Salooni is a travelling pop-up salon-cum-cultural hub that’s combating racial prejudice and harmful beauty standards in hair care. By treating black hair as a science and an art, the salon is helping its customers to find beauty routines that feel natural and authentic.

In 2009, Good Hair laid bare the $684 million black hair care market, detailing the lengths black women go to achieve beautiful barnets. But with natural looks on the rise – 70% of black women currently wear or have worn their hair natural – are the days of chemical relaxers and $1,000 weaves over?

The beauty world is being transformed by new technologies that personalise products to the individual, offering perfectly blended foundation and uniquely formulated hair care. How might customisation impact this historically segregated sector? And could tailored cosmetics become the norm?

Black women have long been underrepresented by cosmetics brands in terms of product ranges and advertising campaigns. But as the global population becomes more diverse – and as companies recognise the diversity that’s always existed – could the beauty market be set for an overhaul?