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My discovery  When Love happened..... It was love at first sight. It happened one beautiful summer afternoon in 2006, I had just finished my SSCE and was in Lagos for the summer break.  I was at my cousin's place on the island, Lagos Island...Isale Eko ;ooh wonderful place (story for another time) They had a salon and a fashion designing store just at the basement of the 3 storey building, but of course, I was more interested in the beauty parlor, the salon precisely.  I made friend with the stylists, and they became my padis(friends) too.   This sunny afternoon, a customer walked in to make her hair, she washed her hair and when it was dry, she brought out the weaves she wanted to be installed for her.  That was when it happened.  I fell in love! With human hair weaves! There was something about the weave, the beauty, the luster, the silkiness, the softness, the feel of it on the hand when I touched it. It was just "different". It wasn't like the hair I was
Welcome to Everything Hair and Weaves with Empress Lope So we're going to be talking everything Hair and Weaves! And some Beauty and skin talk also depending on requests And am so excited because this is something I love talking about, I've been in love with weaves for years now! A woman's hair is her crown indeed it must be taken care of. I have human hair weaves that are 8 years, some less and you wouldn't know they are that old due to proper care and maintainance. I have sewn some in , turned them to wigs and remove them from the wig cap and used them as sew in.  Interesting yeah? A year ago, I decided to take my weave love a step further by making the weaves into wigs, although I've been into hair sales majorly for about 10years now. Wig making is kind of new love for me which am now obsessed with😁 My love for good hair is so real that the first thing I notice when I see a lady is her hair 😃 then her brows😂 A good weave doesn't mean exp