NYC hair stylist gives hair cuts to the homeless

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NYC hair stylist gives hair cuts to the homeless
Meet Mark Bustos: a regular hair stylist based in New York, who does something not so regular on his weekends.

While most of the city are nursing hangovers or catching up with friends over boozy brunches, Bustos spends his Sundays giving haircuts to the city’s homeless.

Bustos came up with the idea after visiting family in the Philippines in 2012 where he rented a barber shot to give free haircuts to kids in need.

As for his most memorable “client”? A man named Jemar Banks: “He didn’t have much to say throughout the whole process, until after I showed him what he looked like when I was done… The first thing he said to me was, ‘Do you know anyone that’s hiring?’

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