That’s the whole point of laws such as this - for the established businesses to thwart upstart competition.
Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell have both written numerous articles and columns about the way lobbyists and politicians discriminate against enterpreneurs and establish artificial barriers to market entry through licensing requirements like this.
btw, is your screen name a reference to “Out of Africa” or to Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
the same argument can be used to oppose licensing of contractors, taxi drivers, lawyers, doctors, etc...
Lady... just go to beauty school like everyone else did. Bonus: They teach hygiene techniques along with everything else. Get your license and quit whining.
Does that mean that dads can no longer put a bowl on a kid’s head and cut hair in the garage without going through 2000 hours of training?