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“In The Chair With” spotlights the incredible hairstylists in our community who are giving us major inspiration. Each week, they discuss their personal hair and career journeys, what they’ve learned from their clients, and their top hair care tips.
“Every time I get into the community of women of color, women with natural hair, you see so many similarities that you feel like you grew up in the same house,” Stacey Ciceron tells ESSENCE. Like most children growing up in Black households, Ciceron received her first relaxer around the age of 10. “I did not learn to appreciate my hair,” she says. “I come from a Caribbean background, so it was rough.”
By 17, the Trinidadian rediscovered her natural hair, but soon, chopped it all off. However, a moment she found “extremely liberating” had a 2-hour expiration date before introducing her big chop to her family. “They just thought I was nuts for shaving my hair off,” she recalls. “But if I didn’t do that, I wouldn’t be where I am now.” Read more...
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