Yesterday I talked about Madame Sarah Washington & her beauty empire, today let’s talk about Annie Turnbo Malone.
She was the founder of Poro Beauty & Poro Cosmetology school in St. Louis. She provided black women with their first true hair renaissance.
She was the founder of Poro Beauty & Poro Cosmetology school in St. Louis. She provided black women with their first true hair renaissance.
Poro is a West African secret society and the word means physical & spiritual growth
She came up w/ multiple revolutionary hair products such as the liquid shampoos & hair straightener (Wonderful Hair Grower).
She came up w/ multiple revolutionary hair products such as the liquid shampoos & hair straightener (Wonderful Hair Grower).
Sarah Breedlove/MCJW was hired to sell Malones products in the early 1900s
MCJW would eventually go on to sell her own products, some modeled after Malone’s. For an example, she also had a product called “Wonderful Hair Grower” & because of this, tension between the two grew
MCJW would eventually go on to sell her own products, some modeled after Malone’s. For an example, she also had a product called “Wonderful Hair Grower” & because of this, tension between the two grew
By the 1950s, 32 branches of her Poro cosmetology school were up and running across the country. Malone would transcend the same decade in 1957.
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