{"id":8564,"date":"2022-01-27T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T20:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanpedrotoday.com\/?p=8564"},"modified":"2022-02-02T15:39:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T23:39:47","slug":"stepping-down-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanpedrotoday.com\/2022\/01\/27\/stepping-down-in-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Stepping Down in Style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><strong>The year is 1983, and Cinde Car poses triumphantly for a photo with a first-place trophy and a model covered head to toe in black and white stripes.<\/strong><\/span> \u201cI painted my sister as a zebra,\u201d laughs Car. \u201cIt was one of the first makeup competitions I ever did, and we won.\u201d Today Car looks fondly on the memory. She\u2019s now the proud owner and stylist of Hairline Salon, and her passion for cosmetology hasn\u2019t wavered. But due to a recent battle with cancer, she\u2019s decided to retire from hairstyling to take on a solely administrative role at the salon. \u201cFor now, what\u2019s best is that I take a step back from styling,\u201d explains Car, \u201cbut that\u2019s not to say I won\u2019t do hair again down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Car has owned Hairline Salon for 41 years, a tenure that\u2019s seen three locations and generations of clients. \u201cI started doing people\u2019s hair, then their kids\u2019 hair, then their kids\u2019 kids\u2019 hair,\u201d Car beams. \u201cThey bring them in for their first haircut, graduation, communion\u2026 All these different things happen to them, and I get to be a part of that.\u201d She opened the first Hairline on Pacific Avenue in 1981, eventually moving to 7th Street and finally to her current location on north Gaffey Street in 1992.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Car didn\u2019t always envision a career in hair, but in 1980, she was studying art at Long Beach State and struggled to afford tuition. A friend\u2019s mom suggested that she take on hairstyling to fund her studies, and she enrolled in Flavio\u2019s Beauty School in San Pedro. Car\u2019s passion soon became clear. \u201cI was just having so much fun,\u201d she reflects. \u201cI learned so much from these wonderful hairdressers, and I wanted to be part of their world.\u201d The next year, she left art school to become a hairstylist full-time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>An artist at heart, Car continued to flex her creative muscles throughout her career. She entered hair and makeup competitions in the 1980s and discovered the world of fantasy makeup in the process. She hit her stride in makeup, placing top three in nearly all 20 of the competitions she entered over the course of a decade. Car vividly remembers winning first prize for her zebra piece: \u201cWhen they announced my win, Emily [the emcee] said I went out of the box. I was the only one who did makeup from head to toe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then in 1993, a friend made a request that would shape the rest of Car\u2019s life. \u201cShe was a nurse going through breast cancer,\u201d Car recalls. \u201cShe asked if I\u2019d shave her head, and I did.\u201d From then on, she went ritually to San Pedro hospital\u2019s breast cancer center to shave the heads of women going through chemo, and the experience was eye-opening. \u201cWhile I was there, I started noticing how many women had breast cancer. It hurt my heart. And I made it a mission to start fundraising.\u201d An avid marathon runner, she began participating in the Avon Foundation\u2019s two-day, 39-mile fundraiser walks for breast cancer research. Since 2001, she has completed 34 walks and raised $250,000.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To Car, hairstyling and charity work are two sides of the same coin. \u201cDoing hair is very personal,\u201d says Car, \u201cand it can change a person\u2019s life.\u201d Her favorite client is someone who hasn\u2019t had their hair done in a while. \u201cThey come in feeling bad or insecure, and when you give them a hairstyle that makes them feel pretty, it makes their life a little bit better.\u201d Her clients admire this altruism \u2014 Peggy Thompson-Lindquist, a loyal patron for 18 years, recalls how Car visited her home in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cDuring COVID, nobody went to have their hair done. But Cinde did my hair for me at her home.\u201d Valerie Atkinson-Kjellberg, a client for 30 years, agrees. \u201cShe does so many good things for so many people. I really think she\u2019s an angel amongst us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When she considers what retirement will hold, Car\u2019s thoughts turn to simple pleasures: painting, traveling, and relaxing with family are all on her list. But when she looks back, she sees the many people she\u2019s met and loved in over 40 years of styling. \u201cI want to thank all of my clients for being so great over the years. They\u2019ve made the experience so rich with memories, great conversations, and friendships. I have laughed and cried and just run the gamut of things at the salon. Thank you from the bottom of my heart \u2014 it\u2019s been a gift to be a hairstylist.\u201d <strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">spt<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year is 1983, and Cinde Car poses triumphantly for a photo with a first-place trophy and a model covered head to toe in black and white stripes. \u201cI painted my sister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":6610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - 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