Category: salons

Taliban Orders Hair and Beauty Salons in Afghanistan to Close

The Taliban in Afghanistan has ordered beauty salons in the country to close within a month, according to a Taliban spokesperson, marking another blow to Afghan women’s rights since the regime seized nearly power two years ago. Mohammad Sadiq Akif, a spokesman for the Taliban-led Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, said…


A Tenacious LA Salon Owner’s Fight to Keep Business Alive

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Michael Sparks has always been a go-getter. Though he was exposed to substance abuse growing up, he channeled the negative energy from his hardships into a drive to succeed. He made his way to college on a football scholarship, but when that didn’t work out, he came up with a new dream and…