Montesdeoca has been homeless in the past and wanted to do his part to help the community in any way he could. The cosmetology student says he was inspired to offer his services after he helped cut hair for a woman with cancer. "I started this as an act of kindness for a mom I met on Tucson Angels Facebook group," he says. He also does it in memory of his mother, who lost her hair.
He decided to take his talents to the streets when his Regency Beauty school shut down last September, but he was shocked when he found out he was being investigated by the Arizona State Board of Cosmetology for practicing without a license. "They can suspend - even before I even try to get a license, they can say no. That would be very very unfortunate," he says.
Donna Aune, the state board's executive director, told Tucson News Now they stand by the words in the state statute that say, in part, that "A person shall not perform or attempt to perform cosmetology without a license or practice in any place other than in a licensed salon," and that an unlicensed person cutting hair outside a licensed salon is a "real risk."
Comment: Alert the authorities! Millions of people who get home haircuts are at risk!
Unfortunately, legislation is making it more and more difficult for communities to aid the homeless in any way. From making it illegal to feed the hungry to ripping down shelters and stealing blankets, government agencies not only refuse to help but actively prevent others from doing so. It's absurd to think Juan Carlos Montesdeoca poses a threat to his community by offering free haircuts to those living on the streets. Sadly, the Arizona State Board of Cosmetology disagrees.
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These days I get my girlfriend to cut my hair, it's what you might call a 'D.A. by numbers'...
Step one. Wet hair under shower.
Step two. Drag all hair all the way to the back
Step Three. Cut bottom of the back dead-straight-horizontal
Step Four. Drag Hair from left and right sides dead centre with comb
Step Five. Chop all the hair that's sticking out of the comb
Step Six. Shave up to the hairline with a BIC razor and soap
Step Seven. Let the hair at the front do what it wants. I never cut that.
It sort of ends up looking a bit like this but straighter at the bottom...[Link]