They say the car in
front is a Toyota in Nairobi, while a car in front nowadays is a probox in
meru. Maybe in lavington we cannot even pronounce the names of the cars in
front but for a man the car behind is always a woman. Don’t be quick to judge,
no this is not a relationships story, it is the story of the car on top of the
woman’s head. Women always tend to think that men are plain shallow to judge
them by how they take care of their hair but let’s face it that’s just the way
life is! During the weekend I visited a salon in town and I could not help but
find the many women who had come for their beauty hours to either fix
dreadlocks or weaves.
So now I realize that
dreadlocks nowadays are not just for the weed smokers nor Rastafarians, but the
modern woman and man has resulted in creating a fashion statement that crowns
dreadlocks as part of the daily hair look. I won’t even begin the subject of
dreadlocks on the heads of men. Some just keep their hair shaggy in the name of
“baby locks”. As I said, that is story for another day. But my greatest concern
has been the women and the locks not to mention the weaves. As I sat to make my
own hair I could not help but think of how a woman’s hair is her crown and is
simply what makes her a queen. In fact, I suspect that some women just put the
dreadlocks trend just because it is simple to maintain. But the problem is
these locks sit up like a mop if not well maintained.
The weaves are another
story. Why I will walk around the streets and find women wearing the same weave
for 3 months is simply annoying. If you go close to such a woman, the smell let
alone the dandruffs that come off can fill a packet of unga. I tried to put a
weave on for two weeks and the heat underneath created a myriad of scratches
that I still remember to have mistaken for bed bug itches.
While you think you are
saving, there is no need for a woman to step out of the house with clean
clothes and a million dollar scent yet with hair that smells and looks like a
prop for a horror movie! Bad hair days are allowed but the white things falling
off from the head over and over are just scaring objects to us innocent
bystanders.
