Storm Reid is disheartened by the shortage of stylists who know easy methods to work with Black hair.
The Euphoria star, 18, is at present working with the hair care model Dark & Lovely, and spoke to People about how she struggled to discover a stylist that knew easy methods to “deal with Black hair.”
“In a way, it feels dehumanizing … when it’s the time for your hair to look nice and there’s nobody on set to be able to help you achieve that,” the actress defined. “They really just don’t understand Black hair care. It’s disheartening and it’s heartbreaking.”
She shared that director Ava DuVernay, who she labored with on A Wrinkle In Time, was the primary one that made certain that there was a head stylist on set — Kim Kimble — who knew easy methods to look after Reid’s locks.
“I think that changed my life,” Reid mentioned. “It changed the way I saw that we can have these Black department heads really be there and take care of you.”
Many Black actresses have spoken out about on-set stylists not understanding easy methods to correctly deal with Black hair. In 2016, Viola Davis spoke with Essence in regards to the irritating difficulty.
“It’s very difficult when [stylists] don’t understand our hair. It’s almost like they need to be educated,” she defined. “I’ve reluctantly told them, ‘That’s not going to work,’ or, ‘You have to do that over,’ and they get offended because they think we’re saying that we’re different from them. We are different, but I’m not being offensive.”
Last September, Meagan Good advised Us Weekly that she’s skilled this difficulty for “the past 25 years.”
“I’ve had some great experiences and it’s sad, in a way … it’s like before I get to a job — and I kid you not, even today — I’m holding my breath hoping that the person can do my hair,” she mentioned. “And when I find out that they can, it’s like I can breathe.”
