Photos by Sharon Stucki
Just a simple outfit from the other day! Muaah, Leisy
It took quite some time for me to accept my own hair, especially because all my friends had straight, long and silky hair. When you're a teenager all you want, is to fit in and I couldn't because of my hair feature. Therefore, I've felt excluded and misunderstood sometimes because no one understood my struggle. There were no shops where I could buy products for my hair and no one I could talk about that (of course I've had my family but I wanted to talk to someone at my age)! Now, I can honestly say that I love my hair. Black hair is full of volume, sometimes nappy, easy to style if you know how and beautiful in its own way and it's perfect the way it is. There's nothing wrong with wearing weaves but make sure to embrace your black hair as much as you embrace your extensions. If you don't know how to maintain it or how to keep it healthy - don't worry you'll get there and I'm here to help you.A weave are extensions which are added to someone's hair and it's generally sewn or glued in. Most women use it as a protective style, to give their hair more volume or just to change up their apperance for a period. A weave may consist of synthetic or virgin hair (there's going to be an other post about that as well) or both mixed. Weaves come in all different colors, lenghts and textures. A lot of celebrities wear weaves but hey it's a black women thing, right? Don't let the media fool you please! When done properly it can look very natural and beautiful, like mine on this picture above.
Note: I still wear weaves because I love to change my looks from time to time and it helps me to prevent my hair from damage during the cold Winter! However, most times I'm wearing my Afro and I don't have a problem with that. We all need to understand that society doesn't define us, we do! Muaah, Leisy
Weave sind Extensions, die zum Eigenhaar angenäht oder -geklebt werden. Viele Frauen nutzen Weaves um das Eigenhaar zu schützen, mehr Volumen zu verleihen oder einfach das Aussehen für eine Zeit zu verändern. Ein Weave setzt sich entweder aus synthetischem Haar, Echthaar (sogenannten "virgin hair" - über dieses Thema werde ich auch berichten) oder aus beidem gemischt. Weaves kommen in allen Farben, Längen und Texturen vor. Viele Stars tragen Weaves aber hey, es ist ja bekanntlich nur ein "Schwarze-Frauen-Phänomen" nicht? Lass' dich bitte nicht von den Medien täuschen! Wenn es richtig gemacht wird, kann es sehr natürlich und schön aussehen so wie beim oberen Bild.
Notiz: Ich trage immer noch Weaves, weil ich es toll finde mein Aussehen hin und wieder zu verändern und es mir hilft mein Eigenhaar während dem kalten Winter zu schützen. Dennoch trage ich die meiste Zeit meinen Afro und habe damit überhaupt kein Problem mehr. Wir müssen alle verstehen, dass uns die Gesellschaft nicht definiert, wir definieren uns selbst! Muaah, Leisy