When I saw the above loosely titled from the article I read on allure.com, my interest was peaked! A hair salon for plus sized women? Say what now? I wondered to myself! I'm not sure how I feel about this? I can understand going to the gym, as the author of the article mentioned, feeling weird being amongst the svelte, skinny-types and feel as if you're a lamb going to slaughter (at least in my head), and being more comfortable in a gym with women of my size, but at a hair salon?
Hmmm, trying to visualize..walk with me curvy divas....walking into said plus sized hair salon and either you're the only one there, or there are only women size 14 and up there. While there's nothing aesthetically wrong with that picture, because we love our curvy divas, however, would that make you comfortable? Personally, when I go to a hair salon, I want to see what the stylists are doing with other people's hair, I'm not too worried about what body type the customers are! So I most certainly would feel as if I am a lamb going to the slaughter!
I want to be in an environment where I am comfortable yes, but I also want to be in a socially trendy place where everyone will come to have their beauty needs met because of the reputation of the salon and the rocking stylists they have, not just because of one particular type of woman. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a hair salon such as that, it might not be the best thing as our Society would somehow stigmatize the larger sized woman more than they are already doing! We want inclusion, not separation! Curvy divas are fabulous and we rock!
Go to the full article link below!
http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2011/10/plus-size-hair-salons.html
Hmmm, trying to visualize..walk with me curvy divas....walking into said plus sized hair salon and either you're the only one there, or there are only women size 14 and up there. While there's nothing aesthetically wrong with that picture, because we love our curvy divas, however, would that make you comfortable? Personally, when I go to a hair salon, I want to see what the stylists are doing with other people's hair, I'm not too worried about what body type the customers are! So I most certainly would feel as if I am a lamb going to the slaughter!
I want to be in an environment where I am comfortable yes, but I also want to be in a socially trendy place where everyone will come to have their beauty needs met because of the reputation of the salon and the rocking stylists they have, not just because of one particular type of woman. While there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a hair salon such as that, it might not be the best thing as our Society would somehow stigmatize the larger sized woman more than they are already doing! We want inclusion, not separation! Curvy divas are fabulous and we rock!
Go to the full article link below!
http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2011/10/plus-size-hair-salons.html
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