Stylists specialising in afro-textured hair types on short supply
For people with afro-textured hair, finding a hairdresser with the expertise to cut and style it can be a challenge. Many salons only specialise in looser textures, prompting stylists to call for more hairdressers to learn the skill.
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00:00Patch Dionisio is a specialist in the hairdressing trade.
00:07She's a coily hair expert.
00:08What are we going to do today?
00:10A cut and a refine.
00:12Born and raised in Brazil, she moved to the city late last year
00:15where she found a gap in the hairdressing industry.
00:17When I got here it was so easy to find a job
00:20because they don't have hairdressers with the knowledge
00:24to do our type of hair.
00:26Experts say the reason why salons don't cater to textured hair
00:29is due to a lack of education.
00:31For some of the stylists out there,
00:33we simply don't get the practice, the experience,
00:36nor do we have the confidence to do that kind of hair.
00:40Now salons are taking matters into their own hands,
00:43ditching the flawed training courses
00:45and using their time and money to train their stylists
00:47to do all types of hair, regardless of how coily it is.
00:51The owners of Ella and Jade Salon
00:53spent thousands in providing in-house training to their apprentices
00:56so they know how to cut and style Afro-textured hair.
00:59Director Alana Reid says the approach guarantees
01:01all their clients are catered for.
01:03We don't have textured hair ourselves,
01:05so for clients to come in and actually trust us with it
01:07to really build that, to get to a point
01:09where we are servicing texture every day.
01:11Actress Perra Mooney says it took some convincing
01:13to try out the salon, but she now feels she's in good hands.
01:16You not sense the stress from the hairdresser
01:19that's looking after you, that they're like,
01:21oh, I've not really dealt with this before,
01:23I don't know how to handle it.
01:25Being able to sit here and go, I'm alright,
01:27is like a massive thing.
01:29Experts say new training packages will soon roll out
01:32across the country, equipping stylists with up-to-date training
01:36to ensure everyone gets a good cut.