Fri, 27 Oct 2017 08:07:12 +0000 By Annie Zulu It is often said that Beauty is Pain but imagine a two-year-old being put under hair dryers after toxic perm creams have been applied to her feeble head. Back in the days, our mothers and grandmothers equally loved to be attractive just as today’s woman, the difference however is that while their hair choices were chiefly influenced by their natural hair and a need to be distinct African and proud. Current influences include a need to look westernized and fashionable as well as expensive. So the question is why won’t African ladies just leave their natural hair alone without adding clicks, weaves, wigs, extensions, glue and others to their hair? According to Mervis Mwila, a Lusaka-based hair stylist, some women have kinky hair, making it difficult to comb. Ms Mwila also noted that some go for the extensions to make them look matured while others contend […]
