Manicure, Pedicure…A Currency-Getting Sector.

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Manicure, Pedicure…A Currency-Getting Sector.

17 oct. 2021 03:58

Long artificial nails and a glowing face is the preoccupation of most single as well as married ladies.

T he wind of looking good is blowing everywhere and mostly directed towards young ladies and to a lesser extend middle age women. With the exposure on social media, they post pictures at any given opportunity to earn the complement “looking good”. There is a daily change of profile picture on WhatsApp and Facebook and not forgetting status and stories on same platforms. The change in pictures mostly brought about by a new hair style, nice artificial nails or glowing face while still in the beauty salon. Though some 5 years back the trend of beauty wasn’t for everyone. However, things have changed, many young girls and boys have been trained to do impeccable manicure and pedicure and even facial cleansing to take care of the ever growing population that love to look good.

In the economic capital Douala, there are hundreds of classic beauty salon where such services are offered. Given that some cannot afford to make their nails in such salons, many girls in the sector noticed and created space in most market to welcome those with little means. In an open air, hundreds of such girls rush after clients and even collect as little as FCFA 700 and as much as FCFA 3,000 for manicure and same amount for pedicure. Since they don’t pay tax as classic salons, the market master is satisfied with the FCFA 100 tickets they buy on daily basis. The activity is booming as some naïve girls and women do it frequently to show-off while the salon attendant encourage them and create new designs on daily basis. At MARINA SPAR, a beauty salon that attracts people of all social strata at Bonaberi Douala, the ...