Ana Manuela Montero de Armas, peluquera y estilista de Jaimanitas, comparte los retos y realidades de su oficio como trabajadora por cuenta propia en Cuba. Desde los altos costos de los productos hasta las dificultades para adquirirlos, Ana detalla cómo logra sacar adelante su negocio. Además, explica los precios de sus servicios y el esfuerzo que implica obtener ganancias en medio de las limitaciones del país.
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00:00My name is Ana Manuela Montero de Armas.
00:04I'm a hairdresser and professional stylist.
00:06I'm very proud of my town.
00:08Above all, I'm from my town, Jaimanica.
00:11A town of fishermen.
00:14It's a deep field.
00:18If you apply the internet, you can go fishing.
00:20Almost 100% of the time.
00:22There's self-employment.
00:26It's a Cuban trade.
00:29No, no, no. It's like this.
00:31The diagnosis of the hair first.
00:33Arm hair.
00:35A lot of hair.
00:37Almost 90 to 100% of the hair.
00:40But it's applied with black ink.
00:42Therefore, you have to work with
00:44hair wax in volume 20.
00:46And clean, hydrated hair.
00:50For the job to be done.
00:52Mastery.
00:54This is a particular
00:56product of Anita.
00:59Very well known in the town of Jaimanitas.
01:03And she has been a teacher of many hairdressers.
01:07A vast experience in the hair salon.
01:11And now with the new perspective
01:13of self-employment.
01:15Anita is going to tell us
01:17what are her options.
01:20Her possibilities.
01:22Where she buys the products.
01:24If they are very expensive.
01:26Very expensive.
01:28And how are the prices?
01:30Talk to us a little bit, Anita,
01:32about this job as a hairdresser in Cuba.
01:34Very difficult.
01:36Very difficult because
01:38one thing does not correspond to another.
01:40The prices of the products
01:42when purchased are too expensive.
01:44The prices of the clients
01:46are super expensive.
01:48So,
01:50one thing moves with the other.
01:53In no way down.
01:57I've been three days without combing
01:59because I added it.
02:01The price of the Ani products.
02:03The price, imagine.
02:051200 pesos.
02:07The dyes
02:09range between 1200 and 1500 pesos.
02:11More or less.
02:13Of any color.
02:15Of any color.
02:17The color is not what determines.
02:19The dyes of a liter
02:21cost 3000 pesos.
02:23Dyes, gold.
02:25The dyes are
02:27in 3000.
02:29According to the brands.
02:31That depends a lot on the brands.
02:33The best dyes
02:35are in 3000.
02:37The hair surgeries
02:39are almost 5000.
02:41The keratin
02:435000.
02:45What job do you do?
02:47You have to charge
02:49to get what you want.
02:51Sometimes you don't get
02:53any profit.
02:55What you do is work.
02:57But it's not because you make a lot of money.
02:59It's much less.
03:01You're getting the cost of what it cost you.
03:03The product.
03:05All the clients are the same.
03:07Of the few hairdressers
03:09that are left,
03:11they are the few
03:13that work with their hearts.
03:15I do it because I like it.
03:17But really,
03:21this is not a business.
03:23You have to do it
03:25because you like it.
03:27Because you enjoy it when you do it.
03:29Right now,
03:31you can't see it as an option, as a business.
03:33You can't see it like that.
03:35Especially when you work alone.
03:37And it's a neighborhood hairdresser.
03:39We're talking about a fishing village.
03:41I'm very proud of it.
03:43I don't change it for anyone.
03:45I don't go anywhere.
03:47I'm very proud of my village.
03:49I'm the daughter of a fisherman.
03:51I come from a rich family.
03:53Jaimanita is famous.
03:55It's a fishing village.
03:57It's famous for its history
03:59of fishing and its legends.
04:01It has a lot of legends.
04:03It's a humble population.
04:05Everyone is poor.
04:07There are no rich people here.
04:09There are no millionaires.
04:11There are no air-conditioned rooms.
04:13That doesn't exist here.
04:15We can say the opposite.