Onika Lewis offers creative beauty treatment on Merriman Mall

Onika Lewis plying her trade

What has now become Guyana’s multi-million-dollar beauty industry comprises a range of business enterprises from thriving distribution outlets that market an assortment of accessories associated with the sector, to modest ones that deliver the various cosmetology services, including barbering.

Beauty salons have become, simultaneously, one of the more visible symbols of Guyanese women’s preoccupation with self-adornment and a reflection of their growing appetite for entrepreneurial pursuits. Hair and nails have become an essential part of the preparation