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.
PEKELA RILEY NOMINATED FOR 3 NAHA AWARDS #TextureRepresentin'
I was so honored to be nominated this year for Texture Artist of the Year, Educator of the Year, and Team of the Year.
PEKELA STYLES IN SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA HAIR TRENDS & CULTURE
The same weekend the epic Black Panther movie was released, guess where lucky me was scheduled to go? AFRICA!!!
WHY DO WE SEE TEXTURE IN SO MANY MAINSTREAM ADS TODAY
Have you noticed lately that whenever you see a TV commercial or magazine ad with a black woman, she is rocking some gorgeous “texture?”