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4/20/16

Hair Drama

So if you've read my previous posts, you will realize I had an interesting style on my head going on while on vaca. It's called crotchet braids and it's interesting for me, because it's something I'd never done before. I've blogged in the past about my relationship with my hair. I'm pretty much not a hair person meaning I will not do my own hair. Now, not because I refuse to, but because even if I tried, it just never looks right. I definitely want my hair looking great but with the least amount of stress attached for me. But, when it comes to hair, at least in my life, it goes hand in hand with stress because I rarely know what to do with it!

I love box braids but I wore those for the most part of last year. I'm not big on sew-ins and when I press my own hair, I feel like I have to get it done every other week because I can only keep it looking pretty for a week max! 

Anyhow, I decided on this style thanks to seeing it on a friend of mine and LOTS of YouTube review watching to convince me. Normally when I get my hair done, I just know when it looks good and I feel great about it right away but with this one, after looking in the mirror for the first time when my wonderful braider lady got done, I was just blah. It didn't help much that there was already a jacked up story with the hair leading to this point. Allow me to explain...

In the wonderful town I reside referred to as Northwest Arkansas, there is only one beauty supply store. The owner to this beauty supply store has a reputation for being very rude. When we first moved here and hair matters came about, I was told where to go but also warned. I brushed it off thinking it couldn't be that bad and went to the store. Alas! I got the rude, nasty treatment as well and after that I promised myself never to step foot in her store again (let us not even talk about what happened... moving on). A little over two years later, I clearly ate my words. I was so ready to get this hair done, so I decided go to rude woman to get it. I got there right before she closed that night and kept going back and forth trying to figure out which hair to get. Based on all the reviews I had watched, what I saw in the store looked different. I called my friend to get her opinion but she didn't pick up right away, so I started to walk out of the store. She called right when I was at the door, so thanks to FaceTime, I quickly went back, showed it to her and she said she thought it looked okay. I picked the number of packs I needed, paid a little over 50 bucks and walked out. 

I still didn't feel alright about the hair so as I drove away, I called my braider and told her I wanted to stop by to by and show her the hair. When she saw it, she confirmed it was a horrible quality and she used it on a client recently and it didn't last long. That did it for me! I just knew I wasn't putting the hair on my head. No ma'am! I was going to count my losses but my sis Juliet and mom convinced me to take the hair back and ask for an exchange the next day. I didn't even know rude woman's policy but something in be told me I would have issues returning it just based on her attitude but I went anyways. True to my thoughts, rude woman refused to collect it! I explained to her that I didn't even want my money back, she should just let me pick other stuff equal to my money because the hair was pretty much useless to me. Rude woman stood on her grounds and yeah buddy some not so Christian exchange at least on my part unraveled. I let her have it! I didn't curse her out (nope, don't have to) but I said some cruel not so nice things. I also imagined in my head smacking her with a pack or two. I'm only human. Please don't judge me. 

Through all of this, I was on the phone with my sister Juliet who asked me to give the phone to the lady so she could speak to her.. I'm like why? Rude woman's phone rings as I was walking out. Come to find out my wonderful sis googled the store and called rude woman... LAAWD! I had no clue until she told me after calling me as I drove home and I had a really good laugh. Like dude... BEHT WHY? I came home and ordered my new hair online just like I should have when I thought about it in the first place. Impatience! As far as the hair goes, I did away with it. 

Back to feeling blah after finishing my hair. I got on the phone with my sis Juliet and ranted to her about everything possible about the hair as I drove home.  Fast forward to the following morning! I get all dressed for work and I'm still looking several ways in the mirror trying to figure it out. I drop the babies off at school and as I walk into Mo's class, one of the kids walks up to me and says "Your hair looks kind of crazy". Y'ALL!! I can't make this up. I get on the phone with Juliet as soon as I get in the car and my ranting continued!

Funny thing is, this is one style that I got too many compliments on both from people I knew and total randoms. I also think my Caucasian brother and sisters were just really mesmerized by it, especially in these here parts. LOL! Best thing about all of this... hubby loved it! His opinion mattered the most to me :)

It's out now though! On to the next!!


I sent these photos to my family's WhatsApp group after getting in my office that morning...




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