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BlackTechLogy: Fighting against unlicensed hairstylists, hair damage, hair loss
Women go to beauty salons to get their hair done, to have girl talk and to hang out with friends. We leave with a fresh new hairdo and a plethora of gossip about people’s relationship business. But how much do we know about our own beauticians? Is your beautician licensed? Where did she go to school?
Some beauty salon customers may not even care whether their beauticians are licensed until something goes wrong. Should we be more careful? Would you stay with your beautician if you found out some time later she never got her license? In this post, beautician Inez R. Teemer* shares tips on beauty salon background checks.
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Teemer, a licensed cosmetology teacher since 2001, attended two beauty schools to get her credentials—her cosmetology license was from Pivot Point Beauty School in 1981 and her cosmetology instructor’s license was from Dudley’s in 1995. She has used her license to work in fashion shows, as a makeup artist, a hairstylist, facials and waxing. However, styling African-American natural hair is her focus as a self-employed beautician. And with all of this cosmetology education and work, she has a bone to pick with beauticians who don’t take the 1500 hours to earn a cosmetology license.
You have an issue with hairstylists who are not licensed but make a profession out of doing hair. Tell me why you’re mad.
I get upset with a lot of these people who are not licensed, perpetrating saying “I am a stylist.” “I am a natural hairstylist.” “I am a nail technician.” They’re advertising it, and we should be more conscious as far as checking these things out because I’ve come across people who have told me that they have caught infections. They have scalp disorders on account of this particular person. People have had issues with scalp disorders or caught ringworm from a stylist who didn’t know how to drape a stylist well enough. They put the cape on one person who had [ringworm] and then put it on another person. I know how to check to see if a person is licensed or not. You can just go to the state website to check.
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What’s the website?
You can go to the [Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation] to find barbers, nails, cosmetologists. You’ll see a variety of different licensing applications.
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You have a lot of different choices on this website. If I wanted to look you up, I would go to the dropdown menu and choose “Cosmetologist" or "Cosmo Teach." I see your name, and I see a “y” next to “Ever disciplined.”
I should be under cosmetology teacher. If I was a salon owner, I can check to see if [beauticians] have any violations. Some violations you overlook, like if they owe a bill on a student loan or something like that. I owed student loans at one time. That's why I have a "y" next to my name. But I’ve heard of people with major lawsuits as far as chemical burns, drawing blood, things like that, something major that might involve medical.