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I used to attend a black salon, and I occasionally saw white and non-black women receive hair services there. They just got layers cut in- nothing too complicated. Looked liked the stylists had an easy time doing their hair to me.
Where I am from you would not be welcome as a white girl in a black salon. I wouldn't even attempt it.
That being said I did walk up to a Carol's Daughter counter at a Macy's in NYC one day and was called a cracker and laughed at. I guess they thought stupid white girl checking out a black hair care line. But I had previously purchased some of the Carol Daughter's line from Sephora, which is why I was checking it out. I knew it was a black hair care line, but just wanted to ****ing smell some ****.
That is crappy customer service. Screw them. I would simply recommend things that work for your skin and if there were hair products that wouldn't screw up your look, I would recommend that too. What a-holes!
I went to a "black" barbershop one time. That guy messed my hair up bad, and I have about the easiest haircut ever. Shaved my sideburns off soooo high haha.
I went into a wal-mart one with all black women working one time in Alabama. I ended up leaving before getting my hair cut. They were very, very rude. Looked at me about 5 times before even acknowledging me..
Those are my only two experiences and they were both negative.
My daughter and I (Caucasian) both have thick thick wavy/curly hair.
We both wanted to get braids before we went to the beach so we didn't have to deal with
or worry about our hair, so we went to a salon owned by and catering to the black community.
We loved our braids! We went back quite a few times after the braiding for haircuts, and no
one has cut or styled our hair better. Unfortunately, we moved, but we are going to try
out another salon like this.
Yes, any beautician is taught how to cut/style all types of hair in school, but working at a salon where the specialize in thick/coarse/curly/wavy hair, those stylists have more practice and expertise for that type of hair which we both have.
When I was little, the first hairstylist I ever had was a black woman. This was back in the days of Diana Ross, Lola Falana and Diahann Carroll. The stylist reminded me a little bit of all of them. I thought she was soooo glamorous, and she was really nice. I loved her.
My girlfriend takes her caucasian daughter to a black salon. The girl's hair is so thick, my friend says that only the black salons know how to deal with it properly.
Personally, I would go to any salon that does a good job. Ethnicity is not important to me. It's skill that counts.
I have been to a couple of them about 4 separate times when I was stationed in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina....Boy, I had the best haircuts & styles ever from them, but the wait was a VERY long time. They sure like taking a LOT of time on each customer & talk a LOT too!! But it was worth the wait....
Im a white woman in Ga wanting to have my short hair longer, Is it ok to see a black stylist to have it done, or should I see someone else. I honestly dont want to offend anyone if i walked asking for extensions. Im just tired of my hair being short and tooo impatient a waiting for it to grow back.
I wondered this at one time too. After all, a black person's hair is much different than a white person's. So obviously we would think that when a black person trains to cut hair they focus on learning how to cut and style black hair.
I asked a black person this (while apologizing over and over for anything that sounded racist) and he said that the stylists learn hair. All types, sizes, textures...white, black, chinese, mexican, young, old...doesnt matter. They learn it all. So they CAN cut your hair.
Question is how comfortable will each party be. Just think of it as a business deal and everything should be fine. Never know, you just might get the best haircut ever.
Doesn't matter, IF the blk or hispanic latino or any race know what they are doing. I work for a salon many years, and i've worked on White/Blk both, Asian, Hispanic,Indian. Didn't matter at all to me, who came in. And many were repeat customer's so i was happy about that."
I have been to a couple of them about 4 separate times when I was stationed in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina....Boy, I had the best haircuts & styles ever from them, but the wait was a VERY long time. They sure like taking a LOT of time on each customer & talk a LOT too!! But it was worth the wait....
YEP. All about chit-chat (sometimes)which is fun, no negative gossip though,where i was and i am not blk at all. Italian. and i loved it... Well worth it i was told at the end again working on blk hispanic all races also i did natural looking weave/extensions,micro braid,regular nice lovely beads in cornrows, to box braids et.al., and i loved it. Was a salon hair dresser almost a decade from early 20s to 3 to 4 yrs ago, (in my thirties.)
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All about chit-chat (sometimes)which is fun, no negative gossip though,where i was and i am not blk at all. Italian. and i loved it... Well worth it i was told at the end again working on blk hispanic all races also i did natural looking weave/extensions,micro braid,regular nice lovely beads in cornrows, to box braids et.al., and i loved it. Was a salon hair dresser almost a decade from early 20s to 3 to 4 yrs ago, (in my thirties.)
