Woman Who Gives Free Makeovers to the Homeless Continues to Support Them Amid Pandemic

Woman Who Gives Free Makeovers to the Homeless Continues to Support Them Amid Pandemic
Courtesy of Shirley Raines
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For a few hours every Saturday morning, Los Angeles’s Skid Row—home to one of the nation’s largest concentrations of homeless people—transforms into an outdoor beauty salon.

There, where tents line entire city blocks, homeless people gather to get free makeovers from Shirley Raines, or a member on her team of volunteers made up of licensed hairstylists, barbers, and makeup artists.