March 5th, 2010 Beyonce and Tina Knowles opened up a Cosmetology Center at the Phoenix House Career Academy, in Brooklyn New York.
The school has a seven month training program that will help women coming out of drug and alcohol rehab for the state cosmetology licensure exam.
Both mother and daughter pledged $100,000 in yearly funding, and L’Oréal will provide the supplies.
“I felt like they needed something that was geared toward women — Something that would teach them skills that would give them hope even after the Phoenix House,” Beyonce said about her decision to fund a beauty school. Of course growing up with a mother who owned a salon also had some influence: “I saw that a salon was a place for women to socialize, share stories, cry, laugh and get advice,” Beyonce continued. “Most importantly, I saw the joy it brought my mother, knowing she was a part of their transformation.”
Source: BET Entertainment Spotlight,Celebrifi,Gossiponthis
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