Okay, please help me out cause I genuinely don’t want to offend anyone. I got a jelly fish cut, which basically means i have the top layer of hair shorter and then the bottom layer is longer. I wanted to put a few braids in my hair on the bottom layer but it looked weird cause my hair still isn’t that long. I wanted to get extensions but they are so expensive. I had a friend of mine (they are POC and do hair) to go and get hair from the beauty shop she goes to. I went in and the cashier was really sweet and helped me. She color matched my hair with the fake hair they had, which the hair is kanekalon. She showed me how to braid it in so it’ll stay and I went home and did it. I really really like it. My hair blends into it nice and the hair ontop is long enough that it’s all just kinda blends nicely together. Well, I went to work, and one of my coworkers said I was culturally appropriating with the braids. I didn’t think so and I tried really hard beforehand to make sure I wasn’t and was told multiple times by my friend, the cashier, etc, that I wasn’t, but now I feel bad and I’m not so sure. Idk what to do now. I really like them and want to keep them in but now I feel like the asshole.