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:
Read MoreI was so honored to be nominated this year for Texture Artist of the Year, Educator of the Year, and Team of the Year.
Read MoreIn Allure.com Pekela Riley weighs in on celebrities rocking trendy shagy haircuts that are having a moment again.
Read More“We are at an apex of education - 70 percent of the world has texture in their hair today,” estimates Pro Team artist Pekela Riley.
Read MoreI 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).
Read MoreNeed a lil texture motivation to get you in the Holiday partayyy spirit?!? Me & Allure gotcha baddie!
Read MoreYa girl is droppin a little hairstyle POV w/Allure on these celeb looks to rock at a wedding...as the lovely bride or “get it girl” guest.
Read MoreI had the honor of being the special guest on the Beauty In Progress Podcast with Dr. Torkian.
Read MoreWhether you've seen them on TikTok or just admired someone's bouncy, voluminous curls, hair rollers are suddenly everywhere.
Read MoreThis Black History Month I was truly honored to be celebrated on Hot 99.5FM Jacksonville, FL as an iconic black woman entrepreneur (check out the interview here)
Read MoreWhile hooking my homegirl Regan The Stallion up w/this 3-D curled & edge art styling with our Jasmine Coil True + Pure texture - I also had to share this WILD AZZ story about how I was able to discover an inner supernatural power in the middle of a salon crisis that had me about to freak out.
Read MoreAccording to Pekela Riley—the founder of Salon PK and True & Pure Extensions, a global artistic director, and the diverse strategy specialist at Ulta Beauty—thin and straggly ends and sections are telltale signs. Inconsistent texture is another symptom, she notes. The damage, however, might be more obvious than that:
Read MoreAs many were trying to find a way to bring in the most abnormal New Year of our lives, with as much disguised normalcy as possible, the start to my New Year’s felt more like a never-ending tragedy from the Twilight Zone.
Read MoreSally Beauty Supply and Cosmo Prof announced the four brands selected to win a $15,000 business grant each for their Cultivate Cohort program
Read More65% of the world has curly texture hair, yet the overwhelming majority of haircare retail products and services, particularly hair extensions, do not include texture offerings in these beauty options.
Read MoreAs hairstylists, when we begin earning good money, we tend to fall into a “Stylist Upgrade Relapse.” That’s when our expenditures grow as our clientele grows.
Read MoreTo secure the bag, and then give it away splurging on depreciating material possessions that don’t build cash flow, is in essence not securing the bag, but touching it only to give the bag away.
Read MoreThe seat at the table is being in the room with a decision maker…and today women of color are letting it be known that the seat at the table is not just for optics, but thought inclusion.
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