“We’re staying prayerful and checking on each other every day, no matter what we’re going through.”
exploring the effects of the ongoing pandemic on people and places in the beauty industry. Here, hair braider and business owner Shelley Smith shares the hardest thing about closing her salon: not being able to see her four sisters, with whom she runs Braid Heaven in Kansas City, KS.
From “Braid Secrets,” May 2018: “Before the three-month waitlists and clients from both coasts, there were just the five Smith sisters, who moved from Guyana to Kansas City. That was over 25 years ago, and the oldest, Glynnis, was beginning to play with a new form of braiding hair, laying human orinto braids in such a way that the natural hair rests, protected, underneath and allows the wearer to pull their hair into ponytails or switch their parts without exposing tracks or wefts.
It’s been tough for us not to see our customers — they’re like family — but the hardest part is that we [the Smith sisters] haven’t seen each other, either. We’re staying prayerful and checking on each other every day, no matter what we’re going through. My biggest stress at this moment is rescheduling all of our appointments for the month of April and maybe May. Right now we are booked three months out, so we’re moving the April appointments to May and the May appointments to June. We’re still trying to figure out what we’re going to do about social distancing, since we have to work closely with clients. We’re going to try to
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