WEAVES

Now-a-days, so many sisters (black and white and everything in between) sport weave that its almost more common to see a hairweave than to see natural hair. Its funny, often times my black sisters get more grief for wearing weave than our Caucasian sisters b/c of the underlying stereotype (false albeit) that black women can't actually grow long hair. SMH. But, at the end of the day, I think weave is a trend that will stay around.....so....To weave, or not to weave…that is the question. But, the bigger question is the purpose of the weave and the doing of the weave. What do I mean? Well, people get weaves for several different reasons. Some people get weaves to take stress off of their hair (i.e. celebrities whose hair is styled to the max with various heating tools everyday or regular women who need to work out or otherwise go through a period of time where they want to avoid the stress that would be put on their hair to keep it how they want it to be at that time), while others get them to enhance (lengthen or give added thickness) to their own hair, and other women simply like to change up their styles according to their preferences or beauty choices. Now to the doing of the weave…If you are a Caucasian woman or a woman with non-African American centric textured hair then you MIGHT be safe getting extensions applied mainly through glue, tips, or other forms of fusing the weave hair to the natural hair. If you are an African American woman or a woman with more of a kinky textured hair, I implore you…..RUN from this type of application of extensions. Your hair will not benefit from it in any way, shape, or form. On the other hand, if you get a sew-in weave where the natural hair is not braided too tightly and the weave hair is not attached or sewn in too tightly, you’re actually on the start to protecting and growing your hair. In addition, when you get a sew-in, you have to REMEMBER your hair underneath. If you want your sew-in weave to serve as a beautiful AND protective style, then you have to keep the natural hair and scalp underneath the weave moisturized, conditioned, and healthy. All too often, women put in a weave and completely neglect their natural hair underneath the weave. My hair tip: use a good braid spray and make a homemade glycerin/water concoction (1:3 ratio or so) to make sure that scalp promotes healthy hair growth and that your hair underneath comes out of that sew-in in excellent condition!