HaloBraid raises $7M from Seven Seven Six to end the six-hour hair salon appointment
Most Black women understand exactly what those words refer to: Braided hairstyles. The thousand-year-old ritual is practically a rite of passage, and many Black women and girls even today sit in salon chairs, up to 12 hours at a stretch, as a stylist weaves patterns into their hair. For thousands of years, hair braiding has been a manual task.
- ▪Most Black women understand exactly what those words refer to: Braided hairstyles.
- ▪The thousand-year-old ritual is practically a rite of passage, and many Black women and girls even today sit in salon chairs, up to 12 hours at a stretch, as a stylist weaves patterns into their hair.
- ▪For thousands of years, hair braiding has been a manual task.
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Box. Boho. Knotlesss. Most Black women understand exactly what those words refer to: Braided hairstyles. The thousand-year-old ritual is practically a rite of passage, and many Black women and girls even today sit in salon chairs, up to 12 hours at a stretch, as a stylist weaves patterns into their hair. But that’s also the problem. For thousands of years, hair braiding has been a manual task. Until recently, that is. Speaking to TechCrunch, Yinka Ogunbiyi recalled when she was stuck alone in her London apartment during the COVID-19 pandemic and tried braiding her own hair: “It took me four days,” she said.
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