South Florida beauty supply business owners brace for impact of China tariffs

LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. – Short and curly.

Long and lush.

All the colors of the rainbow.

Synthetic and existent quality hair.

At Beauty Supply 4U successful Lauderdale Lakes, wig specializer Yvette Baldwin knows her craft.

At $459.99, the ‘Z Taylor’ is her champion seller.

But hairs are raising astatine locally owned, tiny quality proviso businesses similar this one.

Virtually each wig, hold and accessory determination comes from China.

“It’s truly making maine sick,” said Beauty Supply 4U proprietor Zametra Taylor.

Some concern owners successful the quality manufacture fearfulness the 3 digit tariffs connected China could unit prices to emergence 15% oregon more.

A $500 dollar wig could extremity up costing $600.

And it’s not conscionable the wigs.

Danielle Wilson owns The Best successful Broward Salon and Beauty Supply wherever she cuts, styles and colors.

She hopes she won’t beryllium tariffed retired of business.

“It’s scary erstwhile you deliberation astir it,” said Wilson. “Stocking caps, I’m utilizing combs, I’m utilizing needles, laced glue, laced primer.”

Taylor said for now, she’s trying to get originative to support her prices from rising.

“Lay distant if you truly request that,” she said. “I’m trying to clasp retired arsenic agelong arsenic I can.”

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