Nowadays fake hair is in abundance! Lots of long manes and tresses. The magazines that are shown, I once owned back in the 90s and can I tell you, they were my hair bibles! From decorating my real hair up to stand about five inches off my head to curly fros, whatever I was in the mood for, I wore it!
Whenever I wanted to try something different back in the day, I got the magazines photographed.
I kind of miss the looks back then because they just made sense! What I mean is the looks fit one's face. But these days far too often I see hair that doesn't belong on an African American woman's head. The color, texture and style just isn't right! It's like a white woman wearing an Afro, huh, what--doesn't look right.
These days, it seems the long mane is nothing more than a distraction from wide noses, thick lips, and dark eyes brought on by a certain elitist European influence, but I digress. Once this long mane distraction is removed, you have a woman, simply put, a woman who has a face that can be spiritually read. Those of you who know anything about spiritual gifts know what I am talking about. But when one has something to hide, out comes the alter ego who needs some fake hair to match a certain persona, personality and to cover up imperfections, that she caused mind you, underneath. I would know because all that hairstyle changing back in the day damaged my hair and caused me to wear wigs for awhile.
Celebrities can get away with different characters and looks because that is part of their jobs--they deceive the public into believing that they are who they say they are for that day. But real people know that in the real world, your alter Shaquita, Tonya or Tammy, is still you--no excuses; and if she steps out of line, wig and all is forgotten about and you are told about yourself.
No one cares how much "you look like..." (except superficial, immature observers who are obsessed with celebs) all real people want to know is who you really are and how might you benefit them. Sistahs, if you needed someone to tell you, "Try a different style and lose the long brownish mane with the part down the middle and the tresses," here's one.
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