| My Salon Scoop staff shares quips about “Good Hair” flick |
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| Tuesday, 27 October 2009 22:34 | |||
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Good Hair movie marquee (Photo credit: PR Photo)
Movie shines light on black hair taboo topicsBy My Salon Scoop Staff
Being in the hair business meant we HAD to go check out Chris Rock's flick, "Good Hair." The clips alone made us salivate with anticipation. We wanted to know if he did his homework. We wanted to know if he would ask the right questions. And above all, we wanted to know if he would completely expose the black hair mystique.
To our surprise — and horror — Rock did his homework. Below are a few of our observations about the movie and our hair habits as black women.
V. Woods... 
V. Woods, Founder, My Salon Scoop
The movie also helped reaffirm some of my own assumptions about the hair business:
First, people who don't even consume the products shape the hair trends in black hair care. The small row of frustrated black hair suppliers and manufacturers within the hair show expo drove that point home. So did the scene when Chris Rock ran through the streets trying to create a market for "black hair." The Korean beauty supply retailer felt justified to school Rock on what sells.
Second, the product manufacturers, not the hair salons, make the real money in the hair game. In one salon, Rock marveled at the sight of a $1,000 weave. When the camera panned to show a row of women waiting in line for a chance to rock that coif, I was amazed. Ironically, many complain about the stylists jacking up prices when it's the Indian hair importers who sell hair by the kilo that leave the salons with fat pockets.
And then people will still ask, "What is all the fuss about hair?" I will tell you what the fuss is - ca-ching, ca-ching, ca-ching.
Nichole M. Palmer...
When we take the time to put our hands in our daughters' hair, we're telling them that what God has given them must be cared for properly. We're telling them that their natural attributes are beautiful. We're also bonding with them — feeding their self-esteem — loving on them. When we relax our 3-year-old's hair we're telling them that "real beauty" is straight hair. And what they've been given is unacceptable, or not enough.
I don't believe that's what that mother was trying to do. I don't believe that's what was in her heart concerning her child. All I'm saying is that when it comes to our daughters, we have to slow down. Teach them to love themselves as is. Natural hair is beautiful. And with proper care, can be fun to do. But we have to put in the time. And after all, aren't our daughters worth it?
The best answer to this quandary was the couple whose daughter asked why she had to have braids. Couldn't her hair be straight like Mommy's? The mother immediately realized that her daughter needed a self-esteem boost. So, she cut off her hair to show her daughter what her natural hair without a relaxer really looked like. Now the daughter sports her braids proudly. And when asked if he liked his wife's short hair, the husband smiled. He was proud of his wife taking the stand she took on hair. And he thought she looked good. Kudos to them!
Collette C. Emery, My Salon Scoop reporter
My favorite part of the movie was Rock's highlights on hairpieces, or fusions. Most black people know it as weave. These days, it's not enough to style and groom the "crown and glory" that sprouts from our own scalp. The growing trend is to embroider additional hair tracks within the mane. Often the butt of jokes for those who lack long, luscious locks, weave is now worn by people who have hair down their backs, are bald, or who have anything in between. I had no idea that human hair weave was a chief cash cow for the Indian and American business markets. Who would have ever thought that simple strands — silky, curly, wavy or straight — now out weighs the worth of gold?
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