(31 May 2025)
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Atlanta – 6 May 2025
1. Various of natural hair stylist Dajiah Blackshear washing a client’s hair in a salon
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dajiah Blackshear, Natural hair stylist:
"Hair is confidence, hair is self-esteem for a lot of people. Some people don’t have a whole lot of options with their hair."
3. Various of a stylist braiding hair in a salon
4. Mid of hair care products on display
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Washington, Georgia State University Law Professor:
"The Black hair care business is like a 2.5 billion dollar industry and we know that a lot of the products are imported from China and other places that will be subject to tariffs and so there is an anticipated increase in the cost of those products that would include products that are applied to the hair, as well as hair extensions, wigs."
6. Close of hair care products on display
7. Mid of various hair extensions displayed on a wall
8. Mid of wigs displayed on a shelf
9. Mid of a Blackshear washing a client’s hair
10. Mid of hair products on a production line
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dajiah Blackshear, Natural hair stylist:
"I’m experiencing an influx in prices in products that I need. You know, just small things like a bottle of glue going from $8 to now $14.99, which is almost double the prices. That goes into my bottom line. So when it comes to like, pricing my services and you know, bringing that to a client, I’m having to cover those costs on the back end."
12. Various of Blackshear applying product to a client’s hair
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Dajiah Blackshear, Natural hair stylist:
"Clients pay attention to where they’re spending their money, you know, so, when they’re sitting in the chair and they’re like, ‘OK, my sew-in used to be $200, why is it $250 now?’ you know, and I have to explain to them, you know, what’s going on and have that conversation. Some people are OK with it, but for a lot of people they’re like, ‘OK, I won’t be seeing you for a little while. I’m gonna go have to find somebody that fits within my budget.’"
14. Various of stylists braiding hair
15. Close up of Black hair care products on display
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Tanya Washington, Georgia State University law professor:
"All of the beauty supply stores are likely to be affected. The budding industry of Black-owned beauty supplies are going to be affected more immediately and more adversely because they did not have the resources, many of them, to stock up on the supply of products in anticipation of this increase, the way some of the stores that have been in business for a longer period of time are able to do."
17. Various of shelves stocked with Black hair products
18. Tilt down of warehouse shelves stacked with boxes of hair products
19. Mid of a Blackshear washing a woman’s hair
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Curtis Morgan, Cosmetologist, wig-maker:
"For women of color, their hair is a reflection of their everyday life. They want to be as professional and polished as possible, being that they work very significant jobs. Them having a professional look is important."
21. Various of a Morgan handling a wig in a salon
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Curtis Morgan, Cosmetologist, wig-maker:
"Many clients have had the conversation with us because they have to consider is this a necessity as much as it used to be?"
23. Mid of Morgan clearing items off shelf
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Curtis Morgan, Cosmetologist, wig-maker:
25. Close of Morgan working on a wig
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