When less is more

A male friend, already familiar with my love for weaves and hair extensions, watched me sitting across from him during lunch recently and asked me if I took off my weave. I laughed and almost choked on my grilled chicken and callaloo dish at his question. Poor thing was puzzled as ever at my sudden burst of laughter.
No, I told him, I just put in a different one. He had a look of doubt on his face.
"But it doesn't look like a weave."
Aha. And that's the thing. What should a hair weave really look like? Well for those who don't have a clue about weaves, it should be very long, silky straight and dolly like and bulky.
But not all hair weaves are created equal. Some women prefer the bulky look because they think it makes them look like healthy hair is growing out of their scalp. Other women, like me, believe that less is more.
That's why my friend found it hard to tell that I was wearing a weave.
At a recent fashion event a woman raised more than a few eyebrows and a few snickers too, with her long thick lion's mane hair weave.
In the meantime my less is more weave went unnoticed.
To achieve a less is more hair weave consider these tips

. You don't have to use up all the hair contained in two packs of hair just because you bought two packs of hair

. For hair extensions that are fine you can get away with two packs of hair

. For hair extensions that are curly you'd find that one pack of hair alone would do the trick

. Try tracking (leaving out some of your hair and adding fewer rows of the weave pieces) to get an unweave-like look.


. Try shoulder-length weave pieces instead (10 to 12 inches rather is 22 inches)

Check out Niecy Nash's photos with less pieces in her hair weave and with more hair weave pieces in. In which one the photos does her weave look more believable?