8 Black Women Reflect on Doing Their Own Hair For a Year During Quarantine
ELLE Hair salon closures have affected the beauty community both financially and emotionally. Black salons, a haven for women of color, are where clients go for more than 10-hour braid jobs, the presses, and deep conditioning treatments. These salons have long served as community staples for weekly check-ins with friends and are a part of Black women's routines they just can't miss. But when Covid-19 struck, many Black women began taking hair matters into their own hands— literally. At the beginning of the pandemic, the sentiment surrounding salon closures was clear: This is only temporar...
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