yorkpatties
Well-Known Member
Ladies, please forgive me for I have hair sinned. I made a purchase from a Korean beauty supply store. Let me start at the beginning.
I have been working on a big project at work over the past week so I didn't have much down time to visit the board as often as I typically do. Even after work I am just so beat that I have barely visited the site. So my mind wasn't really on our boycott, and I've been dying to get box braids because I've been sick of my wig/protective transitioning style. So Friday evening I stop by the Fulton Hair Factory in Brooklyn to purchase hair for braiding. I've been going to this place for years to buy hair for braiding and most recently wigs. I never really thought of it as a KOREAN BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE because it's a small space, I know the 1 Korean guy who works there (the owner) and all of the black ladies who assist. They primarily sell hair and not many hair products. So I go in and say hello, I'm a familiar face there, make my hair purchase and leave. I take my hair to Harlem today to get my braids done and since I'm never in Harlem, I walk around and browse the stores. I walk into one shop, a Korean Beauty Supply store and see the Jane Carter Solution scalp nourishing serum for a great price. It's pretty much the only thing I use when I have braids so just as I am about to make the purchase, I come to my senses. I realize what I am about to do. This is when I realize the purchase I made yesterday was from a Korean Beauty Supply store. I put the item down and exit the store.
I never really thought of myself as someone who shops at KBSS's because there are absolutely NONE in my Brooklyn neighborhood and NONE in the neighborhood I work in. I make all of my hair product purchases from Whole Foods and Duane Reade, because those are the stores near my job. But I went out of my way to go to a KBSS in Brooklyn because it's a place that is familiar to me and I almost spent my money again at a KBSS in Harlem because of their low-low prices.
I am realizing that I too have to be more careful and thoughtful before I make a purchase involving my hair. I had the best of intentions, but didn't think about how my hair purchase would be supporting the KBSA.
I will say 2 HAIR-Mary's and be absolved of my hair supply store sins.
It will not happen again.
I have been working on a big project at work over the past week so I didn't have much down time to visit the board as often as I typically do. Even after work I am just so beat that I have barely visited the site. So my mind wasn't really on our boycott, and I've been dying to get box braids because I've been sick of my wig/protective transitioning style. So Friday evening I stop by the Fulton Hair Factory in Brooklyn to purchase hair for braiding. I've been going to this place for years to buy hair for braiding and most recently wigs. I never really thought of it as a KOREAN BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE because it's a small space, I know the 1 Korean guy who works there (the owner) and all of the black ladies who assist. They primarily sell hair and not many hair products. So I go in and say hello, I'm a familiar face there, make my hair purchase and leave. I take my hair to Harlem today to get my braids done and since I'm never in Harlem, I walk around and browse the stores. I walk into one shop, a Korean Beauty Supply store and see the Jane Carter Solution scalp nourishing serum for a great price. It's pretty much the only thing I use when I have braids so just as I am about to make the purchase, I come to my senses. I realize what I am about to do. This is when I realize the purchase I made yesterday was from a Korean Beauty Supply store. I put the item down and exit the store.
I never really thought of myself as someone who shops at KBSS's because there are absolutely NONE in my Brooklyn neighborhood and NONE in the neighborhood I work in. I make all of my hair product purchases from Whole Foods and Duane Reade, because those are the stores near my job. But I went out of my way to go to a KBSS in Brooklyn because it's a place that is familiar to me and I almost spent my money again at a KBSS in Harlem because of their low-low prices.
I am realizing that I too have to be more careful and thoughtful before I make a purchase involving my hair. I had the best of intentions, but didn't think about how my hair purchase would be supporting the KBSA.
I will say 2 HAIR-Mary's and be absolved of my hair supply store sins.
It will not happen again.
...tell me why i been debatin lately on if i should just break a law and go to the hair store and get me a 5lb tub of EcoStyler....they are the ONLY ones who sell it locally!!! But i've been waiting til one of our cars got fixed so i could drive a little further to Sally's to get the regular 32oz jar.
...the ones i THOUGHT were...are not.
