Hair update: first flat-iron in years and the weave that made it happen

August 10, 2014 Naija girl next door 20 Comments

Hi everyone,
Hope you're all healthy and happy.
    Let me tell you what happened with my weave. I went to the salon on thursday with my hair well moisturised, detangled and even combed; my new growth was stretched from threading. All this to make it easier for whomever would land me as a customer, and of course for my peace.

     I got a nice hair stylist. She was very polite and listened as I explained before sitting: how to comb my hair, and how I wanted it as loose as possible. I even absolved her of any responsibility if the sew-in didn't last: "Don't worry about it, make the plaits loose, I'm only carrying the hair for a very short time". For extra security I left out my edges. Growing them back is not beans.
   It appeared to go okay- whenever I complained, she would go easy. She was attentive and fast too.  Then came time to straighten my leave-out (centre parting). I wasn't readyyyy... hadn't even thought about it. I hadn't straightened in almost 4 years you see. I needed a minute.

    She used raw shea butter on my hair, and did 3 passes of the flat iron on each of the 3 sections she divided into. I cringed all through but in the end it was fine and my hair blended well with the wavy Indian hair (I used 2 bundles of colour 1b. 20" and 22" which I've had for almost a year and never used before).

Right after straightening

 Day 1. It didn't feel tight when I left but by evening I had developed a headache that lasted 2 more days. By the end of the day my hair had started to revert to its normal texture.
Day 2. My scalp started to itch and the weave seemed to be getting tighter and tighter. By nightfall you could have sworn my leave-out was never flat-ironed.

Mo's wedding day- After makeup, before hair

Day 3. Wedding day! May I just say at this point that the bride was one of the most beautiful brides ever. Those who follow my personal Ig account have seen the pics and know I had a lot of fun that day. Congrats Mo :*
    As for my hair, it had to be straightened again! I resisted and whined through the whole thing. The guy was like "Oh you're doing the natural thing. Don't worry I'm using shea butter". I saw smoke and was too stricken to respond.
Monica if this is not love, I don't know what love is.

All done

I liked the look all in all. Professional makeup makes me look sooo different. I hardly ever go for a shiny lip myself but this was cool. I'm more of a matte lip girl. When I do glossy I go for barely-there colours. With makeup I tend to keep things minimal so I felt all dolled up and extra pretty.