I was maid of honnor [ i hate that term ] in a friend's wedding this past summer. she's white and basically, I'm the only black person she knows well [and the only one in the wedding party]. She was trying to be nice by setting up appointments for all of the bridesmaids, and her mom and his mom and herself to get our hair done at the same salon on the day of the wedding. I use the term salon loosely! Itwas this little place run by some white women who had BAD hair themselves - frizzy, overblowdried and bad color jobs.
Well, the girls who had long [past their shoulders] relatively straight hair got up-dos and looked ok. The mom of the groom had short hair and got this helmet head thing that looked BAD. There was an asian girl w/ short curly hair, and it didn't look like they did anything.
With me, I wear my hair naturally curly, about chin length. the woman doing my hair had no ideas on what to do w/ shorter and/or curly hair. Thankfully, I had thought ahead and brought some of my own products with me. I had to suggest to her that she spritz my curls w/ water to eliminate frizz and define the curls.
She tried to do twists, and then she pinned the back of it.
Thankfully the bride wasn't around to see it. I HATED IT, IT LOOKED TERRIBLE. The other women who saw it agreed. The twists were too loose, and the back was just a mess. I ended up taking the back down and fixing it b4 the bride saw it. One of my sands will do hair on the side for her friends, and I should have had her on standby, b/c I know I would have looked better.
I found out later the bride had paid $70 per person for our hairdos!!
NONE of them were that cute. The bride's looked ok b/c it was hidden by a veil.