KIEV — The average salary of a Ukrainian woman is just under a $150 a month, which is less than in many countries in the developing world. Yet the gorgeous locks of hair on her head are worth as much as $2,000 — more than a year’s salary — in an upscale New York salon, where it’s tipped in keratin and sold as “Russian” hair extensions.
It’s this discrepancy between the hardscrabble life of its inhabitants, and the ferocious global demand for natural “Slavic” hair, that fuels my lucrative “Russian hair” business in Ukraine.
It’s a business that has proven recession-proof, thriving …read more
Source: European Voice
