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\n<\/figure>\n\n\nWhat do you love about wigs?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I love the versatility and the quick changes. In the morning you can have a short bob [and] by the night you can have hair pouring down your back. It\u2019s like fashion. That\u2019s what I like about wigs. You can change your look so quickly without having to sew in or clip in. They\u2019re like hats!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wigs are something that Black women have been rocking and perfecting for years. Recently we\u2019ve seen it become more mainstream. Can you talk about Black women and their contributions to beauty?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Black women are always overlooked and things are taken from them but nothing is given to them. They shamed Black women for wearing wigs. \u2018Oh you\u2019re wearing a wig because you don\u2019t have any hair.\u2019 That\u2019s not the case for everyone. My biggest mind-blowing wig moment is [in] Waiting to Exhale. Whitney Houston was wearing a French roll wig. Black women contribute so much. They\u2019ve been the test for so many diferent hair treatments and hairstyles and they haven\u2019t gotten the credit. They lost their hair and had their hair pulled out at the testing stages for so many. They walked so a lot of these young girls could run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We do see that both the fashion and beauty industries are evolving when it comes to inclusion. How does it make you feel that we\u2019re seeing more Black women and Black hair in beauty ads, in editorials, and on the covers of magazines like Vogue?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019m glad that the work we\u2019ve been doing, the editorials we\u2019ve been doing, is now coming to the forefront. It\u2019s gracing covers instead of just being inside stories. It\u2019s no longer just little weird African-inspired shoots. I\u2019m glad that people are actually doing the research now. They\u2019re studying where the hairstyles are coming from. They are getting excited about it. They are no longer intimidating because it\u2019s not intimidating \u2014 it\u2019s fun. I just love how it\u2019s being accepted because it should have always been accepted.<\/p>
What kind of changes do you want to see specifically within the fashion and beauty industries?<\/h2>
Well, now you\u2019re seeing these high-end product categories that people try to ofer like Balmain. Now they have Balmain Paris Hair Couture. We still want access to the nice things so it\u2019s about them being able to market to us and not be like a side thing. I\u2019d like them to actually speak directly to us. It\u2019s okay to speak to us. You\u2019ve been speaking directly to other people for so long. It\u2019s okay to have marketing categories that actually speak to us.\u00a0<\/p>
In your opinion, where do we still need to make progress?<\/h2>
I\u2019m always promoting the Crown Act and natural hairstyles at the workplace being accepted but it\u2019s still not in all of the states. I have this thing, when you have other cultures come to a work office setting with wet hair and they are able to sit and let it dry. To me when you think of a corporate world, she should be sitting at home because she\u2019s not ready for work. But when someone comes with an afro but they are sitting home because their hair is not deemed acceptable, that\u2019s when I have the problem. When [a Black woman] can come up with no one looking at her hair and asking to touch it like she\u2019s a pet… and we can move on. That\u2019s when I\u2019ll be satisfied.<\/p>
Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years with the business? What\u2019s a big dream you have?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve always wanted to lead shows. You know when editors are behind the scenes and they\u2019re asking for hair tips and hair advice. I want to do that. I want to be a professional that people come to for advice because I want people to have the best hair that they can have in their life. I\u2019m very holistic, so if I can be the hair show lead or the campaign lead \u2014 somewhere where I\u2019m able to give advice on how to take care of textured hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n