Teach Texture
Education Campaign
We’ve launched a campaign to teach texture education in cosmetology schools. Update the state board exam.
The natural hair movement has evolved into a natural curly and textured revolution. During this time cosmetologists and natural hair stylists have created curly and textured styles for women of color in black own salons, curly styles in curl specific salons, beauty editorial layouts, and textbooks.
Today all wavy, curly and coily hairstyles for all women and men of all nationalities are featured in beauty and fashion magazines, New York Fashion Week, all media platforms, and hairstyling books that reach the mainstream beauty market and every major haircare beauty brand. What was once thought of as just a trend is now regarded as a true lifestyle.
Now is the time to include natural haircare, curly and textured education; foundational cutting, coloring, styling methods, and techniques into beauty school curriculums,l. As well as incorporate questions pertaining to natural hair care, curly, and textured styling into the state board examination.
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Natural Hairstyle
& Braid Coalition
Our Story
Licensed Braider and Founder of International I Love Braids Day (ILIBD), Debra Hare-Bey and Activist, Master Pioneer, Educator and author, Diane C. Bailey, founding members of the NHBC are two of the original administrators of the Natural Hairstyling Licence, the first of its kind in the country, which passed into NYS law in 1993. Today they are still fighting to protect natural hair licensing amidst multiple deregulation attempts in the Empire State.
In 2021, the pair joined forces with Textured Hair Master Pioneer Expert and author, Diane Da Costa; Educator and NYS Appearance Enhancement Advisory Committee Appointee, Erin H. Maybin, and Emmy award-winning producer Natasha Gaspard along with the Center for Law and Social Justice, the NYC Black Political Women’s Club and Models of Color Matter to form the Natural Hairstyle and Braid Coalition (NHBC) to protect and update the existing license.
The NHBC members collectively and individually have been the catalyst for change and texture inclusivity for over three decades; consulting and developing texture curriculum and education for the NYS curriculum and state board, for Professional Stylists of billion-dollar beauty brands, such as Design Essential, L'oreal’s Mizani and Carol’s Daughter, JCPenney, Unilever’s Shea Moisture, TRESemme, and Diane Da Da Costa‘s Manhattan salon, Dyaspora, the first Multi-textured Aveda Concept salon in the country since the early '90s.
Our Mission
The Natural Hairstyle & Braid Coalition, Inc.'s mission is to empower the natural hair care industry by promoting education and advocating for sustainable practices and legislative policies on a global scale. We believe that by providing comprehensive education and resources to future and current professionals as well as consumers, we can transform the industry and promote healthy natural hair care practices worldwide. Our ultimate goal is to create a more sustainable and equitable future for all those who engage with our industry, through our Four Pillars: Advocacy, Education, Economic Pathway, and Community Health & Safety.