Opinion
Are you visiting Lagos and looking for cheap human hair
to take back home with you? You may want to take a rain check on the invitation
from hair vendors at Lagos Island market.
No doubt the human hair trade in Lagos is budding and the market offers
a myriad selection of gorgeous human hair: Russian, Peruvian, Chinese, Burmese
and more, however, the options you find in the form of wigs, weaves
(extensions) and attachments may not necessarily be the best, and for valid
reason too.
Jumia Travel, Africa’s no. 1 online hotel booking
service suggests 4 of the reasons why Nigeria may not be the best place to buy
human hair.
Too many fakes
Human hair is supposed to be premium, but with the
abundance of “exotic” human hair including Peruvian, Brazilian, Mongolian
,Filipino, Cambodian, Russian virgin hair and more on the market, one does have
to ponder and wonder if it all is not nothing more than a marketing ploy. Most
vendors at Lagos Island key into the mystique of human hair being the ultimate
premium virgin hair with the perfect texture and luster and sell all sorts to
unassuming customers as most times, it is even hard for an expert to tell the
difference between these fakes and the originals.
Over priced
Although fake human hair abounds within the market, the
cost price in general is still very steep. Human hair is especially expensive,
even when they are original, as the marketer usually factors in the cost of
importing it, caring for it and packaging it. Vendors at Lagos Island end up
purchasing the hair about twice the original price.
Harsh storage conditions
Human hair is originally natural- they can be bleached,
dyed, curled, straightened and more, just as you can do with normal growing
hair- and are most times affected by extreme heat and moisture if not stored
properly. The stalls at the Lagos Island are not well equipped to store these
bundles of hair as they expose them to harsh conditions and hardly care for
them properly. As a result of this,
these human hair bundles quickly lose their natural luster after purchase and
buyers very difficult to groom and manage.
Shedding and Bulky wefts
In the bid to reduce cost, some of these vendors at
Lagos Island buy the hair in its original form and take on the task of
processing the hair, either chemically or by steam, so as to achieve a desires
wave or curl pattern and a luster that will blend with textured hair. In the
process however, sometimes the original texture of the hair is tampered with
and the hair is not properly sown, leading to eventual complaints of shedding
and bulky wefts from patrons.
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