An Evanston hairstylist has converted a community center into a salon, where she teaches young girls valuable and perhaps profitable skills.
Jasmine MinorAt Ikandi Hair Studio in Evanston, young Black girls learn their hair is beautiful through techniques like braiding. The skills are valuable.
"Just tell your mannequin head, 'girl, look down, we got work to do back here,'" Corbbins said. "I teach techniques, and not styles, because styles live and die daily, but techniques never go away." Hunt said learning how to do her own hair has helped build her confidence as one of the few Black girls in her school."I'll be one of the only Black kids in class, so my friends would ask if they could touch my hair," Hunt said. "They'll make comments, where they're not trying to be mean, but it's kind of insensitive."
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