensive compared with in Nigeria too.
I think their natural hair is beautiful, but I agree it is a battle to care for. Personally I think the natural hair feels softer and looks better than the relaxed version – but I have a hard job convincing the girls! Actually, Miss O 2 prefers it short, but then hates that maybe people will think she is a boy wearing a dress! Not that she ever wears dresses, because then she can’t do “flips” at school. We tell her she has way too beautiful a face to be thought to be a boy!
I was so innocent – I believed such hair would be a breeze to care for as it would just stay beautifully in place! Was I wrong!
I do wonder how much of this relaxing and attachments went on in African countries before colonisation though…….
Any tips very welcome, Gilly!!