Tina Knowles

So I started making this plan to open my business. Now, I have to say that my ex-husband was the person who pushed me to go to beauty school. He was like, Tina, you're so talented, and you can have your own business. And so it wasn't a thing like I just snuck and did it. And he actually helped me, gave me the seed money for it. and was like the marketing mind behind it a lot of times.

So I started making this plan to open my business. Now, I have to say that my ex-husband was the person who pushed me to go to beauty school. He was like, Tina, you're so talented, and you can have your own business. And so it wasn't a thing like I just snuck and did it. And he actually helped me, gave me the seed money for it. and was like the marketing mind behind it a lot of times.

But that salon allowed me the freedom to feel I was a boss. And it would have been great if I wasn't the boss, but that made it even better. And it was, I wanted it to be a very professional place. And my friend, one of my best friends, Cheryl, is here tonight too, Cruzo, who was always encouraging me to start the business as well.

But that salon allowed me the freedom to feel I was a boss. And it would have been great if I wasn't the boss, but that made it even better. And it was, I wanted it to be a very professional place. And my friend, one of my best friends, Cheryl, is here tonight too, Cruzo, who was always encouraging me to start the business as well.

But that salon allowed me the freedom to feel I was a boss. And it would have been great if I wasn't the boss, but that made it even better. And it was, I wanted it to be a very professional place. And my friend, one of my best friends, Cheryl, is here tonight too, Cruzo, who was always encouraging me to start the business as well.

And she and I used to go to the salon and we loved it, but they were, you know, selling chicken dinners and hot stuff and it was all this gossip going on and people would go, the stylists would go sit down and eat the chicken dinner and I'm like, I got to get home to my kid. I'd be in there for four hours.

And she and I used to go to the salon and we loved it, but they were, you know, selling chicken dinners and hot stuff and it was all this gossip going on and people would go, the stylists would go sit down and eat the chicken dinner and I'm like, I got to get home to my kid. I'd be in there for four hours.

And she and I used to go to the salon and we loved it, but they were, you know, selling chicken dinners and hot stuff and it was all this gossip going on and people would go, the stylists would go sit down and eat the chicken dinner and I'm like, I got to get home to my kid. I'd be in there for four hours.

I was like, I can't do this. And people liked the experience, but I didn't like the experience. I hated it, and she hated it, because she was a successful businesswoman. And so I started the salon, and I wanted it to be, we didn't allow any gossip. If you got gossip, you got fired immediately. We were professional. We dressed professional. Um and we got people in and out.

I was like, I can't do this. And people liked the experience, but I didn't like the experience. I hated it, and she hated it, because she was a successful businesswoman. And so I started the salon, and I wanted it to be, we didn't allow any gossip. If you got gossip, you got fired immediately. We were professional. We dressed professional. Um and we got people in and out.

I was like, I can't do this. And people liked the experience, but I didn't like the experience. I hated it, and she hated it, because she was a successful businesswoman. And so I started the salon, and I wanted it to be, we didn't allow any gossip. If you got gossip, you got fired immediately. We were professional. We dressed professional. Um and we got people in and out.

We educated the stylist on on technology and we mixed it with those old fashioned heating up some olive oil and putting egg whites in and you know all of the things that I knew the hair needed. But the main thing that happened in that place was just pure love, like camaraderie between women. Because when you provide a space that is positive without that negativity, it flourishes.

We educated the stylist on on technology and we mixed it with those old fashioned heating up some olive oil and putting egg whites in and you know all of the things that I knew the hair needed. But the main thing that happened in that place was just pure love, like camaraderie between women. Because when you provide a space that is positive without that negativity, it flourishes.

We educated the stylist on on technology and we mixed it with those old fashioned heating up some olive oil and putting egg whites in and you know all of the things that I knew the hair needed. But the main thing that happened in that place was just pure love, like camaraderie between women. Because when you provide a space that is positive without that negativity, it flourishes.

And people love it. And women flourish. So it was more than a salon. You know, it was a place of healing. Yeah, yeah. And not looking down, not judging anybody, just... It was church. That's what it was.

And people love it. And women flourish. So it was more than a salon. You know, it was a place of healing. Yeah, yeah. And not looking down, not judging anybody, just... It was church. That's what it was.

And people love it. And women flourish. So it was more than a salon. You know, it was a place of healing. Yeah, yeah. And not looking down, not judging anybody, just... It was church. That's what it was.

Long, long, long.

Long, long, long.

Long, long, long.