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  • Is It Time To Break Up With Your Nigerian Hairdresser?

    Spoiler alert – it is.

    There comes a time in every woman鈥檚聽life, where she鈥檚 faced with a life-altering dilemma聽鈥� whether or not to move on from her hairdresser. You might have been loyal to your hairdresser for several years, she might be the only one who knows how to make a million braids that won鈥檛 take out all of your edges but if you notice these things, it鈥檚 time to send that 鈥榳e need to see other people text鈥�.

    If you go to her salon at 9am and don’t leave till 9 pm.

    Time that you can be using to fight the patriarchy and make money.

    If you were using her when all you used to do were cornrows, and now you are doing pixie cuts but she hasn’t levelled up.

    Loyalty is great but is it really worth looking like this.

    If she keeps lying about knowing what to do.

    Aunty I understand, aunty I understand, then she鈥檒l finish and instead of looking like Rihanna you鈥檒l look like Rianatu,

    If she doesn’t understand the meaning of the word trim.

    Four years natural but your hair is still five inches because your hairdresser is doing big chop for you every month.

    She just doesn’t hear word.

    As you are explaining a style to her, it鈥檚 entering one ear and going out the other. Because she鈥檚 an 鈥榚xpert鈥� and knows what鈥檚 best for you. That鈥檚 why all your wigs are bobs.

    She has become one of those hairdressers that’ll leave your hair, go and eat, make five other people’s hair and come back.

    Because you are 鈥榗ustomer鈥� and you won鈥檛 vex.

    You’ve been natural for 5 years but every time you go she asks you if she should put small relaxer in your hair.

    She鈥檚 obviously not willing to let your progress in life, better move on.

    She’s always out of town.

    You won鈥檛 loosen your braids for two months because you are waiting for you hairdresser to come back from someone鈥檚 birthday she went to celebrate in Ilorin 1 month ago.

    She never ever listens to you. You’ll tell her to make colour 30 braids and she’ll buy colour 2.

    You鈥檝e just been managing because her hand is neat. She鈥檚 not the only one in town better release yourself from bondage.

    If she can’t do without dryer, straightener and a curler all in one day.

    You don鈥檛 need all of that heat damage honey, run.

    If she can’t relax your hair without burning it.

    Your scalp will be stinging, there鈥檒l be tears in your eyes and she鈥檒l still tell you 鈥榚 never done鈥�.

    Every single time she makes your hair, you’ll have a headache for at least three to five working days.

    Yes the hair is neat and fine but nothing is worth that much pain my sister.

    Finally, if she just doesn’t get you anymore.

    You guys used to be so in sync, you didn鈥檛 have to say anything when you walked into her shop she always knew what you wanted. But now things have changed, she doesn鈥檛聽understand why you鈥檒l want blonde hair or why you went natural.

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