My
favourite hairdo would be anything away from my face- hair packed up in
a bond or thrown all to the back (thank God for full hair lines). I do not particularly like a fringe,
not necessarily because it doesn't suit me (although I don't have the
sort of a forehead that kind of makes it sit properly) but I
find it rather uncomfortable. The bangs obstruct free flow of air unto
my face.
Talking about the forehead, I remember watching Marian Arthur Anazodo on NTA years back and she always had a fringe on and one of my friends said its because of her 'forehead' (whatever it is about her head I don't know, no be me talk am ). Now this brings out the fact that people actually do the fringe to cover up things. Things like pimples and spots (which are sometimes caused by the heat from the hair). The most popular one would be because of 'chopped' front hair lines otherwise known as the 'iya eko syndrome'. I wonder who came up with this theory but it isn't far-fetched as the fallen front hair is peculiar to real Lagos(eko) women. Unfortunately, young ladies are fast acquiring the syndrome, so they grab a 'fringe benefit'!
"A fringe, also referred to as bangs in American English, is a shaped cutting of the front part of the hair so that it is combed forward and hangs or curls over the forehead. The term bangs originally referred to hair cut straight across at the front, although the term is now applied to diverse forms of fringe. A classic fringe (bang) is cut fairly straight at or above the eyebrows, but they can also be ragged or ruffled, spiked up with hair gel, swept to one side or the other, and sometimes they are cut longer to partially cover the eyes."
Sideswept: Hair is cut longer than a normal fringe and swept across one side of the face
Brow-Skimming: Hair that hits below the brow and can look "heavy" or "light" on the face
Wispy: Hair that "sprinkles" over the forehead lightly.
Short/baby: Hair which is usually cut above the brows, it is normally bluntly cut across the middle of the forehead and can be shorter
"Hairstyles that feature fringes or bangs have come and gone out of
fashion as frequently as other hairstyles, and they can be worn in any
number of styles.
In the 1980s and early 1990s, curly, teased fringes were in fashion. In 2007, the fringe saw another massive revival as a hair trend, this time thick, deep and blunt-cut. In October 2007, style icon and model Kate Moss changed her hairstyle to have a fringe, signalling the continuation of the trend into 2008."
So it happened that I needed to get my hair done and had gone to buy a weave. From 'testing-testing', I ended up going home with this 'thing'- it looked nice on my head, wearing something different from the norm... Did I say earlier that I didn't really like fringes? Yes! Except I was living in a place like Alaska...ok ok! That's really cold, but that's to tell you how much I can't survive with a fringe on. As I was saying, I decided to play dress-up with my new 'thing' and I took pictures too...
Talking about the forehead, I remember watching Marian Arthur Anazodo on NTA years back and she always had a fringe on and one of my friends said its because of her 'forehead' (whatever it is about her head I don't know, no be me talk am ). Now this brings out the fact that people actually do the fringe to cover up things. Things like pimples and spots (which are sometimes caused by the heat from the hair). The most popular one would be because of 'chopped' front hair lines otherwise known as the 'iya eko syndrome'. I wonder who came up with this theory but it isn't far-fetched as the fallen front hair is peculiar to real Lagos(eko) women. Unfortunately, young ladies are fast acquiring the syndrome, so they grab a 'fringe benefit'!
"A fringe, also referred to as bangs in American English, is a shaped cutting of the front part of the hair so that it is combed forward and hangs or curls over the forehead. The term bangs originally referred to hair cut straight across at the front, although the term is now applied to diverse forms of fringe. A classic fringe (bang) is cut fairly straight at or above the eyebrows, but they can also be ragged or ruffled, spiked up with hair gel, swept to one side or the other, and sometimes they are cut longer to partially cover the eyes."
Sideswept: Hair is cut longer than a normal fringe and swept across one side of the face
Brow-Skimming: Hair that hits below the brow and can look "heavy" or "light" on the face
Wispy: Hair that "sprinkles" over the forehead lightly.
Short/baby: Hair which is usually cut above the brows, it is normally bluntly cut across the middle of the forehead and can be shorter
In the 1980s and early 1990s, curly, teased fringes were in fashion. In 2007, the fringe saw another massive revival as a hair trend, this time thick, deep and blunt-cut. In October 2007, style icon and model Kate Moss changed her hairstyle to have a fringe, signalling the continuation of the trend into 2008."
*It is quite essential to determine the shape of your face before deciding what you want to 'bang' on your head.
So it happened that I needed to get my hair done and had gone to buy a weave. From 'testing-testing', I ended up going home with this 'thing'- it looked nice on my head, wearing something different from the norm... Did I say earlier that I didn't really like fringes? Yes! Except I was living in a place like Alaska...ok ok! That's really cold, but that's to tell you how much I can't survive with a fringe on. As I was saying, I decided to play dress-up with my new 'thing' and I took pictures too...
Still on the matter, I can assure you that this 'thing' didn't last on my head more than the few minutes it took me to have these pictures taken before I yanked off the WIG! At least, with it, I can always have my sanity back after enjoying my share of the 'fringe benefits'. But hey, wig or not, if u catch me with this hairstyle, then it must be that everywhere, at every second must be VERY cool! This is the rule to break the rule! Period!
