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.
Here are reasons Lagos Island market 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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