To my fellow Uk'ers I need your help.

[growinmyhair]

Hi ladies, i am planning on opening my own business before the end of this year selling hair and beauty products, i feel its time to go back to work since my son has started school now, i would really appreciate it if you ladies would help me with some market research. below i have listed some questions, oh and i will be based in either walsall or Wolverhampton, haven't decided yet. i have listed questions below TIA



1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall?


2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands?


3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

YES
NO


4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use?


5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?


6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?

 

[Lyoness]

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall?

Sabino moisture block
Beyond the zone noodle head
Giavanni range


2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands?

Shea butter, amino acids (stuff that can be used to make your own products)

3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

YES - until you read about another product on the boards you can't find!
NO


4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use?
A mixture including non black directed products

5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?

£10-15

6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?
Accessories

HTH's!

 

[growinmyhair]

thanks for taking the time to answer the questions lyoness.

 

[Amethyst85]

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall?
Shea moisture shea butter leave-in
Beyond the zone noodle head- only sold in sallys
CHI products- only sold in sallys
Qhemet biologics amla and olive heavy cream
Kinky curly curling custard
Pantene R&N breakage defense mask
Sabino moisture block
Elucence moisture balancing conditioner
Miss Jessies products
Curls products
Blended beauty- always sold out on natural frizz
Suave

There are only a few online stores selling some of these products and they are always sold out or very expensive.


2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands?
Yes, more pure oils and butters (e.g. shea butter, avocado butter, jojoba oil) available from a hair store so you can buy them when you get hair products instead of having to buy them separately online.


3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?
YES, but some good products are not widely available.


4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use?
ORS, S-CURL, Lustrasilk, Fantasia IC- From local BSS
Blended beauty, CHI products, mixed chicks, BTZ noodlehead- online or from sallys

5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?
around £20. My hair is very thick so i use a lot of conditioner and leave-in products.

6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?
More natural products without all the added chemicals, products that are only available in the US, cheap conditioners for cowashes

Are you planning on opening an online store?

 

[alundra]

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall?

Mizani, Keracare, and Aveda!

2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands?

N/A?

3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

NO

4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use?

Aveda mostly, but I'm going to go to Keracare for a leave-in and detangler.


5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?

£60 a trip for Aveda

6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?

Things like flexi-8 rods, silk scarves... things I don't want to order online with my American debit card. I actually want to buy these in the UK.

For the note I live in the West Midlands and can get to Walsall or Wolverhampton easily!

 

[growinmyhair]

Thank you so much ladies.

 

[growinmyhair]

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall?

Mizani, Keracare, and Aveda!

2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands?

N/A?

3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

NO

4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use?

Aveda mostly, but I'm going to go to Keracare for a leave-in and detangler.


5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?

£60 a trip for Aveda

6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?

Things like flexi-8 rods, silk scarves... things I don't want to order online with my American debit card. I actually want to buy these in the UK.

For the note I live in the West Midlands and can get to Walsall or Wolverhampton easily!

Brilliant potential customer, i will let you guys now when i'm up an running, and i will definitely try to get all of the products mentioned in this thread so far.

 

[hothair]

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall? Got everything but badly wanted Curlformers, Dom products, BT, Shescent it etc - products reviewed on the board but you have to order from the states


2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands? Giovanni products at a decent price


3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

YES
NO I say NO because I've never (even pre-LHCF) just stuck to Black hair products and tend to go to stores that carry a mix of both


4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use? Aveda, Nexxus, ORS, Giovanni, Eqyss, Dom products, Joico, Loreal and Indian Products (Vatika & Shikakai)


5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?
Not monthly but every few weeks 6-8 btw £30-£100+ (hair extensions make it more)

6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?[/quote]
Oils, Dominican products, colour both temporary rinses and permanent shades geared toward dark hair (not necessarily black people)

ETA: I think you should also look into those clip-in extensions my friend has an extension line and they do very well with other races too...

 

[growinmyhair]

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall?
Shea moisture shea butter leave-in
Beyond the zone noodle head- only sold in sallys
CHI products- only sold in sallys
Qhemet biologics amla and olive heavy cream
Kinky curly curling custard
Pantene R&N breakage defense mask
Sabino moisture block
Elucence moisture balancing conditioner
Miss Jessies products
Curls products
Blended beauty- always sold out on natural frizz
Suave

There are only a few online stores selling some of these products and they are always sold out or very expensive.


2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands?
Yes, more pure oils and butters (e.g. shea butter, avocado butter, jojoba oil) available from a hair store so you can buy them when you get hair products instead of having to buy them separately online.


3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?
YES, but some good products are not widely available.


4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use?
ORS, S-CURL, Lustrasilk, Fantasia IC- From local BSS
Blended beauty, CHI products, mixed chicks, BTZ noodlehead- online or from sallys

5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?
around £20. My hair is very thick so i use a lot of conditioner and leave-in products.

6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?
More natural products without all the added chemicals, products that are only available in the US, cheap conditioners for cowashes

Are you planning on opening an online store?

Yes, i will also have an online store, but that will probably be around mid next year.

 

[growinmyhair]

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall? Got everything but badly wanted Curlformers, Dom products, BT, Shescent it etc - products reviewed on the board but you have to order from the states


2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands? Giovanni products at a decent price


3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

YES
NO I say NO because I've never (even pre-LHCF) just stuck to Black hair products and tend to go to stores that carry a mix of both


4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use? Aveda, Nexxus, ORS, Giovanni, Eqyss, Dom products, Joico, Loreal and Indian Products (Vatika & Shikakai)


5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?
Not monthly but every few weeks 6-8 btw £30-£100+ (hair extensions make it more)

6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?

Oils, Dominican products, colour both temporary rinses and permanent shades geared toward dark hair (not necessarily black people)

ETA: I think you should also look into those clip-in extensions my friend has an extension line and they do very well with other races too...

Thank you hothair, i will definitely look in to this.

 

[carib_n_curly]

please please tell me your going to be in east London

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall?
Dominican products,Mizani,CHI,Silk elements,cantu,blended beauty,mixed chicks,[FONT=arial,sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Jane Carter Solution,kinky curly custard[/SIZE][/FONT]
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2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands?
sheabutter,ALL the oils in the world;jojoba,hazel nut,neetle,horse tail.....



3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

YES
NO


4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use?
silk elements megasilk leave in,african pride braid spray,VO5,DOVE,tresemme,coconut oil

5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?
£15 easy


6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?
more product with out petroluem anc chemicals

 

[Sequoia]

My answers are below.

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall?
Curls products, Aubrey Organics conditioners (though can usually order online from a UK shop),Qhemet Biologics, CHI silk-infusion, Biolage, Miss jessie's, Jane Carter Solutions, Suave conditioners, VO5 strawberries conditioner

2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands? YES! shea butter and, as listed above, Aubrey organics, Qhemet Biologics, Jane Carter


3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

YES- but not maybe not enough natural products or products geared towards natural hair
NO


4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use?
Nexxus, Keracare, ORS, CON
Qhemet's, Curls, Aubrey Organics- mostly ordered online

5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?
I'm not consistent. Maybe an average of £10/20 a month?

6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?
Natural/ better quality products; pure ingredients that can be used to make own mixes like SAA, Jamaican Black castor oil etc ( but that's only because of things I've learnt on LHCF).

Good customer service- helpful advice on picking hair products for your hair type

Oh, and Ouchless hair bands, bone combs, denman brushes, accessories.

 

[juju]

Will there also be an onlinewebshop so that other ladies living across europe can shop too ?

 

[growinmyhair]

Will there also be an onlinewebshop so that other ladies living across europe can shop too ?

That is something i will definatley be doing, hopefully sometime next year. i will post when its up and running.

 

[alundra]

Best of luck grow, I am around the Dudley area (well sort of) and I will def go to your shop!!

 

[growinmyhair]

Best of luck grow, I am around the Dudley area (well sort of) and I will def go to your shop!!

Thank you so much alundra, i look forward to having you has a customer when i'm up and running.

 

[growinmyhair]

Bumping.... come on ladies. where are you?

 

[growinmyhair]

Bumping for more replies.

 

[sweetwhispers]

Hi ladies, i am planning on opening my own business before the end of this year selling hair and beauty products, i feel its time to go back to work since my son has started school now, i would really appreciate it if you ladies would help me with some market research. below i have listed some questions, oh and i will be based in either walsall or Wolverhampton, haven't decided yet. i have listed questions below TIA



1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall?
Anita Grant/Qhemet, all the popular natural lines really


2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands?
Hair butters and natural shampoos like Aubreys etc

3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

YES- But if your going for the natural route not always the best. I think conditioners is one area black haircare lacks

4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use?
Lustrasilk,ORS,Eternal beauty- rosewater/glycerine/


5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?
£15-30

6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?

more natural, more international products.

 

[GodsGrace]

I don't know where walsall or wolverhampton is, i hope it's not far from me.

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall?
A lot of American products that are hard to get, like NTM (Neutrogena Triple Moisture) Giovanni Direct-leave in, Kenra products. Also Dominican products like Silicon Mix and Miss Keys 10-en-1

2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands?
I'm not natural, but I would love to get my hands on some shea butter

3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

YES but it depends on where you live, so you might have to travel some
NO


4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use?
Girl, almost everything, Keracare, Creme of Nature, Nexxus, Biolage, Queen Helene, ORS, Mizani, Elasta QP, Dark and Lovely, Profectiv.....

5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall?
Anywhere from 20-40 pounds. But I only go every couple months now.

6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?

Different types and size rollers, that seems to be my problem now, I can't find the big grey rollers anywhere.

Congrats on your store, I hope it's a huge success! You know you gotta let us know when it's opening right?

 

[ToyToy]

1.What hair products would you like to use but cannot get in your local hair and beauty store/stall? I'd really be interested in being able to receive Qhemet Biologics and Karen's Body Beautiful products here.


2.Would you like to see more natural hair products, if so please state what types and what brands? Yes!! Please see above, and Jane Carter Solutions


3.Do you think the black hair care has sufficient products for customers to use?

YES



4.What brand of hair and beauty products do you currently use? Aveda, KeraCare


5.How much would you normally spend each month on your hair from a hair and beauty store/stall? In a quarter, maybe around £20-£30. My hair is in braids most of the time.


6.What would you like to see more of in a hair and beauty store?
More products geared towards natural hair.

 

[growinmyhair]

I don't know where walsall or wolverhampton is, i hope it's not far from me. aww im sorry sweetie, i will be based in the west midlands... but i will eventually have an online business too, if that's any help.


Different types and size rollers, that seems to be my problem now, I can't find the big grey rollers anywhere. i will look in to these as i want to sell lots of accessories

Congrats on your store, I hope it's a huge success! You know you gotta let us know when it's opening right?

Thank you so much, i will definitely let you know when i open the online business, since you live in london.