Kenyada Jones: Hair Educator & Owner Of All Tressed Up

Are you free tomorrow at 11am eastern time? We have a very exciting guest appearing on The Hair Artist Association's Radio Show.


Who is Kenyada Jones?


Kenyada Jones is the founder and owner of All Tressed Up Salon and blog. She is a licensed instructor and cosmetologist. She specializes in natural hair care. She has been featured in multiple issues of Essence Magazine as the Makeover Magic model and she is a 2011 cover model finalist for Heart & Soul Magazine. Kenyada knows what it means to let your light shine from within.

We are very certain that she will have so much to share and inspire all of us. We’ll be sure to catch up with her periodically as she continues to build her passion and grow her business.

To learn more about Kenyada, visit her website at http://alltressedup.net, also listen to her interview with HAA’s founder, Charlotte Howard. If you are a hair or beauty industry professional and want to be considered to appear on our show, contact The Hair Artist Association on facebook or call 877-318-0722 ext.7

Jill St. Williams: Model & Actress

Model and Actress Jill St. Williams, “Jay,” is someone we should all get familiar with.  She is quickly building a solid reputation in the entertainment, fashion and beauty industries and that momentum will only continue to build as she is also an intelligent woman with a generous and gracious spirit.  She has credits in film and TV to include Veer!, Good Deeds, and Bad Mom.  Also, of her numerous modeling credits, she has had the privilege of being featured in Beauty Industry Publications; Hype Hair Magazine (as a top ten finisher in their Model Competition), Style Q Hair Magazine, and Digest Hair Magazine.

With her grounded values and unswerving determination Ms. St. Williams is truly a remarkable woman.  She is dedicated to her craft and is continually seeking opportunities to learn and grow.  Jay is an incredible example for professionals of all career paths with her focus, drive, and consistency.  As we all know, it is traits such as these that separate the great from the good.

It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome Jay to the Hair Artist Association’s Radio Show.  We are certain that she will have many things to share with us that will inspire us as we follow our own dreams and ambitions.  We’ll be sure to catch up with her periodically as her career continues to grow.

To learn more about Jay, visit her website at http://www.jillstwilliams.com/, listen to her interview with HAA’s founder, Charlotte Howard, or, schedule a personal interview with her by contacting her assistant, Valencia Mitchell @ 404-918-5172.

The Joy of Taking Your Own Hairstyle Pictures

We love pictures and keep hundreds of them as much as possible. With the accessibility and even affordability of digital cameras, it is no longer impossible for one to keep more than a hundred pictures or what the digital era fondly calls as pictures. Even most laptops today now serve one purpose and that is to keep all our favorite digital pics. And if you’ve noticed most of these pictures feature your self, family, friends, and people we love. We love to keep shots of precious moments. But aside from being sentimental, we can also use pictures as a way to maintain or achieve a beautiful look and one is taking and keeping hairstyle pictures.

We’re used to seeing hairstyle pics of models and celebrities in glossy beauty or hairstyle magazines. We usually admire and envy them. Some people argue it is not good trying to imitate images in the magazines because it does not reflect reality. In other words, it would only leave us frustrated trying to have the look they project on those digitally enhanced pics that for hairstyle for instance they make the hair look impossibly shiny and vibrant.

Since technology has been empowering us to take control of our lives why not try it on getting a new hairstyle. One can try having his or her own hairstyle pictures that feature hairstyles of real people. Take note, real people. Thus, it should be unedited. You’ll soon realize that these hairstyle pics would someday be useful to you in choosing a new hairstyle.

You can start by taking pictures of people whom you find sporting a nice hairstyle. By looking around, you’d realize models and celebrities are not the only ones blessed with such gorgeous looking hairstyles.

Since laptops are portable, you can someday bring it with you in a hair salon and directly show one of your taken hairstyle pictures to the hairstylist and tell him or her that you want that hairstyle.

In the same way, you might as well take a shot of your self every time you have a new hairstyle. At least you have a remembrance of your different looks. It can also help you remember and decide what hairstyle you have tried really looks best on you. And you can again, show your hairstylist that picture, which you want to have the same hairstyle.

Taking your own hairstyle pictures can really be fun especially if it is you yourself is the focus of the camera lenses.

Hairstyle Magazines: Grab Your Trendy Handbook

It is not unknown to many that a lot of misleading beauty advices are so rampant out there. There are people who claimed that they are beauty gurus. However, it turned out that they are hoax and had been giving unsolicited admonitions. With this in mind, where do you think you can acquire helpful and trendy advice on fashion styles and hairstyles? Well, a good place to start is through the pages of a reputable hairstyle magazine.

As you get yourself a copy of the latest edition of a hairstyle magazine or an issue of a black hair magazine, you already gain an access to the insider secrets and latest craze within the beauty world. You will no longer wait for a particular trend to become popular or waiting for people to showcase such trend. With your own hairstyle magazine, you can feast your eyes on the upcoming craze in hairstyles, and you can even sport such style way ahead of everyone else.

Now, your only concern is which hairstyle magazine you are supposed to buy. You want to consider the five leading style magazines as your guide to being in vogue. These are American Salon, Celebrity Hairstyles, Hype Hair, Modern Salons, and Short Hair Styles.

The American Salon is widely referred to by professionals. Within its glossy pages are techniques, trends and trade secrets as well, introduced by the A­-list beauty professionals. You will not only learn about hairstyles alone, but also, the latest beauty treatments and innovative products, the newest color and cutting trends, and other bits of information that professionals know of. However, this magazine may be great in providing relevant knowledge on beauty, but it is not a good source in basing your next hairstyle, for it is full of jargons and articles that cannot be fully appreciated and understood by non-professionals.

Next in line is the Celebrity Hairstyles. If you are in search of hot styles flaunted by Hollywood beauties, then grab a copy of this magazine. This hairstyle magazine may just be what you need. Perhaps you are wondering how Faith Hill and Hilary Duff got their tousled locks? Enough for that, with this magazine, you will know. This fashionable publication is full of colored pictures inside it and technical how-to’s that you may follow, or take to the salon with you and show to your hairstylist.

Meanwhile, if black hair magazines are your style, then go for Hype Hair. This one serves as the modish handbook for black women. Hype Hair magazine features interviews, contests, fresh and funky hairstyles, and updated styles, from sleek to sedate, funky and corn rowed. There seemed to be everything for everybody in this black hairstyle magazine.

Like the American Salon, Modern Salon is especially for professionals only. The Modern Salon takes on a new approach to the modern look of beauty including make-up, hair, skin care, and nails. Also within its pages are interviews with some of the top professionals in the beauty industry.

Among the mentioned hairstyle magazines, the Short Hair Styles are most often seen in salons brought along by clients. The colorful pages of Short Hair Styles are adorned with photos sporting the latest cutting styles and colors. Within its pages, one can see the variety of hairstyles for different hair texture and ethnicity.

Additionally, more hairstyle magazines such as First, Vogue and Glamour are available offering their own trendy haircuts and hair care tips. For most women, a hairstyle magazine is the best way to keep in track with the most current hair styling ideas.

Review: Easy Salon Newsletters by Susan Vincent

When it comes to connecting with your salon’s target market, there are certain tools and techniques that can help you. Whether you are a salon professional and/or business owner, you need to effectively communicate your services and offerings in a manner that will bring customers to your door.  And not just any customer, but customers who are looking for the unique services that you can provide in order to meet their needs.  Such customized marketing can be designed for you by Ms. Susan Vincent of Easy Salon Newsletters.

A former spa owner (10 years as an independent business owner) and lifetime writer, Susan found her true passion in marketing the core values and services of salons and spas through designing customized newsletters for them, both online and in print; whichever you prefer.  Susan has helped a multitude of salons and spas not only pull in new customers, but her specially tailored newsletters have helped these businesses keep customers.

Easy Salon Newsletters offers newsletter templates oriented towards Hair or Beauty, depending on the nature of your business.  They can be further customized to appeal to your audience with a Classic, Edgy, or Sophisticated look.  Susan’s Newsletters are sent to you via traditional mail or email a month in advance and they also provide space for you to insert offers and updates of your choice.  Susan offers three different plans to meet your business goals, with accompanying pricing.  All in all, this means that you choose the core content, the look, the frequency, and the up-to-the-minute news that you want your customers, and future customers, to know about.

So what are you waiting for?  Take your salon business to the next level with content marketing designed especially for you by a seasoned professional.  You’ll be thankful that you made the investment.