Tevin Brissett

You don’t see a male hairdresser every day. The reason for this may be because the cosmetic and beauty sector, with the exception of barbering, is considered to be female territory. However, Tevin Brissett is among those pushing back at any notion that hairdressing in an exclusively female enclave.

“I have been doing hair since mi a 14 years old. A it me use send myself go school, and now it mi a use take care of my family,” Brissett, 24, told THE STAR.

During his early teenage years, Brissett said he honed his craft by watching hairdressers intently in his community.

“Mi used to play football, but mi did just love see the hair ting, and so me always watch a woman in the community when she a work. A suh me learn to do nails as well. Afterwards, me just decide to go school, and by age 17, people realise say mi good at what mi do and start pay me,” he said.

When the news team visited Brissett in his Riverton City, St Andrew community yesterday, he was busy sewing on a weave for Sharon, one of his most loyal clients.

“It is like any other career. It’s an art. I am very talented, so I could do any other thing, but this is what I choose. I am proud of who I am and someday, I would want to have my own salon, but right now the rent ting would beat me because I am not that established,” he said.

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