{"id":8294,"date":"2012-12-18T11:10:32","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T15:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/?p=8294"},"modified":"2021-04-23T17:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T21:08:22","slug":"safe-haven-women-beauty-hair-salon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/safe-haven-women-beauty-hair-salon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beauty of the Hair Salon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aside from your new look, there&#8217;s something else going on in hair salons that can make you feel better.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all about rapport with your stylist &#8212; a true confidant who holds your head in her hands. A stylist can be like that close friend you tell it all to or the fellow traveler we end up revealing our life story to on an airplane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople confide in you, talk to you, and being able to not only make them beautiful, but also give them a word of hope and advice &#8212; that\u2019s for me, the ultimate,\u201d Ana Perez, owner of <a href=\"http:\/\/kikahairdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kika Hair Design<\/a> told <a href=\"https:\/\/thestoryexchange.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Story Exchange<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The salon itself offers up the building blocks for that rapport, bustling with characters from all walks of life who might not normally find themselves in the same room together; trading gossip, swapping stories and escaping reality for a brief respite.<\/p>\n<p>When we went caught up with Perez a few months back, we experienced the inviting atmosphere she has cultivated amongst her staff, sparked by Perez&#8217;s infectious smile. She is full of life and welcomes each of her clients with a warm hug.<\/p>\n<p>Perez, who immigrated from Colombia as a child, says she always loved hair and took the first steps on her career path by styling her Barbies. By 16 she was earning money in the trade.<\/p>\n<p>After she received her license she worked for many years, building up a solid clientele. She wanted to start her own business, but lacked the confidence to do so. Since founding Kika, Perez&#8217;s only fear is not spending enough time with her loyal customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aside from your new look, Ana Perez thinks there&#8217;s something else going on in hair salons that can make you feel better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":false,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[187,3],"tags":[19465,19765,19731,19454],"class_list":["post-8294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","category-entrepreneur-videos","tag-personal-services","tag-community-building","tag-women-entrepreneurs","tag-women-of-color"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Beauty of the Hair Salon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ana Perez, a Colombian immigrant, always wanted to start her own business, but lacked the confidence to do so. 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