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May 21, 2016 Uloaku Enyingwa 2 Comments

One of the perils I face as a natural is my hair sticking out of place when I do jumbo braids or cornrows with hair braiding extensions, a week or two after been installed.

Recently, I’ve been yearning for simple, elegant braids for protective styling and the first thought that came to mind was jumbo cornrow-like braids! Then I remembered my experiences with it ever since I became a full natural hasn’t always been nice.

What to do? What to do about it? Go for a braiding style that keeps my hair all tucked in!
Correct me if I’m wrong, the jumbo braids are called french braids right? Because that’s what they look like to me. Here in Nigeria, it’s popularly called “Didi” in the Yoruba language or “inner weaving” in english.
So, I told my hairstylist I wanted jumbo cornrow-like braids but this time I’m doing it the Nigerian way. An hour 10 minutes later, with 1½ packs of braiding hair extensions, I had this juicy jumbo didi braids. It’s simple and quick to do.

I’m hoping this didi style of braiding will keep my hair all tucked in for the next few weeks. Oh, well so far, so good. It’s been almost 2 weeks now and my hair is still tucked in as it could possibly be.