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International Business News: First Black Hair Salon Makes Waves In China

International Business News: First Black Hair Salon Makes Waves In China

Who knew that a black hair salon could create a lot of buzz  — especially in a country where most of its patrons are not black.

Martha Makuena is credited for starting the first black hair care salon in Beijing, China, an East Asian country that she and Paul Luyeye migrated to from the Congo in 1999. Makuena has no regrets about moving to the country and has found ways to combat some of the challenges that presented themselves to her along the way. One of those challenges was the fact that she couldn’t find any place in Beijing where people were capable of styling her hair.

So, she started her salon and has been scoring big from non-black customers. In an interview with BBC, Makuena described how Asians come to her salon to pick up black hair-dos because of their uniqueness.

 

Source:  Clutchmagonline

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