A hairdresser is a person whose occupation is to cut or style hair to change or maintain a person's image. This is achieved through a combination of hair coloring, cutting and texturing techniques. A hairdresser may also be referred to as a “barber” or a “stylist”. The hairdresser will make sure to give you a cut that is perfect for your face shape, but that is also compatible with your style of life.
She was a voodoo practitioner, called the voodoo queen of New Orleans, and used her connections with wealthy women to support her religious practice. The hairstyle, the tower style, was all the rage among wealthy English and American women, who trusted hairdressers to do their hair as tall as possible. They styled it to create an illusion of change in your hair, but at the end of the day, unlike a hairdresser, you can eliminate any temporary changes. No matter who you choose as a hairdresser or stylist, you will find identical procedures, such as washing, styling and coloring your hair, in addition to the use of several products.
According to the same institution that certifies hairdressers and stylists, stylists tend to focus on a particular aspect of the profession. The International Agency for Research on Cancer, or IARC, has classified the occupational exposure of hairdressers and barbers to chemical agents found in the workplace as “probably carcinogenic to humans” or category 2A in its classification system. Hairdressing was, first and foremost, an affordable service only for people wealthy enough to hire professionals or pay servants to take care of their hair. Most hairdressers are women of childbearing age, which involves taking into account potential exposures in the workplace and the risks they may pose.
New coloring processes were developed, including those of Eugène Schueller in Paris, which allowed hairdressers to perform complicated styling techniques. The training of an expert stylist and the instruments they use differentiate them from those of an ordinary hairdresser. Wealthy women still had hairdressers visiting their homes, but most women came to beauty salons looking for services, including high-end salons like Elizabeth Arden's Red Door Salon. As a general rule, stylists and hairdressers will strive to maintain the integrity of your hair to the extent of your possibilities.
During this period, hairdressers began opening salons in cities and towns, led by Martha Matilda Harper, who developed one of the first retail chains of beauty salons, the Harper Method. These tools allowed hairdressers to promote visits to their beauty salons, instead of limited-service home visits.
