I had zero and built a busy successful salon. I am ambitious, determined and spiritually inclined individual and continuing to be happy!
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Free RegistrationI was inspired to learn about hair because I could never get mine done correctly. I was depressed and continually missing school because I didn’t know what to do with it. I was going to pursue digital design, but ending up last minute changing my decision. I started cosmetology in 2013, 4 months after graduation and knew I always wanted a salon.
How do you stay motivated?The desire of making other people feel confident and heard. Now also because of my family and children.
What would you do with the $25,000?I relocated Superstar Salon to a salon suite two hours away. My daughter’s dad had moved when we split up. So I moved to be a family. I would take the money to put towards a salon.
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