Comments on: Taking Back the Black Hair Care Industry

By: Beware of Bobsa

Beware of Bobsa — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:58:04 +0000

Sam Ennon is a big dissapointment. He hurts the own people his cause is supposed to defend. He ripped me off thousands of dollars. I’ve been depressed for months because he took away my dream of having my own shop. He called me daily and supported me before he received my money. He promised that he could do whatever I asked for, redesign the shops, get all the products I wanted and at the end nothing. I am so hurt and dissapointed. I really wanted to support the Black community and the whole mission of the project, but now I wonder how can he dare to criticize the Koreans and then do exactly the same or worst to his own “black dots”. It is shameful and he should pay for all the pain and dissapointment he has caused. Because of people like him it’s hard to imagine us as a united community as Koreans are.

By: Terry Akins

Terry Akins — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:36:02 +0000

Visit http://bobsasalonspecialist.com for more information on ways to break into the industry.

By: 3 Sister's Beauty

3 Sister's Beauty — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:49:35 +0000

Thanks Angela,

Email me at contact@3sistersbeautysupply.com if you know how I can make the music come on and go away as skip intro. I want the music, but I do want people to be able to opt out of the music. Or I may just do away with it altogether.

Thanks for your comment.

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:09:22 +0000

Sister’s Beauty, I want to look at the website but the music is killing me. That is a major no-no in Web Design 101–if people are at work, they can’t have a website with music telling their boss that they aren’t doing their job.

By: 3 Sister's Beauty Supply

3 Sister's Beauty Supply — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:25:11 +0000

My husband and I recently opened a beauty supply store in Plano, TX called 3 Sister’s Beauty Supply. It has been a long journey, but we are here just six months in. We have had problems purchasing hair and I am sure our wholesale prices on liquid goods are more than the Koreans pay even when we purchase in larger quantities. But again we are here to stick it out and would like to invite your members to check out our site at http://www.3sistersbeautysupply.com.
RETHINK Beauty Supply and shop with 3 Sister’s….
Finally a Beauty Supply that Looks Like You!!

By: KitKat

KitKat — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:33:37 +0000

Sure I will buy black hair products when they become 100% ORGANIC!!!

By: GRACI MAXI

GRACI MAXI — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:39:43 +0000

I BRIEFLY WORKED FOR A KOREAN-OWNED BEAUTY SUPPLY STORE IN BROOKLYN IN THE LATE 1980′S. I WAS ABLE TO GET HOLD OF THE ORDER SHEETS AND ALTHOUGH THEY WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH, THE VOICE ON THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE OFTEN HAD A KOREAN ACCENT AND ONLY WOULD SPEAK WITH FELLOW KOREANS. KOREANS DO SELL A PRODUCT THAT WE BLACK PEOPLE WANT, BUT THEY ARE OFTEN RUDE WITH LITTLE TO NO GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS NOT TO MENTION HOW THEY FOLLOW YOR AROUND THE STORE LIKE A COMMON THEIF. THEY MIGHT HIRE ONE OR TWO OF US TO WORK IN THEIR STORES HERE AND THERE BUT OTHER THAN THAT THEY DO LITTLE ELSE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND TO BE QUITE FRANK–I DON’T EXPECT THEM TO! THAT’S OUR JOB AND YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE? WE DON’T NEED THEM- LITERATELY.

LET’S NOT FORGET AMERICA IS THE SO-CALLED “LAND OF OPPOURTUNITY” FOR ALL WHO PERSUE IT. SO BLACK PEOPLE LET’S GET PERSUING! “WHERE THERE’S A WILL THERE’S A WAY” RIGHT? WE CAN OPEN OUR OWN BUSINESSES AND WORK FOR OURSELVES!
FIGURE OUT WHAT WE AS A COMMUNITY REALLY WANT…CLOTHING LINES, SHOES, MUSIC, SOUL FOOD? JUST DON’T STOP AT BLACK HAIR CARE PRODUCTS. RESEARCH WHAT WE WANT, OPEN OUR OWN BUSINESSES IN OUR OWN COMMUNITES AND DO IT BETTER THAN THE COMPITION. THAT’S THE AMERICAN WAY! AND WHEN YOU MAKE IT, PASS THE BATON! HELP THE NEXT PERSON. COMMUNICATE AND SHARE YOUR SUCESSES.

BE CONSCIOUS WHERE YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY JUST DON’T BY FROM KOREANS BECAUSE THEY’RE INEXPENSIVE. JUST DON’T BY FROM BLACKS BECAUSE THEIR BLACKS. BUY THE BEST PRODUCTS FOR YOUR DOLLARS REGUARDLESS OF WHO OWNS THE STORE. SHOP WHERE YOUR TREATED THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED. YOU CAN BE SUPPORTIVE TO YOUR COMMUNITIES WITHOUT PLAYING THE RACE CARD. LET’S HOLD EACH OTHER’S HANDS ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP!

By: ShaRenee

ShaRenee — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:49:26 +0000

Many great comments. Why be mad at Koreans who sell products that people want to buy? You vote with your dollars. If you want great customer service and great products visit http://www.jaguarluxuryremi.com- American owned hair extension manufacturer. Also, There are several BLACK owned online beauty suppliers and hair suppliers and no one had to protest or boycott, just spend your money where if FEELS right, where you are treated with courtesy and respect. http://www.lfhair. com, runiquebeautysupply.com, and they are many others…NO need to protest people, just vote with your dollar.

By: Denise G.

Denise G. — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:33:49 +0000

This is a great website. I want to open up my own black beauty supply store. I have the space in my salon but I don’t know where to begin. Any advice? Any advice is welcome.

By: Classay

Classay — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:41:55 +0000

Totally agree with the commenters on this site. We are at fault for this problem and the lack of ownership amongst blacks is a global problem that affects us as a race. In the UK shops selling “black” products are owned by Indians as opposed to Koreans. You could go to the blackest neighbourhood but nearly all the shops there will be Indian/Asian owned. This causes blacks to put money in asian pockets, money that could otherwise go to our own community and serve the black neighbourhoods.

One of the reasons why Asians, Indians and Jews are generally wealthy is that they create their own businesses that serve their own communities. Some of the wealthiest communities in Britain are predominantly Jewish and in these communities everything owned by Jews, sold buy Jews and bought by Jews- this results in Jewish financial wealth. Blacks need to follow in this lead and do the same; we can’t complain about poverty in black neighbourhoods if we’re the ones putting every penny we earn into the hands of other races. Blacks need to be way more entrepeneurial.

And for those who asked about black owned hair companies there are
Anita Grant, Miss Jessies, Curlz.biz, Curl Junkie, Bee Curly, Carol’s Daughter and a lot more. Also if you go to motowngirl.com there are a whole bunch of adverts on her site that link to really good black owned hair and beauty products.