Reinventing21
Spreading my wings
To stylists & people who have friends that are stylists: Have you ever shared LHCF type info.? Were you met with close-minded resistance or open-minded interest?
I have a few friends who are licensed stylists. I've never mentioned this forum by name, but I have thrown a few LHCF ideas out there just to gage the reactions.
I've only been met with negativity, perhaps because I'm not a stylist. For ex., I may say something like, "I know someone with type 4 hair who really loves Suave and Pantene, and their hair is beautiful" The reaction is always: People like that can't use stuff like that. It's only for Caucasian hair (this alone bugs me since Caucasian aren't the only ones with straight hair). People like that have to use black products only."
What kinds of experiences have you had? I guess I am wondering because I want to know how hard it would be to make changes in the beauty salons. From their point of view, they need to make money, but the ones I know seem to not want their clients to be able to care properly for their own hair, so that they can supposedly make the most money. I think there has to be a way that both the client and the stylist go home happy.
I have a few friends who are licensed stylists. I've never mentioned this forum by name, but I have thrown a few LHCF ideas out there just to gage the reactions.
I've only been met with negativity, perhaps because I'm not a stylist. For ex., I may say something like, "I know someone with type 4 hair who really loves Suave and Pantene, and their hair is beautiful" The reaction is always: People like that can't use stuff like that. It's only for Caucasian hair (this alone bugs me since Caucasian aren't the only ones with straight hair). People like that have to use black products only."
What kinds of experiences have you had? I guess I am wondering because I want to know how hard it would be to make changes in the beauty salons. From their point of view, they need to make money, but the ones I know seem to not want their clients to be able to care properly for their own hair, so that they can supposedly make the most money. I think there has to be a way that both the client and the stylist go home happy.