Download or read book Beauty Shop Politics written by Tiffany M. Gill and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-01-29 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking through the lens of black business history, Beauty Shop Politics shows how black beauticians in the Jim Crow era parlayed their economic independence and access to a public community space into platforms for activism. Tiffany M. Gill argues that the beauty industry played a crucial role in the creation of the modern black female identity and that the seemingly frivolous space of a beauty salon actually has stimulated social, political, and economic change. From the founding of the National Negro Business League in 1900 and onward, African Americans have embraced the entrepreneurial spirit by starting their own businesses, but black women's forays into the business world were overshadowed by those of black men. With a broad scope that encompasses the role of gossip in salons, ethnic beauty products, and the social meanings of African American hair textures, Gill shows how African American beauty entrepreneurs built and sustained a vibrant culture of activism in beauty salons and schools. Enhanced by lucid portrayals of black beauticians and drawing on archival research and oral histories, Beauty Shop Politics conveys the everyday operations and rich culture of black beauty salons as well as their role in building community.
Download or read book Beauty Shop for Rent written by Laura Bowers and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised by a great-grandmother and a bunch of beauty shop buddies, fourteen-year-old Abbey resolves to overcome her unhappy childhood and disillusionment with the mother who deserted her.
Download or read book Beauty Salon written by Mario Bellatin and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mario Bellatin’s complex dreamscape, offered here in a brand-new translation, presents a timely allegorical portrait of the body and society in decay, victim to inscrutable pandemic. In a large, unnamed city, a strange, highly infectious disease begins to spread, afflicting its victims with an excruciating descent toward death, particularly unsparing in its assault of those on society's margins. Spurned by their loved ones and denied treatment by hospitals, the sick are left to die on the streets until a beauty salon owner, whose previous caretaking experience extended only to the exotic fish tanks scattered among his workstations, opens his doors as a refuge. In the ramshackle Morgue, victim to persecution and violence, he accompanies his male guests as they suffer through the lifeless anticipation of certain death, eventually leaving the wistful narrator in complete, ill-fated isolation.
Download or read book Junie B Jones 11 Junie B Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy written by Barbara Park and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1998-06-16 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Hilarious. Barbara Park makes reading fun.” —Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man Barbara Park’s #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for more than twenty-five years. Over 65 million copies sold! Meet the World’s Funniest Kindergartner—Junie B. Jones! Junie B. wants to be a beauty shop guy when she grows up. But first she needs a little practice. And a few volunteers. Like her bunny slippers. And her dog. And maybe even . . . herself? Is Junie B. on her way to a great new career? Or is she about to have the worst hair day ever? USA Today: “Junie B. is the darling of the young-reader set.” Publishers Weekly: “Park convinces beginning readers that Junie B.—and reading—are lots of fun.” Kirkus Reviews: “Junie’s swarms of young fans will continue to delight in her unique take on the world. . . . A hilarious, first-rate read-aloud.” Time: “Junie B. Jones is a feisty six-year-old with an endearing penchant for honesty.”
Download or read book Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen written by Bill Crider and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dan Rhodes, sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas, is called to the Beauty Shack, where the young and pretty Lynn Ashton has been found dead, bashed over the head with a hairdryer. The owner said Lynn had gone to the salon late to meet an unknown client. There was a lot of gossip going on about Lynn before her death, but no one seems to really know much about her, or they're not telling Rhodes. Lynn was known to flirt, and it's possible an angry wife or jilted lover had something to do with her death. The salon owner suspects two outsiders who have been staying in an abandoned building across the street. While he investigates the murder, Rhodes must also deal with the theft of copper and car batteries, not to mention a pregnant nanny goat that is terrorizing the town. Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen is a wonderful entry in this always delightful series by award-winning author Bill Crider.
Download or read book Ruby s Beauty Shop written by Rosemary Wells and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2004-11-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Ruby's Beauty Shop! "Guess what, Max!" says Max's sister Ruby. "Louise is coming over, and she's bringing her Deluxe Beauty Kit." Ruby and Louise have everything they need to make Max gorgeous, including wigs, makeup, and instant stick-on nails. But when Max decides to play beauty shop his way, everyone is in for a real makeover surprise!
Download or read book American Beauty Shop written by Dana Lynn Formby and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When that baby's born . . . your life ceases being your life. That child owns every single one of your actions. Every breath of your body. Every dream that you ever had, Mrs. Top Two Percent, those dreams are sucked out of you and poured into the soul of that child. It's hard to pull yourself up by your bootstraps in this economy-Sue should know. It's harder when you've got kids, even whip-smart, talented ones like Judy. Sue has big dreams for both her basement beauty shop and her daughter, who's anxiously waiting for a letter from Berkeley that could change her life. Armed with tough love, combative humor and an uncompromising work ethic, Sue is struggling to balance her own livelihood and Judy's future. A heartfelt play about the true cost of dreams. American Beauty Shop received its world premiere at Chicago Dramatists in April 2016, having received readings at Steppenwolf, Florida Studio Theatre, Steep Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival and Chicago Dramatists.
Download or read book Facing the Mirror written by Frida Furman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women at Julie's International Salon share their experiences of bodily self-presentation, femininity, aging, and caring. Their own words are at the center of the book; the stories of their lives, fresh and compelling, are told here with affection. But beyond the stories themselves, Frida Kerner Furman explores the socio-moral significance of these beauty shop experiences, showing how they reveal as much about society at large as about older women. For in telling us how they perceive reality, make choices, and live in their worlds, the women of Julie's expose structures of power, inequality, and resistance in the larger world that all of us, young or old, beautiful or not, face every day.
Download or read book Permanent Waves written by Julie A. Willett and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-06 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the twentieth century, beauty shops have been places where women could enjoy the company of other women, exchange information, and share secrets. The female equivalent of barbershops, they have been institutions vital to community formation and social change. But while the beauty shop created community, it also reflected the racial segregation that has so profoundly shaped American society. Links between style, race, and identity were so intertwined that for much of the beauty shop's history, black and white hairdressing industries were largely separate entities with separate concerns. While African American hair-care workers embraced the chance to be independent from white control, negotiated the meanings of hair straightening, and joined in larger political struggles that challenged Jim Crow, white female hairdressers were embroiled in struggles over self-definition and opposition to their industry's emphasis on male achievement. Yet despite their differences, black and white hairdressers shared common stakes as battles were waged over issues of work, skill, and professionalism unique to women's service work. Permanent Waves traces the development of the American beauty shop, from its largely separate racial origins, through white recognition of the "ethnic market," to the present day.
Download or read book Start and Run a Successful Beauty Salon written by Bijan Yousef-Zadeh and published by How To Books. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a step-by-step guide to starting and running a successful beauty salon. It is aimed at the budding entrepreneur; a qualified beautician working for someone else who now wants to go it alone; or someone who is looking to change direction in their career. It draws on the experience of two people who have spent the last 25 years on the high street and in the field of beauty therapy. The beauty industry is growing rapidly. The face and skincare industry is already a multi billion pound industry. The desire to look good and younger has never been stronger. Men are increasingly joining in, with actors and footballers now promoting skincare ranges. In this book you will find everything you need to know, from starting up to managing your own profitable salon. It includes: - Training and gaining experience - Deciding what type of salon you want to run, and finding the right location - Planning the layout and decor - Buying equipment & products - What treatments to offer and what clientele to target - Managing staff and understanding employment legislation - Dealing with finance and accounts - Marketing and advertising your salon Contents: Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Starting out in the beauty industry; 2. The Salon; 3. Salon management; 4. Qualificaitons, training and skills; 5. Staff and employment; 6. Clients and treatments; 7. Selecting products, equipment and furniture; 8. Business management; 9. Finance, money and accounts; 10. Marketing, advertising and promotion; 11. Formula for success; Index.
Download or read book The Yellow Rose Beauty Shop written by Carolyn Brown and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stella's mama never should've put Stella on the church prayer list. With Stella's twenty-seventh birthday coming up fast, Nancy desperately wants to see her daughter married and giving her grandbabies. Petitioning heaven seems like a surefire way to get it done. But in Cadillac, Texas, where the gossip's hotter than the city's famous jalapeano peppers, it isn't long before all hell breaks loose. Heather, the bossy leader of the church's Prayer Angels, thinks a summer ball will get Stella and the town's other single gals paired off. But nobody can tell redheaded spitfire Stella what to do--not her mama, not Heather, and not even the sexy beau Stella's been seeing in secret. Together, Stella, her best friends Charlotte and Piper, and the loyal customers of the Yellow Rose Beauty Shop hatch a good old-fashioned scheme to sabotage the ball. But will it wreck Stella's relationship with her mama forever? And what will the church folk think when Stella reveals the identity of her mystery man?"--Page [4] cover.
Download or read book Marianna s Beauty Salon written by Bushra Rehman and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marianna's Beauty Salon is a book that traces places vanishing and places becoming. Sensual, blustery, and bold, they make "a rough map of light" where even the daily burns miraculously. - Aracelis Girmay
Download or read book Pageants Parlors and Pretty Women written by Blain Roberts and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the South's pageant queens to the importance of beauty parlors to African American communities, it is easy to see the ways beauty is enmeshed in southern culture. But as Blain Roberts shows in this incisive work, the pursuit of beauty in the South was linked to the tumultuous racial divides of the region, where the Jim Crow-era cosmetics industry came of age selling the idea of makeup that emphasized whiteness, and where, in the 1950s and 1960s, black-owned beauty shops served as crucial sites of resistance for civil rights activists. In these times of strained relations in the South, beauty became a signifier of power and affluence while it reinforced racial strife. Roberts examines a range of beauty products, practices, and rituals--cosmetics, hairdressing, clothing, and beauty contests--in settings that range from tobacco farms of the Great Depression to 1950s and 1960s college campuses. In so doing, she uncovers the role of female beauty in the economic and cultural modernization of the South. By showing how battles over beauty came to a head during the civil rights movement, Roberts sheds new light on the tactics southerners used to resist and achieve desegregation.
Download or read book Beauty Salon Barber Shop Entrepreneur Essentials written by W. S. Farfan and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-11 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business Guide for Beauty Salon and Barber Shop Owners. Booth Renters and Cosmetology Students, Sample Resume, Sample Booth Renter Contract, and Sample Business Plan. Industry Analysis, Compensation Models for Beauty Industry.
Download or read book Salon Ownership and Management written by Tina Alberino and published by . This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avoid the mistakes that doom so many salon owners to failure. Set your business up for success by following a strategic planning system that guides you from concept to opening day while giving you a thorough education in all aspects of the business of beauty.
Download or read book The Business of Beauty written by Carrie Herzner and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering a career in the salon industry? Are you a recent cosmetology school graduate or stylist new to the business? Being a hairstylist is so much more than "doing hair." It's about uniting inner beauty with outward appearances... it's about effectively communicating with and finding a connection to every client that sits in your chair. Mastering the art of communication and possessing professional business skills are just as important as mastering the perfect haircut. This book will tell you how that's done. The Business of Beauty is a how-to guide for anyone involved in the salon industry. Whether you're imagining your days behind the chair or are currently working in a salon and wondering how to best build your business, the Business of Beauty addresses such questions as:What do clients look for in a stylist and salon? How do I choose the right salon for me?How do I build a clientele? Should I sign a non-compete agreement?How do I know when to raise my prices or switch salons? How do I use social media to build my client base?What should I do when I make a mistake?Full of client testimonials, advice and tips from salon owners and successful veterans of the industry, The Business of Beauty is your go-to manual on how to create success and happiness in the salon industry. In an industry that survives on fulfilling the needs of others, the Business of Beauty teaches you how to take care of your clients and just as importantly--how to take care of yourself.
Download or read book Beauty Everyday written by Rinne Allen and published by R. Wood Studio Ceramics. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Color photographs numbered 1-365. "This book is one year's worth of beauty seen, found, and discovered in and around Athens, Georgia, and on field trips to other nearby places. This book is a collaboration between Rinne Allen, Kristen Bach, and Rebecca Wood, who all work together to create the online journal, Beauty Everyday [www.beautyeveryday.com]"--P. [417].
