Comments on: Illinois Tightens Hair Braiding Laws

By: Suzie

Suzie — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:58:34 +0000

I have always wanted Brades and its really useful to find out about laws.

By: Fern

Fern — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:48:55 +0000

This sounds like a good alternative. I am speaking for my wife who went to a hair braiding school for 2 years and half in my country before coming to US. It is sad that United States does not give much consideration to foreign countries certifications even though in some instance they are way better than what is issued here. No school in this country has the trained staffs to teach the braiding side of the profession which is really an art. American beauticians don’t even have patience to do the braiding.
Speaking about the sanitation, my wife alwa uses a barber sterilizer to clean her combs after using them.
Braiding your hair often has consequences, no blame on the braider as someone mentioned earlier.
We are all looking forward to improving our field of work and I don’t trainings on some issues will be rejected by hair braiders.
My point is that it is a good start to give some opportunity to these women to professionalize their field too. I am hoping that the State of Illinois will be able to do some equivalent for the diploma these women obtained from their country of origin for 2 to 3 years of training their had.
These trainings did not exclude sanitation and business side of the profession and worth more than 1500 hours.
Also, this law will of course bring some money to the state( license fee), an in flow cash it has been losing for years.

By: KarenC

KarenC — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 10:48:22 +0000

1500 hours is a lot but I would want anyone having to braid my a hair to know certain things anyways such as proper sanitation. But 300 hours for hair braiding seems appropriate. Just make sure to sleep on silk afterward. http://www.essenceofsilk.com for silk & satin pillowcases & hair wraps.

By: viola

viola — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:09:57 +0000

I think that the braiders should go to school to learn about the skin and scalp, because half of the people wearing braids have lost their hair permement because the hair was braided to tight and the hair has been pulled out from the roots and there is no chance of the hair ever growing back. going back to school will give them a better understanding that the pressure of putting the braids in as tight as they can have permenant hair loss. and there’s a lot that goes with that.

By: patricia

patricia — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:29:17 +0000

I am hairstylist from Africa Braiding is not 100% born african passion this sterotpye mentality is sicking I cut and color like every cosmetologist ….I have been to many african Braider shop and they are not just braiding they weave extension into the hair also…The price of hair extension in the black community is no longer as expensive as it use to be because of how much they now charges….. They have done to hair weave as the Nail salons did to the hair and spa salons ….liked the nail business because its cheap….The state can come up with braiders only licence how many hours that is up to the state……….the nail salons are doing waxing and I don’t think it come with waxing the state should look into that too…..

By: RUTH

RUTH — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:32:04 +0000

fist of all let’s take a look at the name of te buisness
AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING
HOW CAN YOU TEACH SOMEONE SOMTHING THEY WAS BORN WITH?
BRAIDS COMES FROM AFRICA HOW POSSIBLE CAN AMERICAN TEACH AN AFRICAN HOW TO DO BRAID IT’S RIDICULOUS, EVEN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HAVE TRYED TO DO BRAIDS BUT THEY CANT BECAUSE HAIR BRAIDING IS A 100%BORN AFRICAN PASSION WHAT IS AFRICAN BRAIDERS ARE POSSIBLY GOING TO LEARN IN AMERICAN BRAIDING SCHOOL
COME ON PEOPLE MAYBE YOU MEAN AMERICAN SHOULD START GOING TO AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDING SCHOOL .ALL AFRICAN HAIR BRAIDERS WENT TO HAIR BRAIDING SCHOOL FOR 3 YEARS BEFORE THEY STARTED WORKING NOW YOU ARE ASKING THEM TO GO TO SOME AMERICAN HAIR BRAIDING SCHOOL?
THAT’S A “BS”
THOSE TYPE OF TALKING DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE.THOSE AFRICAN NEED HELP NOT DESTRUCTION,THEY ARE THE BEST IN HAIR BRAIDING BUSNESS

By: Dean

Dean — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:37:03 +0000

Ten states allow hair braiders to operate without any licensing and the sky hasn’t falling. The proper response to too-tight braiding is to tell the braider not to braid so tightly.

I live in SC, where braiders are required to take a 6-hour course on sanitary practices, pass an exam, and pay a $25 registration fee. Weirdly, this license doesn’t cover the use of extensions which are widely used in braiding and makes it difficult for the braider to comply with the law.

There’s no reason why a person with this skill, who may be in significant poverty, to spend a lot of money and months out of their life to learn how to do something they’re already skilled in.

By: Moussa Cissoko

Moussa Cissoko — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:50:22 +0000

hair braiding is a cultural. the african who do it should name it cultural hair braiding. Off course they should go to school just to get training on sanitation. Handling business is optional. I think that it is insulting to ask african to go school to learn about their culture. This should be the focus of their argumentation. Who knows your culture better that you. They all pay taxes now the State is telling them to give their money to a third party. Because this is how the State think: they (the braiders) do not pay taxes so we have to create a way for them to spend money with an institution and those institutions will pay taxes on that money. It really does not make sens to ask them to spend 1500 hrs to learn their culture.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:39 +0000

Here in Oklahoma, they have “niche” licenses. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to do, and here’s why:

A little more education to better yourself and learn something never hurt anyone.

NO, it shouldn’t be 1500 hours unless they plan on doing more than braids and extensions, but 300 hours isn’t but 2 months of classes.

Braiding is an art form, just like cutting, styling, and coloring hair. It isn’t limited to a certain race of people. Tho it may have started in Africa, it is assimilated into the American culture. Schooling not only helps women and men pass this on to new generations of beginners, but it also gets creative experienced minds together to share info, techniques, styles, and designs. ‘Cause no matter how sick we think our twists are, somebody’s always got something new.

I say I’m not opposed to the licensing and schooling. That comes with stipulation that if that person was going to stay in that “niche” of the cosmetology business, they should have a lessened amount of required hours and lower licensing fees.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:24:43 +0000

I do not think so because it is NOT CHEMICALS THEY ARE USING. It is only thier own hair and extentions of human hair or sythantic hair. So I do not think so.