“I firstly never took this serious but I realised that big companies and big stores are being closed and we’re forced to be isolation. Black Enterpriseįelicia, who is a hairstylists says the lockdown has affected her to a point where she has to operate as though she’s selling contraband. She washes her hair every three days and applies a special mixture of crushed marijuana seeds and coconut oil. So now well, we all got time currently,” says Nicole laughing. Really long ones, been wanting to do them for a while but didn’t have the time to. I wear a wig most of the time, but since the lockdown I got box braids. “I’m currently growing my natural hair from scratch because it got damaged as a result of my recent obsession with bleach.
It completes my looks, an outfit can be really dope but without the perfect hairstyle, might as well not rock it.”
Hair is very important to women, but for me it goes a level up because I’m a fashionista. She bats for Team Solange in that she sees her hair as her pride. Clair Mawisa with her well-taken care of locks. But with the braids, I got lucky because I’m in lockdown with my sister-in-law who is really bomb with hair. “I’m not a salon person, I do my hair myself. Similar to Nobantu, Nicole Ling-Ling Sidell finds herself on lockdown with someone who can do her hair. “ has caused some anxiety because I do my hair every three weeks.” “I have cornrows, I always have cornrows if not braids,” she says. Thando Dhaza loves her mane, but doesn’t see it as a crown. I’m also lucky to have my boyfriend who has experience grooming natural hair, so he mixes up special oils to keep the skull nourished and he styles it when needs be.” With grooming it, I don’t stress much because it probably needs a break too. “I’ve heard theories of the virus getting stuck on your hair, so I don’t take chances. I try to keep it simple.” A photo of well done cornrows.Ĭonspiracy theorists will be happy to know that Nobantu is more concerned about the virus making home in her hair, than the anxiety brought by not being able to visit a salon. “Currently with the lockdown, I let my hair hang loose only indoors, I usually have it in different styles or wrapped up in a turban, but I never strain it with tight pulling hairdos. “I have locks, I never call them ‘dreadlocks’ because there is nothing dreadful about my hair,” Nobantu Baba tells me. I just wash it, let it dry and then it’s good.” Smangele changes her hairstyle every month, depending on what style she’s wearing. “No, this lockdown hasn’t brought any anxiety because my hair doesn’t require too much work. She currently has cornrows and says she usually wears her hair natural as an afro if she doesn’t feel like wearing a weave. Eish angazi” says Smangele Vilakazi, laughing. “Actually I’ve never really thought about that, ukuthi izinwele zami yicrowd. While some females are shit scared that they’ll be looking like Ol’Dirty Bastards lost daughters during this time, others see this as an opportunity to just let their hair down and not worry about looking the part for anybody, for the next few weeks. In addition to that, I’ve been witness to a salvo of posts from female friends on social media about their anxiety of being unable to do their hair during this lockdown. I’ve had the fine thread stands in my head for the past few days since watching Chris Rock’s 2009 doccie Good Hair again a few days ago. The contradiction of the two ideologies in the songs is an epitome of women’s differing feelings towards hair. India.Arie’s I am Not My Hair was a bold statement from the inner being, vehemently saying the scrutiny she faces can’t be based on the exterior. Solange’s Don’t Touch My Hair served as a declaration for black women, that their hair is an extension of who they are and that it’s their crown of glory.
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