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Texture Talk: Why Black Beauty Supply Stores Will Forever Be Sacred Spaces
My first visit to a beauty shop is one I’ll never forget. It was in Detroit, during one of many family day trips. That afternoon, my dad and brother were visiting their own grooming hub: a barbershop around the corner, where the bass of hip-hop, the boom of laughter and the buzz of electric razors […]
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Texture Talk: This Montreal Hairstylist Runs Workshops for Young Black Girls Struggling With Their Curls
How natural hair specialist Nancy Falaise is teaching young Canadian Black girls to love their respective hair textures.
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The Toronto Hair Studio That’s Doing What It Can to Be Sustainable
I hate the word ‘salon,’” says Olivia Colacci, which is why the hairstylist called Twentyseven, her recently opened business in Toronto, a “hair studio” instead. “It’s that ‘salon hair,’” she says of her distaste for the word. Formulaic blow-drys are not Colacci’s thing; she’s spent the last 10 years working on teams led by editorial […]
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How to tip: The dos and don’ts of gratuity at salons
Photography by Peter Stigter We’ve all been there: you’ve just spent several hours at a salon or spa; you’re in a haze of pampering-induced endorphins and it comes time to settle the bill. Figuring out beauty service tipping can be overwhelming (not to mention how it totally messes with your hazy beauty vibe). And though salon admin are characteristically pleasant, the coy “it’s totally up to you” answer doesn’t help either (we need answers, people!). Well, you can rest your pretty heads, beauty-lovers, because we’ve compiled some guidelines to take the guesswork out of beauty service tipping.