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By Gerry Patton
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If you wonder how celebrities always seem to look so perfect, just ask their stylists. Celebrities know the importance of having a stylist with the skills and tools to enhance everything that Mother Nature gave them. Celebrity women like Victoria Rowell, Loretta Devine and Holly Robinson Peete are but a few of the beautiful women that depend on their personal stylists to maintain their hair and make-up for the perfect look. They set a standard that many women would like to achieve. Beautiful hair and body adornment began in Mother Africa and looking good is a part of the African-American culture for men and women. Male
SMSi partners Lafayette Jones (from left), Sandra Miller Jones and Joseph Rodney Lawrence
celebrities like Keith Hamilton Cobb, Timothy D. Stickney, and Kristoff St. John depend on their personal barber/stylist and estheticians to keep their hair and skin looking great. Celebrities invest in their looks. These divas trust their stylists to use the products that are best for their skin and hair type. When the stars step on the “red carpet,”
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Timothy D. Stickney, One Life to Live — ABC
Victoria Rowell, Young & The Restless — CBS
Kristoff St. John, Young & The Restless — CBS
It’s time to join NBCL Dr. Wanda Nelson National Beauty Culturists’ League President
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the National Beauty Culturists’ League (NBCL) where dreams, goals and aspirations have been shepherded by women and men, just like you, who recognize the power of togetherness. The voice of professionalism and prosperity ring
true and clear among our 8,000 members in 42 states and international affiliates in the Caribbean, Germany, Canada, France, England and Africa. We are hair stylists, barbers, nail technicians and estheticians. Through our National Institute of Cosmetology
(NIC), professionals earn advanced degrees — a bachelor of arts, a master of arts or a doctorate in cosmetology. Members earn degree credits by attending workshops at state, regional and national conventions. NBCL
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Welcome to the first edition of SMSi's Urban Call— The Beauty and Barbershop Edition, the official publication of the National Beauty Culturists’ League. As publishers of Urban Call, we would like to commend our sponsor, Sally Beauty Company for its foresight in meeting the beauty and haircare needs of people of color in some 3,000 stores nationwide. These customers are beauty professionals, trendsetters, stylemakers and serve as beauty icons in our culture.
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