I love weave. I really do. But sometimes even I, (gulp) think enough is enough. Like this video of a THREE YEAR OLD GIRL getting a hair weave. This is downright sad.
Why would ANYONE put a hair weave on a THREE YEAR OLD? It’s outrageous! My daughter cut off one of her ponytails last year, (she walked around for months with a bald spot in the back of her head. When I say she cut her ponytail off, she cut it off. Right under the rubber band.) Not ONCE did I think that I would just cover the spot with a hair weave. I cleverly hid her baldness as best as I could and she kept on stepping.
You guys know how much I love weave, but come on people—ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I’ve been rocking my real hair for a couple of weeks now and people are surprised at how lovely and thick it is. “Why were you wearing a weave with hair like that"? People ask me this question all the time, and truthfully I wore a weave because it helped advertise my business. I specialized in weave and I wanted to show prospective clients how good their hair could look with a weave. But I’m not a stylist anymore. *sigh* And the whole concept of Unbeweaveable is that Mariah had to learn to let go of her weave, to get back to the basics and find her inner beauty within and not depend on purchased locks. That’s the saddest part of all this, because after the hair is put in this little girl’s hair, (her name is Kayleigh by the way) she says she’s pretty now. Oh baby girl you were pretty before.
My daughter knows that longer hair doesn’t mean prettier hair, and that straighter hair does not a pretty girl make. C’mon guys, as much as I love weave healthy hair is cute at any age. This little girl didn’t need a weave. But what do you think? How young is too young for hair extensions?
To be fair, it was for a kiddie beauty pageant, and ALL of the girls get some sort of weaves/pieces/extensions added to their hair regardless of their race.
It was pretty clear in the show that the mom was doing this only for the pageant and that it was a temporary thing..
Aisha,
I hear you. I may be a little biased on the whole pageant thing. I like little girls to look like little girls, so the whole pageant thing–with the fake teeth, spray tans, extensions, and make-up–is too adult. I’m a HUGE fan of weave, but not for little girls. Leave something for them to look forward to!