Human Hair!!

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     Coming from a background of color (my mother is African-American), I have seen a wide range of various hair rituals in my time. Heck, when I was a young child I would love when my mother would get weave braided in because I found her new, long hair incredibly fascinating for some reason. I have never gotten weave put in myself because I've been blessed with ferocious hair that refuses to stop growing for some reason so I've never felt a need for it, but I feel like there are some things to be said about the practice even for those who do feel like they need the extra few inches of length.

     I remember a time when the women would rave about how horse hair was the best, and even as a child I knew that was kind of weird. At first, I thought it was exciting because I was young and had this weird obsession with wanting to be an animal, but as I got older I realized how weird that was. Who would want an animal's hair as their own?



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     So naturally, when the public started talking about how Indian hair was a better choice I thought
"oh good, at least it's human." In the essay 100% Indian Hair by Tanzila Ahmed, she argues that it's gross to not know where the hair a person puts on their head is from, but would it be any less "weird" if they did know where it came from?

     I figure it's not "gross" because at least it gives the women buying it a sense of convenience and natural beauty (not that women shouldn't feel beautiful the way they are made). I believe that having human hair woven in makes it feel a little more natural, and obviously naturally long, glossy hair is the ultimate goal for every girl. Women spend hundreds trying to get the hair they fantasize about, and if all natural Indian hair is the way to do that then more power to the practice!!