We talked to celebrity hairstylists Ursula Stephen and Yene Damtew on how owners of Black salons—aka Black Girl Church—are coping after being hit with COVID-19 closures.
After being hit by COVID-19 closures, with their clients relying more and more on at-home hair care, stylists and owners of Black salons—aka Black Girl Church—regain their footing.The natural instinct is to hug. But Shirley Paul, a salon regular in her forties, offers her stylist,, a hesitant elbow bump instead. “It’s my COVID hug," Stephen says through a protective mask bearing her initials, “US,” of the now socially acceptable greeting. “I miss hugging people,” Paul says.
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