Your Natural Hair is your Crown: 5 Genuine Reasons to Stop Wearing Wigs

Introduction

Let’s be real: Wearing wigs is simply covering our crowns with someone else’s hair.

The beauty and fashion worlds are ever-evolving and changing.

Trends come and go, and like the wave does the waters, we are carried to and fro by these fashion trends.

One fashion trend that continues to thrive in Africa and many parts of the world is the wearing of wigs—covering your natural hair with someone else’s hair.

This is done by both males and females but is more common with females.

Wigs are fashion accessories worn to accentuate a look.

The wearing of wigs has become extremely common in our world today, with different styles and types of wigs.

Wigs range from a few thousand naira to hundreds of thousands.

No doubt, making and selling wigs is a huge part of the fashion industry today.

Let’s take a look at what wigs actually are.

In summary, wigs are hair. Just hair.

The difference is that when you wear a wig, you are covering your hair with someone else’s hair.

Our hair is our crown and should be our pride. Particularly as African and Yoruba women, we have unique and bold hair that should be worn proudly.

Unfortunately, we have become so accustomed to wigs that it’s almost as if we cannot do without them.

Recently, a Nigerian Instagram and YouTube influencer based in Canada – Tolulope ‘Solutions’ Adejumo, came out to tell her followers about her decision never to use wigs anymore.

She came to this conclusion after making some evaluations, especially about parenting and how she wants her daughter to perceive herself.

According to her, she did not want to wake up every day telling her daughter to be proud and confident about her African hair only for her to see her mom (Tolulope) get dressed and wear a wig over the same hair she asked her to be proud of.

Tolulope further said she had gotten rid of all her expensive wigs and would henceforth rock her natural loc’d hair.

This decision by Tolulope was received with mixed reactions from her followers.

Many could not comprehend and come to terms with the fact that it is possible to live without wigs.

They particularly could not understand why an influencer who got a lot of freebies from brands, free wigs included, would make such a decision, closing her door to every wig-related brand partnership.

But this only further proved that Tolulope was resolute and had strong reasons for her decision.

For those of us who still cover our crowns with someone else’s hair, this is a wake-up call to stop it.

5 Benefits of Shunning Wigs

1. You Save Money

You are spending a lot of money on wigs.

On your journey to financial freedom and independence as a woman, especially one of African descent from a third-world country, you will need to let go of certain expenses to thrive, save, and invest.

Wigs now cost a lot of money.

Sometimes, sums of money are large enough to start small businesses.

This is because of the type of hair, products, and efforts invested in making wigs.

When you decide to stop using wigs, you save money.

You rid yourself of the unnecessary responsibility of splurging on something you already have free of charge—hair.

When you stop using wigs, it helps reduce the money you spend on such hairs.

2. The World Needs To See Our Own Style

Wearing wigs is only further promoting an already popular hair type and style that, frankly, many people do not care about anymore.

Stopping the use of wigs as a Nigerian woman will make you showcase your style of hair to the world.

There is so much that can be done with African natural hair, and the world wants to see it.

Wigs keep hiding the beauty and glory of our crowns.

3. Your Natural Hair Is More Healthy

The use of wigs has made many ladies ignore the health and well-being of their natural hair.

Wigs make things very fast because you can easily throw them on and dash out.

Unfortunately, this makes many ladies neglect the hair underneath the wig.

Many go weeks and even months without properly washing and taking good care of their crowns simply because no one can see them.

It is covered under the wig.

When you decide to shun wigs, you take up the responsibility of taking care of your natural hair (your crown), and because whatever you focus on and give attention to flourishes and magnifies, this will lead to you having healthier and more beautiful hair.

4. Your Self-esteem Improves

Have you ever seen a lady’s wig accidentally come off in a public place?

How did she react?

The same thing that grips people in such a situation is usually not only due to the fact that it was unexpected and uncomfortable; it is also due to the fact that the hair underneath the wig is unpleasant to the eyes and sometimes even the nose.

There is usually a carelessly done cornrows style that is old and worn out.

The crown was neglected for weeks and even months because wigs were there to hide it.

Many ladies no longer feel comfortable opening their natural hair to be seen anymore.

They are confident when they have wigs on but not when their natural hair is open.

Forsaking wigs will make people embrace you for who you are and make you confident enough to stand anywhere without feeling ashamed or inferior.

5. You Are Less Artificial

In a world where we have an artificial product for every natural thing that exists, it is important to watch just how many artificial things you use.

There is beauty in being natural and shunning the artificial forms of things many times.

Letting go of wigs reveals your authenticity and makes you more natural.

You do not have to emphasize everything about yourself. You were divinely created, and every part of you is beautiful on its own; it needs no assistance.

Conclusion

No doubt, the decision to stop wearing wigs is a huge one, especially for people who have made it a part of their outfits daily.

However, it has a lot of great benefits, and we’ve listed some here for you. We’re sure you may have reasons of your own why you also agree that choosing to go natural is the best decision you could make for your crown!

These days, there’s a lot of information on how to maintain your natural hair. If you feel a little confused or overwhelmed about where to begin, start here.

What are your opinions on this big decision? Let us know in the comments section.