#beauty shop

[icarusredwings]

The Salon

Thinking about transfem, Wade finds herself a nice beauty shop and she's been going here for a couple of weeks, and while she's worn wigs before, this is her first true glue down.

Tw (apprently) Dramatization of language, satire, it's supposed to sound terribly written. That's the point.

She's getting a full bouncey blowout, and today she's even decided that she's getting old money nails, Cherry Mocha to be exact. "They look like blood!" She giggles, estatic and simply glowing with joy.

"Now hold still, baby. You're finna mess up your edges."

"Honey, she gon be messing up more than that when she gets home." The woman next to them say.

The salon busts out in laughter as another client giggles in the heating dome.

"What? Why would I mess it up? I promise I'll follow the care routine."

They laugh again. "Oh sweetheart, They mean... Don't be letting your mans tug up on your weave."

"Oh.. OH -" she giggles too, blushing at the idea. She wonders what Logan was doing right now. If he likes the lunch, she packed him, and if his construction buddies were still giving him a fuss from the notes that she left him or the heart-shaped sandwiches.

"But darlin' I'm not kidding, when your mans see you, you're gonna have to beat him off ya with a stick!"

"Shoo guurrrll you're so right!" The other says.

Wade giggles once again, shaking her head quickly. "No, no! He ain't like that. I-i mean sure, he thinks im pretty, but.. he might be lying." She says quickly,

"Aye!! Gurl, watch the curler!! You're gonna done burn your neck off!" She scolds hers.

"I think you might have already burned her braincells off because there ain't no way you think he's lying. You gotta be kidding me!"

"If that man is lyin', Leave him, sis!"

"Noo... it's alright. I-I know he loves me, it's just.. I look like this - you know? And he's so god damn handsome I just.. sometimes I think he might-"

"Now you hush your mouth right now and litsen to me girl, you hear me? You are gorgeous. Besides, if a man can't handle a little cancer, then he aint worth your time and beauty. Huh ladies?"

"Mhm. Damn right." They nod, "Preach!"

"Maybe get a little work done in the chest. Boys love a fat chest, dollface."

Wade frowns, hands coming to her chest. Logan never mentioned anything about her being flat before, but.. the words don't help the voices telling her otherwise.

"Well, good thing she's put for a man, not a boy, huh, Georgette? Besides... yours couldn't keep your husband from lookin at the secretary.."

"Ooooh!!" The salon says as the woman known as Deb smirks. "Now let me turn ya around, baby."

A deep gasp came from her, leaning forward as she stood up, smiling widely. "Is that... me?" She whispers, hand going to the curls as tears gloss those bright opal eyes of hers.

"It's always been you, sugar. Just had to bring her out to shine in the sunlight. So whatda think? How do you feel?"

"I-.." standing she turns, looking at the sides and back. "I-i feel.. beautiful!!"

"Yeaah!! That's what we wanna hear. Now what do you think your hot hunk is gonna think about this?"

"If he don't take you home and please ya babygirl I will!"

The woman scoffs, rolling her eyes. "Shut up, Carl! Everyone round here done know you got the bumps!"

The changes were simple. Some deep conditioning lotion, a tiny bit of powder over the bandaged wounds, some tone matching lip stick, eyelash extentions, drawn on eyebrows, her nails. They all meant nothing individually but tied together with that wig?

Wade might actually begin to believe that she was pretty.

The shop bell rings as the salon goes quiet.

In walked a man in a sweat woaked wife beater, thick boots with cement stuck to the bottom, dirty pants and tan gloves with stains themselves, hair up his arms glittering with grey dust.

Wiping some sweat off his brow with a dark blue hankerchief, he smiles nervously. "Hi.. erm.."

"Damn.. what I wouldn't give to have an ass that tight.."

"I bet I could flick I dime off that thang." Some older ladies whispered to each other in the back.

Another began to fan herself with a magazine as she came to him. "How can I help you, sugar?"

Wade giggles, knowing her man was fine as fuck. Esspecially after work. If he stayed too long, though, he might stink up the shop.

"I'm uh.. lookin' for my wife..?"

"Mmh, is that so? And what if I say you're lookin at her right now?"

The mans face sqrunches, brows furrowing and nose twiching. "..I don't think so.."

Wade could squeal right now, giggling again.

"Oh leave that mean be, Loretta! He's old enough to be your father!"

"Tch.. if my father was that fine maybe I would've gone to college like my mama wanted." She says, moving aside as Wade stepped up. Logan knew that smile anywhere, his eyes lighting up, a little glad because things were starting to get uncomfortable.

"Hi..." she says, holding her purse behind her back with a small sway, blushing and giggling as she watches Logan's eyes look ever inch of her.

"H-hi! I uhm.. you look great." He grins, arms coming around her waist.

"Great? JUST great??" Debs hand came to her hip. "You insultin my work?"

"N-no ma'am! I-.. You're.."

A woman in the corner getting a perm starts to say something but Deb put her finger up. "Let the man think. It's hard to think of words when so much more is on his mind." She smirks, making Logan blush and look down.

Wade squeals in delight. "Is that true?"

He swallows. "Shh.. You look stunning. But.. you know you didn't have to do all this. You were already gorgeous just the way you are."

Wade blinks, misunderstanding. "You don't like it..?"

"No-"

"No!?"

The woman all look at each other with raised brows.

By now, Logan was sweating more from this then from the job. "No! I mean- Yes!! I do. I like it. But I LOVE you. No matter what. And I like what ever makes you happy. Does it make you happy?" He asks, hand coming up to softly caress her cheek.

"Yes.." She smiles. "Do you like my nails?" Her hand comes up as he tilts his head.

"They look like blood.."

"That's what I said!!" She giggles again, leaving the shop.

Loretta looks to Deb. "...Shes gonna need a touch up by the time hes done with her."

Deb laughs through her nose. "Shut up.."

[imanisays]

They don’t make low budget hair salon movies like they used to.

Bring them back!!

[themuseinmuseum]

a look that’ll give you anything you want

[steezylad]

[blackrabbit-megapig]

Name 10 Favorite Movies with GIFs!

I was tagged by @caffeinewineo and thought this would be fun! I have a shit ton of movies and TV shows that I love! The ones below are some of the movies I've seen multiple times.

Sing Street

2. Fantastic Mr. Fox

3. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

4. The Iron Giant

5. The Wiz (1978)

6. The Last Black Man in San Francisco

7. Beauty Shop

8. Coraline

9. Stick It

10. Kiki's Delivery Service

In terms of tagging: @cakechase @luckeyzs @aaronieros @treegender @ebonysquib @postmodern-metal-kettle @bitchqueenofthebitchsquad

I'm sure anyone who sees this is free to do their own as well!

[cyarskj52]

blackloveeeee

15h ago

DJIMON HOUNSOU & QUEEN LATIFAH Beauty Shop (2005), dir. Bille Woodruff

[artnlife2]

HaiR DiD in the Morning....

[queenladonna]

2005 was a year of SO MANY iconic movies!

[johbeil]

Permanent make-up artist

Fonte Laurentina, Rome, Italy. Rolleiflex SL35 E with 50 mm Zeiss Planar on Foma 100 B&W film.

[extracelestialsims]

From the hair store to the hair Salon ...

[icarusredwings]

I’m sorry but the transfem fic comes off as almost offensively stereotypical, both to women in general and to black women in particular

If you are talking about Salon, Salon was based on my own experiances at the salon (barber shops dont cut my curls right they always just wanna shave them off) and the movie Beauty Shop in which is an almost 20 year old movie and is meant to be a feel-good comedy filled with jokes and empowerment through presentation.

The movie is about a black woman who is mistreated and underestimated at her bosses salon so instead she quits and opens up her own shop in which she says is a place for all ladies to feel respected and relax while they get their hair done, the story also involves her old boss bribing a city inspector to purposly try to get Gina's shop shut down but her friends and the community help her rebuild it. Gina is a strong, independent woman who works very hard for her dreams, and to make sure her daughter is taken care of, she also doesn't allow discrimination, throwing out two former employees because they refused to work in the same salon as a white woman.

One of the main 'jokes' of the movie is that there's a southern white woman with a southern accent who can do black hair well, and while many of the others won't talk to/joke/gossip/ or play around with her, Gina does because she dosn't care. I would watch the movie to fully understand.

If you don't like the movie, it would make sense for you to not like my ficlet, seeing as work based on something you dont agree with ultimatly is like ordering bacon instead of porkchop and expecting it to be kosher.

Salon was supposed to be a silly feel-good story simply wrote for a few giggles and to paint the picture of what my brain was thinking about. None of my ficlets are meant to be taken seriously in the matter of how things should be, rather an extended version of a small thought I had.

Im deeply sorry if it comes off as offensively stereotypical to you, and if you'd like, we can talk about it more in dms, which you would have to initiate since you decided to remain anaon, or you could just scoll.

Not everything written is for you.

[xothemedia]

Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)

[roomhole]

[somewheredownthesidewalk]

January 15, 2024

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