well the reason why licenses are required by the state is because so they can get money out of any barber and beauty salon by giving them a huge fine, if one customer received bad hair treatment or found out they have a hair disease by barbers and cosmetoligist using the wrong clippers

Is this news?  Really, is it?  
Is this a topic because ABC 24 figures this one will not be about race?
Lets talk about corruption in MCS.

That is real news.

Well, since I have 2 that will go from being in county schools to city schools (annexed), corruption in MCS is a concern to me.  But, so is this.  It matters to someone, I'm sure.  

But, at this moment, I am more concerned about MCS and finding a way before the 2008-2009 school year to either move, quit my job (funny joke), or find private schooling (even funnier).

Scarlett O'hara

Jenny Diprizio, just loves putting black people on the spot, why dont you check out these white salons here in memphis im pretty sure there are some illegal things that goes on in their shops.

Well, it didn't take long for this to become a racial issue.  

not sure how it did but it did

Coreyology, in case you haven't noticed, black people outnumber white people in Memphis by a considerable amount.  Statistically speaking, you will see more black people in the media, just as you will see more black people in person.  Please try to understand that EVERYTHING that happens in the Memphis is not pivotal on race.  

mnshadow what you just stated has nothing to do with what I just said.

core, there is a boogie man under your bed......it's white and gonna get you!

@Coreyology.....is this not your statement? "Jenny Diprizio, just loves putting black people on the spot, why dont you check out these white salons here in memphis im pretty sure there are some illegal things that goes on in their shops."  

I would call that statement an attempt to make this a racial issue.  

SHADOW, YOU ARE WRONG FOR THAT.....never use facts, that is so unfair...it's almost a white thing........

you know I love ya!!

@ Bartlettman.....LOL.....I forgot my placce.......

forgot my spelling too  :- ) or is that pronounched "plah chay" like Italian?

or is it playshay?

my statement is not a racial issue, its always fact when it comes to that woman

As I said Coreology, black people outnumber white people by quite a wide margin in Memphis.....the law of averages (statistics) would dictate that more black people will show up in the media, in person etc.  Your statement was racial and untrue.  

I've seen Jenny put white people on the spot when she jumps out in front of speeding cars in school zones.  That makes your comment, coreyology, at best ill informed.  I've seen several of your posts and all of them are negative.  Anti-police, anti-government, anti-hair salon licensing...what are you an anarchist?  Go back over this blog and your other postings; usually the racist remarks begin and are perpetuated by you.

My son used to go to Ray & Stella's on Austin Peay & Yale every other week for haircuts.  We stopped when he got cut, not nicked, but cut behind the left ear very badly.  He had a growth which had to be excised by a dermatologist.  I took him back so that the owners could see the damage and they said nothing.  By a coincidence, the person who cut my son was gone by the time he went back.  I hope Jenny's story shuts down every unlicensed facility and operator in Memphis so no one else will be hurt like my son was!!!!

Its about time somebody expose these un-licensed misfits. Its too bad that only a few salons were shown and not all the others. Its amazing to read some of the ignorant comment made about race. The sad part is that white salons usually run legitimate hair salons because they have more respect for the profession than ghetto black folks who think they are going to get rich by opening up a hair salon and hireing anybody that say they can do hair and can pay the owners booth rent. I don't know one hair salon that has ever had any staying power by renting booths. Black salon owners need to take a look at businesses like Goulds and Regis and understand how to hire and be professional. The one owner that hired  that fake barber got what she deserved because she should have never hired a barber to work in her beauty salon. This is another getto trend in the black community. We need to stop trying to get the money any way we can and start thinking about the clients we serve and making sure that they are in happy, safe, clean and professional environment. I have never seen a barber/beauty salon in any other neighborhood but the "Hood." I hired a hair stylist that told me that a salon owner pulled her out of beauty school and hired her to shampoo hair while she went through beauty school, "By The Way," the state require 300 hour and a license to be a shampoo tech. Nevertheless it took her 3 years to finish beauty school because the money got so good to her that she was no longer in hurry to finishscool. When a person hires a "Kitchen Beautician" to work in their salon they not only hurt themselves but the health of the clients hair, skin and scalp. Only school can prepare you to practice professional ethics, sterilization and sanitation bacterias and scalp disorders. Its too bad that movies like Hair Show, Beauty Shop and Barber Shop expose black beautician in such a negative way because all of us don't have drama, gum smacking, food selling, bootleg dvd selling, head nodding sista girlfriend type atmosphere going on in our salons. This is such a negative stereotype of an great profession that I have loved for my entire adult life. Thank you so much Jeni for doing this story and exposing the filth and slim in this industry. I can give you a list of other salons that you should  have under investigation but I refuse to do Tenessee State Boards job. Sooner or later they will fall like the Berlin Wall, bad never win in the end.  To all you Sistas (whatever race or nationality) that are out there doing the right thing by state board keep doing what your doing and you will have the longevity in this great profession. "I Love My Job As A Salon Owner/Hair Stylist and I Thank God For Sending Me Wonderful No Nonsense Good Tipping Clients." Jeni please do a positive story on black salons so that you can show a good side to your story.

                                                             From a long time Cosmetologist

@coreyology, she does not just pick blacks, she picks everyone, no matter the race, and you did make it about race. Usually it's Bartlettman, that starts with race. reread your comment. there are alot of stylist in shops that do not have license,how do i know? i have friends that are stylist,that complain, about the owner chasing a dollar, so some stylist leave the shops.

come on now...I have never mentioned race in any of my posts, ever.....

"I think it is just wrong for you to work in a barbershop without a license and I think that the person should be sued or either FIRED!!!!!!!!!!"

I believe that Jeni DiPrizio should find a new hobby.  I agree with what was said before, this is NOT news.  I think I speak for a lot of people out there (both black and white) when I say....WE DON'T CARE JENI!  Let me let you in on a little secret Jeni, nothing is going to change.  I can  guarantee you that nothing is going to change.  The same people that you chased down the parking lot or harassed at their place of business, are going to continue with what they've been doing.  These people are trying to support themselves and their families.  Yes, they may lose their jobs, but they will not lose customers.  Do you know how many woman do hair out their homes? Some of the best hairstylist out there started at home.  Yes, I do encourage the ones who do not have a license to make that next move and go to school. But, once again THIS IS NOT NEWS!!! Instead of spending your precious time researching people who don't have a license to use a darn curling iron or some clippers, let's try to figure out a way to stop the crime in Memphis.  Everyone wants to blame Mr. Herenton for the crime, but how in the hell can you blame one person for crime.  He is doing everything he can do.  SUPERMAN COULDN'T EVEN PREVENT CRIME AND HE HAD SUPER POWERS AND COULD FLY...(LOL...JUST A LITTLE HUMOR FOLKS).

Thanks again to the news media of Memphis, TN for targeting black people, one wack story at a time. I guess you all are hurting for stories to cover. How pathetic.

Well i would never let an un-professional person come anywhere near my hair!I dont wanna get a sickness or something.Also my hair is to good to ruin,and i dont think race is involved i mean there are tons of white people who arent license as well i just think it was where the news chose to report.I dont see why everything has to be a color i love all AMERCIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! equally......how pathedic

Great Job done.  This for sure has been an issue all over.  One can just be in a social gathering and over hear the stories about their hair stylist  working in a shop, they do me at their home.  Stylist will do there family at times, and this is different than running a business out of you kitchen or where ever.

It makes me sick to read the stories or hear the news.  Why do people always have to say the race.  As for as it goes white is a color, just like black is a color.
The issue is doing illegal business.  Hopefully now this report about the hair industry will wake up those that do not carry a license.

Memphis along with other cities of Tennessee make it very hard to do bootlegging business.  Other states allow cosmetology and barbers to travel, but not Tennessee.
One note of interest is that those that do the traveling have to carry a general liability insurance along with malpractice insurance.  The insurance in the salons must have a rider on their policy to cover another location.  The clients home insurance will not cover the stylist because they are paying a vendor.

I would like to be an inspector.  I hold a cosmetology licenses at present and do keep them up to date.  I inquired about this to the state board an was told that there were no opening for inspectors.  Memphis alone needs more than one or two.

Keep up the good work Memphis, clean up the hair that I see lying in the streets.  This was hair pulled out from someones braids or extenisons.
The sanatation of hair is very important.   Folks can pass head lice around if not real careful.  This is why we need the inspectors.  Salons and the illegal stylist always need to use clean brushes and comb.  The need to use only clean towels that have been properly taken through the washing cycle.

Many people that do hair at home do not report their earnings.  The business and taxes are cheated out of their part.  Say one person did hair and made 38,000 a year.  They did not report earnings, now think what if there were ten doing the same thing.  Lots of money has been shaved, not only someones head.

Help your profession to stay proffessiional.  Respect your schooling and licenses.
Maybe it is time to have pictures on the licenses and ones business cards.
Maybe the lamination process would help too.

I say call one of the Goulds salons for information to a good stylist.  There are hundreds of salons in Memphis and one should not have to deal with those that do not do Good Honest Business.

Hairmovesinmemphis and gives a truecut.