HELLO LOVELIES!
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS JAMIE ROBINSON, I HAVE BEEN IN THE HAIRDRESSING INDUSTRY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I BEGAN MY JOURNEY AT 21 YEARS OLD. I WAS IN NURSING SCHOOL WHEN MY FATHER SUDDENLY PAST AWAY. IT SHOOK ME UP PRETTY GOOD. AND A LITTLE VOICE INSIDE MY HEAD SAID QUIT AND DO WHAT YOU WERE DESTINED TO DO, ART. I HAVE BEEN AN ARTIST FOR AS LONG AS I COULD
REMEMBER. I ALWAYS STUDIED HARPER’S BAZAAR MAGAZINES AND IMAGINED I WAS AN EDITORIAL STYLIST AS A YOUNG GIRL. I WOULD DRIFT OFF INTO THE FANTASY WORLDS THAT LIVED IN THOSE MAGAZINES. EVERYTHING WAS SO ABSTRACT. I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE IMAGERY AND STRANGENESS ABOUT IT. I NEW I HAD FOUND MY PLACE. HOWEVER, HAIRDRESSING WAS LOOKED DOWN UPON WHEN I WAS GETTING READY TO GO TO COLLEGE. I REALLY DIDN’T KNOW I HAD A CHOICE LIKE MOST TEENAGERS TO BE WHAT THEY WANNA BE WHEN THEY GREW UP. I DID WHAT MY PARENTS SAID LIKE A GOOD GIRL. IT MAKES ME SAD THAT IT TOOK A TRAGEDY TO FIND MY WAY. BUT, I AM GLAD THAT I AM HERE. I WAS SO DESTINED TO DO THIS, THAT I TRIED AND TRIED TO DO OTHER THINGS BUT THE UNIVERSE ALWAYS LEAD ME BACK TO HAIR AND ART. I REMEMBER THE DAY I QUIT NURSING SCHOOL I WAS A WRECK. I WENT BEHIND MY MOTHER’S BACK AND DID THE DAMN THING. I MEAN IF I HAD ASKED FOR PERMISSION, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FIGHT. SO I QUIT IN SECRET. I TOOK THE REST OF MY COLLEGE SAVINGS AND WENT TO A SMALL TECHNICAL SCHOOL. IT WAS ATOWN OVER FROM WHERE I LIVED.
I WENT AND SPOKE TO AN ADMISSIONS LADY OVER THE PHONE AND WAS READY TO ENROLL. FUNNY THING IS, THAT I FLIPPED A COIN PRIOR TO GOING IN THERE TO SEE IF I SHOULD DO CULINARY OR NOT. AND THE COIN LANDED ON CULINARY. I MEAN, MY DAD WAS A CHEF, SO WHY COULDN’T I BE.
BUT I TRULY THINK IT WAS HIM SPEAKING TO ME THAT DAY, TELLING ME TO BE FREE AND GO WITH MY GUT! AND THAT I SHOULD DO WHAT I WANT TO BE HAPPY!
WHEN I GOT IN THE OFFICE WITH THE NICE LADY SHE HAD TOLD ME CULINARY HAD JUST FILLED UP BUT COSMETOLOGY WAS AVAILABLE.
I SAID “WHY NOT, I WILL PROBABLY ONLY DO IT FOR A FEW YEARS TO MAKE SOME MONEY TILL I FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE”. AND HERE I AM OVER 20 YEARS LATER, STILL DOING THE WORK I LOVE.
I OWN MY OWN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 8 YEARS NOW. I AM REALLY PROUD OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
SO, HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.
WE CAN BEGIN WITH MY BACKSTORY IN HAIRDRESSING…
“PHOTOSHOOTS ARE MY PASSION”
-JAMIE ROBINSON
IT TRULY WAS THE BEST CHOICE I EVER MADE! RUNNING A BUSINESS ALWAYS HAS IT’S UPS AND DOWNS
I OPENED HAIR MAIDEN SALON IN 2016 AND I STARTED WORKING
FOR MYSELF IN 2013
BUT IF YOU HAVE PASSION FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND BELIEVE YOU ARE SUCCEEDING YOU WILL ALWAYS BE A MAGNENT FOR ABUNDANCE.
IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY……..
JUST KIDDING !!!!
FRESH OUT OF SCHOOL I BEGAN TO LOOK FOR APPRENTICESHIP JOBS. I KNEW THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO BE THE BEST OF THE BEST IN MY INDUSTRY. BACK THEN THERE WAS NO ONLINE APPLICATIONS LIKE THERE IS NOW. YOU JUST WENT UP TO THE SALON OF YOUR CHOOSING AND PASSED OUT YOUR RESUME AND HOPED FOR AN INTERVIEW. MY FIRST STOP WAS THE WORLD FAMOUS TONI & GUY. NOW WOULD BE AN EQUIVALENT TO AVEDA THESE DAYS. I WAS TURNED AWAY AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD CALL ME. (HOWEVER, THEY CALLED ME 6 MONTHS LATER WANTING ME TO WORK FOR THEM OH WELL!) SO I CARRIED ON WORKING AT THE RECORD STORE I WAS CURRENTLY WORKING AT. SHORTLY AFTER I WAS TOLD BY MY MOM’S DENTIST THAT HIS SISTER OWNED A CUTTING EDGE, POPULAR SALON IN ORLANDO CALLED ALCHEMY. THIS IS WHERE I APPLIED NEXT. NERVOUS AS HELL, I CAME IN AND DROPPED OF MY APPLICATION AND SHORTLY AFTER WAS CALLED IN FOR AN INTERVIEW. I HAD MY INTERVIEW AND WAS HIRED ON THE SPOT! I WAS SO EXCITED! MY APPRENTICESHIP LASTED AROUND TWO YEARS AND I ALSO SHOWED INTEREST IN EDUCATION WITH THE COMPANY. SO I BECAME A NETWORK EDUCATOR FOR THE SALON FOR BUMBLE & BUMBLE. GOING BACK AND FORTH TO NEW YORK TO LEARN FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND LOVING EVERY SECOND OF IT! I ALSO ATTENDED CLASSES AT WELLA ACADEMY, VIDAL SASSOON, AND ARROJO STUDIOS. THROUGHOUT, ALL OF MY EDUCATION AT THIS AMAZING SALON, I FOUND MY PASSION FOR EDITORIAL STYLING. NOW FINDING MY PASSION I HAD ENTERED INTO MY FIRST CONTEST. THE GRAND PRIZE WAS TO RECEIVE A FULL PAGE AD IN A SYNDICATED LOCAL MAGAZINE. EVEN THOUGH I DIDN’T WIN FIRST PLACE, I WAS EXCITED TO PLACE SECOND HOWEVER! ALONG WITH THIS I HAD ENTERED MYSELF AND ANOTHER STYLIST INTO A NATIONAL COMPETITION AT BUMBLE & BUMBLE NY. WE WON! ALONG WITH ONLY TEN OTHER PEOPLE NATIONWIDE! I WAS SO EXCITED! WE RECEIVED PRIVATE CLASSES FROM LAURENT PHILIPPON THAT DID RUNWAY STYLING FOR HEATHERETTE AND BABY PHAT. ALONG WITH HOWARD MCLAREN THAT STYLED AND CUT MADONNA HAIR IN THE 80s AND 90s. IT WAS ALL PAID FOR AND WE GOT TO STAY AT THE GANSEVOORT HOTEL WHICH IS VERY WELL KNOWN. THE NEXT STOP WAS A COCKTAIL HOUR AND HOR D’ OEUVRE AT THE SOHO HOUSE! I MEAN I ONLY THOUGHT THE LADIES FROM “SEX INTHE CITY” GOT TO GO THERE! SLAP ME SILLY AND CALL ME CARRIE !
REWIND A LITTLE, I ALSO GOT TO WORK ON PHOTOSHOOT FOR ANOTHER LOCAL MAGAZINE WITH MY TALENTED FRIEND FALON THAT WAS SO GRACIOUS TO THINK OF ME! IN THIS MAG I GOT TO STYLE AN UPCOMING (NOW WELL KNOWN !) R&B / JAZZ SINGER KALEIGH BAKER! SHE WAS SUCH A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO WORK ON HER.
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS I HAVE CONTINUED TO PRACTICE MY ART AND WAS UP FOR BECOMING A TEACHER FOR BUMBLE & BUMBLE. I WAS ALL SET TO MOVE TO NY AND START MY LIFE AS AN EDITORIAL UNDERSTUDY THROUGH TEACHING WITH THE COMPANY. I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE MY ART AND HAIR DESIGN AT THE TRYOUT IN ORLANDO IN FRONT OF THE AMAZING HOWARD MCLAREN AND CHRISTIAAN VAN BREMEN.
I WAS SO HONORED ! I WAS TOLD ABOUT IT BY THE REP AND I KNEW IT WOULD BE ALMOST A YEAR LATER THAT WE GOT TO DO THE THREE DAY TRAINING AND THE WINNER WOULD BE DECIDED. AS STOKED AS I WAS I ALSO JUST FOUND OUT THAT I WAS PREGNANT! BY THE TIME IT CAME AROUND I WAS SEVEN MONTHS PREGNANT AND COULD BARELY REMEMBER MY NAME. I DID THE TRAINING AND TRIED BUT AFTER SPEAKING WITH HOWARD ABOUT HOW HARD IT CAN BE WITH AN INFANT, I HONESTLY LET THAT DREAM GO.
IT WAS OK I WAS EXHAUSTED WHILE DOING THE EXIT MEETINGS AND STYLING I JUST KNEW IT WAS NO LONGER MY COURSE AND I COULDN’T GIVE IT MY ALL. THE GIRL NEXT TO ME ENDED UP WINNING AND SHE WAS FANTASTIC TERYN TUCKER ALSO WORKED AT ALCHEMY LATER ON IN HER CAREER. SHE TOTALLY DESERVED IT! I WAS ALSO HAPPY FOR MY NEW JOURNEY INTO MOTHERHOOD! I WOULDN’T HAVE CHANGED IT FOR THE WORLD.
AT THIS POINT I NO LONGER WORKED AT ALCHEMY AND MOVED ON TO TWO OTHER SALONS BEFORE OPENING UP MY OWN. I WAS WITH ALCHEMY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AND IT WAS AN AWESOME, WILD RIDE! MUCH LOVE TO THAT SALON AND MY MENTOR CORINNE .
THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN MY APPRENTICESHIP AND THROUGHOUT MY CAREER I HAVE ALWAYS DONE DREADLOCKS AS WELL. THAT IS A HUGE PART OF BUSINESS TO THIS DAY . I ORIGINALLY LEARN THE “KNOTTY BOY” METHOD AND LATER ON I PERFECTED IT BY WATCHING VIDEOS AND PRACTICING NEW METHODS ON CLIENTS.
I EVENTUALLY WANTED TO PERFECT MY CRAFT EVEN MORE SO I RESEARCH A COMPANY CALLED SISTALOCKS IN AUSTRALIA. I HAD CONTACTED THEM AND TRIED WIRING MONEY SEVERAL TIMES BUT FOR SOME REASON IT WASN’T WORKING AND I HAD PLANNED TO TRAVEL TO THE COUNTRY TO TAKE A COURSE. I EVEN HAD A TRAVEL PASSTHROUGH THE SALON FROM AUSTRALIA THAT HAD GOTTEN HIS HAIR DONE BY THE COMPANY AND SAID HOW AWESOME THEY WERE. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE TRUSTING THE UNIVERSE WHEN THERE IS A SIGN AND I LISTENED
INSTEAD I RESEARCHED SOME MORE AND I FOUND ANN MARIE IN SWEDEN, HER COMPANY IS SEINSTYLE. SO I FLEW WITH MY FAMILY TO SWEDEN AND TOOK AND THE REST IS HISTORY. TO BE CONTINUED… ANOTHER STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME!
NOW LET’S GET BACK TO EDITORIAL WORK!
ENOUGH ABOUT ME….. WINK, WINK!
THIS IS THE MAGAZINE I WON SECOND PLACE IN! SUPER LONG TIME AGO. VINCE VAUGHN WAS ONE THE COVER PROMOTING THE MOVIE “THE BREAKUP”! THE PICTURE THAT WON IS FEATURED BELOW. IT WAS SUPER FUN, AND THIS IS WHEN I GOT THE FIRE INSIDE FOR PHOTOSHOOTS.
THIS IS MY FRIEND’S LITTLE BROTHER STEPHEN. HE WAS MY MODEL AND HIS BROTHER TOOK THE PHOTOS THAT WON
SECOND PLACE IN THE COMPETITION. AT THE TIME MY MOTHER WORKED AT A RAILROAD AS AN OFFICE MANAGER. WAS COOL ENOUGH TO LET US IN TO USE
THE TRAIN CAR WHERE THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN. OURS NAMES ARE TINNIE TINY UP THE SIDE OF THE PHOTO UNFORTUNATELY.
SMILE TILL IT HURTS! SO PROUD OF OURSELVES IN THIS PIC!!
“LADIES AND GENTLEMAN “
MISS KALEIGH BAKER – JAZZ / R&B SINGER
THIS IS THE MAGAZINE THAT MY FRIEND HAD ME HELP WITH THE HAIR ON KALEIGH BAKER ABOVE IS ONE OF THE PHOTOS SHOWCASED IN THE MAGAZINE . FALON DID HER MAKEUP AND WARDROBE, NOW A DAYS SHE OWNS HER OWN CLOTHING BOUTIQUE! THIS IS US ABOVE AS CHILDREN! .