EditorialTwo hair stylists work on a client's knotless braids at Aminata African Hair Braiding, a salon in Harlem, New York, on July 9, 2022. (Makeda Sandford/The New York Times)
EditorialInside Peruvian Connection, a hair salon on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, where the hair stylists have been busy but the owner is three months behind on rent.? (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
EditorialGenesis, left, and Marianella Aguirre, right, give Ashley Barton a spa at her apartment in New York, July 19, 2020. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
Editorialat arrivals for Make-Up Artists And Hair Stylists Guild Reception, The Cal Mare Resturant at The Beverly Center, Los Angeles, CA August 12, 2018. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection
Editorialat arrivals for 2018 Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Awards, Novo Theatre, Los Angeles, CA February 24, 2018. Photo By: Priscilla Grant/Everett Collection