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If she were anymore jubilant about the 10th anniversary for SalonSENSE magazine, publisher and CEO Terri Winston would literally levitate right off the ground. In actuality, Winston is hovering in rarified air, the celestial queen in the galaxy of black hair care. As other black publishing companies got mowed down by adverse market conditions like blades of grass, Winston and SalonSENSE have blossomed into an internationally-influential trade publication for African American stylists and hair care proprietors.

“This is the most incredible feeling in the world,” she says of the milestone and celebration on Nov. 10. “Number one, a black-owned publishing company is still in business, 3,650 days during all the turmoil and shifts that [have] taken place. Number two, I’ve been able to maintain my No. 1 status since day one. I was able to convince people to believe in me.”

From the woman who touted a postcard to people before there was even a magazine, winning admirers with her infectious spirit, Winston has become one of the influential image makers that she so often profiles in her magazine. Now, with a constellation of urban sophisticates, civic leaders and celebrities celebrating SalonSENSE, (“We will have Hollywood Tinseltown in Chi-Town,” she says), there is no question about what her company will become.

“We want to just overall, become a media powerhouse in the beauty industry, being able to produce resources that stylists will come to depend on for years to come.” Winston will also introduce HAIRSPRAY.com, a social networking outlet for image makers around the world, at the party. Beauty and image makers will be able to “connect and network with each other right there online, find a job, sell their products, and post their works so they can get recognized,” she says.

The only question now is: what will Winston’s hair will be like on Nov. 10?
- terry shropshire

For more information, log onto www.salonsensense.com and www.hairspace.com.

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