The Mane Cut Podcast

Interviews with the world's best textured hair stylists to help you understand more about your hair 🪮💇🏾‍♀️ themanecut.substack.com

The Mane Cut Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 47 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts The Mane Cut Podcast, a education show with 47 episodes published.

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  Ep 46: Cosmetology School vs. Apprenticeships: What Hairstylists Actually Need

  Feb 7, 202645 minS0

  <p>This week, Jade and Cataanda are diving into one of the most controversial topics in the hair industry: the apprenticeship model. Should stylists still be learning by working under someone in a salon, or is formal cosmetology school the only proper path?</p><p>Cataanda comes in hot with a strong opinion: apprenticeships need to go away. As an educator and licensed cosmetologist who's worked in product development and testing, she's passionate about formal education—not just for technical skills, but for the anatomy, chemistry, business fundamentals, and safety protocols that you simply can't learn from shadowing someone at a...

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  Ep 45: From Student Stylist to Award Winner: Aminah on Hair as Fine Art

  Jan 28, 202639 minS0

  <p>This week, Jade sits down with Aminah, the creative force behind Amor's Hair & Co and an award-winning hairstylist who's redefining what textured hair can be.</p><p>Aminah's work lives at the intersection of beauty, music, and fine art. She's created hair art for the Amor's "Girls Will Be Girls" album, had her work featured in exhibitions, and in 2023 took home the Texture Style Awards Student Stylist of the Year—proving that her vision for hair as art is already making waves in the industry.</p><p>But Aminah's journey hasn't been straightforward. She's navigating the industry as a yo...

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  Ep 44: Hair Policing: When the Criticism Comes From Inside the Community

  Jan 22, 202658 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The Mane Cut, Jade Buffong and Cataanda James have a necessary conversation about hair policing within the Black community — the comments, assumptions, and judgments that often come from people who look like us.</p><p>They unpack how hair policing shows up in everyday life: from length assumptions and “real hair” debates, to generational expectations around professionalism, loc stigma, and the ways social media has normalised public critique under the guise of education or humour.</p><p>The episode explores how hair policing starts early, particularly for children, and how repeated messaging around texture, length, and ap...

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  Ep 43: From Brooklyn to Backstage: Naeemah LaFond on Building Community and Breaking Down Industry Barriers

  Dec 17, 20251h 7mS0

  <p>This week, Jade sits down with internationally acclaimed hairstylist and educator Naeemah LaFond—the 2024 North American Hairstylists Awards Editorial Stylist of the Year and the visionary founder behind Texture On Set and Black On Set.</p><p>Naeemah has trained professionals in over 15 countries, styled some of the most iconic runway looks and global campaigns, and made history as the first Black woman to serve as Global Artistic Director at a major beauty brand outside the textured hair space. But what makes this conversation so powerful isn't just her impressive resume—it's her unflinching honesty about what it really take...

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  Ep 42: From Bratz Dolls to Young Thug's Pink Locs: Morgan Mills on Building a Celebrity Hair Empire

  Dec 10, 202547 minS0

  <p>This week, Jade sits down with Morgan Mills—a boundary-pushing hairstylist, creative director, and multidisciplinary artist who's styled everyone from Winnie Harlow to Young Thug to SZA.</p><p>Morgan's work has graced campaigns for Meta and Converse, been featured in Vogue and The Cut, and showcased at New York Fashion Week. But her impact goes beyond celebrity styling—she's building an empire that includes a luxury extensions line and salon rental suites in the DMV designed to support the next generation.</p><p>We talk about how Brooklyn salon culture shaped her vision, playing with Bratz dolls until nint...

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