If you’ve ever been to a black-owned hair salon, you know the absolute strife you have to endure on the road to trying to have laid edges and slayed hair.
From unnecessarily long hours under the dryer to getting burned one too many times by the flat iron, Black Twitter hilariously encompassed the unique service customers experience at black hair salons using the hashtag #BlackSalonProblems.
Check out some of the funniest tweets below:
When you schedule an 8 a.m. appointment &don’t get out until 8 p.m. b/c your beautician has scheduled 3 other people too #blacksalonproblems
— ShakariSBriggs (@ShakariSBriggs) May 25, 2016
“Just sit under the dryer for a few minutes”
*hour and a half later* #blacksalonproblems pic.twitter.com/FeCIap0MPl— hennessy (@le_debut) May 26, 2016
“Hold your ear” = Life or death moment #blacksalonproblems
— Jhanae ❤ (@_KillinTheGame_) May 26, 2016
When you go in for a “trim” but your stylist decides to give you a cut. #blacksalonproblems pic.twitter.com/EmEbkDaiDt
— The Megan (@MegYuup) May 26, 2016
When you show your stylist a pic of what you want and she decides to put her “twist” on it #blacksalonproblems pic.twitter.com/VOgDhb3JNI
— Penné (@Ch0colatehighhh) May 26, 2016
#blacksalonproblems when your phone die & you gotta decide between the Ebony mag from 2008 or the Jet mag from 1999 pic.twitter.com/Lsj3wEcQWm
— TyTy (@Hugging_Myself) May 26, 2016
#blacksalonproblems How you be in bed the first night after doing braids because sore head pic.twitter.com/h3MB4UbxZa
— Motshidisi (@TshidiBaby_) May 26, 2016
Lmaooo RT @haaaylola: “You like it?”
Me: yes
*me in the car* #blacksalonproblems pic.twitter.com/lJOgVCJhBC— Lil Minno From 91st (@xoxoxMinnie) May 26, 2016
#blacksalonproblems When they start on your hair & take a break to eat their food & they still have 2 hours left pic.twitter.com/u2HcvI9Xhr
— Christen (@_JustAGoodGirl) May 26, 2016
When you tell your stylist the perm starting to burn and she says “ok give me one minute” #blacksalonproblems pic.twitter.com/A1UGrecNxI
— Khai (@Khaii__x3) May 26, 2016
#BlackSalonProblems sitting there heated when you see people that came in after you leave before you pic.twitter.com/qjfNZaiOHj
— Introverted Bama (@Sneaker1984) May 26, 2016
But the end results are worth it, right?
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Source: Black Voices Huffington Post
Link: Twitter Perfectly Sums Up The Problems Every Black Girl Faces At The Salon