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In this issue...<br />
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6<br />
8<br />
Beauty Business Buzz<br />
With so much diversity out there,<br />
what do you do to tap into a<br />
wider market? Charlene Abretske<br />
offers suggestions like allowing<br />
your clients access to universal<br />
treatments, specializing <strong>and</strong><br />
branching out.<br />
Better Business<br />
Neil Ducoff discusses<br />
performance expectations from<br />
leaders that are out of sync with<br />
capabilities <strong>and</strong> strengths of<br />
employees.<br />
Off the Top<br />
Kimberly Johnson shares messages<br />
that may not always be<br />
politically correct in her new<br />
column “Off the Top”. However,<br />
some of her experiences may<br />
give the reader comfort to realize<br />
that they are not the first who has<br />
struggled to h<strong>and</strong>le a mistake, or<br />
even a success, in a graceful way.<br />
Beauty Business Buzz . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />
Blue Highways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4<br />
Better Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6<br />
The Nail Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />
Off the Top. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8<br />
Marketing Straightening Services . . 9<br />
Esthetic Endeavors . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />
How to Care for Curly Hair . . . . . . 12<br />
Fat Profits for Thinning Hair . . . . . 12<br />
Ohio Cosmetology News. . . . . . . 14<br />
The Mane Objective. . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17<br />
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
What’s New in the Market . . . . . . 19<br />
On the cover...<br />
J Beverly Hills<br />
www.jbeverlyhills.com<br />
Texture Has Many Colors<br />
Blue Highways<br />
Jerry Tyler<br />
Diversity in the Multicultural Market<br />
When I think of all the advances in the<br />
multicultural market over the last few years,<br />
one word seems to st<strong>and</strong> out more than others:<br />
texture.<br />
No other word better defines the needs<br />
<strong>and</strong> challenges facing this segment of our<br />
industry.<br />
Almost every aspect of the multicultural<br />
market revolves around texture; either the<br />
desire to embrace <strong>and</strong> enhance it or the desire<br />
to convert it to a texture that is more desirable<br />
to the wearer.<br />
Both of these driving forces have a major<br />
impact on the market as a whole. As progressive<br />
industry professionals, we need to<br />
underst<strong>and</strong> these needs <strong>and</strong> desires, both as a<br />
means to stay relevant in our ever-exp<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
industry <strong>and</strong> as a matter of cultural awareness.<br />
Many in the market who have long dealt<br />
with the desire to alter the natural texture<br />
of their hair have endured heat (through<br />
thermal conversion) <strong>and</strong> strong chemicals.<br />
With the current attention focusing on a<br />
more natural <strong>and</strong> holistic lifestyle, many are<br />
going back to embracing their natural texture<br />
by using organic products, <strong>and</strong> using timeless<br />
techniques to create braids, locks <strong>and</strong> twists.<br />
These methods celebrate their cultural heritage,<br />
as many of these techniques have been<br />
h<strong>and</strong>ed down, mother to daughter, aunt to<br />
niece <strong>and</strong> friend to friend.<br />
This shift is evident in many products<br />
that have now gone back to nature to encourage<br />
hair <strong>and</strong> scalp care, prevent hair loss <strong>and</strong><br />
promote hair growth. Some industry leaders<br />
have even gone back generations to their relatives’<br />
home prescriptions that used what was<br />
available in the kitchen. Some used natural<br />
herbs <strong>and</strong> emulsions to create hair <strong>and</strong> scalp<br />
products that cleanse <strong>and</strong> condition naturally,<br />
many coming from their cultural ancestors.<br />
In generations past, the use of natural oils<br />
<strong>and</strong> tonics to dress the hair was common, <strong>and</strong><br />
promoted shine <strong>and</strong> manageability.<br />
Braiding is the oldest form of hairdressing.<br />
It is used as a foundation for attaching<br />
hair with an alternative texture, as well as in<br />
natural hairstyling. In its natural state, there is<br />
nothing more appealing or beautiful as braiding<br />
as an art form.<br />
On the other side, when not applied with<br />
care <strong>and</strong> proper tension, braiding has a huge<br />
potential to create long-term hair loss <strong>and</strong><br />
scalp damage. There is even a medical term<br />
for hair loss due to improper braiding, called<br />
“Traction Alopecia.”<br />
Next to hair loss from medical conditions,<br />
Traction Alopecia has been recognized as the<br />
primary source of premature hair loss in the<br />
multicultural market. Faced with this challenge,<br />
many industry leaders are using modern<br />
technology, natural prescriptives <strong>and</strong> even<br />
diet <strong>and</strong> mineral supplements to re-grow lost<br />
hair. This has made Trichology, the study of the<br />
health of hair <strong>and</strong> scalp, the fastest exp<strong>and</strong>ing<br />
area in this market segment, with many<br />
working to create alternative solutions to the<br />
challenges of hair loss.<br />
The other part of the multicultural market<br />
that is ever exp<strong>and</strong>ing is the component<br />
that focuses on hair additions <strong>and</strong> enhancement.<br />
This is where the client wants to<br />
convert their natural hair to another texture,<br />
length or even color through the addition of<br />
added-on hair.<br />
Again, when braiding is used as a foundation<br />
for attachment, great care must be taken<br />
to alleviate stress <strong>and</strong> prevent hair loss by<br />
creating a low or no tension base for securing<br />
the hair. In addition, it is important to employ<br />
braiding strategies that allow the scalp to<br />
breathe <strong>and</strong> receive cleansers <strong>and</strong> tonics, all of<br />
which are crucial to promoting <strong>and</strong> protecting<br />
scalp health during the duration of the<br />
hair enhancement.<br />
There is an ever-increasing dem<strong>and</strong> for<br />
hair to be provided for weaves, extensions<br />
<strong>and</strong> lace front wigs, as well as for non-surgical<br />
hair replacement. This dem<strong>and</strong> necessitates<br />
increased dialogue <strong>and</strong> honest communication<br />
with hair suppliers, especially since the<br />
consumer purchases much of the hair in the<br />
multicultural market <strong>and</strong> then gives it to the<br />
industry professional for attachment.<br />
This can lead to unethical practices, with<br />
the unwary purchaser buying some hair not<br />
meeting the state st<strong>and</strong>ards which can result in<br />
a negative outcome for the consumer, either<br />
short term or long term. The consumer, not<br />
the professional, purchases approximately 70<br />
– 80 percent of the hair sold in the multicultural<br />
market. Therefore, consumer education<br />
<strong>and</strong> protection should be at the forefront in<br />
order to maintain safe practice st<strong>and</strong>ards where<br />
hair enhancement is involved.<br />
With the constant evolution <strong>and</strong> growth<br />
in the multicultural market, there are untold<br />
opportunities that await us as industry professionals.<br />
These opportunities will continue<br />
to provide outlets for creative expression, as<br />
well as provide solutions for this wonderful<br />
component of the industry marketplace.<br />
Jerry Tyler’s column Blue Highways is his “Road Less Traveled” perspective<br />
on the solutions <strong>and</strong> challenges facing the beauty industry. Jerry Tyler has<br />
been a stylist since 1975 serving as the former artistic director for Vidal Sassoon<br />
Academy <strong>and</strong> currently as Director of Education for Carlton Hair salons.<br />
He is also a licensed cosmetology instructor <strong>and</strong> has served as President of<br />
the California State Board of Barbering <strong>and</strong> Cosmetology.<br />
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Volume 11, Number 10, Issue 130<br />
<strong>October</strong> 15 - November 15, 2010<br />
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