3. Who Owns The Black Hair Industry?

10/15/21 • 59 min

The Black hair industry is worth an estimated £88 million in the UK, with Black Women spending 6 times more on hair care than their white counterparts, yet Black people only own around 5% of this industry. It is widely thought that the South Asian Community dominates the ownership of the Black hair sector but how did this come about and was this always the case?

In this episode of Coiled Leanne explores the evolution of the Black hair industry and how the UK’s first afro hair care distributor, Dyke and Dryden, set the foundations for the industry that we have today. She explores the importance of buying Black owned when it comes to hair products by speaking to Rudi Page, former Marketing and Sales Manager of Dyke and Dryden, Sandra Brown Pinnock of XSandy’s and Khalia Ismain, co-founder of Jammi UK, as well as Peter Mudahy who is the CEO of Pak’s Cosmetics who expresses that he sees ‘no real value of Black owned businesses.'

Hosted and Produced by Leanne Alie

Twitter: @leannealie

Instagram: @leannealie_

Assistant Produced by Sylvie Carlos

Twitter: @sylvie_frizzy

Instagram: @frizzandgo

The theme music and closing music was composed by Ony Iroha

All other music was sourced from Uppbeat.io

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Hosted and Produced by Leanne Alie

Twitter: @leannealie

Instagram: @leannealie_

Assistant Produced by Sylvie Carlos

Twitter: @sylvie_frizzy

Instagram: @frizzandgo

The theme music and closing music was composed by Ony Iroha

All other music was sourced from Uppbeat.io

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2. Where Does Human Hair Come From?

Black women have been wearing wigs for centuries and today the human hair trade is big business. Black women can spend hundreds of pounds on human hair wigs and weaves, but have you ever thought about where this hair comes from? In this episode Leanne explores the different ways that human hair is sourced, how ethical the hair trade is and which communities benefit the most from this industry. To explore this she speaks to Sandra Brown Pinnock who manufactures her own human hair extension range called XSandy’s as well as Professor Emma Tarlo whose research specialises in the trade of human hair.

Hosted and Produced by Leanne Alie

Twitter: @leannealie

Instagram: @leannealie_

Assistant Produced by Sylvie Carlos

Twitter: @sylvie_frizzy

Instagram: @frizzandgo

The theme music and closing music was composed by Ony Iroha

Music credits:

Mirror Mirror by Diamond Ortiz

All other music was sourced from Uppbeat.io

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BONUS: Black Owned Hair Brands We Think You'll Love

If you listened to the last episode we learned that Black people own a really small percentage of the Black Hair industry and that there is so much power in buying Black as Black businesses are more likely to hire Black people, have Black supply chains and are more likely to serve the Black Community.

We wanted to spotlight some smaller Black owned businesses that we think you'll love so that you can buy Black owned for when it comes to your hair products.

Brands featured in this episode:

@niyohairandbeauty

@hairpopp

@maallure_

@thewashdayco

@tiwaniheritage

@ataji_hair_care

@newshelluk

@mojiskinclinic

@Oriallure

@kiyacosmetics

@eternalrootsco