About Missy

Everyone has a story and this is mine..

Deciding to take my future and my life into my own hands and deciding to make failure not a option was the best decision I have ever made!  As scary as it was, I listened to my gut and did what I thought I had to do to have the best life for my daughter and myself.. 

I truly believe in the saying, "feel the fear and do it anyway".  

I was 24 years old and a single mother... I decided to sell everything I had including my new car to move to Dallas and go to one of the best hair schools in the world.  I had no money, no child support, and knew no one.  I always do things 100% so I thought going to the best school was the only real way to get really good in this profession I picked... (little did I know how hard it would actually be)

Walking into the Toni & Guy Academy for the first time, I knew my life was about to change.  I saw a whole different world when it came to hair.. It was nothing like the small time shampoo sets, and mens clipper cuts I was use to seeing in my tiny Hawaii town.  This was REAL!! This was COOL!  This was BADASS! 

I decided at that moment that no matter what, I was going to be one of the best students they had ever seen!  I was going to finish this and become a Rich Hairdresser! 

Boy what a ride it has been!! :)

I learned from the best, and started using those skills to build my Brand & my Business 

To this day I am still working as a world class colorist on the east coast, by way of Los Angeles & Hawaii, and I have traveled around the U.S. perfecting my skills throughout my career… Specializing in Highlights and Blonding, my training includes training from Toni & Guy in Dallas and LA, extensive training at Vidal Sassoon in LA, Paul Mitchell in San Diego & Hawaii, Redken in New York, L'Oreal in New York, Yuko Systems in Beverly Hills, Beth Minardi in Chicago and mentored by many celebrity hairdressers during my career.

In my 30+ year career, I have owned 7 profitable hair salons and have 5 licenses in 5 different states in the US, (just got my florida license) I have built and rebuilt my clientele in many different locations and demographics.  

I believe that education is the key to success and I have always put my education above everything. 

This picture is me in my second salon in Hawaii..  I flew to Newport Beach to have it professionally designed from Takera Belmont.

This salon is where I started making real money.  This is where I took the training and education I got from Toni & Guy's original Art Team, and all my other training and really started to hone in on my niche and my talents.

 This is when I became a 100k+ stylist 2-1/2 years after graduating.  This is when building my brand really started paying off. I was asked to be a partner at Toni & Guy in Honolulu at Ala Moana Center, one of the highest earning malls in the world (before T&G started franchising) I was asked to join the Jose Eber Team in Bal Harbor in Miami, I was asked to join a prestigious salon in Fashion Island in Newport Beach (which I accepted).

I really had come a long way from the days of being broke and alone in hair school..

This is also when I started apprenticing girls and giving them careers and making an impact in the lives of hairdressers around the country. 

Even though I was killing it doing hair, I have always found great joy and love by teaching and training fellow hairdressers to be successful :) It makes me so happy to see their success!

I know what its like to struggle

I know struggle.  I've been there.  I was a single mother with no money, an abusive boyfriend and all alone in a strange city going to hair school…

I know what it takes to push through the obstacles and reach my dreams of becoming a Rich Hairdresser…

Whatever you are going through in this business, I bet I have been there at some point! :)

I have been a student, a commission stylist, a booth renter, and a salon owner, and I know what it takes to become a Rich Hairdresser.

I want to help as many hairdressers as I can before I retire and forget everything that is in my head…. All the tricks, all the techniques, and all the ambition & the mindset it took to get where I am…

When I saw that the industry was missing someone who could teach hairdressers with practical usable advice and education, I knew that it was my calling.

A whole lot of people that are teaching online right now, don't have the same experience or knowledge as me. A lot of them are not even successful hairdressers or salon owners and they have absolutely no experience being successful in our career... A lot of them are just marketers who target hairdressers to sell stuff...

I was thinking about what I wish I would have had when I was first starting out…. What would I have liked for someone to teach me or show me or explain to me about the industry to make it easier for me…...

I have always apprenticed girls over my 30 years, and gave them amazing careers and taught them how to change their lives, so I just thought I would do this on a grander scale now and help more hairdressers reach their dreams….

So here we are :)

I want all hairdressers to become an entrepreneur

I have been an entrepreneur most of my life, and I  believe that everyone including hairdressers should always have more than one stream of income.... Teaching fellow hairdressers how to be an entrepreneur in their own right and being in control of their own finances is very important to me.  A lot of my training is dedicated to raising the belief and the mindset of my students and peers, so they can reach the highest levels possible with complete confidence and purpose driven ambition.

My goal is to encourage you into “making it” beyond what you thought possible, and to show you the difference between just working doing hair as a J O B , to being Your Own Boss, Controlling Your Own Career, and having Financial and Personal Freedom in the salon industry and beyond.

Life is funny..... Hard work and dedication really do pay off

It is true what they say... You get what you give.. If you give it your all and you are relentless in your pursuit of your goals and dreams it will happen!

I have known since my daughter was a little girl that I wanted her to do hair.. I knew that I wanted to teach her how to make money and how to have a skill that no one could ever take away from her.. I am all about women being able to make their own money and support themselves and their family if need be.

My daughter has worked and trained with me since she was 15 years old, but she actually grew up in my salons.. She knows the salon business inside and out, and has run the front desks, hired and fired people, was in charge of our assistant programs, and now she is a salon owner, an amazing blonde specialist and has her own organic product line.

That 3 year old little girl that her mommy drug 4000 miles from home for hair school, has grown up to be part of the hairdressing family too! I love being able to share this profession with her and to work with her in our salons. I'm so proud of all that she has accomplished and of the person she has become.

Having a mentor and someone you can have in your corner is so important in your success.

I love seeing my hairdressers become the successful entrepreneurs I know they can be. Believing in yourself, investing in yourself and putting in the hard work are the secrets!