4 Female Entrepreneurs Share Their Reasons For Entering The Million Pound Hair Industry

We got a peek into the headspaces of some of the award-winning and emerging successful female entrepreneurs in Birmingham. Inside the plush Freedom Edge Salon in Birmingham, we created a safe space and we were all ears. Speaking with four female entrepreneurs from Birmingham, uncovering the secrets to why these black women decided to join an industry where the annual spend is a whopping £5.25 billion on hair care, was inspiring. Not to mention, black women account for 80% of this spend.

We spoke with the likes of multi-award winning hair care founder Kam who became started Nylah as a result of her daughters’ sensitive skin. Also, the founder of the emerging natural hair care brand Bourn Beautiful Naturals. Female empowerment advocate founder of Ivy Wild Hair spoke to us about learning hair history. Lastly, vegan brand Jim + Henry who produced their first product with just nine ingredients explains why her beauty is enough.

Tune in to see how these Birmingham black women are changing the face of modern hair care business.