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Gadar, along with other Black stylists, educators and hair experts, was also approached by Aveda to help to develop a robust, comprehensive education curriculum for their salon stylists. "It was really meaty and justified the need to incorporate texture throughout the entire curriculum, instead of just over two days," she says. The brand was focused on that education happening in the salons, while Gadar's aim was to have it show up in schools.
Changing the education portion reinforces the mandate of adding textured hair to the state exams because cosmetology schools ultimately want to ensure their students graduate and get their licenses. In Louisiana, implementing this change required a meeting of the minds; Neill has plans to recreate this as best he can in the 10 states where Aveda Arts & Sciences Institutes are located, then in every state. But future steps may not be quite as linear.
"They want to put them in low-wage jobs at one of their locations, and those stylists ultimately don't end up staying long because they're not making a good wage," says Neill. "They burn through them, essentially, and it's bad for the recently graduated students and for our industry. We want to raise standards and make future stylists more educated and more competent when they graduate.
Gadar already sees huge impacts happening now in the textured hair space — namely that though salons still turn people away, there's always a firestorm on social media shortly thereafter, and they can no longer get away with doing it quietly.
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