We have a great phenomenal woman and her name is Shaunte'. She is the owner of Head 2 Souls. She provides services in the cosmetic industry, catering towards skincare and also hair care. Shaunte', are you there? I'm so glad to have you on this podcast so you can share what you do, what you love, and what is great about your business because we are excited to hear about it. I'm excited to hear about it because there is someone out there that can benefit from you and to get to know you more of what you do. Yes. Awesome. So, you just disclosed to me that you are a cosmetologist, correct? Yes. Awesome. We would like to know what inspired you to become a cosmetologist.

It goes back like now I'm approaching 30, but I was 16, 15 years old doing my friend's hair and my mom's hair and doing things out of the box and growing. And my mom was just like, you gotta give baby, you should be doing this. Then I went to college, kinda let some stuff, getting away and let different, life factors get in the way and I thought that I wanted to do other things. And then I had to be reminded and turn back the whole one 80, like, okay, what are you doing? And why aren't you doing hair

Right? 2017, after going to college, getting my business degree, I stopped managing. I had a whole store that I was managing. I stopped doing everything and went to school to do hair. And now three years later, I'm in a salon. I have a haircare and skincare line. It's just like, I'm growing in my purpose now. And I'm finally to the point where it's like, okay, this is where I'm supposed to be. I was supposed to do cosmetology. And I'm so happy that I finally figured it out and turned the wheel and came back to where I was supposed to be from that dream at 15.

Oh, wow. So you already knew when you were 15 years old of what you wanted to become later on because it was like instilled in you as a passion. That hair was something that you wanted to be, be doing, correct?

Yes. Yes. I enjoy doing hair. My mom's hair, my friend's hair, my sister's hair, her friend's hair. They would just come over and be like, curl my hair really fast. I gotta go do something tonight. I gotta go sing in a show tonight, do my hair really fast. So I'm like, okay. And then it was just, it was easy. It came naturally. I didn't have to work hard to do it. And I always believe if you don't have to work hard to do something, that's what you meant to do. 

I was doing other things and going other routes. And then I said, okay, why did I change my plan at 15? I said I'm going to go to college and get a four-year degree. And then I'm going to go to cosmetology school, get my license so I can run a profitable and a good growing and a business-minded salon versus somebody that's just going out and saying, I'm about to own a salon and don't have a clue about any business.

So you just had to get business-oriented, orientated, and business, um, educated. So make sure that you have everything lined up, what you need to do, because it does take knowledge in order to run a business. [Listen to the full episode]

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IG: Head.2.souls 

Fb: Head 2 Souls  Cosmetology 

IG: Slayshaunteslay  

Salon Suite: 1901 NE Cary Pwy Suite 108 Roon 110 inside Believe Salon

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