Insights

From the work.

The most useful professional knowledge is often hiding inside the decisions experienced artists make automatically. Pekela Riley’s Insights make that invisible reasoning visible. This is where more than two decades of artistry, salon ownership, education, product development and brand work become ideas other people can use.

Culture, Curly Hair, Financial Empowerment, Hair Tips & Techniques, Hairstylists, Professional Haircare, Salon Ownership, Texture, Texture Movement Culture, Curly Hair, Financial Empowerment, Hair Tips & Techniques, Hairstylists, Professional Haircare, Salon Ownership, Texture, Texture Movement

T.H.E. SUMMIT – HAIRSTYLIST EMPOWERMENT EVENT WHERE TEXTURE IS THE APEX!!!

After being tired of mainstream industry hair events and award shows that either excluded, marginalized, appropriated, or disassociated themselves from the paradigm shifting work of Black stylists and the textured styles they created – these 3 pioneers launched an empowerment event that centers and elevates all things texture:

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#BLACKGIRLMAGIC BOSSES CELEBRATED AT SALLY BEAUTY

I had the incredible honor of being a part of the Sally Beauty Founder x Founder Roundtable for Black History Month. This amazing panel of founders also included Taraji P. Henson (TPH By Taraji), Gabrielle Union & Larry Sims (Flawless By Gabrielle Union), Monique Rodriguez (Mielle Organics) and Maya Smith (The Doux).

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