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We planned our team, which consists of Audrey, myself, and Joe Schaefer, our director of photography, and set out to tell a story that felt very much like a love letter to the beauty supply store and Black women, at first, but it evolved from there. In addition to covering why and how beauty salon stores have become a staple for Black women, the documentary also touches on some less-talked about problems within beauty supply stores, like lightening products, and the lack of beauty supply stores owned by Black people, despite their frequent patronage

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*This article appears in the February 4, 2019, issue of New York Magazine

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