I absolutely hate braided wigs. My solemn desire is that all the braided wigs in the world should be gathered and burned.
Braided wigs are quite popular and have become an alternative to human hair or synthetic wigs, but I absolutely detest them.
Why do I hate braided wigs so much?
1. We can clearly see the net holes
Do you know how tacky it is to see the net used in making the wig? We can see your scalp and the net-like wig cap, which begs the question, what’s the point? If it’s supposed to be like real braids, then why do we have to see those little holes?
Braided wigs don’t look like real hair [Afrikea]
2. The frontal and the baby hairs are ugly
I am not going to mince words; those full-frontal braided wigs are very ugly, especially when you have to use baby hairs on them. They look tacky and very low-class. The worse are those wigs that don’t lay properly on the head and looks swollen.
3. Most don’t look like real braids
Braided wigs are nothing but cheap imitations and really don’t deserve to exist. If the point of braided wigs is the similitude of braids, then a cheap-looking imitation is probably not the way to go. If you want to make box braids that look really nice, you have to go through the painstaking process of going to the beauty saloon.
Braids takes a lot of time to make, often six to twelve hours. By the time you are done, your butt will ache and you might have a headache. Not to mention how annoying it is to loosen braids.
Real braids are also quite expensive. Hair extensions aren’t as cheap as they used to be, and the cost of the actual braiding has skyrocketed. Have you watched those? “Let’s go make my braids at so and so place” videos on Instagram? The braids usually cost about ₦50,000 to ₦100,000.
Notwithstanding, there is no gain without pain, and beauty hurts. To actually look beautiful, you have to go through the process of looking beautiful—no cheap shortcuts, which is what braided wigs are.
