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Hair work in Johannesburg involves navigating water quality that varies across the city, Gauteng's dry inland climate, and the sheer range of hair types walking through salon doors. A stylist handling relaxers needs to understand how Jhb's chlorinated water affects chemical processes, while someone specialising in weaves and braids is managing hair in humidity that swings between summer downpours and winter dryness. Load shedding affects salons too—no power means no dryers, no heated tools, no ability to do certain treatments reliably. Experienced operators develop systems: keeping backup power, adjusting relaxer timings based on seasonal moisture, sourcing products that perform consistently regardless of water quality. The technical side matters, but so does the operational know-how that keeps a salon functioning when infrastructure falters.
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In Johannesburg, the suburb you're in shapes both pricing and specialisation — inner-city and Soweto salons have deep expertise in African hair textures at prices that significantly undercut the northern suburbs. For high-end colour work and precision cuts, the Rosebank and Parkhurst corridor has a concentration of formally trained stylists. The city's traffic means a salon 15km away could be 45 minutes — proximity matters more in Joburg than almost anywhere else.