Jawed Habib group of firms and associates has over 850 salons and several other hair academies throughout cities. The model has lower a distinct segment for itself in the haircare and hair magnificence trade in India. The man helming all of it, celeb hairstylist and hair professional Jawed Habib, was in city not too long ago for the launch of Jawed Habib’s pre-conditioning pack in collaboration with Ccigmaa Lifestyle Pvt. Ltd’s luxurious hair model KT Professional. The three-product pre-conditioning combo pack — priced at Rs 1,199, comprising KT Pre Conditioning Mustard Oil Mist, KT Mustard Shampoo, and KT Pre Conditioner Silky Serum — is a one-pack haircare answer. Jawed Habib carried out a grasp class on improvements and strategies in keratin, cysteine, and Botox hair providers, which preceded the launch. A candid chat with the grasp hairstylist.
How do you suppose the pandemic has altered the magnificence and hair traits and the salon trade too?
The Covid-19 pandemic has modified the world. The salon trade has modified too. I feel long hair is the fashion now as a result of when folks have been indoors during lockdown final 12 months and even this 12 months, they might not get haircuts. So, we at the moment are fairly used to the long-hair look and are even having fun with the size. But all the similar, protecting long hair wholesome is troublesome. India is a rustic the place 99 per cent of individuals have long hair. So to take care of the size and well being of the hair, correction of hair is wanted. And for that, chemical compounds will play an essential function. You want extra services and products like keratin therapy, cysteine, Botox therapy, hair straightening, hair color…. Post-Covid fashion is not only a time period right this moment but in addition a necessity.
Could you elaborate on what post-Covid fashion in hair magnificence and haircare will entail?
During Covid instances, everybody inside the home can do facial, waxing, threading, however not haircut. So, now the magnificence parlour will turn into extra like a salon parlour. And magnificence shall be DIY, and after I say DIY, it implies that facial is going to be product-based and never skill-based. Only hair slicing will nonetheless be skill-based, which additionally wants a variety of chemical-based providers and merchandise. Longer hair is the pattern now. But one incorrect chemical can spoil your hair. So to keep away from that, the data of which chemical works on your hair is important. You should have heard folks saying that straightening damages your hair. But it might need been the fault of the hairdresser who did that, not essentially the chemical compounds. That is the place the appropriate course of comes. So, now, greater than earlier than, I feel training will play a major function in the progress of this trade.
How do you take a look at the potential of the haircare and hair magnificence trade in India?
I feel hair fashion began in India, and never in London, not in Paris. If you go to Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, take a look at the inscriptions, art work, the hair! It means the custom for hairstyling and haircare was with us all alongside. Asians have been at the forefront of the hair trade.
There are almost 3 crore salons in India. And each salon employs three folks. So, it means out of a inhabitants of 130 crore folks, 9 to 10 crore folks belong to our trade. So, the magnificence and salon trade performs an important function in our economic system, however we lack the organisation and training.
You have taken hairstyling to new heights in India over the years. Do you suppose the clients right this moment are extra conscious of magnificence merchandise? How has magnificence and haircare advanced in India over the years, and what adjustments are you able to see in the future?
The hair trade is not the similar because it was 30 years again. It is not a natural trade any extra. Today, due to social media, everybody is so conscious of what they need. The hairdresser needs to be real, educated and specialised with the technical know-how now. I feel this is an enormous distinction.
The new factor that can occur now is that the authorities is introducing a licencing system in the haircare trade. Now each hairdresser and salon needs to be licensed. So this can assist make the hair trade extra organised. At least the authorities could have knowledge on the variety of salons and hairdressers in the trade. But, as soon as the authorities proclaims licencing for the salon trade and as soon as the licencing begins, this trade shall be big.
Beauty and wellness to you’ll be?
Beauty to me means humein achcha dikhna chahiye. Humaari din ki shuruaat sheeshe mein khud ko dekhkar hoti hai, aur subah agar achcha dikhenge, the entire day shall be good. You will really feel optimistic. Raat ko sone se pehle dubaara sheeshe mein jaate hai as a result of all of us wish to dream nicely. So, magnificence and wellness is a dreaming, dreaming world.
Any all-time haircare ideas and pointers for each men and women?
Shampoo each day, shampoo each day, shampoo each day! Pre-condition each day, pre-condition each day!
Any fantasy about magnificence and wellness that you simply want to bust?
Well, skincare, haircare, magnificence, and wellness merchandise have chemical compounds; shampoo has chemical compounds, cleaning soap has chemical compounds, even water is a chemical, so the phrase is chemical! Do not be petrified of it. Learn methods to dwell with it.
Who is your private favorite: Jawed Habib the academician, or Jawed Habib the hairstylist?
Jawed Habib, the don… (laughs), who tells folks methods to are inclined to and take care of their hair. This is the data that I want to move all the way down to the subsequent technology. No one ought to go bald… that is my mission.
You have had a wealthy household legacy in hairstyling behind you that speaks for itself.
My dada (Nazir Ahmed) used to work at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He was a authorities servant who labored from 1937 to 1972, for nearly 50 to 60 years. So his work was solely cleansing the sideburns or cleansing the neck. Around the time when my dad (Habib Ahmed) joined, this career was developing. So he began working as a businessman. But after I say businessman, it means operating just one or two salons in these instances.
When I grew up, I additionally labored in McDonald’s. At that time, I believed to myself, why not create a ‘Hair McDonald’s’. My father had a distinct function, and so did my grandfather in his lifetime. My imaginative and prescient is completely different. And my son could have a distinct function too, in fact, as a result of we’re all from completely different generations.
Has that imaginative and prescient of yours modified with time?
I had just one imaginative and prescient after I began 30 years again. It has remained the similar all through, to create a Hair McDonald’s.
Looking forward, what is your plan from right here on?
You see, my Hair McDonald’s is attainable solely by way of training, which can carry a variety of streamlined processes. Today if we’re operating 900 salons, it is run by way of a course of and is not simply Jawed Habib slicing hair. This career is so massive! So, if I’ve 900 salons with say three folks in every salon, even that is a small quantity out of the complete inhabitants in India. The quantity ought to go as much as 9 lakh salons, to be the greatest job-creator in this subject.
Looking again, how would you sum up your profession?
It all comes all the way down to laborious work, with romance! I do know some folks would possibly say, ‘oh baal kaat te ho!’ But to me, it is my training, my career, my future, my life, all the things!
