Can we look at hair as a fabric, not a race? This week is part 1 of a beautiful conversation with Keya Neal  - industry activist, educator, and visionary for @thekolourkulture & @texturevsrace We discuss her path towards a multi-cultural salon, and how her experience helps her education: breaking past the fear of working on someone who looks different than you. This week’s Topics:   Dropping out of college and finding beauty school   Learning the need to sacrifice time, energy, money to succeed   Running a salon for 10 years and building her brand, then closing it and moving to another state for a relationship  Getting back into hair after motherhood; choosing a multi-cultural salon to expand her experience and techniques  Her journey towards being an educator; developing her curriculum  Texture vs Race: educating how to break past the fear of working on someone who looks different than you One lucky person who DMs @thehairgamepodcast on Instagram this week will win a BaBylissPRO Hair Dryer! Listen to the beginning of this week’s episode to find out what to DM us. The winner will be chosen this Friday, Dec. 11th. FOLLOW US http://www.instagram.com/thehairgamepodcast http://www.instagram.com/salonrepublic http://www.instagram.com/loveerictaylor http://www.facebook.com/salonrepublic