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.

The Perfect Haircut for that Beautiful Face

You sometimes wonder why even if you wear the trendiest hair cut of the season, you still don’t have the allure celebrities sport with that cut. The woman sitting next to you who happens to wear the same hair cut, however, looks incredibly stunning. Then you go back scanning those hairstyle magazines again looking for the right celebrity hair cut that would suit you best. Lucky if you get the perfect one this time but chances are it could still be the wrong hair cut for you. Worst, if you chose a short hair cut looking awful with it, you still have to grow it for months before you can have the next cut. Unless of course you’d prefer to go bald!

Hair cuts are meant to highlight the best angle or feature of your face. Getting the perfect hair cut, therefore, is not a matter of trial and error of trying out trendy hair cuts sported by celebrities and top models. It’s just a matter of getting the right match of hair cut that would go with the shape of your face to get that perfect look.

Oval. Any hair cuts would suit a woman with an oval-shaped face. Long or short, straight or wavy cuts, she can definitely pull it off. Choppy bobs and hair layers near the chin, cheekbones, or lips would also look best. Just avoid blunt cuts and short layers on top of your head so your face won’t look unnecessarily long.

Oblong. Go for cuts that create an illusion of width such as chin-length bobs, curls, and waves. Bangs, which can be trendy if cut long or worn side-swept, can also create more width especially if you have straight hair. Avoid extreme long or short hair cuts that would further elongate the face.

Round. Hair cuts that allow your hair to fall below your chin or make the top of your head appear having a little volume are best for round-faced women. Wear a hair cut that would help your face look slimmer and less bulky such as getting soft graduated layers with tapered and wispy ends. Bangs can also be flattering. Just don’t go for one-length and blunt cuts, which overemphasize the roundness of your face.

Square. Playing down the angular strong jaw should be aimed in getting a haircut if you have a square-shaped face. Hair cuts that create texture such as choppy ends and curls would do brilliant effects for women with square-shaped faces. Avoid chin-length cuts, one-length bobs, and bluntly-cut bangs that make your face look more squarish.

Heart. Get a hair cut that would divert one’s attention away from that pointy chin such as highlighting the eyes or cheekbones instead. Side-swept bangs would do the works as well as a hair falling at or below the jawline. If you want to have a short hair cut, keep soft and long top layers, and go for wavy layers grazing the cheekbones if you want to sport a long hair cut. Avoid harsh choppy layers and bluntly-cut bangs.

So next time you browse those hairstyle magazines check if the celebrity or model has the same face shape as yours. A hair cut, after all, is meant for that pretty face.

Tips for Planning a Day Spa Party

Have you recently decided that you would like to host a day spa party?  If so, you may be excited.  With that said, it is important for you to start your planning.  To help you get started with doing so, a few important and helpful tips are highlighted below.

The first step in planning a day spa party is to create a guest list.  This is very important.  When you call around or use the internet to examine day spas and salons that offer private parties, you need to have an ideal total of guests.  As previously stated, this is important, as some day spas have restrictions on the number of guests they are able to accommodate.

Before sending out your day spa party invitations, it is important that you decide on a location.  If you end up changing the party information, it may lessen the chances of your guests showing up.  That is why you should make sure that you have appointments set for everyone before notifying your guests or before sending them party invitations.

Speaking of party invitations, you have a number of different options.  Blank invitations are sold at most retail stores, but you can also make your own.  Homemade invitations that are made on the computer or by hand are nice and affordable.  You may also be able to send out email invites, provided you have everyone’s email address.  With that said, know that actual invitations are more personal and often appreciated by guests more.

As for selecting the day spa to have your private party at, you will first want to examine all of your local options.  You can do this by using online business directories, a standard internet search, or your local phone book.  Contact the day spas in your area and inquire about private parties.  Next, determine the number of guests that they are able to accommodate.  This may automatically eliminate some of your options right away.

It is also important to examine the services that are available to you and your guests.  Typically speaking, you will find that establishments that double as day spas and salons have the biggest selection of services to choose from.  The more services and procedures that your guests are able to undergo, the better the party you are likely to have.

Speaking of services, it is important to examine how your party will be paid for.  Generally speaking, the host is responsible for payment, but you may have other plans.  If your guests are required to pay a fee, even just a small percentage, be sure to let them know ahead of time.  You don’t want to force anyone to attend a party that they must help pay for.  As for your payment options, examine spa packages.  If they are available, which they should be, you may be provided with a small discount.  Make sure you choose attractive packages that your guests will like, such as those that include full body massages and facials.

In keeping with your payment options, you also have the option of providing your party guests with a set amount.  For example, you can give everyone $100 to use.  This approach is nice, as they are able to choose their own packages.  For example, $100 may buy a half an hour massage, a new haircut, and a professional makeup application.  This approach is nice, but it is often less organized, which may not be what you were seeking.

If it is possible, do not pay for everyone’s packages or spa treatments until the day of your private party actually arrives.  A day spa may request that you pay a non-refundable deposit.  This is okay, especially if they will be temporarily closing down their business for your private party.  As for the guests, it is important to remember that last minute changes and emergencies do occur.  That is why you should avoid prepaying for all your guests, especially if you won’t get your money back.