Taylored Hair EDU

Hi! I am a lived in intentional placement educator who teaches, mindset, consultation skills, and better start to finish experiences!

This year marks the 11th year in the hair industry. 11 years of trial and error, which continues still. I graduated from Toni and Guy Hairdressing Academy, I then continued my education by taking many classes ranging from techniques, placements, business, social media, and most recently, education for educators. 

This year, I moved away from one salon home that I will cherish forever, filled with an amazing passionate team, and a family. I had the pleasure of working for the most amazing person who I now can call my mentor.  I learned so much from her and am forever grateful for her taking a chance on me as I moved from another state with no clientele, 6 years into my career.  I stepped into the leadership/educators program shortly after and realized that's where my true passion lye. 

 Growing up I feel like people always misunderstood me. People always took me as the nice girl, a push over, or lazy.

Most of my life, up until recently, I think I felt like I always needed to prove myself to someone. I didn’t take highschool seriously, and I graduated by the skin of my teeth. I liked having a social life more than doing the actual work. When I applied myself I did well. So I think for that, I was automatically underestimated. OFTEN! I was mentally and physically abused by my dad growing up, and he always called me dumb. A fight always stemed from me doing something " dumb" … I was an idiot. I started to actually believe I was dumb. I started to believe for years that I was not going to make it. I told my self, “you barely graduated high school, you're not smart, and you disappoint EVERYONE!” It for sure caused a great deal of anxiety, that I still deal with everyday,…… I was very lost, for a long time, had no goals, had no aspirations . I just thought "ehh I'll be okay." I wasn’t the type of person to plan certain things in my life.. including my future. I am a very go with the flow type of girl. As an adult, I realized very quickly that I cant live life that way…Or at least fully. I was challenged constantly, to say the least. life always had thrown me something, it was always something. When I started doing hair after I graduated, I enjoyed much of it, but I also was just trying to get by, pay rent on my apartment and do good hair. That was it, those were my only goals. So then i finally met my now husband, who is SUCH a planner the biggest, He's a Marine, so if you know you know. He really challenged me about what my goals were, he challenged me to really sit and think... WHAT even ARE my goals? He had his whole future planned, and he had he planned it SO well! I thought surely I needed to get my butt in gear and start taking this so called life thing seriously, because I was going to marry him, I just knew it. I wanted a family with him, I knew he wasn’t going to want to get married and start a family with someone who doesn’t have their shit together ( who would) or at least plan to get things in line! So, I knew I always felt this pull to be an educator, I have always loved helping others, it truly just come natural to me. However, I knew I had to get down to business and change my surroundings. I needed to be surrounded by individuals that valued the things I did. I knew I needed to be in an environment with people who enjoyed and promoted classes, I started to earned as much as I could , and practiced, practiced, practiced!  

I want to point something out SO important that really hits home. My husband asked, gave a listening ear, and helped me. Ive NEVER had that. Like EVER. Someone finally took an interest in me, and took me seriously. WHAT A FEELING. No one ever took me seriously. So we talked a bunch on the phone and FaceTime because at the time, he was over seas. We would go over short term and long term goals, made small victories, and some big victories! I had someone on my team for the first time in a VERY long time! It was amzing and when you feel valued, and heard, things are just feel limitless. 

My main focus is to share with you that, you are being heard, the decisions you make will matter, and they will make an impact. The one thing that was said to me a long time ago during a class was, GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY! I thought, like "sheesh okay" (because I’m a sensitive girl) but after I truly sat with that, I told myself, "you know what?s he’s not wrong. I AM in my own way." Who says I cant do this or that, eff it, lets give it a try. I promise you, I faked it till I made it over and over again. However, what I did was, think about the part of my service that I was having a really hard time with and practiced the heck out of it. So mine at the time was. Consultations. My consults were just sub-par, not terrible, but I never felt like I was on the same page as my guest. My anxieties would kick in and I would think, "they don't care, why would they listen to me?" But, I changed my positioning when speaking to them, I dressed up super nice, and made sure I looked and felt the part ( their professional hairstylist. ) I focused on LISTENING and offering a Solution. I realized we are in this together, ive got your back.. and also, all people wanted was to feel heard, they wanted to feel valued. They didn’t want to feel like another haircut or another color on that persons book that day. Once I realized that, I then noticed that, that’s all I ever wanted … was to feel seen, heard, valued. I approach things in such a unique way on many things that sometimes people give me this look like, huh? But I try to think outside the box, I try to put myself in their shoes and try to share empathy! I knew it then that, that IS the GOLDEN ticket. Allow them feel heard, seen, and valued. 

SO, that’s what I am here for. If you have constantly feel misunderstood, undervalued, or just feel alone in this big world of hair, I am here to listen, to offer that hand! Someone on your team to find your struggles and fears and FACE them, together. This industry can be sooo scary. There is so much to compare yourself to, but all you need to focus on is YOU. We are not meant to do things alone, it really does take villiage. I will be here for you , we will knock through those obstacles and anxieties that are standing in your way! No one should feel unwanted, boxed out, lost, unvalued or unheard. It can be a very dark place. So lets skip to the good part and lets get you

GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!