Painkillers. Check! Phone battery full to listen to music, tweet, browse and ping the
pain away. Check! Mentally and physically prepared. Check! Well, you
might be wondering what I’m going on and on about abi? It’s the torture
every woman who braids her hair goes through. It's worse at times when you can't use your phone as planned as your hands are busy dividing the hair (Xpression Ultra Braid) for the braider to braid or the braiding lady outsources two other braiding ladies and they are on top
of your head, gossiping while forgetting it’s your hair they are pulling
when they start hi-5ing each other. After 3 hours or 4 hours of all that, the hair will go through fire and hot water as a means of getting the hair trimmed. Finally, they pull your hair back, and dab a hot
towel on your scalp. You leave the hair dresser's place with your eyes looking all Chinese
from the pulling, your hairline slowly fading and you want to kill
someone.
Getting
one’s hair braided is really not a fun experience it takes a whole
lot of time, if you are not so patient and without the ability to stand much pain and also the stress of taking the braids out after it has stayed it tenor then you should seek other alternatives, like me. Because of this rigorous process, i decided to stay off braids. For the past 7years I have been either on sewed in weaves or on my natural hair never braids.
Just this week i finally got my hair braided (*gasp*, I know a bunch of you who know me are like, whaaaaat???) Yes o! wanted to take a break from combing hair for a change. I have gone through the fire and brimstone part, So now that I have my braids done, I'm looking forward to exploring new and interesting ways of styling and rocking it with pride.
Season's Greetings peeps!
India Arie
India Arie
7 comments:
Lol...I can remember unilorin days uty...u were always on braids...hard to believe u stayed off for 7yrs...kudos!...I just loveeee braids...dnt mind goin thru d pain...nice write up bdw
Thanks dearie ... Its actually 7years o! If u flashback again to those days and even try looking through your collection of photos we took back then, u will see that the braids stopped in 200 Level
Uty you know I love this post! Well written. I can almost feel the pain as I read ...you were good to stay away for 7 yrs lol
Thank you ..... But you know you are a pro at sucking up the pain *wink*
Uty,u r rily right abt the pains. But after d pains,you would definitely be enjoying it when you start giving it different ways of packing it. Come to think of It. So,one can actually stay away from braids for 7 years?.girl,I hail you o
Have got a great stylist so braidng comes wt little or no pain. Uty u tried o, I don't think I can go 6months without making some sorts of braid.
lool....i totally love braids.....i'm on braids for bout 300days a year....but sitting longer than 4 hours.....hell no.....i bet you're rocking the braids now....
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