COME ✫ Join Us We stand on the dawn of a new day in the history of the National Dr. Wanda Beauty Nelson Culturists’ NBCL League President (NBCL). Surely the coming years ring aloud with the offspring of our current vision. Yet we stand now on solid ground only because of the vision and efforts of many pioneers who came before us. Through prayer, they took the hand of God and ventured forth through dark days and hard times. The result has been a proud heritage that firmly plants our feet in the future. It has been 85 years since NBCL was established in 1919 — a long way from the days when pioneers Annie Malone
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It could be said that behind every successful celebrity is a successful stylist. California celebrity stylists Sterfon Deming and Andrea Jackson know the pressures of creating the right look for the camera. Their clients are the stars of Beauty Shop, (November, 2004) an MGM movie starring Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Andie MacDowell, Djimon Hounsou, Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari, Bryce Wilson, Golden Brooks, Keshia Knight Pulliam and Kevin Bacon. This comedy spins around Latifah’s character, Gina, a stylist in a highend Atlanta salon, owned by Kevin Bacon’s character, Jorge. After a series of twists, Gina opens her own salon, employs several vibrant stylists (Golden Brooks, Alfre Woodard,
Sheri Shepard, Keshia Knight Pulliam) and helps a former shampoo girl, played by Silverstone, blossom into a stylist. Amidst suds, colors and stunning styles, a love interest sparks between Gina and a repair man played by Hounsou. “Sheri Shepard plays as a stylist whose hair color coordinates with her different outfits,” explains Andrea Jackson, first key hair. “So I’ve got to make each new color work for the actress, the director and the camera.” Jackson’s movie and television credits include; The Italian Job, Soul Plane, Planet of the Apes, All of Us, Love and Basketball, The Steve Harvey Show, Girl Friends, and The Parkers.
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Publisher Welcome to the second issue of Urban Call — Beauty Salon and Barbershop edition. In our mission to support and proLafayette mote the beauty Jones industry, we are Publisher pleased to present this edition with more coverage and more exciting photos of the people and places who energize the world of the health and beauty care industry. Our expanded distribution includes members of Segmented Marketing Services Inc. (SMSi’s) beauty and barber networks and those attending beauty shows across the country. For our readers — many of whom are multicultural salon professionals and their customers — we put together expanded
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