I started to go to JCpenney's in Greensboro in the Spring of my sophomore year, just because the quality and the style of my hair had gone down dramatically from the AA stylists I used in town. When I called to make my first appointment, I asked for an experienced stylist for AA hair. They said-" which one" we have a lot of them!" The whole salon there is full of great AA stylists. The trick with JCpenney's is the stylist levels like master stylist or just hair designer, i think. The masters usually know what they are doing. So right now I pay $25 for a wash/set/trim and $45 for a relaxer. I love my hairstylist there because she has made my hair really healthy and now I have that cute cut that you all saw in my post-MIP pics. She actually just opened up her own shop so I hop the prices don't go up to much! So no, I haven't experienced any racial bias there.
On the other hand...
I'm in Portland, OR doing an internship this summer and i really needed to get my hair done. I was referred to this AA salon by a soror here who has long hair that I think is probably easy to do just because she gets its flatironed and blowdried. I don't think the woman was too skilled in short cuts because she almost didn't even give me a line and when she did them on the sides, she didn't brush down my hair. She also curled my short hair with way too big curlers and it looked like a mushroom! Anyway, i didn't want to cause any commotion and make the soror who sent her to me upset, so I told her thanks and took her card. That wash cost me $35!!! I was so mad that I went to the beauty supply store to get some stuff to do it over with when I got home.
If that happens with washes, i'm afraid to get a relaxer!
