Do white girls ever go to a black beauty shop? (blonde, shaved)
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Stay away from Dominican owned salons esp if you do not want fried hair.
Dominicans are considered the best in the salon & hair care business. With the Dominican Republic being such a diverse & very mixed population they deal with so many different textures & types of hair, so that helps give them expertise.
When I lived in Atlanta the majority of the barber shops around my area serviced primarily black men. More often than not, I would get my hair cut by a black barber. With the exception of one barber (out of probably 20 or so over the years), the guys who cut my hair did a TERRIBLE job. Most don't even have the standard tools barbers use to cut "white" hair -- the barbers were really nice and did their best to cut my hair how I asked for it, but it was just too different than what they normally work with. I'm not really picky about my hair, which is why I kept trying out different barbers, but based on that experience I would not recommend going to a black salon. If I had that much trouble as a man, I can only imagine what kind of style a woman would get.
I agree with the other posters who say that it's probably even worse for a black man or woman getting their hair done by a white stylist.
When I lived in Atlanta the majority of the barber shops around my area serviced primarily black men. More often than not, I would get my hair cut by a black barber. With the exception of one barber (out of probably 20 or so over the years), the guys who cut my hair did a TERRIBLE job. Most don't even have the standard tools barbers use to cut "white" hair -- the barbers were really nice and did their best to cut my hair how I asked for it, but it was just too different than what they normally work with. I'm not really picky about my hair, which is why I kept trying out different barbers, but based on that experience I would not recommend going to a black salon. If I had that much trouble as a man, I can only imagine what kind of style a woman would get.
I agree with the other posters who say that it's probably even worse for a black man or woman getting their hair done by a white stylist.
What kind of tools did they have? That doesn't make sense to me. Did they have clippers? They must have had clippers. Even if they didn't have scissors they could cut longer hair with a comb and clippers.
What kind of tools did they have? That doesn't make sense to me. Did they have clippers? They must have had clippers. Even if they didn't have scissors they could cut longer hair with a comb and clippers.
The difference in texture makes a huge difference and cutting techniques are totally different--even many of the tools are different. You don't, for instance, use thinning shears on tightly curly hair, nor can you do layered cuts on tightly curled hair.
Even if they had originally learned to cut various kinds of hair in school, experience and practice obviously counts. "I did that in school ten years ago" versus "I do those every day."
Wake me up when I watch Latin and South American media, and the Latinos that look like me are newscasters or the romantic interests and in roles that aren't synonymous with maid/servant/help.
A lot of the time, if you don't look like J.Lo or Eva Mendes or Shakira, you are considered black till deemed otherwise. That's why the "kids" are owning it. They see the differences.
Colorism is global, unfortunately a lot of people are in denial.
Why is it that when we "picture" a "cuban" they all look like Eva Mendez and not more like Celia Cruz? When at least half of all the Cubans look more like Celia Cruz?
Yep. Most of Cuba is mulatto and black if you travel there.
And yeah the Latin media stations often do hire lighter toned and whiter and white people.
Even English speaking FOX News media has 100x more diversity than Latin media! Lol
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 ****.
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 ****.
Well, black hair salons tend to carry hair products that cater to afro texture hair, not curly Caucasian hair. So I don't know why they would go, unless they were looking for maybe a "higher" end brand such as Shea Moisture, Carols Daughter, Mixed Chicks, Miss Jessies etc.
Yes on occasion. When I've seen it happen other patrons are cordial but no one says very much to them or if the place is in a joking mood they're very quiet or in one case I remember makes inappropriate racial comments thinking it's the norm (saw Barbershop one too many times). I suspect there are twinges of resentment because outside of major metropolitan or very diverse areas there are usually very limited hair options for women of color or certain hair textures. Within those limited options to find someone good that you trust that won't wreck your hair is even tougher. It's a "you can go anywhere, why are you here?" sentiment. My stylist books up weeks in advanced and often has waitlists so appointments are like a golden ticket.
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