Marion's 65th BIRTHDAY & 5th MANHE HAIRSHOW

Docklands Riverfront

110 West Street, 19801, Wilmington, DE, United States

Marion Council-George

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Marion Council George has been doing extension hair braiding for 40 years. Her passion for braiding inspired her to open Brooklyn's first exclusive hair braiding salon. Her salon named Designer Braids was located at 922 Fulton Street for 20 years from 1987-2007 in Clinton Hill,Brooklyn.This is  where Marion grew up and started braiding on her neighborhood stoop.Since then Marion has expanded her business from New York to Delaware in 2008 .She has a continued desire to mentor and unite stylists especially Millennials, with Natural Hair trailblazers ,who have decades of experience, to learn the correct art and History of natural haircare .This is  her vision for the MANHE show.Marion Council George became a licensed cosmetologist in 1984 in New York , then in Virginia and Delaware where She operated a business .She is a  New York State Board Examiner for Natural hair. In 2011 she was awarded the Master Pioneer Award at the Brooklyn Museum for her contributions to the natural hair industry. Marion has innovated and created  2 hairstyles which she trademarked,The Natty Curl Braids and Ebolocs in 1995 .These styles are popular today ,known as crochet braids and faux locs.Marion has been a Vendor,Instructor,Hair Competition Judge and 2001 Awardee for her trademarked hair designs at Taliah Waajid Natural Hair and Beauty Show in Atlanta. She has participated in this show for 15 years, where she met many of the Industry Trailblazers for natural Hair.Marion has also participated in Baltimore’s Natural Hairshow for decades and continues to do so with her Designer Braids Glam Team.She has been an Instructor,and Vendor at this event,while styling and sharing the creativity for natural hair.In the early 2000’s for several years she attended Philadelphia”s Loc Conference. As a Vendor she did hair and shared her loc style innovation the Ebolocs.Marion has styled hair in Atlanta and all over the Mid-Atlantic area.This is where she would like to continue to share the beauty of natural Hair.Marion's Hair Style creations has been seen in many magazines such as Sophisticates Hair Magazine, Shop talk, Braids and Beauty ,Flair Magazine, Black Hair Digest ,Modern Braids, etcbeginning in 1995. Marion has mentored many women,6 of them who have successfully  opened their own natural hair care salon.Marion has a flair for hair and would like to share her inspirational journey with natural hair in her vision ofHAIRSTORY.The MANHE show will also be told by Marion’s longtime colleagues .Some are Master Pioneers,Master Stylists,and Industry Trailblazers,many who have been creating and innovating since the 80's .These  beautiful style innovations worn today is what Master Pioneer Marion Council-George, wants to share by Him & Her, in HiStory and HerStory with MANHE Attendees.Looking forward to seeing you there.