{"id":10053,"date":"2011-09-22T15:13:23","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T19:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=10053"},"modified":"2011-09-22T15:13:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T19:13:23","slug":"top-natural-hair-salon-owners-discuss-industry%e2%80%99s-explosive-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=10053","title":{"rendered":"Top Natural Hair Salon Owners Discuss Industry\u2019s Explosive Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One doesn\u2019t have to look far for evidence that wearing natural hair is still unacceptable to many in the mainstream.<\/p>\n<p>Only four short years ago, a Glamour magazine editor presented a slide show on proper corporate fashion during which she declared the afro \u201ca real no-no\u201d and dreadlocks \u201ctruly dreadful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite such negative feedback, more and more African-Americans are falling in love with their natural hair and seeking salons that cater to this interest.<\/p>\n<p>Leaders of natural hair care salons nationwide have shared some of their insights into this growing market with us \u2014 and their favorite products \u2014 highlighting the exciting expansion of this beauty revolution.<\/p>\n<p>As more black women (and men) explore their natural hair options in droves, this new aesthetic will become more common in the workplace.\u00a0 Corporate America might have to adjust to our new standard of beauty, as the growth described by these natural hair care salon owners is certain to continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One doesn\u2019t have to look far for evidence that wearing natural hair is still unacceptable to many in the mainstream. Only four short years ago, a Glamour magazine editor presented a slide show on proper corporate fashion during which she declared the afro \u201ca real no-no\u201d and dreadlocks \u201ctruly dreadful.\u201d Despite such negative feedback, more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}