1. When the hairdresser takes forever to start

Nobody has time to waste o.

2. Then she finally starts after keeping you waiting for a long time but you still know you’ll be spending the whole day

https://twitter.com/Vness0808/status/556166400029769730

It better be worth it.

3. When someone else comes to join her and they start pulling your hair in two different directions

What is this tug of war now?

4. And your hair hurts a lot and you have to hold back the tears

Because big girls don’t cry.

5. So you stylishly feel around and you realise you still have a long way to go.

https://twitter.com/breeze_ways/status/624024242934263808/photo/1

Is this even life?

6. Then when you finally think you have have two plaits left, she splits It into ten plaits

Winner RT @Cleotrapstar: “@_CRXXKLYN: When you think you have two plaits left to do and your hairdresser splits it into 104830028482 😊😊😊?

— Snarky Puppy (@DemiC_Goddess) April 4, 2015

What is this multiplication miracle now?

7. But you finally finish and remember that the hair has to be dipped in boiling water

Wahala.

8. Then you look in the mirror and see your amazing braids

Perhaps it was worth the struggle.

9. Then the tightness and soreness sets in

Fresh braids and tryna put ya hair up to take a shower… 😐😣

— Mikayla Sayle (@sincerelyMCS) August 27, 2015

Can’t even pack the hair up.

10. Then random people start to touch your hair

Talking about ‘it’s fine’, abeg.

11. And you have to keep telling people not to touch

Is it your hair?!

12. And your braids start to fall out

Already?

13. And then it’s time to take them out

Double wahala.

14. Then you start to miss them

Just took out my braids And now I miss them

— cdp (@__cdp) July 19, 2015

The irony.